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Category Archives: Development Camp

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, NHL, 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 [...]

Also filed in Francois Bouchard, Mathieu Perreault, Media, National Hockey League, Prospects, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

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, Prospects, 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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2008 Development Camp Final Scrimmage Live Blog

12 July, 2008

Join us at 10:00am today when we will join Eric McErlain of the Sporting News and the AOL Fanhouse and Chris Poisal, Public Relations Assistant for the Hershey Bears, for some live blogging of the action. If you cannot make it out to Kettler, join us right here with your Saturday morning cup-a-joe.

Also filed in Francois Bouchard, Hershey Bears, Josh Godfrey, Karl Alzner, Mathieu Perreault, Michal Neuvirth, OFB, Washington Capitals | Comments (8)

Should Big Joe Go Pro?

11 July, 2008

For a promising athlete, the decision on whether to remain in college or depart early before earning a degree, in pursuit of pro sport riches, is an intensely personal and private endeavor — and not a subject fit for whimsical debate in Internet forums. It may well be the case that today Joe Finley (first [...]

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Saturday Live Blogging from Kettler Capitals

10 July, 2008

For this Saturday’s Development Camp concluding scrimmage at 10:00, we’ll join Eric McErlain of the Sporting News and the AOL Fanhouse and Chris Poisal, Public Relations Assistant for the Hershey Bears, for some live blogging of the action. For those of you who cannot make it out to Kettler, join us right here with your [...]

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