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Category Archives: Ice

Canal Update: Tempting Conditions

14 February, 2010

A first-hand report of conditions down at the C&O Canal arrived this afternoon via comments to my query file of earlier in the week, Dare We Think About Shoveling Canal Snow Too?
Reader Josh reports:
“Drove by earlier today; Canal is (mostly) clear. Still a few small spots with some . . . slush, I guess, but [...]

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The Arrival of ‘Obama Ice’

2 February, 2010

You may have noticed while watching Sunday’s game that world-class skaters had difficulty skating, frequently falling without contact; that the puck persistently insisted on sticking to its position on the playing surface, despite sticks’ efforts to move it; and that play overall was distinctly uninspiring. Such is the hockey game that follows rather near a [...]

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Rewinding to the Warmth of Cooler Times

16 January, 2010

A week ago today so many in our region rushed out onto frozen ponds, creeks and canals, in pursuit of participating in hockey in its purest form. The novelty and splendor led many to capture much of last weekend’s shinny on digital cameras, and pass along the special moments to us this past week. We [...]

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Frozen Fun on the C&O Canal

9 January, 2010

It was a Saturday for shinny under a bright but beautifully cold sun — a week’s worth of freezing temps delivered postcard conditions for free-form hockey on the C&O Canal today, and I had the pleasure of sharing the experience with Off Wing Opinion’s Eric McErlain — his first-ever outdoor skate. If you take a [...]

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Let It Snow Like This, Once in a While, and Make Us Kids Again

20 December, 2009

Hello Washington blizzard my old friend, it was very good to see you again.
Washington got walloped by Old Man Winter yesterday, on the final Saturday before Christmas, and no one was happier about it than yours truly. I confess, I’ve never been able to empathize with the snow haters in the region. I mean, it’s [...]

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Windy City Winter Classic Confirmed

16 July, 2008

The NHL today confirmed what had long been suspected: that its next outdoor game would take place at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, on January 1, 2009.
The Original Six matchup between the Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings will be the 701st between the clubs –¬†the most¬†of¬†any¬†NHL clubs.
Back in May, when we wondered about the next iteration [...]

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Ice Can Be Nice in June

3 June, 2008

Last night’s game 5 was easily the best game of these Stanley Cup Finals, and perhaps the best finals game in years. Near the top of NBC’s broadcast, did you catch¬†play-by-play pro Mike Emerick’s referencing the¬†temperature of Joe Louis Arena’s ice sheet?¬†
A frosty eight degrees.
That’s about 12 degrees colder than is standard for an NHL [...]

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Bettman's State of the Hockey Union

25 May, 2008

As is tradition, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman addressed the media late yesterday afternoon in  the lead-up to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals. The commissioner has used this forum in the past to offer a quasi state of the game assessment, and yesterday was no different. James Mirtle has the entire transcript of the [...]

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How About Some More Pro Hockey in Washington, the Hockeytown?

23 May, 2008

Could suburban Washington, D.C., become home to a minor pro hockey team in the not-too-distant future? Such a team would first need a home here, and in Montgomery County, Maryland, intrigue is swirling around a new arena feasibility study and county officials’ publicly stated support for construction of an 8,000-10,000-seat arena, likely located in Germantown.
Last [...]

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The Capitals' Top 10 Storylines for 2007-08

28 April, 2008

10. The Rebuild Is Over. Owner Leonsis uttered this proclamation during the preseason, later claiming that the season’s barometer for success would be qualifying for the postseason. Through the middle of November both seemed delusionally wishful thinking. But when the right guy arrived behind the bench, when the Caps’ skilled young core was encouraged to [...]

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