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The State of the Capitals’ Union, January 2010

27 January, 2010

Red Army, fellow Washington puckheads, late January again finds the Washington Capitals in an enviable competitive position: in first place — by a Grand Canyon chasm — in the Southeast division, but also first overall in the Eastern conference. And of late, establishing some separation from the rest of the East. The Capitals’ brand of [...]

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A Defense Pair’s Conflict of Colors

17 January, 2010

The best-laid plans . . .
At the start of this week I had ahead of me the prospect of one of the more appealing visits to Hershey, Pennsylvania, I believed I’d ever make. It was the return home to Hershey weekend for American hockey hero John Carlson. But as Joe Murphy’s law would have it, the [...]

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Late-Game Wilting: Surmising Its Causes and Cures

30 November, 2009

At the one-quarter mark of the season, a glaring character flaw has perniciously and persistently permeated the Capitals’ young season: the team weakens as the game goes along. Leads are often acquired early and disconcertingly — alarmingly — lost late. The cold, hard, and amazing reality in this: the Capitals have led in the second [...]

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Number 27 in Your Program

28 November, 2008

Number 27 in your program will now read D Karl Alzner. The Caps Media Relations blog has the story.
“Alzner
wore 27 with the Calgary Hitmen and the Canadian National Junior Team.
Alzner and Mike Green both idolize Scott Niedermayer of the Anaheim
Ducks, who has worn No. 27 for years. Green also wore 27 in the WHL and
flirted [...]

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Alzner Talks About NHL Debut

26 November, 2008

A tap of the stick on the ice to the Caps Media Relations Blog for the pointer to this video of Karl Alzner talking about his NHL debut this evening.

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Capitals Raid The Farm For Reinforcements

26 November, 2008

With the injury bug decimating the Washington Capitals’ locker room, the club has summoned a quartet of Bears to bolster the lineup. The following Hershey players will be in D.C. tonight:

Karl Alzner
Chris Bourque
Sami Lepisto
Graham Mink

No official word on who among these farm-purging call-ups will be in tonight’s lineup.
Update: per Tarik, the Capitals have assigned Chris Clark (broken [...]

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Opening Night Roster Set

6 October, 2008

The Washington Capitals announced that Karl Alzner and Chris Bourque have been assigned to the Hershey Bears. Quintin Laing was placed on waivers and, if cleared, will report to Hershey.

2008 Washington Capitals Opening Night Roster

FORWARDS

#
Player
Ht.
Wt.
Shoots
Born
Birthplace
2007-08 Club(s)
League(s)

19
BACKSTROM, Nicklas
6‚Äô0‚Äù
183
Left
11/23/87
Gavle, Sweden
Capitals
NHL

10
BRADLEY, Matt
6‚Äô3‚Äù
201
Right
6/13/78
Stittsville, Ontario
Capitals
NHL

87
BRASHEAR, Donald
6‚Äô2‚Äù
234
Left
1/7/72
Bedford, Indiana
Capitals
NHL

17
CLARK, Chris
6‚Äô0‚Äù
196
Right
3/8/76
South Windsor, Connecticut
Capitals
NHL

91
FEDOROV, Sergei
6‚Äô2‚Äù
207
Left
12/13/69
Pskov, Russia
Capitals/Columbus
NHL

16
FEHR, Eric
6‚Äô4‚Äù
212
Right
9/7/85
Winkler, Manitoba
Capitals/Hershey
NHL/AHL

14
FLEISCHMANN, Tomas
6‚Äô1‚Äù
190
Left
5/16/84
Koprivinice, Czech Republic
Capitals
NHL

15
GORDON, Boyd
6‚Äô1‚Äù
201
Right
10/19/83
Unity, Saskatchewan
Capitals
NHL

25
KOZLOV, [...]

Also filed in Boyd Gordon, Brooks Laich, Chris Bourque, Dave Steckel, Eric Fehr, John Erskine, Jose Theodore, Matt Bradley, Milan Jurcina, Quintin Laing, Sergei Fedorov, Shaone Morrisonn | Comments (17)