22 March, 2010

Category Archives: Kevin Kaminski

Here’s Hoping Canadians Become Gold Medal Fans Again

28 February, 2010

Two, maybe three days a year max, I “hate” Canada — when U.S. national hockey teams face those of Canada. I put hate in quotes because I’m incapable of deep-seated antipathy toward my neighbors to the North. It’s a beautiful country filled with beautiful people, and it is the true home of hockey. Canada is [...]

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Down 2-0 to a Bitter Foe, Killer Resolve Is Required to Battle Back and Triumph

28 October, 2009

High up in Verizon Center Tuesday night I felt as if I had a guardian angel-devil on my shoulder, named Killer, monitoring with me the matchup with one of the Caps’ fiercest rivals. In big games against our most hated enemies, when the breaks aren’t going our way, often I think back to Capitals’ heroics [...]

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Heads Up in This Chat Room

26 October, 2009

If the Flyers’ first visit to Verizon Center this season doesn’t carry big-game feeling enough for you, maybe the return of Killer to help cover it will. Killer had his share of run-ins with the Orange and Black while wearing a Caps’ sweater, and Tuesday night he’ll host Comcast Sportsnet’s in-game chat for Tuesday night’s [...]

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A Fresh Message for Up North: You Want This Killer in Your Midst

22 October, 2009

For my new readership in the Great White North this week, I wanted to detail a bit my friendship with Killer. There were two facets I wanted to stress: that our heroes can indeed be very human, and they can, under somewhat miraculous circumstances, become our friends as well; and that this friend named Killer [...]

Also filed in Washington Capitals, Washington the Hockey Town | Comments (0)

The Selling of a Six Pack to a Southerner

3 October, 2008

A brand new colleague in my office, Victoria, not yet six weeks in her new gig, hails from Gulfport, Mississippi. She’s a young twenty-something, bright and engaging, and while college on the West Coast and two brief employment stints in D.C. have well dulled her Mississippi drawl, it’s still abundantly clear that she’s a seriously [...]

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More Draft Analysis, and a Killer Is on the Loose Down South

4 August, 2008

The July issue of Center Ice Magazine, which covers amateur and pro hockey in the Southern U.S., offers some additional assessments from veteran scouts of the Caps’ two first-round picks this year.
“[Gustafsson], 18, was the fifth-rated European skater in the draft, according to NHL Central Scouting, and has spent two seasons with the Frolunda junior [...]

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A Facelift for Hockey in Portland, Maine

10 June, 2008

The Buffalo Sabres today announced a brand new American League affiliation, in Portland, Maine, with the Pirates. Such news generally doesn’t catch¬†the OFB eye, but in this instance, the affiliate happens to be in one of our favorite towns, one we’ve blogged from before.
Portland of course was recently the affiliate for the Caps; in fact, [...]

Also filed in Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres, Former Coaches & Players, Hockey Towns, Minor Pro Hockey, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Is the Big 'Mo with the Team in Red?

20 April, 2008

Hockey’s most mysterious quality is momentum. It wavers at times — is obliterated, even — from shift to shift. Years ago I saw it change for the Caps from bad to beautiful with a single shift of chaos from Kevin Kaminski. A solitary act of incompetence by a single referee, as with yesterday’s mystery infraction [...]

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Letter to the Heartland

1 March, 2008

Kevin Kaminski, Head Coach,
229 East Front St.
Youngstown, OH 44503
March 1, 2008
Re. Victory Friday
Coach -
I see you lived up to your end of the bargain and knocked off the Wichita Thunder Friday night, 4-3. So I thought you’d appreciate hearing about two more terrific victories on the night.
Here in D.C., we had a spectacular, spectacular [...]

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Some Killer Photos

29 February, 2008

We knew Kevin “Killer” Kaminski was serious about helping us out with tonight’s fundraiser for Wilson High at Clyde’s when these large color photo beauties were FedEx-ed to us this morning, along with some other goodies. You’ll notice that Killer didn’t just autograph them but etched in the Killer Creed on each as well. They’ll [...]

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