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Category Archives: Kettler Capitals Iceplex

A Blend of Skill and Grit Wins the Duchesne Cup

22 September, 2010

We couldn’t help but notice that the Duchesne Cup squad that went out and acquired a Tier I enforcer in the offseason — Ovi’s Army, which featured D.J. King — proved triumphant in the opening week competition that concluded at KCI yesterday.

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Market Demand Response

21 September, 2010

It isn’t just select bloggers and a healthy contingent of Caps’ fans who believe an upgrade in toughness is overdue on this team. There are players attending training camp this year who signed with Washington and Hershey this summer who want the dirty jobs, none of whom is named D.J. King. I was in the [...]

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Duchesne Cup Day 2: Ovi’s Army Overpowers

20 September, 2010

This is so Ovi: The opening score in Monday’s Duchesne Cup scrimmage between groups A and C was scored by the A team’s Mike Knuble — guess where on the ice — off a corner feed from his Russian linemate, and as Alexander Ovechkin skated back to his bench and received outstretched glove-tap congrats from [...]

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Images from an Opening Weekend of Training Camp 2010

19 September, 2010
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Day One of the 2010 Duchesne Cup

19 September, 2010

For fans of physically inclined style of hockey, Sunday’s opening Duschesne Cup scrimmage between groups B and C didn’t offer a great deal of glass-slamming action or open-ice thumping, but don’t try telling that to Tomas Fleischmann. Group C’s Trevor Bruess sent the Capitals’ center/left wing to the very bottom of the opposing players’ bench [...]

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Scrimmage Slideshow

17 September, 2010

Today’s rookie scrimmage was a highly-anticipated and hotly-contested affair. It was an excellent showcase of both the talents and necessary improvements of the young players.

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Where Brooks Laich Gets Reminded About Hockey History, Roots

17 September, 2010

It’s rare that hockey players answer questions in poetry, not prose.

But sometimes you get lucky. I asked Brooks Laich on Thursday to name the coolest place he’s ever visited that’s associated with hockey history. It could be anything – a rink, a bar reminiscent of Toe Blake’s Tavern, the place where Wayne Gretzky lost his baby teeth . . . and he began waxing poetic for me.

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Some Get It, Some Don’t

17 September, 2010
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Love at First Bite (Desserts, Not Vampires, at Kettler)

15 September, 2010

She makes a pound cake that’s beloved by established journalists on the Capitals beat. Her Red Velvet cupcakes have made Russian hockey machines in training (Caps prospects Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitri Orlov) salivate, and her recipe for cookies may or may not have a friend on the Capitals coaching staff. And, lucky for the media [...]

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No Hype, Just Heart and Hard Work for This Caps Prospect

14 September, 2010

It’s always refreshing to get to know a player who, unlike the Alex Ovechkins and Nick Backstroms of the world, is not necessarily assured a roster spot game in and game out. Often, the struggle reveals a player’s love of the game in its purest form.

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