17 March, 2010

Category Archives: Morning cup-a-joe

Then and Now: I Want My Innocent Ovi Back

16 March, 2010

It’s seared in my memory in a way virtually no other hockey moment, save the Miracle on Ice, is: the October 5, 2005, debut of Alexander Ovechkin in the NHL. Forty seconds into the new season’s opening game, on his very first NHL shift, Ovechkin slammed Columbus’ Radoslav Suchy so violently into the end boards [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Chicago Blackhawks, Colin Campbell, George McPhee, NHL Rules, National Hockey League, Old Time Hockey, Washington Capitals | Comments (39)

Home Is Where the Hockey Heart Occasionally Becomes Too Content

13 March, 2010

Hockey coaches don’t like playing long stretches of games at home, fearing that complacency will set in among their players. The Capitals on Friday night, with another rejiggered lineup, and skating the final game of a five-game homestand and their second game against the Lightning in about a week, looked like a team in need [...]

Also filed in Eastern Conference, Eric Belanger, National Hockey League, President's Trophy, Southeast Division, Tampa Bay Lightning, Tomas Fleischmann, Verizon Center, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

There’s an Institutional Fight to These ‘Canes

11 March, 2010

A near 100-point team, hosting a hopeless, 60-point team, ought to win comfortably, no? Not when the underdog is the Carolina Hurricanes and the favored adversary is the Caps. The ‘Canes, no matter the month in the calendar, no matter how low the stakes, skate up in the proverbial grill against the Caps just about [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Bruce Boudreau, Carolina Hurricanes, Jose Theodore, Mike Green, Southeast Division, Tomas Fleischmann, Verizon Center, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

Puck Daddy, at the Olympics: It Was Like ‘A Roman Orgy’

10 March, 2010

The story arrived on my eyes like a first centerfold does to the adolescent away at summer camp — an “emergency” shipment of condoms was headed to Vancouver during the second week of the Olympics. This after 7,000 Olympians had already been provided an initial cargo load of 100,000 prophylactics. At that moment I knew [...]

Also filed in Blogging, Greg Wyshynski, Media, National Hockey League, New media, OFB Interviews, Puck Daddy, USA Hockey, Vancouver Olympics, Washington Capitals, Yahoo, hockey blogging | Comments (2)

A Star in Net at the Other End

9 March, 2010

No team has any business beating these Washington Capitals when they pump 52 shots on net, literally doubling the shots tally of the opponent, as the Caps did last night in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Dallas Stars, but hockey has a last line of defense, and on Monday night at Verizon Center Marty [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Bruce Boudreau, Dallas Stars, Eric Belanger, John Carlson, National Hockey League, Semyon Varlamov, Verizon Center, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

How Hockey Blogging Introduces You to Heroes

8 March, 2010

Two moments last week, both occurring off the ice, reminded me of the greatness of our game, and my particular great fortune in being located where I am in covering it.
I arrived in Hershey last Thursday morning with the simplest of objectives: snapping a few pictures of the Bears’ annual outdoor practice. Mostly I wanted [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Hockey Heroes, John Walton, John Walton Hockey, Kurt Kehl, Media, National Hockey League, New media, Nicklas Backstrom, Shinny, Washington Capitals, hockey blogging | Comments (6)

A Bit of Caps’ History Witnesses the History-Making Present

7 March, 2010

A terrific authority on 35 seasons of Capitals hockey — a man who has seen every one of them — is the team’s very first radio broadcaster, Ron Weber. He was in attendance along with some high-profile Capitals’ alumni Saturday night to help commemorate 35 seasons of pro hockey in D.C. The celebration comes at [...]

Also filed in Calle Johnasson, Capitals greats from the past, Ron Weber, Sweaters, Washington Capitals | Comments (4)

A Night for Newcomers

5 March, 2010

We’ll get to Scott Walker, aka Maurice Richard, in a minute.
First up, however, is the status of John Carlson. In Thursday night’s postgame Bruce Boudreau said that there would be neither callups nor demotions going forward, meaning, it sure looks like Carly’s here to stay. That means, you would have to think, that the Caps [...]

Also filed in Bruce Boudreau, Eastern Conference, John Carlson, National Hockey League, Nicklas Backstrom, Scott Walker, Washington Capitals | Comments (5)

For the Master Poker Player, the Biggest and Toughest Hand Arrives

3 March, 2010

To deal or not to deal, that is the question.
Ninety points, a gaping, cavernous lead in the division, and a healthy margin as well for first overall in the conference, and this morning for the Washington Capitals management must confront what is perhaps the most interesting and challenging personnel decision(s) since embarking on a massive [...]

Also filed in Blogging, Front Office, George McPhee, Hockey trade, John Carlson, NHL Trades, National Hockey League, New media, Washington Capitals | Comments (5)

In Canada, Even Pets Watched Sunday’s Gold Medal Game

2 March, 2010

It was a bit of a riptide that swirled across and through new media yesterday afternoon — more than 27 million Americans tuned in to the gold medal game on Sunday, making it the highest rated hockey on television in the States in 30 years. You had to go all the way back to Lake [...]

Also filed in Hardcore Hockey Fans, Media, NBC, Oh Canada!, TV, Vancouver Olympics | Comments (3)

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