07 February, 2012

Category Archives: New media

Size, of Body and Heart, Matters — Especially in 2012

31 December, 2011

Instructive moment: Rangers’ captain Ryan Callahan, made captain at so tender an age partly out of his affinity for playing December hockey games like they’re game 7s in May, blocked a John Carlson slapshot at the point the other night, and the selfless sacrifice led to a Rangers goal in transition seconds later. The block [...]

Also filed in Dale Hunter, George McPhee, HBO's 24/7, Jeff Schultz, Morning cup-a-joe, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, Old Time Hockey, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, The Great Old Patrick Division | Comments (6)

OFB TV: Christmas for Caps Fans — Hello Again, Patrick Division!

5 December, 2011

When it comes to the Capitals’ past, there are few voices in our region bearing the vivid fidelity of Baltimore WNST’s Ed Frankovic. Ed worked for the Caps during the glory days when the team nightly battled the likes of the Flyers, the Penguins, the Rangers, and the Islanders in the great old Patrick division. [...]

Also filed in Eastern Conference, Ed Frankovic, Much-needed realignment, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, OFB TV, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ted Leonsis, The Great Old Patrick Division, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (0)

More Mainstreaming of New Media Puck Coverage

2 November, 2011

There’s a reason why we dispatch our Lis Meinecke to Verizon Center to cover the Caps — she embraces puck passion, a pro journalist’s polish to her new media endeavors, and a bit of a proud partisan Washingtonian sensibility. It’s a coverage angle that has garnered the notice of Foxsports.com on a couple of occasions [...]

Also filed in Hockey blogging, OFB, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Hockey, Diminished: Coughing up $100 for a Night of Referee Entertainment

28 October, 2011

NHL hockey diminishes itself with games like last night’s between the Caps and Oilers. What should have been a highly fast-paced, highly entertaining matchup between a contender today and one that fast appears to be being assembled for the near tomorrow devolved into a whistle-fest parade of rhythm-robbing minor penalties, devaluing the evening for paying [...]

Also filed in Ed Frankovic, Edmonton Oilers, Incompetent officiating, National Hockey League, NHL referees, Washington Capitals | Comments (6)

OFB TV Roundtable: Grading the Caps’ Offseason, Predicting Ovi’s Return to Form

7 October, 2011

Beginning the brand new hockey season gathered at their favorite sports bar, OFB’s John Keeley, Sky Kerstein of 106.7 the Fan, Ed Frankovic of Baltimore WNST, and “Transition Game” author and Washington Times blogger Ted Starkey talk about the Capitals’ 2011-12 season, Alex Ovechkin’s offensive potential for the season, and top storylines for hockey fans [...]

Also filed in 106.7 the Fan, Alexander Ovechkin, Eastern Conference, Ed Frankovic, Hockey blogging, Hockey books, OFB TV, Radio, Sky Kerstein, Ted Starkey, Transition Game, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Q&A: Capitals Book Author Ted Starkey, Looking Back and Looking Ahead

4 September, 2011

We carried off a little Q&A with Transition Game author Ted Starkey recently. Ted’s first book, self-published, comes out this autumn, and he has a contract for a second book, Red Rising, with ECW Press out of Toronto. Folks can order the book now by dropping a line to Ted at CapitalsBook@aol.com, and it will [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Bruce Boudreau, Front Office, Hockey books, Ted Starkey, Transition Game, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (2)

Farewell to a Broadcast King

1 September, 2011

As summer comes to a close we learn of another important and impassioned media voice for hockey leaving Washington for an exciting career opportunity. Comcast Sportsnet’s Russ Thaler begins the on-air portion of a new chapter in his broadcast career with NBC Sports next week, having worked as an original talent at Sportsnet Mid-Atlantic since [...]

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Ted Starkey Delivers the Chronicle of a Transition

15 August, 2011

We are thrilled to have had a chance to review a couple of drafts of a new book coming out early this autumn that affords a commendably wide-angled lens on the Washington Capitals’ organization, Transition Game: Story of the 2010-11 Washington Capitals, by the Washington Times’ Ted Starkey. The title is slightly deceiving insomuch as [...]

Also filed in Ed Frankovic, Hockey books, Media, National Hockey League, Ted Starkey, Transition Game, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

Impact Callup: John Walton Named Capitals’ Radio Voice

9 August, 2011

I trace my passion for puck in Washington back to the 1970s, and Ron Weber’s radio calls of Caps’ games on WTOP. Radio men in hockey back then — most particularly in this region of the world — had a novel responsibility to be the eyes and ears for hockey fans unable to be inside [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Hershey Bears, John Walton, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, Radio, Ron Weber, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

Thin Skinned Down in the Sunshine State: Clever Bruins Smack Gets Silenced

21 May, 2011

My eternal problem with the Southeast division: There are no rivalries in it in any way approaching those we once enjoyed with our predecessor Patrick division, and subsequently, I can’t summon the hate. And in instances as with what a segment of Lightning fans in Tampa, led by a silly DJ there, carried off this [...]

Also filed in Boston Bruins, Greg Wyshynski, National Hockey League, NHL playoffs, Tampa Bay Lightning, The Great Old Patrick Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (8)

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