07 February, 2012

Category Archives: Jay Beagle

A Third Period That Brought Down the House, and Personnel Notes

12 January, 2012

Take the stats sheet with a grain of salt on this one. Wednesday saw one of the Capitals’ best third period performances, at least effort-wise, so far of the season. Going into that period against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday, the Capitals were beating the black and gold in just about every statistical category, including [...]

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The Case for Jay Beagle

1 October, 2011

The headline for the Caps’ preseason shootout win Friday against the Buffalo Sabres rightfully belonged to Nicklas Backstrom, who found the net for the first time in an NHL game since March 22 (h/t to David Nichols for the stat) and ended up with two goals.  But a game like Friday’s is also the perfect [...]

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It Feels Like … Preseason

27 September, 2011

Wins in preseason expire stats-wise in a matter of weeks, but for a team that’s gone 5-1 and 4-2 in the last two preseasons, a first win in four games has to be somewhat important, right? The Capitals’ Jay Beagle thinks so. “We play the game to win, so, preseason or not, you want to [...]

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We’re Going Ugly (Cause We Have to)

29 December, 2010

Beauty is becoming a beast.

Once we wooed only the pretty girls; now we’re chasing heifers.

We’re going ugly, gang, ’cause it’s the best bet for next spring.

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The Caps and Christmas Past

23 December, 2010

I wanted to know what Christmas mornings meant to the Caps in their youth, and specifically how much of a role their respective enthusiasm for hockey played in their requests of Santa, so I went around the locker room at Kettler yesterday after practice and asked. Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised that Michal Neuvirth’s [...]

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