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Category Archives: Semyon Varlamov

“Unfamiliar Territory” — Also, Intolerable

13 December, 2010

Can a legitimate Stanley Cup contender lose any hockey game by a touchdown — and to a middle-of-the-pack outfit at that? “Unfamiliar territory” is where the Caps are these days, according to the head coach after Sunday night’s preposterous 7-0 humiliation at the sticks of the New York Rangers. Incredibly, the Rangers had merely 20 [...]

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Giving the Hosts the Blues for a Change

2 December, 2010

The Capitals got four goals in last night’s game against Jaroslov Halak that they probably would have preferred to have had in last season’s playoff series against him, when Halak was with the Habs. Halak now guards the cage for a St. Louis Blues team that the Caps held to only one goal Wednesday on [...]

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Mr. Hat Trick Strikes Again Against Tampa

26 November, 2010

Alexander Semin certainly seems to have the Lightning’s number this year. In two games he has six goals against them and last night he scored his three in just over four minutes. It took his goal total of the year to 17 and also gave him his third hat trick of the season. He scored the fastest natural hat trick in the NHL since Bobby Ryan did it in 2:21 in Jan., 2009.

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Washington Capitals 2010-11: The Moment Is of the Essence

8 October, 2010

We kid ourselves, don’t we, if we think for a moment that with the puck-drop tonight in Atlanta all the agony of last April will forever be vanquished? That all of our collective scar tissue will be healed. Forget about just last spring — do you know how much scar tissue related to Capitals’ playoff [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Bruce Boudreau, D. J. King, John Carlson, Karl Alzner, Matt Hendricks, Michal Neuvirth, Morning cup-a-joe, Southeast Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (5)

A Strong Preseason Concludes with a Dud; Next Up, the Second Preseason

4 October, 2010

With their uninspired and emotionless effort Sunday, in which they suffered their first exhibition setback in the preseason’s final game, the Capitals avoided flirting with the Preseason’s President’s Trophy (among teams playing just six games). That can only be a good thing. Neither players nor coaches wanted to see so lousy a concluding performance on [...]

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Worlds-Weary, and Grumpy

21 May, 2010

Russia beat Canada at the Worlds in semifinal play yesterday. Ain’t that just swell? Don’t you just feel all warm and fuzzy for our Russians competing over there (wherever they are)? I only know about the result because I accidentally stumbled upon a story image of it late last night on line; when you’re a [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Hershey Bears, IIHF, John Walton, Morning cup-a-joe, Olympic hockey, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals, World Championships | Comments (5)

Suddenly, It’s a Short Series Again

22 April, 2010

We’ll get to Boyd Gordon’s remarkable shorthanded, late second period heroics in a minute. But first, you can see the way this whole thing in the East is setting up, can’t you? The Caps are all but certain to move on, vanquishing the 8th seed and drawing next the 7th — Philly — in a [...]

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A Change of Fortune and Fate in the Crease

20 April, 2010

Well, who has the goaltender controversy now? And, how’s that Caps’ defense look right about now? For a team that was rather thoroughly maligned for its defensive play upon arriving in Montreal on Sunday, the Capitals in game 3 gave a doozie of a debunking of that slur. Did you notice how seldom Habs’ forwards [...]

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On Goalies and the Widened Reddening of the Region

19 April, 2010

Jose Theodore may yet redeem himself this postseason — perhaps as early as tonight, in game 3 — but his getting yanked yet again before the Capitals could complete a playoff-opening homestand is a highpoint in the horror that has been the hallmark of his career: staggering and mystifying inconsistency. Theodore was rock solid in [...]

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About Last Night: A Young Gun Takes Head-Hunting Punishment, Refs Hardly Care

2 April, 2010

Aesthetically, it wasn’t pretty last night, and Atlanta played a playoff-style road game — meaning, they were more than content to keep it choppy and ugly — but the Capitals remained patient, received solid if unspectacular netminding from Semyon Varlamov, and eventually wore the Thrashers down enough to get them to succumb. It seemed perfectly [...]

Also filed in Alexander Semin, Atlanta Thrashers, Bruce Boudreau, Jose Theodore, Mathieu Perreault, National Hockey League, NHL, Southeast Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (9)

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