21 March, 2010

Category Archives: Print

Dare We Think about Shoveling Canal Snow Too?

10 February, 2010

This email arrived from the Montgomery Gazette this afternoon:
From: Donaghue, Erin <edonaghue@gazette.net>
To: pucksandbooks@onfrozenblog.com
Sent: Wed Feb 10
Subject: question from the Gazette
Hi pucksandbooks, this is Erin Donaghue writing with the Gazette in Montgomery County. We’re trying to set up a photo for sometime this weekend of hockey along the C&O Canal, and your name came up when [...]

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All It Takes Is 12 Wins in a Row

5 February, 2010

How do you get your hockey team to be featured prominently on the front page of the Washington Post? Win 12 in a row AND have a player reach 500 career points.
We asked the Capitals this morning if they could tally up the number of A1 instances for the team with the Washington Post, and [...]

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Chicago’s Burgeoning Suburban Backyard Rink Boom

31 January, 2010

Friday’s Chicago Tribune highlighted our favorite passion-hobby sprouting conspicuously across the suburbs of that great city — families taking to skating outdoors, in this case by erecting rinks in their backyards.
“Years ago, backyard ice rinks seemed like a luxury for only the most die-hard hockey fans. But in recent years, it has become the winter [...]

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Best of the Best: Japers’ Rink

11 January, 2010

Here is a pretty amazing accomplishment: earlier today Japers’ Rink earned designation as the top NHL blog by Sports Media Challenge. It’s not an amazing feat in light of the caliber of content JP daily provides; rather it’s amazing to think that about 5 years after Washington’s bloggers were first identified as being at the [...]

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I Love New York

29 April, 2009

Whenever I see the New York Post, I can’t help thinking of the Public Enemy song. And given the image below, they’re right on. Only in NYC would you see a website that features top stories like these. Farewell, New York.

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Another One Bites the Dust

23 January, 2009

Another year, another All-Star Game, another round of no-shows. James Duthie of the Ottawa Citizen had something to say about that:
Strange, isn’t it, that every season, right before the All-Star game, a few stars suddenly pull groins or tweak knees or develop some other unknown “upper-body injury” (Loose eyelash? Pimple? Belly-button lint accumulation?) Medical researchers really need to explore this phenomenon, known as AllStaritis.
No, I’m not talking about Sidney Crosby, who may pull out of the game. Crosby wants to go, but is being talked out of it by doctors and Penguins management.

Also filed in Media, National Hockey League, Nicklas Backstrom, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

Hockey's Past, In Pictures

20 November, 2008

I’ve long been fascinated with old issues of LIFE Magazine.  I came across a few when I was ten years old and couldn’t stop reading them; the photos and ads held some sort of vintage magic for me.  And that hasn’t changed; the only difference now is that I have more issues in my collection.  [...]

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Lost in Transition: Old Media Remains Three Strides Behind Dmitry Chesnokov

12 November, 2008

Once again we are indebted to Dmitry Chesnokov for bringing us news the mainstream media couldn’t. You may have heard: our Alexander Semin recently shared a few reflections on the Obama of our sport with Chesnokov, which appeared in the Russian newspaper SovetskySport. Now that the uproar has settled (a bit) over Semin’s truth-telling, it’s [...]

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A Former Talking Head Talks Tough After a Tough Loss

11 November, 2008

There were columns in yesterday’s local papers about Olie. (Largely uninteresting.) Last night there was a packed Verizon Center press box, many there who normally wouldn’t be, to chronicle the homecoming. But by 8:30 last night I’d had my fill of the storyline. For me it had become a cliche. I wanted something fresh to [...]

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Semin Speaks Up

7 November, 2008

Last week OFB joined Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo Puck Daddy fame in posing questions to the then NHL scoring leader, Alexander Semin, on an off night for the young Russian, who’s enjoying a remarkable breakout season. SovetskySport’s Dmitry Chesnokov joined Semin in Chinatown for some sushi and hockey talk, and Dmitry graciously posed our questions to [...]

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