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Category Archives: Tarik El-Bashir

Training Camp Day One Cursory Musings

20 September, 2008

None other than Nicklas Backstrom was first on the ice this morning during the opening session of Day 1 of Capitals’ training camp. He skated for about 30 minutes before the Caps pulled him off, for precautionary purposes. A very helpful file for those of you planning on a visit to Kettler during camp: Rebecca [...]

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An Offseason Snapshot of a Revolution's March Onward

13 May, 2008

The volume and variety of news pertaining to Olie Kolzig’s departure from the Capitals last week was instructive in these new media times. When we at OFB verified that Kolzig’s home was listed for sale last Wednesday, which wasn’t a particularly difficult endeavor (all manner of such information, including taxes paid on a particular residential [...]

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A Blogging Error of Postseason Inexperience

12 April, 2008

I made a grievous mistake in judgment this week, and it adversely impacted OFB on perhaps this site’s most important day of existence. We worked closely and well with the Capitals’ media staff to try and position ourselves to continue to bring you the feeling of hockey as we feel it from within Verizon Center, [...]

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Game-Day Chats To Chew on

11 April, 2008

Both big papers this afternoon hosted helpful time-killing/nerves-distracting chat sessions — the Post with Caps’ beat reporter Tarik El Bashir and the Times with Ted. There was terrific give-and-take banter in both; we urge you to check them out in their entirety. The owner, on his youthful recreational hockey background: “We played roller hockey on [...]

Also filed in Media, Philadelphia Flyers, Print, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals, Washington Post, Washington Times | Comments (1)

Plenty to Chat About Today

11 April, 2008

Washington Post writer Tarik El-Bashir will host a live Q&A session at 2 p.m today, bringing the latest on the Caps’ preparations for tonight’s game. Tarik’s article today on the Capitals’ international appeal is a good read. Capitals owner Ted Leonsis will be chatting live on The Washington Times‘ website, also at 2 p.m. In [...]

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Savoring the Historic Week That Was

7 April, 2008

Some time near 8:30 Friday night, Capitals’ fans, having spent weeks residing in a purgatory of indeterminate postseason fate, received an invitation from an seraphim angel named Radek Dvorak to enter an unearthly realm of ecstasy. At that moment in Raleigh, North Carolina, at 19:48 of period 2, while his team was playing for nothing [...]

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Sunday Morning Literature Search

6 April, 2008

Brew an extra pot-a-joe this sunny-despite-the-rain Sunday morning and luxuriate in some outstanding coverage of Washington hockey history made at Verizon Center last night. ‘Coming All the Way Back,’ by Tarik El Bashir, The Washington Post ” . . . in front of a manic, red-drenched sellout crowd at Verizon Center, the Capitals seized the [...]

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All Caps on WaPo Live

2 April, 2008

Ready the DVRs (does anyone use a VCR anymore?) for Comcast SportsNet at 5pm on Thursday. ‘Washington Post Live’ is leaving the studio for a day and taking the whole show to the concourse of Verizon Center for a full slate of Caps’ talk. Dmitry Chesnokov of Sovetsky Sport, and good friend of OFB, is [...]

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The Color of Success

2 April, 2008

My good friend Eric McErlain didn’t pick a good night to play hookie from the hockey rink. But he doesn’t have much red in his wardrobe anyway. But first thing’s first. I asked for one WaPost columnist to attend Tuesday night and George Solomon sent two, including himself. There were enough Post reporters in attendance [...]

Also filed in 2 Points, American Hockey League, Carolina Hurricanes, Comcast SportsNet, Dan Steinberg, Hershey Bears, Hockey Night in Canada, John Walton, Lindsay Czarniak, Lisa Hillary, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, Print, TV, Washington Capitals, Washington Post | Comments (11)

Dear Tony, It's a Really Big Hockey Night in D.C.

1 April, 2008

Mr. Tony Kornheiser The Washington Post 1150 15th St. NW Washington, DC 20071 April 1, 2008 Re. The Biggest Hockey Game in D.C. in a Decade Dear Tony: What a spectacular week for the Washington sports fan! The Nationals the other night christened an impressive new stadium — and in dramatic fashion. I’m sure you [...]

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