08 February, 2012

Category Archives: Hockey Towns

Montreal: Hockey’s Highest Hockey Culture

15 March, 2011

Montreal has many merits, but among my favorite is this: in March, while Washington typically thaws, Montreal remains in a deep freeze. In fact, Monday night Montreal was a scintillatingly shivering 6 degrees. I find myself scanning the world’s weather section of the newspaper every March morning, my envious eye always falling on the home [...]

Also filed in Ben Raby, Canada, Federal News Radio, Hockey weather, Montreal, Montreal Canadiens, Morning cup-a-joe, Radio, Toronto | Comments (3)

Taking a Wrecking Ball to Capitals Country Club (Part II)

16 February, 2011

Back in January 2010, Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, speaking of his team’s American League affiliate in Hershey, told the Patriot News (Pa.), “The excellence with which that organization is run washes up on us.” Umm . . . not . . . quite. This season in Washington, it’s as if the Capitals barricaded Kettler with [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, American Hockey League, George McPhee, Hershey Bears, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Ted Leonsis, The Great Old Patrick Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (10)

Cool Print Treatments of Outdoor Hockey’s Enduring Appeal

1 February, 2011

“The truth is with fickle winter weather and a lack of hockey tradition, real Maryland pond players are as far apart as Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin’s front teeth,” observes Candus Thomson, in her gorgeously written January 30 Baltimore Sun feature on Maryland’s dedicated shinny skaters. We about the region in touques and hockey sweaters [...]

Also filed in Hockey Heroes, Media, Outdoor hockey, Print, Shinny | Comments (7)

Meet These Guys Under Mistletoe — If They Change Sweaters

20 December, 2010

Back by unpopular demand, another view of the Hershey Bears’ Christmas sweater from Sunday night. As this is a family blog, we’re not depicting any images of the accompanying socks.

Also filed in American Hockey League, Hershey Bears, Sweaters | Comments (5)

Global un-Warming on the Potomac

15 December, 2010
Also filed in Hockey weather, Outdoor hockey, Shinny, Washington the hockey town | Comments (0)

Must-see Saturday Night Puck on Long Island? Yes, for Nordiques’ Fans

11 December, 2010

I love stories like this: tonight the New York Islanders host the vastly improved but still seriously under-loved at home Atlanta Thrashers. As you might imagine, tickets on eBay for this battle not so royale are fetching something less than top dollar (Are there tickets on eBay for this? Is there a Long Island public [...]

Also filed in Atlanta Thrashers, contraction, Gary Bettman, National Hockey League, New York Islanders, Quebec Nordiques, Quebec the Very Serious Hockey Town, Southeast Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

In Quebec, a Saturday Sea of Blue Bolsters the Call Home for Les Nordiques

4 October, 2010

While 7,000 or so Washington hockey fans redded-out the D.C. Convention Center Saturday for Capitals Convention II about ten times that number — perhaps more — rallied in support of returning NHL hockey to Quebec City, in what’s quickly become known as the Blue March. “This is a paradise for hockey,” beloved ex-Nordique Peter Stastny [...]

Also filed in National Hockey League, Quebec Nordiques, Southeast Division | Comments (1)

A Mid-Summer State of the Bears

25 July, 2010

Barely a month ago, the town of Hershey was ensconced in celebration.  Again. A fitting conclusion to the best season in AHL history — and arguably one of the greatest in all of hockey — the Bears hoisted the club’s 11th Calder Cup. But the revelry was short-lived.  Just days after the boys in Chocolate [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Hershey Bears, Minor Pro Hockey, Prospects | Comments (3)

My Kingdom for an Igloo

5 July, 2010

These are the times that try frozen souls. One hundred and two degrees outside today? And tomorrow? The high in Miami the next few days will be in the 80s. South Florida will be appreciably cooler than D.C. this week. (Maybe Miami is a hockey town. Maybe the commissioner should pursue an expansion franchise there.) [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Florida Panthers, National Hockey League, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals | Comments (4)

Snapshots of a Blogger’s Season, 2009-10

18 June, 2010

[Hockey season's over. Herewith, 25 of my favorite, most personal moments covering hockey in Washington during the 2009-10 campaign, relayed in no particular order.] (25) Not one, not two, but three blizzards buried Washington in the heart of hockey season. Blizzard no. 2 took out my home’s power for fully three days, but my beer [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Bruce Boudreau, Hershey Bears, John Carlson, John Walton, Lisa Hillary, Mathieu Perreault, Media, National Hockey League, OFB Interviews, Shinny, Tara Wheeler, Tim Leone, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

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