23 May, 2012

Category Archives: OFB

Hitting the Ice a Man Down

9 May, 2012

Some say one must embrace hockey from birth to really appreciate it. Oh, you can become a fan of this great sport no matter your upbringing — but if you didn’t grow up with it, then it’s something you learn to like, not something you breathe.
I breathe hockey. And I owe that all to my dad.

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Another Pack of Pucksters Makes Round 2 Picks

30 April, 2012

Dear Jim Iovino: Wise men publish elevated flattery directed at beautiful women. Kinda surprised we were the only ones going with Caps in seven in round one. But we’re even more surprised to see the overwhelming majority (all but one!) of puck prognosticators over at NBCWashington.com go with the Caps in round two, against the [...]

Also filed in Media, NBC, New media, New York Rangers, NHL playoffs, TV, Washington Capitals, WRC | Comments (1)

Appreciated Callout

2 December, 2011

Scored us some love from WaPost today, and we send it right back. From Tarik to Steinz to Boz and all the paper’s photogs, there was rich and deeply reflective coverage of this historic week for hockey here by the big paper. Be a good idea for us to chronicle, too, the best of this [...]

Also filed in Bruce Boudreau, Dan Steinberg, Media, Tarik El-Bashir, Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, Washington the hockey town | Comments (5)

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, New media, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

A Community I’ll Never Forget

10 May, 2011

In three years I’ve had the opportunity to see three playoff runs, two series wins, dueling hat tricks, Game 7 heroics and had the opportunity to be apart of one of the best communities in sports. After three seasons of covering perhaps the most electric team hockey though, my time as a member of the OnFrozenBlog team has come to an end.

Also filed in Media, National Hockey League, NHL, Washington Capitals | Comments (6)

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 hockey blogging, Kevin Kaminski, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, New media, 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 blogging, Hockey fathers and sons, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, New media, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (1)

Another OFB Young Gun Gets a FoxSports Shout-out

4 March, 2011

We like to remind admirers of our Lis Meinecke that she hasn’t been on the new media hockey beat for two full years, which makes her callout by FoxSports.com this afternoon all the more special. Way to go Lis!

Also filed in Hockey blogging, Jason Arnott, National Hockey League, New media, Washington the hockey town | Comments (2)

Digital Young Gun, Getting It Done

23 February, 2011

Once upon a time Andrew was our modest intrepid intern. As of today, he’s still modest, still intrepid, but also a first star of the digital day — his argument for dealing Alexander Semin, published this morning, caught the eyes of editors at FoxSports.com. Way to go, young gun.

Also filed in Alexander Semin, National Hockey League, New media, NHL Trades, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

Snowed Out from a Sour Message

8 February, 2011

Funny story: about two weeks ago I got a fresh request to appear on 106.7 the Fan’s ‘Overtime‘ evening program, but I fielded the request while in one of the few Bethesda, Md., commercial properties with power that night (a bar); we’d just been snow-blasted by Mother Nature. My home — Pepco-powered — was of [...]

Also filed in 106.7 the Fan, Atlanta Thrashers, Bruce Boudreau, Danny Rouhier, George McPhee, John Carlson, Karl Alzner, National Hockey League, Radio, Southeast Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

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