19 March, 2010

Category Archives: National Hockey League

A Blogger’s Faith in Government Restored: The Formation of the First-Ever Congressional Hockey Caucus

18 March, 2010

The greeting from the congressman in his office this week was sudden and startling: “Can you blog and walk at the same time?” Nebraska Representative Lee Terry, smiling, asked as he stepped out of a closed-door meeting to meet me.
I was more than a little nervous meeting the congressman on Tuesday. Standing next to the [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Congressional Hockey Caucus, Ft. Dupont Ice Arena, Miracle On Ice, Morning cup-a-joe, OFB Interviews, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

Imagery from a Reader Roadtrip To Chitown

17 March, 2010

We are enthusiastic collectors of reader pics from summer vacations that Rock the Red, and in-season roadtrips that do likewise. OFB reader Chris made his first-ever visit to the great city of Chicago this past weekend, scored some prime seats for the big game, took in a little pre-St. Patty’s festivities within the Windy City’s [...]

Also filed in 2 Points, Alexander Ovechkin, Chicago Blackhawks, Hockey roadtrip, Nicklas Backstrom, OFB reader pics, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

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, Morning cup-a-joe, NHL Rules, Old Time Hockey, Washington Capitals | Comments (39)

The Captain, Sitting Again

15 March, 2010

Per Capitals Insider, Capitals’ captain Alexander Ovechkin has been suspended for two games for his first period push Sunday of Blackhawks’ defenseman Brian Campbell. Sunday’s was Ovi’s third game misconduct of the 2009-10 season. Today’s verdict only further muddles the league’s incoherent and insufferably inconsistent enforcement measures.

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Oh So Worth Another Look

15 March, 2010

Now this is an unassisted tally if there ever was one — Nick Backstrom initiating his game-winning goal on Sunday with a deft stick-check of Troy Brouwer deep in his own end, then going coast-to-coast to occasion tears into the Windy City’s green river:

Also filed in 2 Points, Chicago Blackhawks, Media, NBC, Nicklas Backstrom, TV, Washington Capitals | Comments (9)

Another Defining Moment in a Special Season

14 March, 2010

The Washington Post declared that Sunday’s matinee match-up “may be a preview of the Stanley Cup finals.” After the thrilling ending in Chicago today, NBC must be salivating at that prospect.

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Brooks Laich, Chicago Blackhawks, Jason Chimera, NHL Rules, Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals | Comments (5)

Lisa Hillary Sits Down with Ted Leonsis

13 March, 2010

In a two-part interview series Comcast Sportsnet’s Lisa Hillary visited with Capitals’ majority owner Ted Leonsis this week and honed in on some real meat and potatoes issues with him: his satisfaction level with where the Caps are in the league and locally, the participation of NHLer’s in the Olympics, past and future, his role [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Comcast SportsNet, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Lisa Hillary, Sidney Crosby, Ted Leonsis, USA Hockey, Vancouver Olympics, Video Clips, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

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, Morning cup-a-joe, President's Trophy, Southeast Division, Tampa Bay Lightning, Tomas Fleischmann, Verizon Center, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

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, Morning cup-a-joe, New media, OFB Interviews, Puck Daddy, USA Hockey, Vancouver Olympics, Washington Capitals, Yahoo, hockey blogging | Comments (2)

A Signing, and Another Sign Perhaps of Winter Classic Fun in Washington

9 March, 2010

The Capitals today announced the signing of right wing prospect Dmitry Kugryshev, their second-round selection in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. The pact is a three-year entry level one.
Kugryshev is in his second season skating in North America, for Patrick Roy and the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL. In 64 games this season Kugryshev, who [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Dmitry Kugryshev, Hershey Bears, John Carlson, Mark French, Prospects, Washington Capitals, Winter Classic | Comments (0)

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