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Category Archives: Olaf Kolzig

A Sort of Homecoming

10 November, 2008

The final five minutes of this eight-and-a-half-minute reminiscence of Hall of Fame netminder Eddie Giacomin are devoted to Giacomin’s heart-wrenching departure, at age 36, from the only NHL team he’d known, the New York Rangers, to Detroit. If on this odd afternoon of very mixed emotions you find striking parallels between Giacomin’s circumstances some 30 [...]

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So . . . About That Goaltending

11 October, 2008

I wasn’t the most popular fella in these parts when, in the middle of summer, I offered the opinion that losing out on Cristobal Huet and settling for Jose Theodore didn’t exactly inspire dreams of circling around Verizon Center ice with Lord Stanley raised high. To be fair: the Caps pursued Huet with vigor, and [...]

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So . . . About That Goaltending

11 October, 2008

I wasn’t the most popular fella in these parts when, in the middle of summer, I offered the opinion that losing out on Cristobal Huet and settling for Jose Theodore didn’t exactly inspire dreams of circling around Verizon Center ice with Lord Stanley raised high. To be fair: the Caps pursued Huet with vigor, and [...]

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Fairfax's Collin McKinney Sees Life Through Hockey

6 October, 2008

[Part I of II ] In the moments leading up to my meeting Collin McKinney, 42, of Fairfax, I readied myself for a seriously sad encounter. There are newsworthy triumphs and tragedies in life every day, and all I knew of McKinney was that he was a huge hockey fan and that he’d endured a [...]

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Fairfax's Collin McKinney Sees Life Through Hockey

6 October, 2008

[Part I of II ] In the moments leading up to my meeting Collin McKinney, 42, of Fairfax, I readied myself for a seriously sad encounter. There are newsworthy triumphs and tragedies in life every day, and all I knew of McKinney was that he was a huge hockey fan and that he’d endured a [...]

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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 [...]

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Nurturing the Fashion Passion of HockeyWashington

25 August, 2008

What does Rock the Red mean to you today, well away from its inauguration and deployment during the 2007-08 season? What does it mean to the Capitals now? How should it be cultivated, nurtured, and deployed in 2008-09? Also: was it hooey and hokie or a heartfelt rallying cry for you? Do you want to [...]

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Should Olaf Kolzig's Number Be Retired By The Capitals?

4 July, 2008

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June 4, 1998: Washington Seriously Parties Over Hockey into the Wee Hours

4 June, 2008

Ten years ago today Joe Juneau scored what many Washington hockey fans consider to be the most significant goal in Capitals’ history — a game and series-ending, Wales Trophy earning tally, one catapulting Capsdom into delirium, 6:24 into overtime, on the road, in the Eastern Conference Finals’ game 6, giving the Caps a 3-2 victory [...]

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Washington Capitals 1998 Playoffs Montage

4 June, 2008
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