07 February, 2012

Category Archives: USA Hockey

A Midseason Moment Meriting Deep and Poignant Reflection

8 January, 2011

General Manager George McPhee met with media at Kettler Capitals late this week, in a bit of a State of the Capitals Union address. He shared significant reflections on notable topics, including the conspicuously terrific play of Capitals’ prospects at the recently completed World Junior Championships in Buffalo, the impact and atmosphere of the Winter [...]

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Costly Opening Win for the Americans at the WJC

27 December, 2010

The Americans came loaded for bear at the 2011 World Juniors. One game in — a 3-2 overtime triumph over Finland — they may have difficulty emerging out of the semifinals because of two costly injuries. Conventional wisdom was that the Americans not only would make a formidable defense of their 2010 WJC title — [...]

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Dateline, Muskegon: Where the Ascendancy of American Hockey Continues

31 August, 2010

It isn’t a particularly bad time for American hockey fans to stop and smell the roses a bit. Consider the unexpected silver medal performance by the Americans at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, which for most portend another serious medal challenge in four years’ time. And few moments for hockey-loving Yanks were as stirring as [...]

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The Future on the Blueline Is Bright, and It Is Here

3 May, 2010

Even though Washington is still stuck in the grip of the crushing Game 7 loss, they shouldn’t be down in the dumps about everything.
How would Caps fans feel about a new defensive pairing next year?

Also filed in American Hockey League, Calder Cup, Hershey Bears, John Carlson, Karl Alzner, Prospects, Washington Capitals | Comments (9)

Lisa Hillary Sits Down with Ted Leonsis

13 March, 2010

In a two-part interview series Comcast Sportsnet’s Lisa Hillary visited with Capitals’ majority owner Ted Leonsis this week and honed in on some real meat and potatoes issues with him: his satisfaction level with where the Caps are in the league and locally, the participation of NHLer’s in the Olympics, past and future, his role [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Comcast SportsNet, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Lisa Hillary, National Hockey League, Ted Leonsis, Vancouver Olympics, Video Clips, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Puck Daddy, at the Olympics: It Was Like ‘A Roman Orgy’

10 March, 2010

The story arrived on my eyes like a first centerfold does to the adolescent away at summer camp — an “emergency” shipment of condoms was headed to Vancouver during the second week of the Olympics. This after 7,000 Olympians had already been provided an initial cargo load of 100,000 prophylactics. At that moment I knew [...]

Also filed in Media, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, OFB Interviews, Puck Daddy, Vancouver Olympics, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

Suddenly I Want To Grow a Mullet

3 March, 2010

You may have heard — in Pittsburgh last night, the hometown hero was anything but. Sidney Crosby, dagger driver into the hockey heart of America this past Sunday, was accorded a villian’s welcome at Mellon Arena before the Penguins’ 3-2 victory over Buffalo. Ryan Miller, meanwhile, the visiting goaltender, was showered with cheers. Suddenly I [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Miracle On Ice, National Hockey League, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Olympics, Washington Capitals | Comments (4)

Almost 30 Million Sets of American Eyeballs on Hockey Yesterday

1 March, 2010

Steve Lepore of Puck the Media offers a compelling contextualization for the American viewership numbers for yesterday’s gold medal game:  You have to go all the way back to Lake Placid 30 years ago to find numbers better than yesterday’s for the NBC broadcast. “Sunday afternoon’s USA vs. Canada gold medal hockey game, that NBC’s [...]

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Olympic Hockey To Remember — and Perpetuate

1 March, 2010

Just how good was hockey in Vancouver’s Olympics, and what should the future of the Games hold in terms of the NHL’s participation? We share our post-Olympics thoughts. Andrew For the U.S., these Olympics were anything but a failure — across the board and most particularly in hockey. Not only did the Yanks push the [...]

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Here’s Hoping Canadians Become Gold Medal Fans Again

28 February, 2010

Two, maybe three days a year max, I “hate” Canada — when U.S. national hockey teams face those of Canada. I put hate in quotes because I’m incapable of deep-seated antipathy toward my neighbors to the North. It’s a beautiful country filled with beautiful people, and it is the true home of hockey. Canada is [...]

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