18 March, 2010

Category Archives: Winter Classic

A Signing, and Another Sign Perhaps of Winter Classic Fun in Washington

9 March, 2010

The Capitals today announced the signing of right wing prospect Dmitry Kugryshev, their second-round selection in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. The pact is a three-year entry level one.
Kugryshev is in his second season skating in North America, for Patrick Roy and the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL. In 64 games this season Kugryshev, who [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Dmitry Kugryshev, Hershey Bears, John Carlson, Mark French, National Hockey League, Prospects, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Chicago’s Burgeoning Suburban Backyard Rink Boom

31 January, 2010

Friday’s Chicago Tribune highlighted our favorite passion-hobby sprouting conspicuously across the suburbs of that great city — families taking to skating outdoors, in this case by erecting rinks in their backyards.
“Years ago, backyard ice rinks seemed like a luxury for only the most die-hard hockey fans. But in recent years, it has become the winter [...]

Also filed in Media, National Hockey League, Olympic hockey, Pond Hockey, Pond Hockey Movie, Print, Shinny | Comments (2)

Comcast Correspondent at a Classic New Year’s Weekend in Beantown

4 January, 2010

You know how the next best thing to owning a beach house is having a friend who does? Well, we didn’t have  tickets to this year’s Winter Classic, but Comcast Sportsnet’s Lisa Hillary did. Actually, she also worked the system a bit to get an invite to the league’s New Year’s Eve bash as well. Anyway, she [...]

Also filed in Comcast SportsNet, Hardcore Hockey Fans, Lisa Hillary, National Hockey League, Pond Hockey, Puck Sodas | Comments (0)

Winter Classic III: Hits and Misses

2 January, 2010

There’s a 108 percent chance of the Capitals participating in the 2011 Winter Classic, unless you believe that the NHL would like to see another dump-and-chase exhibition seriously limited in its offensive prowess competency. Through two periods Saturday the novice hockey viewer at home could have been forgiven for believing that teams were penalized for shooting [...]

Also filed in Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins, Hockey Weather, Morning cup-a-joe, NBC, National Hockey League, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals | Comments (10)

Bloggers Bounce Questions off of Eddie O

10 December, 2009

The NHL yesterday hosted a bloggers-only conference call with NBC color guy Ed Olczyk, in conjunction with the league rolling out its on-site preparations at Fenway Park for the Winter Classic. We were fortunate enough to be invited to participate, and I’d swiftly sign up for the next call with Olczyk. He was sincere and engaging, thoughtfully [...]

Also filed in Boston Bruins, OFB, Old Time Hockey, Philadelphia Flyers, Pond Hockey, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

An Early Christmas Present for Caps’ Fans: December Agony in Philly

5 December, 2009

Quite near happy hour last night, a Friday happy hour, I learned that the Philadelphia Flyers, presently lodged in 10th place in the Eastern conference, fired their head coach, John Stevens. A popular preseason pick for the playing of hockey in June, the Flyers this December instead are in disarray. With this very happy happy [...]

Also filed in Mike Knuble, National Hockey League, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals | Comments (13)

Windy City Winter Classic Confirmed

16 July, 2008

The NHL today confirmed what had long been suspected: that its next outdoor game would take place at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, on January 1, 2009.
The Original Six matchup between the Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings will be the 701st between the clubs –¬†the most¬†of¬†any¬†NHL clubs.
Back in May, when we wondered about the next iteration [...]

Also filed in Chicago Blackhawks, Gary Bettman, Hockey, Hockey Rinks, Hockey Towns, Hockey Weather, Ice, National Hockey League, detroit red wings | Comments (1)

Summertime on the NHL Network: Not Yet Must-See TV

16 July, 2008

Any criticism of the NHL Network has to be qualified with the acknowledgment that during its dullest, most uninspired of programming slates it offers puckheads a respite — 24 hours a day — from ESPN and everything else that is broadcast-indifferent to our great game. So it is in the spirit of constructive criticism and [...]

Also filed in Don Cherry, Hockey, Hockey Movies, Internet, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, NHL Network, National Hockey League, Washington Capitals | Comments (15)

On Outdoor Puck, the NHL Says Chicago Is Its Kind of Town

29 May, 2008

TSN is reporting today that the NHL has decided that its next outdoor, regular season game will take place in Chicago, between the ‘Hawks and Red Wings, next season:
“TSN has confirmed that the Chicago Blackhawks will take on the Detroit Red Wings next January in what has become the league’s annual outdoor game.”
Could the game [...]

Also filed in Chicago Blackhawks, Hockey Rinks, Hockey Towns, Hockey Weather, Old Time Hockey, Pond Hockey, detroit red wings | Comments (5)

Bettman's State of the Hockey Union

25 May, 2008

As is tradition, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman addressed the media late yesterday afternoon in  the lead-up to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals. The commissioner has used this forum in the past to offer a quasi state of the game assessment, and yesterday was no different. James Mirtle has the entire transcript of the [...]

Also filed in Gary Bettman, Hockey, Hockey Rinks, Ice, National Hockey League, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

© 2006-2010 On Frozen Blog All Rights Reserved