19 March, 2010

Category Archives: Teams

Introduced This Week in Person to the Shootout, Count Me as a Fan

21 February, 2009

I have been watching hockey since I moved back from England in the second grade — some 15 years now — and I have been to dozens and dozens of NHL hockey games, but prior to this past Wednesday night, I had never seen a shootout in person. Sure I have seen them on T.V., and I have been in a hometown sweater in overtime in both Washington and Detroit, but the shootout was something I had never gotten to be a part of in person.
The Verizon Center was buzzing Wednesday night, which is nothing new this season, but it seemed to me to take on an extra special atmosphere after the 5-minute extra session. It was perhaps the loudest I have ever heard the Phone Booth, rivaling perhaps only the first game of last year’s playoffs. The Sea of Red was on its feet, in unison, and there wasn’t a single fan seemingly who wasn’t screaming encouragement for the home team at the top of his lungs.

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Some Home Cookin' This Week Could Be Caps' Big Gain

18 February, 2009

If the Capitals play focused and disciplined and hard during their three home games this week against three beleagured opponents they will have a terrific opportunity to make up some serious ground on first-in-the-East Boston.
Montreal, Colorado, and Pittsburgh — all once-proud teams that have been seriously struggling as of late — visit Verizon Center this week. All of these teams had reasonably high hopes quite recently; the Penguins were picked by many to return to the Stanley Cup Finals and to be a serious contender and even to win it all, while Montreal was thought by many to be Pittsburgh’s toughest competition in the East. Colorado was not too long ago a rough and tough and Cup-contending franchise, and they certainly hoped to make the playoffs this season. Now all three will be lucky to finish above .500 this season. On top of their losing ways all of these teams have some of the ugliest season stats in the league.

Also filed in Atlantic Division, Colorado Avalanche, Eastern Conference, Hockey, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League, Northeast Division, Northwest Division, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Western Conference | Comments (0)

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