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Category Archives: Development Camp

Bob Woods and His Roll into the NHL

23 July, 2009

At the end of Development Camp we got the opportunity to talk to new Capitals’ Assistant Coach Bob Woods and ask him about his remarkable summer — a title run in Chocolatetown and then, just days later, ‘the call’ from the parent club.

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Little Gus Gets Goosed

17 July, 2009

Anton Gustafsson got banged up pretty badly in Thursday’s scrimmage, leaving the ice seriously bloodied. We’ll have dramatic images up soon, but in the meantime, be sure to check out The Peerless Prognosticator’s recap of yesterday’s scrimmage and the incident here.

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A Lively Lineup for Live Blogging

16 July, 2009

Saturday is the final day of the Washington Capitals Development Camp and OnFrozenBlog is going to be sure to send it out with a bang.

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Day 2 of Development Camp, In Photos

15 July, 2009

Yesterday, Chanuck had a sudden attack of Developmentcampitis and decided to convalesce at Kettler. After a pleasant chat with Lisa Hillary, he was ready to check out the prospects. Some of his photos are below.

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Roster of Young Guns Descending on Kettler Capitals Iceplex

9 July, 2009

With the Caps splash in free agency over, we now turn our eyes to Development Camp. This is where the brightest stars and hidden surprises are found.

Also filed in Anton Gustafsson, Joe Finley, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Prospects, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

Promising Pros of Tomorrow Have Compelling Stories To Tell Today

23 October, 2008

The hockey crowd in Hershey has had good sport with me over the past couple of years with my exuberance over some Caps’ hockey prospects. This is a chief symptom of the DraftGeek. I’d only watched Andrew Gordon’s games at St. Cloud St. on television (but, three-years’ worth!); I saw even less of Mathieu Perreault [...]

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Simeon Varlamov Isn't Speaking So Softly These Days in Hershey

19 October, 2008

Back in July we got an introduction to Simeon Varlamov and an appreciation for the remarkable challenges he faces in the 2008-09 hockey season trying to get acclimated — linguistically and culturally — in this his first year of pro hockey in North America. It was then, in a Capitals’ office conference room, that he [...]

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NHL.com Prospect Spotlight: The League Likes the Look of Caps' Q Leaguers

15 July, 2008

The promise of the Caps’ prized prospects from the Quebec League, Mathieu Perreault and Francois Bouchard, has caught the attention of the NHL’s web site. Tuesday’s superb feature includes some eye-opening assessments from Caps’ GM George McPhee. On Perreault’s size:
“While the knock on the 5-foot-8, 151-pound Perreault is his small frame, Washington General Manager George [...]

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Ahead, a Promising Harvest on the Farm

15 July, 2008

Development camps such as that recently completed by the Capitals have a way of imbuing DraftGeeks and even the more balanced of hockey fan with horizons of heightened optimism. Always it seems there are a handful of young standouts there, among them compelling stories of no-name collegians or free agents making next-season names for themselves. [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Andrew Gordon, Chris Bourque, College Hockey, Eric Fehr, Hershey Bears, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Mathieu Perreault, Minor Pro Hockey, Morning cup-a-joe, Oskar Osala, Prospects, Sami Lepisto, Simeon Varlamov, Washington Capitals | Comments (19)

A Thank You Postcard from Development Camp

15 July, 2008

Karl,
You could not have known that it was a blogger’s son that enthusiastically waved to you and the others during the Development Camp Scrimmage Pre-Game Warmup. Heck, that little boy doesn’t even know what a blog is … much less that his dad blogs about the Capitals and Alex Ovechkin with “the eight by [...]

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