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Category Archives: Rookie Camp

Pass the Smelling Salts

By pucksandbooks
Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Someone from the Washington Post is traveling to Voorhees, NJ, this afternoon to . . . cover . . . a . . . rookie . . . camp . . . scrimmage . . . there this afternoon.

Times are-a-changin indeed.

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Rookie Camp, Day 1

By OFB
Saturday, September 8, 2007

We’ve finally got the wireless up and running here at Kettler, so let’s get to some of the sights and sounds of Rookie Camp, Day 1.

Nicklas Backstrom beats Neuvrith twice in shooting drills on the table side of the rink (where we are located). Neuvirth has looked solid, though in the drills he knows where the shot is coming from.

Francois Bouchard hit a crossbar so hard the puck hopped over the netting, causing a mad rush among fans to get the puck. Okay, one guy.

The kids are now working on one-on-one drills where the defense has late help. First battle was Beagle and Hunt, advantage Hunt.

Continue reading ›

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Bourque (and Masisak) Get an Early Start

By The OFB Team
Friday, September 7, 2007

The Washington Times’ Corey Masisak has a good article today on Chris Bourque’s early start at the Capitals’ training camp.

“I think this year is a big year for me,” Bourque said. “I think I made some big steps last year from my first year. I am going to do whatever it takes to make it but if not go down to Hershey and do my best down there and see what happens.”

Check it out here.

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Rosters Released

By The OFB Team
Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Capitals Training Camp 2007
Capitals Training Camp 2007

Per the Washington Capitals:

A total of 68 players will be on the ice at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in the upcoming weeks for the 2007 Washington Capitals rookie camp and training camp, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.

Thirty rookies will participate in rookie camp, which begins this Saturday, Sept. 8, and runs through Wednesday, Sept. 12, when the rookies travel to Philadelphia to scrimmage the Flyers’ rookies.

Training camp begins Friday, Sept. 14 when 38 veterans - 24 of whom saw action for the Capitals last season - will join selected rookies to get ready for the upcoming 2007-08 NHL season. In between practices and off-ice workout sessions, the Capitals will play seven preseason games before camp wraps up with the Caps Care Golf Tournament on Monday, Oct. 1.

The public is welcome to attend every practice, free of charge, beginning Saturday, Sept. 8.

Full rosters after the break. Continue reading ›

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On Modern Practice Rinks and Their Fan Friendly Potential

By The OFB Team
Thursday, August 9, 2007

Philadelphia Logo - image from TSN.ca
Philadelphia Logo - image from TSN.ca
The Caps will inaugurate their formal training for the upcoming season on Saturday, September 8, when the rookies arrive at Kettler Capitals. The following Wednesday the rookies will travel to the Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone in suburban Philadelphia and scrimmage against young Flyers.

Next September Philly will return the traveling favor and send their kids to Kettler Capitals for a scrimmage. This is precisely the kind of exciting broadening of the region’s hockey experience made possible by having a flagship facility in which to train. We were a part of the vibrant atmosphere in last month’s concluding Saturday evening scrimmage at the Caps’ Development Camp. Imagine the atmosphere with the Orange and Black in the house next fall.

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Camp(s) Set

By The OFB Team
Friday, August 3, 2007

Time to clear your calendar and synchronize your watches. From the Washington Capitals:

The Washington Capitals’ 2007 Training Camp will open Friday, Sept. 14, at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Va. A group of the team’s young players and prospects will take part in Rookie Camp the week prior to the start of Training Camp, with those workouts beginning Saturday, Sept. 8.

Washington Capitals Primary Logo
Washington Capitals Primary Logo

This marks the Capitals’ first Training Camp at the new Kettler Capitals Iceplex, the Metro-accessible, inside-the-Beltway practice facility that features two NHL-sized rinks. All on-ice sessions at Rookie Camp and Training Camp – like every Capitals practice at Kettler Capitals Iceplex – will be open to the public and free of charge.

Several special events and promotions will be featured throughout Training Camp. A full schedule of those events, practice times and rosters for both camps will be released in the coming weeks.

The team’s Rookie Camp – a new addition this season – will feature approximately two dozen of the team’s young players and prospects, primarily first-year professionals.

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