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Category Archives: Hockey Heroes

The View from Hostility’s Hotseat

19 January, 2011

The few (very), the proud, the *very* brave — Caps’ fans attending a game in Philadelphia against the Flyers . . . while wearing their heroes’ colors. Yes, they exist. Tuesday night I saw them, spoke with them, and most especially, asked them if they had escorted passage back to their cars at game’s end. [...]

Also filed in Eastern Conference, Hockey roadtrips, National Hockey League, Philadelphia Flyers, Ted Leonsis, The Red Army, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (30)

Some Sunday Morning Reading at Christmas

19 December, 2010

A friend passed along this most interesting Montreal Gazette article from earlier this year. I highly recommend you read it. “For the third time in his nine-year Ontario Hockey League coaching career, Hunter is the winner of Matt Leyden Trophy as the league’s coach of the year . . . Speculation has surrounded Hunter for [...]

Also filed in Bruce Boudreau, Dale Hunter, George McPhee, National Hockey League, Old Time Hockey, Washington Capitals | Comments (9)

Winter Classic Alumni Lines and Pairings

14 December, 2010

Can’t use any of these combos for tomorrow night’s game versus Anaheim, but this should look a lot like what Caps’ fans who travel to Pittsburgh New Years weekend could see should they take in the Caps-Pens Alumni game early on New Years Eve: Peter Bondra           Michal Pivonka         Alan Hangsleben Paul Mulvey             Dennis  Maruk         Mark [...]

Also filed in Alan May, Caps-Pens Winter Classic Alumni Game, Donald Brashear, National Hockey League, Peter Bondra, Pittsburgh Penguins, Rod Langway, Washington Capitals, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (27)

Filling a Prescription for Old Time Hockey for a Friend

13 October, 2010

I met Mike and Marleen at Matchbox during Monday night’s pregame. I had a business dinner to attend and couldn’t spend the evening inside the rink in Chinatown with my two favorite puckheads, who’d flown in from Portland, Maine, that afternoon. They’d arrived to take in this week’s hockey dates Monday and Wednesday nights at [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Kevin Kaminski, Morning cup-a-joe, Portland Pirates, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

Must-See TV Ad

11 June, 2010

It helps to know Russian to fully appreciate this Alexander Ovechkin-themed television spot for a sports drink, one that the blog Alex Ovetjkin first celebrated late last week. But its visual appeal is striking in all languages. There is a particularly endearing homage paid to Ovi’s ‘The Goal’ in it. Hockey, it’s said, is contested [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Media, TV | Comments (5)

Must-See TV of a Radio Hall of Famer

5 June, 2010

It was a momentous week for the original voice of the Washington Capitals, Ron Weber — he got the call, from his broadcast peers, that he’d earned designation as best of the best, 2010′s Foster Hewitt Award winner. So he’ll head up to Toronto in November to be inducted into the broadcaster’s wing at the [...]

Also filed in Calder Cup, Hershey Bears, Hockey Hall of Fame, Media, National Hockey League, Radio, Ron Weber, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

More Leadership from Brooks Laich

29 April, 2010

We know you’re feeling as we do today, and we also know there’s not a whole lot available to assuage our collective agony, but try this: read this terrific tale about Brooks Laich’s Wednesday night/early Thursday morning. It goes like this: Mother and daughter are driving home out of the District distraught by the game 7 [...]

Also filed in Brooks Laich, Dan Steinberg, Washington Capitals, Washington Post | Comments (15)

It’s an Honor Roll Weekend, and We’ve Extraordinary Honorees Wearing Our Crest

10 April, 2010

Hockey, the ultimate team sport, has become conspicuously individualized this weekend in Washington. And that’s fine. We’re still in the silly season that’s prelude to the postseason, when games have meager meaning for your 120-point Washington Capitals, and it’s a big deal for Alexander Ovechkin to score 50 goals, again, for Nicklas Backstrom to earn [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Mike Green, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Nicklas Backstrom, Verizon Center, Washington Capitals | Comments (8)

How Hockey Blogging Introduces You to Heroes

8 March, 2010

Two moments last week, both occurring off the ice, reminded me of the greatness of our game, and my particular great fortune in being located where I am in covering it. I arrived in Hershey last Thursday morning with the simplest of objectives: snapping a few pictures of the Bears’ annual outdoor practice. Mostly I [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, John Walton, Kurt Kehl, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Nicklas Backstrom, Shinny, Washington Capitals | Comments (6)

Olympic Hockey To Remember — and Perpetuate

1 March, 2010

Just how good was hockey in Vancouver’s Olympics, and what should the future of the Games hold in terms of the NHL’s participation? We share our post-Olympics thoughts. Andrew For the U.S., these Olympics were anything but a failure — across the board and most particularly in hockey. Not only did the Yanks push the [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Gary Bettman, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Olympic hockey, USA Hockey, Vancouver Olympics, Washington Capitals | Comments (18)

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