19 March, 2010

Category Archives: Hockey Towns

Bears, Caps an ‘Extended Honeymoon of Achievement’

11 March, 2010

Tremendous overview of the Washington-Hershey affiliation in the Patriot News blog of Tim Leone today: ‘Hershey Bears, Washington Capitals a Dynamic Duo.’
The timing of Leone’s work is understandable; the Caps are mere hours away from clinching their third consecutive Southeast division title, while the Bears, also runaway leaders of the AHL’s East division, soon will [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Hershey Bears, Southeast Division, Ted Leonsis, The Patriot News, Tim Leone, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Home Cooking in Pro Hockey Has a New Standard

7 March, 2010

Just listen and savor.
John Walton call: Twenty three straight wins at home

Also filed in American Hockey League, Giant Center, Hershey Bears, John Walton, Prospects | Comments (0)

Outdoor Practice Fun in Hershey

4 March, 2010

If you’ve played a single season of beer league hockey, you’re familiar with the scene: gear bags resting by cars in a rink parking lot, the beer leaguers tipping back a cold one together after a skate. It was a bit early in the day for beer at 10:00 this morning when cars belonging to [...]

Also filed in Hockey Weather, John Walton, Media, Michal Neuvirth, OFB, Tim Leone, Washington Capitals, hockey blogging | Comments (3)

No Monsters’ Ball at Giant Center

21 February, 2010

The Hershey Bears found themselves in an exceptionally unusual position before Saturday night’s game against Lake Erie: confronting the possibility of an actual losing streak. On Friday night the Bears traveled to Adirondack and lost a 2-0 lead, succumbing to the Phantoms 5-3. Hershey, however, doesn’t lose a lot. The Bears last lost consecutive games just before [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Giant Center, Hershey Bears, Oskar Osala, Prospects | Comments (0)

New Media Convergence on the Farm

19 February, 2010

This weekend OFB embarks on a roadtrip we’ve sought since our start — to Hershey, but hauling along with us a hearty contingent of D.C. hockey bloggers. We’ve long wanted to take our new media party up to Chocolatetown for a weekend and see if we could just blow the lid off the terrific puck [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Comcast SportsNet, Corey Masisak, Giant Center, Hershey Bears, John Walton, Media, Prospects, Tim Leone, Washington Capitals, hockey blogging | Comments (1)

Soldier My Soldier! — Put Yourself in This Puckhead’s Snowshoes

10 February, 2010

The next time a sophist alleges Washington’s being home to second-rate puckheads, point his web browser at this WashingtonCapsBlog account of one individual’s resolute determination to make it to Verizon Center for Sunday’s Capitals-Penguins game.  The upshot of the lavishly detailed and vividly illustrated narrative is this: frozen to the bone in his power-outaged home [...]

Also filed in Hockey Reading, Hockey Weather, Media, Verizon Center, Washington Capitals, Washington the Hockey Town, hockey blogging | Comments (2)

We Threw a Blizzard Party, and Rob Rossi Got Left Out in the Cold

9 February, 2010

A wailing wall ought to be erected to accommodate all the whining from Pittsburgh’s press and message board puckheads: Rob Rossi, a hockey writer for the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, is the latest to take up the we’re so aggrieved cause, on his blog on Monday, in a diatribe against the NHL’s decision to contest Sunday’s [...]

Also filed in Blogging, Hockey Weather, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Washington the Hockey Town | Comments (14)

Musings of a Snow Refugee

7 February, 2010

Never has a hockey rink seemed as warm as entering Verizon Center did to me this morning. Like so many thousands around our region, I’ve been without power in my home since late Friday night. I got to see all of the Capitals’ victory over Atlanta, and not long into the Comcast post-game the fatal and [...]

Also filed in Bruce Boudreau, Hockey Weather, Mullets, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Washington the Hockey Town | Comments (6)

A Call to Remedying Action for the Red Army

30 January, 2010

No prolonged setup needed for this tale of terror: Hershey Bears’ fan Jason Hartle, afflicted with cerebral palsy, attended a Bears’ game at Giant Center back in December, returned home that night in his specially equipped van, only to awaken the next morning and discover it stolen. Police in his community have informed Jason’s family [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Hershey Bears, Hockey Heroes, John Walton, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

Good Teams Win Lucky When They’re Not Good

20 January, 2010

In the early 1980s, as the Washington Capitals matured from doormat to strong Patrick division challenger to the dynastic Islanders, it wasn’t uncommon for them to skate in dominant fashion against established and elite teams and come up short. I thought about those Capitals’ teams on Tuesday night, as the 2010 Capitals, the East’s elite, [...]

Also filed in Jose Theodore, Matt Bradley, Mike Green, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Washington Capitals, Washington the Hockey Town, detroit red wings | Comments (4)

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