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Category Archives: Pittsburgh Penguins

A Manager’s Extraordinary Moment

12 February, 2011

Penguins’ general manager Ray Shero is the most interesting man in all of hockey this February. Shero is interesting every February, in the leadup to the NHL’s trade deadline; he always seems to have the perfect read on his club, and to make just the moves his club needs to strengthen its standing for the [...]

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February 6, 2011: Washington’s Super Bowl of Schadenfreude

7 February, 2011

I’m declaring February 6 a new and permanent holiday, unique to Washington: Shit the Bed Sunday by the ‘Burghers. Or, the Super Bowl of Schadenfreude. Let us have commemorative flags for all our autos — black and gold in color, obviously — calling out the feats of infamy yesterday carried off by the heroes of [...]

Also filed in Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Other sports, Schadenfreude, Washington Capitals, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (2)

Lacking in an Honorable Ending

6 February, 2011

Sunday afternoon’s game showed exactly why the Penguins-Capitals rivalry is not only one of the very best in hockey but one of the best in all of sports right now. There was blood, big hits, players — including the Gr8 — sacrificing themselves to block shots, and brawling. It took place in an electrified, redded-out [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Dave Steckel, Frontier justice, National Hockey League, Old Time Hockey, Washington Capitals, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (5)

Super Shutout: Caps 3 / Pens 0

6 February, 2011
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In a Season of High Hopes, Instead We Have High Crimes and Misdemeanors

14 January, 2011

A political bumper sticker of some years back read, ‘If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.’ “Outrage” by local hockey fans may be too strong a term to apply with respect to the 2010-11 Washington Capitals in this most unexpected, most irregular regular season tour of duty, but I think if you’re not at [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Jeff Schultz, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, NHL All Star Game, NHL Trades, Southeast Division, Tampa Bay Lightning, Ted Leonsis, The Red Army, Tom Poti, Tomas Fleischmann, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (18)

Bloggers’ Concluding Winter Classic 2011 Notebook

4 January, 2011

More than 500 members of the media representing more than 125 outlets descended upon Pittsburgh for the Winter Classic last weekend; we were fortunate enough to be included among them. This was a monumental moment in Washington Capitals history, and we couldn’t have chronicled it as we did absent the proactive and pioneering assistance of [...]

Also filed in Atlanta Thrashers, Hartford Whalers, hockey blogging, Media, National Hockey League, New media, OFB, Quebec Nordiques, Quebec the Very Serious Hockey Town, Southeast Division, Ted Leonsis, The Great Old Patrick Division, The Red Army, Washington Capitals, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (2)

CouchSurfing the Winter Classic Weekend

3 January, 2011

Driving up to Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon was like driving 75 miles per hour down 7th Street. Mile upon mile of Capital clad cars honking “Let’s Go Caps!” amped the expectations of my brother and me for what we already thought would be a spectacular weekend. Giving those three BEEPs to Red Army passersby lifted [...]

Also filed in Mike Green, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League, NHL, Washington Capitals, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (1)

Winter Classic Slideshow

3 January, 2011
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Plundering Western PA with a Reversal Invasion

3 January, 2011

It did not suck, slow shuffling out of Heinz Field late Saturday night, basking in the knowledge that Eric Fehr had fairly ruined the 2010 holidays for our friends in tattoos and mullets. This was no mere spectacle two points tucked away before moving off to the next tilt; for an entire generation-plus of Capitals [...]

Also filed in Bruce Boudreau, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Reversal Invasion, Ted Leonsis, The Red Army, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (15)

Winter Classic Panorama

2 January, 2011
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