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Category Archives: Dave Fay

Put Cancer On Ice

8 July, 2011

This is a great event for a great cause. We encourage you to attend. If you can’t attend, we encourage you to make a donation however large or small. PUT CANCER ON ICE to hold Fourth Dave Fay Charity Hockey Game and Silent Auction July 2011- Washington , DC — Put Cancer On Ice™ (PCOI) [...]

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More Hockey in July? You Bet!

24 July, 2009

Although development camp wrapped up last Saturday and the kids have boarded flights to destinations across the world, there is still hockey in July in DC. Tomorrow marks the third annual Dave Fay Memorial Hockey Game in honour of the long time Caps beat writer for the Washington Times who lost his battle with cancer in July of 2007.

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Dave Fay Memorial Hockey Game and Silent Auction – Sat, 19 July, 2008

16 July, 2008

It is not often we publish the full text of a press release — in fact we have never.¬† It is also not often we are asked to help spread the word of such an important event.¬† We encourage you to catch some live puck action Saturday night, bid on some fantastic hockey items, or [...]

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Enshrinement Day for Two from D.C.

12 November, 2007

Two members of the Washington Capitals’ family today get inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame: Scott Stevens, who played eight seasons with the Caps, and the late Dave Fay, the team’s beat reporter for the Washington Times for nearly a quarter century. The Hockey Hall of Fame web page offers poignant profiles for all [...]

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The Primitive Timing of Season Previews

12 October, 2007

I received helpful feedback recently from Associated Press reporter Peter Kerzel, who penned the Caps’ preview for this season’s THN Annual Yearbook. You may recall my suggesting that Kerzel’s file, which featured curious forecasted line combinations among other personnel considerations, delivered the impression of being a bit†outdated†for this reader. Turns out, Kerzel had to have [...]

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Wide Open Observations of Opening Night (at Home)

7 October, 2007

An attempt to provide a sense of the atmosphere I encountered in and about Verizon Center beginning late Saturday afternoon: 4:45 p.m.: We do not have anything approaching hockey weather. In fact, walking down 6th St. under a blazing sun, I’m uncomfortable in merely bluejeans and a business shirt. But I’m better off than six [...]

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Truer Words

25 July, 2007

Jason LaCanfora had the great honor of delivering the eulogy for Dave Fay this past weekend. Jason got to know Dave quite well as they shared the Caps’ beat for rival newspapers for five years. It was a moving and insightful recounting of Dave’s life and work. Jason and Dave’s wife Pat were kind enough [...]

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Hit the Ice to Beat Cancer

20 July, 2007

Our friends at PutCancerOnIce.org will be holding their monthly charity hockey game on July 29th from 2 – 3:30 pm at Kettler, and will be donating the proceeds to Hockey Fights Cancer in the name of the recently departed Dave Fay. Please take a moment to head to their website and see how you can [...]

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Funeral Arrangements for Dave Fay

19 July, 2007

From the Washington Capitals PR Staff: Viewing and funeral arrangements for legendary Caps beat writer Dave Fay have been made for Friday and Saturday, July 20-21: Viewing: Friday, July 20, 2-4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Stauffer Funeral Home 8 E. Ridgeville Blvd. Mt. Airy, MD 21771 Services: Saturday, July 21, 11 a.m. St. Ignatius of [...]

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Dave Fay: A Hall of Famer Passes on

18 July, 2007

The hockey world in general, and the Washington D.C. area hockey community in particular, lost a great friend last night, as Washington Times hockey writer Dave Fay finally succumbed to a lengthy illness. Fay, a fixture on the Caps’ beat for the Times since the early 1980s, brought knowledge, insight, remarkable dedication, and a passion [...]

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