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Category Archives: Michal Neuvirth

Outdoor Practice Fun in Hershey

4 March, 2010

If you’ve played a single season of beer league hockey, you’re familiar with the scene: gear bags resting by cars in a rink parking lot, the beer leaguers tipping back a cold one together after a skate. It was a bit early in the day for beer at 10:00 this morning when cars belonging to [...]

Also filed in Hockey Towns, Hockey Weather, John Walton, Media, OFB, Tim Leone, Washington Capitals, hockey blogging | Comments (3)

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 [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, American Hockey League, Brendan Morrison, Bruce Boudreau, Chris Clark, Eastern Conference, Eric Fehr, George McPhee, Hershey Bears, Jeff Schultz, John Carlson, Jose Theodore, Karl Alzner, Mathieu Perreault, Matt Bradley, Mike Knuble, NHL playoffs, National Hockey League, New media, Nicklas Backstrom, Prospects, Semyon Varlamov, Sergei Fedorov, Ted Leonsis, Tomas Fleischmann, Washington Capitals, Washington the Hockey Town | Comments (9)

Winning is in the Air for Washington Hockey

24 January, 2010

The Washington Capitals were set up for a letdown last night against the Phoenix Coyotes, but the team was able to hold on to the lead and prevail 4-2. A particular one minute and thirty second span of time in the third period proved key to  the Caps.
With time winding down, Nicklas Backstrom took a [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Hershey Bears, Hershey's Gianty Center, Mike Green, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Phoenix Coyotes, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

On a Wretched Night, a New Role for the Captain

13 January, 2010

It was a very, very weird game in Tampa last night, a Caps’ 7-4 loss to the ‘Bolts, anomalous in so many ways. Of the game’s first five power plays, all produced goals. A hallmark of this season has been stellar play by the Caps in games’ opening 20 minutes; Tuesday night it was their [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Tampa Bay Lightning, Tomas Fleischmann, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

Trade Winds, Portending a Mid-Winter Gale?

29 December, 2009

There’s a special buzz-charge in a building on a game night when a big deal has gone down earlier in the day by the host club, but Monday’s game against Southeast basement dweller Carolina lost its buzz early. Jose Theodore, last seen smashing his stick at Kettler last weekend in being-benched-again frustration, returned to the [...]

Also filed in Carolina Hurricanes, Chris Clark, Eastern Conference, Jose Theodore, Milan Jurcina, Morning cup-a-joe, Semyon Varlamov, Washington Capitals | Comments (9)

Goaltending 3.0: Brett Leonhardt’s Ongoing Development as a Goaltender

12 December, 2009

This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Capitals’ website production specialist Brett Leonhardt signing an amateur tryout contract, donning goalie pads and dressing in a Caps’ sweater, and taking warmups and briefly serving as a backup goalie for a regular season NHL game. It was one of the better feel-good stories of the 2008-09 NHL season. (Recommended [...]

Also filed in Brent Johnson, Brett Leonhardt, Jose Theodore, Semyon Varlamov, Washington Capitals | Comments (5)

Bears Best Mini-Mullets in Blanking Fashion

29 November, 2009

It was a 5-0 Hershey whitewash over Wilkes-Barre Scranton at Giant Center early Sunday evening. Incredibly, Michal Neuvirth has stopped 123 of the 124 petite Pens’ shots he’s faced in his last four games at Giant Center.
Hershey’s 32 points on the season afford them a 7-pt. cushion for first place in the AHL’s East division [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Andrew Gordon, Hershey Bears, John Walton | Comments (3)

Hockey 'n Heels 3: Slap Shot Edition

23 February, 2009

On Saturday the Capitals hosted their third annual Hockey ‘n Heels event. Over 300 women attended the event, which sold out in less than two days.

Also filed in Boyd Gordon, Bruce Boudreau, Jeff Schultz, Lisa Hillary, Rod Langway, Tomas Fleischmann, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

Friday Night Services in a Hockey Cathedral

27 September, 2008

Prior to Friday, I’d made one lone visit to Hersheypark Arena, and stripped to its event-less essence then, it nonetheless made such an impression on me that I felt compelled to research it and write up my admiration (‘An Eternal Home for the Hockey Heart‘). At the time I was riddled with regret at my [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Hershey Bears, Mathieu Perreault, Oskar Osala, Prospects, Washington Capitals | Comments (24)

A Name No Longer Mentioned

24 September, 2008

One player’s name certainly is emerging from training camp’s first week — by virtue of its omission.
That of Olaf Kolzig.
You don’t hear it mentioned among the press, by fans in the Kettler stands, certainly not by Capitals’ players or coaches. Everybody seems to have moved on from the April agony and the summer transition trauma.
HockeyWashington, [...]

Also filed in Bruce Boudreau, Former Coaches & Players, Jose Theodore, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Olaf Kolzig, Simeon Varlamov, Washington Capitals | Comments (25)

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