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Washington Capitals Guest Bartend for Movember
2011-12-01 03:31:00
Each November, some NHL players participate in Movember, an annual event where they grow moustaches to raise awareness about prostate cancer. Some players from the Washington Capitals participated in the month long event. Last Sunday, five Capitals including John Carlson, Jeff Shultz, Joel Ward, Karl Alzner and Troy Brouwer, participated in a guest bartending event (Read More...)
The End of an Era: Kolzig Quits
2009-09-23 22:30:00
After a long and storied career, Olie Kolzig retired today.  From the NHL press release After 14 seasons, veteran goaltender Olaf Kolzig announced his retirement today from the National Hockey League. Kolzig, 39, a two-time NHL All-Star (1998, 2000) and former Vezina Trophy winner (2000), appeared in a total of 719 NHL games, 711 of those with the Washington Capitals. His 303 career wins rank him 21st all-time among goaltending wins leaders. Olaf also posted a career 2.71 GAA along with a .906 save percentage and 35 shutouts. "I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to play the game of hockey at the NHL level for many seasons and I am grateful for everything the game has given me," said Kolzig. "I would like to thank my family, all my teammates and the fans for making my time in the NHL so special." Ted Leonsis said about Olie: "Olie was the face of the Capitals franchise for years, on the ice, in the locker room and around Washington, D.C. He was a great Capit...
Blogger's Roundtable on the New Season
2009-09-22 01:31:00
Last week the DC Pro Sports Report asked us to join an impressive consortium of local hockey bloggers and answer seven key questions about the Capitals and the new hockey season, and we happily obliged. Here were the questions:Will the Caps three-peat as SE Division Champs?Do you foresee a Washington Capitals Stanley Cup appearance this season?If and when will Semyon Varlamov wrestle the starting goalie job from Jose Theodore?Each year there seems to be a surprise offensive player.  Who will it be this year?What player or type of player does the Washington Capitals need to make that final push to win the Cup?What impact will 2008 1st rounder John Carlson will make on the Caps this season?Rank the SE Divison standingsIt's always fun (and flattering) to keep company with the likes of Japer's, Off Wing Opinion, Peerless, John Walton, the Examiner's Brian McNally, and Rebecca from A View from the Cheap Seats, among others. The virtue of having the divergent views of so many qual...
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
2009-09-21 02:52:00
We have two OFB contest winners to announce! MWEIMER won the Duchesne Cup Cup-a-joe contest for an OFB mug. The actual Duchesne Cup final saw Team A win 9-5... MWeimer's guess of Team A winning 7-3 was the closest. Second, thanks to all the OFB readers who submitted photos and stories about their favorite hockey sweaters. It was a tough choice, but our winner is TEKA and her Andrew Gordon Hershey Bears jersey. Gordon's been having a terrific camp/preseason, and we wonder if Teka has been diligently wearing Gordon's sweater; Teka's sweater may be Andrew Gordon's lucky charm:[Gordon's] first pro hat trick? I was wearing the jersey unpersonalized and wavering as to whether I was going to get Beagle or Gordon on the back (that night pretty much sealed it). First game after personalization? His second hat trick as a pro. Ridiculous comeback from behind by the Bears, GWG scored by Gordon? Jersey was inside out, leading the rally. Gordo getting the AHL Player of the Month award? Yup,...
Roster Trimming
2009-09-20 21:08:00
The Capitals today trimmed their training camp roster relatively significantly -- down to 42. Among those reassigned: Boyd KaneMichael DubucJoel BrodaPatrick WellarZach MiskovicJoe FinleyAnton GustafssonTrevor BruessJake HausworthDylan YeoVladimir DenisovJosh GodfreyRyan JasinskyTodd FordBraden HoltbyDefensemen Brian Helmer and Greg Amadio were reassigned to Hershey earlier in the weekend. Three training groups have now been reduced to two. The Caps will have a fresh opportunity to evaluate the remaining youngsters tomorrow night when the Sabres visit Verizon Center. 
Bringing a Chocolate Flavor to the Capitals' Convention
2009-09-19 20:35:00
A week from today the Capitals will host the team's first-ever convention, at the National Gaylord Resort and Convention Center at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. If you don't already have a ticket to the convention, I've got bad news: it's completely sold out, and the team is expecting more than 5,000 people for it.The good news for those of you who cannot attend is that we plan on trying to bring as much of the convention sights and sounds to OFB as possible. We will have cameras there clicking.In a most pleasant surprise, I've been asked to serve as moderator for a convention breakout panel titled, "The Bear Facts," which will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. in National Harbor Room 2-3.  The panel will include new Capitals' assistant coach Bob Woods, Karl Alzner, Michal Neuvirth and Alexander Giroux, and it will take a look at the Caps' affiliation with the reigning Calder Cup champion Bears, one hockey's most storied franchises. We'll devote particular...
Signing in These Times
2009-09-19 07:25:00
This week a colleague of mine, knowing I was going to be out at Kettler all week, informed me of her intention of swinging by the rink and grabbing an Alexander Ovechkin signature on an authentic Caps' sweater she'd recently purchased for her significant other. Over the course of some email exchanges I attempted to explain to her why this wasn't so easily done, and how it really had nothing to do with any ingratitude or dismissiveness Ovi harbored for Capitals' fans. Many, many Capitals' players meander over to the daily congregation of fans at Kettler at the end of practice, every day, and patiently sign and pose for pictures. Hockey players, I'd argue, are as good about this engagement with fans as any athletes. Bobby Hull, for instance, often incurred the wrath of his Blackhawks' teammates for the extent to which he'd make the team bus idle in frigid environs while he signed. AO maintains this tradition, but the demands placed upon truly elite professional athletes today ...
Hockey Jersey Contest: 24 Hours Remain
2009-09-19 00:40:00
We've gotten some terrific entries so far, but our winner will not be chosen until Saturday . . . so you still have time to email us about your favorite hockey sweater. As mentioned in the original Hanson-themed post, we're giving away a pair of tickets to the Caps preseason home opening this Monday, September 21, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. The seats are in Row A of the upper deck -- so no be-hatted or large-headed patrons will block your view of the action. So tell us why that special jersey in your collection is your favorite by emailing us at email@onfrozenblog.com. We will feature a few contributions in the upcoming week, and will announce the winner Saturday night. Good luck!
A Pest and an Exterminator, Sharing an Outdoor Hockey Heritage
2009-09-17 20:15:00
Two Minnesotans, Joe Finley and Trevor Bruess, are camping with the Capitals this week, and they skated on a line together in Wednesday's Duchesne Cup concluding scrimmage. Minneapolis native Bruess was signed by the Caps last spring after completing his junior season at Minnesota State; he's a modest 6 '0, 209, but he plays bigger than his size, and can he skate! It'd be downright scary to imagine Edina native Joe Finley playing bigger than his 6 '7, 245 frame. As I watched them antagonize the opposition on just about every shift in their scrimmages this week I thought of Bruess as the Pest and Finley as the Exterminator. They're about the same age, and I don't think it's inconceivable to imagine them as part of a Capitals' antagonism outfit in a couple of years.As Minnesota-raised hockey players, Bruess and Finley share a profound appreciation for playing hockey outdoors, on the State of Hockey's abundant frozen playgrounds for puck.    "That's where it all st...
So Sayeth This Blogger: First Line's Set
2009-09-17 12:35:00
If only Jim Zorn had this kind of offense. Coach Boudreau called out his top line of Ovi-Backstrom-Knuble, somewhat, after Tuesday's Duchesne Cup scrimmage, and on Wednesday the trio apparently got wind of the middling review. The line spent much of Wednesday's scrimmage toying with the opposition, playing keep-away with the puck and more or less humiliating a largely undefended Semyon Varlamov, to the tune of 9-5. The 'A'ces went up 3-0 in a dominant first frame, with tallies from Joel Broda, Kyle Wilson, and Brandon Sugden, the latter Hershey's designated enforcer this season who cleaned up a rebound off of Broda's pipe-pinging. (Broda had a strong scrimmage.)Team 'B' briefly made a rally of it in the second stanza, scoring the first two tallies: Patrick McNeill (a nice camp thus far) and Brendan Morrison. But he 'A'ces went wild thereafter -- Wilson and Oskar Osala (a real solid showing from the big Finn on Wednesday) made it 5-2, and the rout was on. Only an Alexander ...
Ovi's Aces Skate Away with the 2009 Duchesne Cup
2009-09-16 21:14:00
Not quite a pitcher's duel -- 9-5 for Team A, Ovi's Aces (that's my shorthand for them), in the Duchesne Cup final. 
On Being Young, a Longshot, Unknown, and Taught by a Jack Adams Winner
2009-09-16 19:25:00
Very early in this training camp Capitals' general manager George McPhee made an observation about Bruce Boudreau I'd never heard before. The context was a question from a reporter seeking the GM to identify the core identity of his team, and McPhee noted that his head coach, during three weeks of training camp, would be on the ice every day, working with every player individually in virtually every session. That's not something your typical NHL coach does. The point McPhee aptly made was this: in Washington, we've a special head coach, one already distinguished as ranking among the very best in his profession, and when you choose to come to a Washington camp, he'll be committed to improving you as a hockey player. So I asked the coach -- given that so many of the guys at camp this week won't enjoy full-fledged NHL careers, why make so personal a commitment to each and every one?  "It's my job, to help make them better," he replied. He seemed to want to leave it at that,...
It?s Time To Realign and Bring Back the Heat Among Hated Rivals
2008-06-09 11:55:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I have six principles guiding a much-needed, rigorous realignment of NHL teams for the 2009-10 season. They are: (1) There is widespread support among general managers, owners, players, media, the presidential candidates, and hockey fans to have the Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby rivalry, such as ...
A Tradition That Ought To Lose Its Legs
2008-06-05 15:49:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I’m octpoi-ed out. Have had it with those Motor City slimers and the slime tosses of them. They wash up on our frozen shores whenever the Wings make a nice run, and sometimes before, and it’s an outdated tradition that is best retired. They’re about the ugliest of sea ...
Melrose Mullet Migration?
2008-05-30 18:51:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Barry MelroseWant to coach the Tampa Bay Lightning? Slick back your hair, throw on a suit, and you’re good to go. According to Damian Cox of The Star, it seems Barry Melrose and his mullet have been lured from the broadcast booth to behind the bench, replacing current Lightning ...
The NHL in Kansas City This Autumn
2008-05-30 18:42:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - A pre-sale is occurring right now (through 10:00 p.m. Central) for the first NHL game at Kansas City’s Sprint Center arena. Of course, it’s a pre-season game on September 22 between the Los Angeles Kings and the St. Louis Blues, so it’s not like KC is getting its own ...
Missing a Mismatch in May
2008-05-27 15:54:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Bettman made us wait a week for this mismatch? How is it that so broad a spectrum of press had so difficult a time recognizing the glaring discrepancies between these two teams? “Fooled by youth” is one explanation. In the pressure cooker of a Cup Finals, the Penguins ...
On Beaches, Backyard Grilling, Deck Beers, and the Pre-Eminent Value of the
2008-05-26 14:50:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - There’s wide variety to the recreation we employ on summer’s first (and long) weekend. Families pack the car and head for the beach. Those remaining at home often host the season’s opening backyard barbeque. Still others take in a ballgame with the kids or garden or dive into ...
Bettman?s State of the Hockey Union
2008-05-25 17:50:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 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 ...
Bettman?s State of the Hockey Union
2008-05-25 17:50:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 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 ...
44 Reasons to Watch the Stanley Cup Finals
2008-05-23 19:43:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - ESPN’s Page 2 presents 44 reasons to watch the Cup finals, including the funny-because-it’s-true (”Not one word about Roger Clemens or Spygate”), the snarky (”Brian Engblom’s hair”), and the dead-on correct (”Unlike in the NBA Finals, the last minute of a Stanley Cup finals game doesn’t take 45 ...
44 Reasons to Watch the Stanley Cup Finals
2008-05-23 19:43:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - ESPN’s Page 2 presents 44 reasons to watch the Cup finals, including the funny-because-it’s-true (”Not one word about Roger Clemens or Spygate”), the snarky (”Brian Engblom’s hair”), and the dead-on correct (”Unlike in the NBA Finals, the last minute of a Stanley Cup finals game doesn’t take 45 ...
Bear Sightings to Continue for Another Year or Two
2008-05-22 17:29:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The Washington Capitals and the Hershey Bears have jointly announced that the affiliation agreement between the two clubs have been extended through the 2009-10 season with an option for the 2010-11 season. Previously affiliated for seven seasons from 1977 to 1984, this next season will be the fourth in ...
A VO Gig as an Omen?
2008-05-21 15:38:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Those of you who have been curious enough to follow the many links on the sidebar and footer of the blog may know of another venture of mine. In addition to this blog, a mortgage-paying day job, and a family (with two children under 5), I also ...
A VO Gig as an Omen?
2008-05-21 15:38:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Those of you who have been curious enough to follow the many links on the sidebar and footer of the blog may know of another venture of mine. In addition to this blog, a mortgage-paying day job, and a family (with two children under 5), I also ...
Our Peeps
2008-05-20 18:30:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - We are protecting the screen name, the message board url, and everything else that could lead to the identity of the author of this sentiment, posted about the arrival of the Stanley Cup finals this weekend. “I will be using my 8-month-old son (and his bed time) as an ...
Our Peeps
2008-05-20 18:30:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - We are protecting the screen name, the message board url, and everything else that could lead to the identity of the author of this sentiment, posted about the arrival of the Stanley Cup finals this weekend. “I will be using my 8-month-old son (and his bed time) as an ...
Does Hockey Really Need TV?
2008-05-20 13:32:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - By now, you’ve probably read accounts of hockey enjoying a significant spike in the sport’s television ratings recently. No doubt you also know of (and admire) hockey’s embrace of alternative media. That union has been a fusion of opportunism, technology, and desperation. Generally, it seems to be working. ...
Does Hockey Really Need TV?
2008-05-20 13:32:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - By now, you’ve probably read accounts of hockey enjoying a significant spike in the sport’s television ratings recently. No doubt you also know of (and admire) hockey’s embrace of alternative media. That union has been a fusion of opportunism, technology, and desperation. Generally, it seems to be working. ...
The Cost of Becoming Competitive
2008-05-16 13:45:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - NHLnumbers.com is an invaluable resource for monitoring the allotments of millions of dollars to NHL players, and judging your team’s standing in relation to the NHL’s salary cap. It also allows you to play armchair GM a bit during the offseason, and fantasy-negotiate with your team’s restricted and ...
The Cost of Becoming Competitive
2008-05-16 13:45:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - NHLnumbers.com is an invaluable resource for monitoring the allotments of millions of dollars to NHL players, and judging your team’s standing in relation to the NHL’s salary cap. It also allows you to play armchair GM a bit during the offseason, and fantasy-negotiate with your team’s restricted and ...
Searching for the Next Great Outdoor Game
2008-05-15 18:31:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Yankee Stadium may be out as the site for an outdoor NHL game next New Year’s Day, according to today’s USA Today. Both New York baseball teams are building new stadiums, and there’s an enormous amount of construction associated with those sites as well as others in the ...
Searching for the Next Great Outdoor Game
2008-05-15 18:31:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Yankee Stadium may be out as the site for an outdoor NHL game next New Year’s Day, according to today’s USA Today. Both New York baseball teams are building new stadiums, and there’s an enormous amount of construction associated with those sites as well as others in the ...
Rooting for Fire, Famine, and Pestilence on a Sheet of Ice
2008-05-10 12:52:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I was hoping for more hatred. I don’t have a dog in this Pittsburgh-Philthy affair, so naturally I’m rooting for a rink full of rottweilers and pit bulls on blades. Who haven’t been fed in a while. Let it be a bloody war of attrition, period after period ...
With the 23rd Pick, The Washington Capitals Select ?
2008-05-06 21:36:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The National Hockey League announced that the Washington Capitals will pick 23rd in the 2008 Entry Draft. From the press release: Washington has previously held the 23rd pick in the first round on two occasions. In 2006 the team selected goaltender Simeon Varlamov, and in 1995 the team ...
Hardware Hopes and World-Class Hockey Help Alleviate Some Local Heartache
2008-05-03 16:24:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Last week, in the throes of a sudden and sour end to the season, it was somewhat difficult to delineate just how successful a season the Capitals and their fans had enjoyed, wasn’t it? Lip service to a terrific run could be mouthed, but there was a pervasive ...
Hardware Hopes and World-Class Hockey Help Alleviate Some Local Heartache
2008-05-03 16:24:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Last week, in the throes of a sudden and sour end to the season, it was somewhat difficult to delineate just how successful a season the Capitals and their fans had enjoyed, wasn’t it? Lip service to a terrific run could be mouthed, but there was a pervasive ...
Pittsburgh Wins; Ovechkin to NFL
2008-05-02 15:42:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Pittsburgh won on Thursday . . . no, not the Penguins, who were shut out by the Rangers, but Pittsburgh itself won the title of Sootiest City in the country, snatching the title from former champion Los Angeles. Click here to read more about it on CNN. The Friday ...
Pittsburgh Wins; Ovechkin to NFL
2008-05-02 15:42:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Pittsburgh won on Thursday . . . no, not the Penguins, who were shut out by the Rangers, but Pittsburgh itself won the title of Sootiest City in the country, snatching the title from former champion Los Angeles. Click here to read more about it on CNN. The Friday ...
Who Has More Hart?
2008-04-29 19:49:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - He is now officially a finalist: ARLINGTON, Va. ? The National Hockey League announced today that Washington left wing Alex Ovechkin is one of three finalists for the Hart Trophy, which is presented annually to the player judged most valuable to his team. Ovechkin joins Calgary?s Jarome Iginla and ...
Who Has More Hart?
2008-04-29 19:49:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - He is now officially a finalist: ARLINGTON, Va. ? The National Hockey League announced today that Washington left wing Alex Ovechkin is one of three finalists for the Hart Trophy, which is presented annually to the player judged most valuable to his team. Ovechkin joins Calgary?s Jarome Iginla and ...
Another Blogger?s Poor-Ice Perspective
2008-04-24 19:01:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Our friend and fav blogger Peerless was at Tuesday night’s game 7, and he shared with us this morning his observations about the conditions inside the Phone Booth: “In game seven, sitting where I was, the goal crease at the end the Caps shoot at twice was a lake. ...
Another Blogger?s Poor-Ice Perspective
2008-04-24 19:01:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Our friend and fav blogger Peerless was at Tuesday night’s game 7, and he shared with us this morning his observations about the conditions inside the Phone Booth: “In game seven, sitting where I was, the goal crease at the end the Caps shoot at twice was a lake. ...
A Foul Finish to a Stunner of a Season
2008-04-23 13:22:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I dreaded the elevator ride down to the Capitals’ dressing room at 10:07 p.m. last night. Jubilation, as we in HockeyWashington certainly learned this spring, is a damned fun thing to chronicle and consume, and for the first time it seemed in all of 2008, I had to ...
A Foul Finish to a Stunner of a Season
2008-04-23 13:22:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I dreaded the elevator ride down to the Capitals’ dressing room at 10:07 p.m. last night. Jubilation, as we in HockeyWashington certainly learned this spring, is a damned fun thing to chronicle and consume, and for the first time it seemed in all of 2008, I had to ...
The Men with Tonight?s Whistles
2008-04-22 21:24:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Paul Devorski and Don Koharski. You didn’t really think it would be easy tonight, did you? Koharski, incidentally, worked the Caps-Flyers’ game 7 of 1988. Copyright © 2008 On Frozen Blog. This feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news reader, the site ...
The Men with Tonight?s Whistles
2008-04-22 21:24:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Paul Devorski and Don Koharski. You didn’t really think it would be easy tonight, did you? Koharski, incidentally, worked the Caps-Flyers’ game 7 of 1988. Copyright © 2008 On Frozen Blog. This feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news reader, the site ...
The Calm Before the Seventh Game Storm
2008-04-22 12:15:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Over a 75-minute period late Monday evening I fielded a dozen-plus phone calls from family, friends, and media, all waxing euphoric over an “It’s ordained in the heavens” sense that Tuesday night was to be all about partying for Caps’ fans. The euphoria is understandable. Where this Caps’ team ...
The Calm Before the Seventh Game Storm
2008-04-22 12:15:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Over a 75-minute period late Monday evening I fielded a dozen-plus phone calls from family, friends, and media, all waxing euphoric over an “It’s ordained in the heavens” sense that Tuesday night was to be all about partying for Caps’ fans. The euphoria is understandable. Where this Caps’ team ...
Rock the Red Rabbit Foot for Luck
2008-04-21 16:25:00
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