21 March, 2010

Category Archives: Peter Bondra

Hockey 'n Heels: The Next Generation

20 November, 2009

Last night, I attended Hockey ‘N Heels at Kettler Capitals Iceplex. The event, by all accounts, was a huge success. When tickets went on sale in October, they were gone in half an hour. Over 300 women were in attendance.

Also filed in Bruce Boudreau, Eric Fehr, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

Bonzai on Semin: Good Things Are Coming, Keep Waiting

16 November, 2009

Put Peter Bondra in the pro-Alex Semin camp. I had a chance to chat with #12 during Friday night’s 3-1 win over the Wild, and when I asked him how he’d go about coaching the enigmatic winger, how he’d address Semin’s conspicuous inconsistency, the general manager of the Slovakian national team emphasized that he’s seeing significant maturation [...]

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The Importance of Being a January Baby

30 September, 2008

Chris Bourque, Mathieu Perreault, and John Carlson all enjoyed standout training camps with the Washington Capitals this month. Bourque is still enjoying his. To slightly varying degrees, all three enjoyed prodigy player status early on in their hockey careers. On a hunch, I checked their respective birth dates. All three share the birth month of [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Chris Bourque, Hardcore Hockey Fans, Hockey Legends, Hockey Rituals, Jaromir Jagr, Mathieu Perreault, Morning cup-a-joe, Prospects, Sergei Fedorov, Washington Capitals, Wayne Gretzky | Comments (6)

Making Right in the Rafters on the Right Wing

3 September, 2008

Something felt very very right about the Capitals retiring Dale Hunter’s number back in March 2000, and my¬†hunch is that a similar sense of appropriateness will accompany the retiring of Mike Gartner’s no. 11 this December. The Caps announced yesterday that they would be retiring Mike Gartner’s sweater then.
Huntsy was the greatest captain in Capitals’ [...]

Also filed in Former Coaches & Players, Mike Gartner, Morning cup-a-joe, NHL Trades, Washington Capitals | Comments (11)

Origins of a DraftGeek

18 June, 2008

For those who live with hockey residing in the soul, every day carries some manner of frozen celebration, even in the dead of summer, but some days are better refrigerated than others. For me there are three or four genuinely dry-ice moments in the hockey calendar that are a given every year: the morning of [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, DraftGeek, Entry Draft, George Michael, Hardcore Hockey Fans, Internet, Mathieu Perreault, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Prospects, TV, WRC, Washington Capitals | Comments (13)

The End of the Magical 1998 Run to the Finals

17 June, 2008

We recently reminisced about the ten-year anniversary of a golden moment: when Joe Juneau’s goal propelled the Washington Capitals to their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance.
Today, Steinz looks back on D.C. Sports Bog to the day the run ended with excerpts from the Post’s coverage 10 years ago. It’s a good read and, lest you [...]

Also filed in Dale Hunter, Dan Steinberg, Washington Capitals, Washington Post, Washington the Hockey Town | Comments (7)

Ain't No Party Like a 'Vechkin Party

15 June, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Alexander Ovechkin is a machine. On the ice and off he constantly gives his all, to the delight of Capitals fans and lovers of hockey everywhere.
Yet even Ovechkin looked a bit tired on Friday night at the party in his honor at chic D.C. restaurant Teatro Goldoni. Given his recent schedule, that’s no surprise. [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, George McPhee, Mike Vogel, NHL Trophies, Nate Ewell, Rod Langway, Spike Parker, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals | Comments (19)

Washington Capitals 1998 Playoffs Montage

4 June, 2008
Also filed in Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Dale Hunter, Eastern Conference, Joe Juneau, Joe Reekie, Olaf Kolzig, Ottawa Senators, Sergei Gonchar, Video Clips, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

The Lethal Mr. Brooks

15 March, 2008

The Capitals’ communications team Saturday morning passed along some eye-opening data for Brooks Laich, who didn’t have a two-goal game in his first 214 NHL games but has three in his last nine outings. Laich has 10 goals and 12 points in the Capitals’ last 12 games, and now ranks third on the team with [...]

Also filed in Brooks Laich, George McPhee, Joe Finley, NHL Trades, Washington Capitals | Comments (12)

Buzz Trades, a Big Game, a Big-Buzz Atmosphere Stream of Consciousness

27 February, 2008

Was in the then MCI Center the night of March 13, 2001 — also deadline day — when earlier in the day GMGM dealt Zednik and Bulis and a pick to Montreal for Zubrus and Linden, and the mood in last night’s rink felt larger and more significant . . . that dealmaking carried a [...]

Also filed in Brooks Laich, Corey Masisak, Dainius Zubrus, Gary Bettman, George McPhee, Lindsay Czarniak, Mike Vogel, Morning cup-a-joe, NHL Trades, Olaf Kolzig, Print, Tarik El-Bashir, WRC, Washington Post, Washington Times | Comments (8)

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