10 February, 2012

Category Archives: hockey blogging

Renewed Questions of Leadership

18 May, 2011

Deep into Tuesday night, a prominent member of Washington’s hockey media, referencing the Boston Bruins’ effort in game 2 of the Eastern conference finals, emailed me this reflection: “This is what a desperate team is supposed to look like down 0-1 in a series not wanting to go down 0-2 before hitting the road.” Indeed. [...]

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Another Playoff Party Online for Blogging Pucksheads at WRC

29 April, 2011

Among a host of impressive media voices we chimed in again on what we think might happen in the Caps-’Bolts series for WRC-TC 4′s web site today. JP, Dave Nichols of the Capitals News Network, WNST’s Ed Frankovic, Sean Leahy of the Puck Daddy team over at Yahoo, the Washington Times‘ Ted Starkey, and more [...]

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NBC’s Consortium of Hockey Prognostications

15 April, 2011

WRC-NBC 4 put together a fun project for the Caps-Rangers series, soliciting the prognostications of a wide array of local hockey voices, with a commendably heavy emphasis on new media voices locally. The blog roll of participants included many of our favorites — Ted Starkey, JP from Japer’s Rink, Dave Nichols, Ed Frankovic, Adam Vingan [...]

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Nous Sommes Tous Canadiens

6 April, 2011

In the service of honesty, I will open two crucial caveats. First, I am a Caps fan, but I have lost the fanatic team loyalty of my youth, when I would videotape and rerun Greg Maddux on the mound for the Atlanta Braves during my teenage years or when I convinced myself that the Buffalo Bills lost their fourth Superbowl in part because I unfroze my clenched lotus position during halftime to eat dinner. I follow the Caps, I follow hockey in general, I’ve loved this blog…but my fandom is one primarily of player-attachment (I have a great fondness for Ovi) and a general sense of teams or players I like (the Caps, Brooks Laich, the Wings) and teams or players I can’t stand (the Rangers, Matt Cooke, Semin when he seems like he doesn’t care). So, this post resonates more with the lovely meditation on Montréal hockey culture recently posted by pucksandbooks than a close reading of Holtby v. Varalamov v. Neuvirth. (Although, I do agree that the Holtby demotion is nonsensical.)

The second caveat? I am a doctoral student in English literature living in Manhattan. Which explains why I’m going to quote William Wordsworth on how to write poetry. (Sorry.) The key, he says, is to write only after a profound experience in order to best capture “emotions recollected from tranquility.” Have the upheaval, be boulversé if we’re going to be bi-lingual, and analyze it later. And that’s what I’m trying my best to do here.

Also filed in Hockey roadtrips, Media, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League, New media, Washington Capitals | Comments (5)

Welcome to the Blueline, Gabriel

4 April, 2011

The arrival of a new Capitals’ fan into the world is a joyous occasion, but especially in the instance of Gabriel Pepper, first child of Stephen, the maestro behind Japer’s Rink Radio. Young Pepper, born this past weekend, had the courtesy to arrive on an off day for the Caps. And Gabriel appears destined for [...]

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Chatting Postseason Pucks on 106.7 the Fan

3 April, 2011

Apologies in advance for going on radio the other night with my buds at 106.7 the Fan on a crappy, overtaxed Blackberry. It’s been a burdensome spring in communications space for me. Anyway, as usual, I had a blast ‘chattin pucks with Danny Rouhier and Grant Paulson immediately after the Caps’ 4-3 overtime triumph over [...]

Also filed in 106.7 the Fan, Braden Holtby, Bruce Boudreau, Danny Rouhier, George McPhee, Media, NHL playoffs, Radio, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

How I Came To Befriend a Killer

11 March, 2011

In October 2006, when we started OFB, I decided that the very first figure from the Capitals’ past I wanted to interview was Kevin ‘Killer’ Kaminski. My interest was partly out of respect and affection — no Capitals’ player I’d watched since 1974 matched Killer pound for pound in guts and courage. But I was [...]

Also filed in Kevin Kaminski, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, New media, OFB, Old Time Hockey, Russian Machine Never Breaks, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (6)

OFB, on the High Seas

10 March, 2011

My father is lodged these days on a large cruise ship, out on a large ocean somewhere. He’s retired and he vacations a lot, often lavishly, and despite this I still love him. He is among great friends on this trip and having a great time I’m sure, but often he’s the lone hockey fan [...]

Also filed in Hockey fathers and sons, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, New media, OFB, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (1)

The Best Friend a Hockey Blogger Could Have

8 February, 2011

Being on the new media beat for hockey here the past five years has meant exchanging warm hellos to others with an extraordinary passion for our great game during the long calendar of the hockey year, and above everything else for me, it has meant making extraordinary friendships. There is no easier person to befriend [...]

Also filed in Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, Nate Ewell, National Hockey League, New media, OFB, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (7)

‘Saturday Night Caps’ Blogger Insights

17 January, 2011

This past Saturday night I joined Off Wing Opinion’s Eric McErlain, Comcast Sportsnet’s hockey blogger Ben Raby, and veteran Capitals’ radio reporter Jonathon Warner in studio for Federal News Radio’s ‘Saturday Night Caps.’ Federal News Radio is the flagship station for the Capitals’ radio broadcasts, and Warner has been championing a ‘bloggers’ roundtable’ on his [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Ben Raby, Comcast SportsNet, Eric McErlain, Federal News Radio, HBO's 24/7, Jonathan Warner, Media, OFB, Radio, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (0)

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