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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 They wash up on our frozen shores whenever the Wings make a nice run, and sometimes before, and it’s an outdated tradition that is best retired.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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
June 4, 1998: Washington Seriously Parties Over Hockey into the Wee Hours
2008-06-04 06:35:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Ten years ago today Joe Juneau scored what many Washington hockey fans consider to be the most significant goal in Capitals’ history — a game and series-ending, Wales Trophy earning tally, one catapulting Capsdom into delirium, 6:24 into overtime, on the road, in the Eastern Conference Finals’ game ...
By: On Frozen Blog
A Capital Week Begins on June 9
2008-06-02 22:24:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Comcast SportsNet is serving up a summer treat for Capitals fans next week. Each weeknight at 7:00 p.m. CSN will show a key game in the Caps’ incredible worst-to-first run into the playoffs, along with new commentary/insights from Joe Beninati each night. I for one will be granting those ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
They?re Making a Hockeytown in Chi-town, Too
2008-05-06 13:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Business that brings me to Original Six cities is my favorite kind (save trips to Detroit), and I’m in Chicago this week. Weather is very much a weather vane in my life; among the 40 colleagues here with whom I met last week to discuss this trip, I ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Versus? Overtime Plan
2008-05-01 21:35:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Tonight’s slate of playoff games are exclusive to the Versus network with the Rangers / Penguins starting at 7 pm ET followed by Detroit / Colorado at 10 pm ET. So what happens if the first game goes to overtime and extends past the start of the ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Watching Other Teams Flirt With the Stanley Cup
2008-04-29 11:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Watching the Washington Capitals get bounced from the playoffs was a bit like getting dumped, hard. The team and its fans may have recovered from the initial stomach-punched feeling, but it’s still hard to watch all those other teams flirting with the Stanley Cup. Nonetheless, we can all look ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Watching Other Teams Flirt With the Stanley Cup
2008-04-29 11:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Watching the Washington Capitals get bounced from the playoffs was a bit like getting dumped, hard. The team and its fans may have recovered from the initial stomach-punched feeling, but it’s still hard to watch all those other teams flirting with the Stanley Cup. Nonetheless, we can all look ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Stanley Cup playoffs no time for whine party
2008-04-28 18:48:00 Complain about twirling the octopus, whine about the calls, fret over bad ice, scream about anything and everything. Go ahead, knock yourself out! What to do about whining via parentcenter.com...Define it. Before you pin on your No Whining button and draw a line in the sand, make sure your child (hockey fan) knows what you're talking about. Adults often assume that children (hockey fans) know what whining is and realize how awful it sounds - but that's not necessarily the case. Explain that whining sounds yucky and makes people stop listening. Practice "good" and "not so good" voices together - hearing you at your whiniest will probably elicit a good laugh from your child (hockey fan).Getting the picture hockey fans? The whining has to stop. Every hockey fan could be doing it but isn't. Every hockey writer could be doing it, but most don't. It isn't healthy for you and it isn't healthy for the game! It makes you look bad and when the bounces start going you...
By: Hockey.com
Frozen Moments, in Red
2008-04-25 06:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Yes, the dull ache from the season’s end remains. But as we head into the weekend, I hope you enjoy these moments in red ? photos from the Washington Capitals’ playoff run that remind us it was an incredible ride. Rock the Red Victory ToastSea of Red (click for ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Frozen Moments, in Red
2008-04-25 06:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Yes, the dull ache from the season’s end remains. But as we head into the weekend, I hope you enjoy these moments in red ? photos from the Washington Capitals’ playoff run that remind us it was an incredible ride. Rock the Red Victory ToastSea of Red (click for ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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. ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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. ...
By: On Frozen Blog
At Kettler the Day After
2008-04-23 19:54:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - You can cross one name off your list of free agent concerns for the Capitals this offseason — Head Coach Bruce Boudreau. Speaking with reporters at Kettler-Capitals Iceplex just moments after wrapping up a season-concluding meeting with the team this afternoon, the coach confirmed that he’d had discussions ...
By: On Frozen Blog
At Kettler the Day After
2008-04-23 19:54:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - You can cross one name off your list of free agent concerns for the Capitals this offseason — Head Coach Bruce Boudreau. Speaking with reporters at Kettler-Capitals Iceplex just moments after wrapping up a season-concluding meeting with the team this afternoon, the coach confirmed that he’d had discussions ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 2
2008-04-23 13:14:00 Round 2 of the quest for Lord Stanley?s Cup begins Thursday. 6 of the eight teams I picked in the first round won, while the defending Cup champs were sent home packing. We begin Round 2 Thursday night. Some of the games can be seen on Versus, CBC, RDS, TSN and NBC. Check your local listings.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Look Familiar?
2008-04-22 12:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - What does this goal remind you of: Perhaps this goal? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rg2EiSBZ6Y 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 you are looking at may be guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact contact ...
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Look Familiar?
2008-04-22 12:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - What does this goal remind you of: Perhaps this goal? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rg2EiSBZ6Y 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 you are looking at may be guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact contact ...
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Hello Mr. Hart, Hello Game 7: Caps 4 / Flyers 2
2008-04-22 03:36:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 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 you are looking at may be guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact contact us so we can take legal action.
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Never Give In, Never Give Up
2008-04-21 20:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Here it is: the new Capitals’ opening video that premiered in Game 1 . . . more terrific work by the Caps’ production crew. The video starts with “The Pilots’ Theme” from the Stealth soundtrack, then segues into The Crystal Method’s “Now Is The Time”, and ends with ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Rock the Red Rabbit Foot for Luck
2008-04-21 16:25:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 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 you are looking at may be guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact contact us so we can take legal action.
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Stanley Cup Playoffs!
2008-04-21 06:17:00 [We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog article for a hockey post, regardless of those of you who ignore professional sports…] I had planned on posting the rest of The Shack review, but I had a diversion from our normal Sunday writing time today. Krista and I were surprised by two free tickets to the Nashville ...
By: Mudshot Eyes
Sunday News
2008-04-20 19:28:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Fox News Sunday’s “Power Player” - Sunday, 13 April 2008: NBC’s Meet The Press - Sunday, 20 April 2008: Thanks to Nate Ewell, Capitals Director of Media Relations for the info. Copyright © 2008 On Frozen Blog. This feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this ...
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Is the Big ?Mo with the Team in Red?
2008-04-20 16:36:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Hockey’s most mysterious quality is momentum. It wavers at times — is obliterated, even — from shift to shift. Years ago I saw it change for the Caps from bad to beautiful with a single shift of chaos from Kevin Kaminski. A solitary act of incompetence by a ...
By: On Frozen Blog
?? our blogosphere is bigger and better than their blogosphere ??
2008-04-20 10:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - You read OFB, Off Wing, Japers’ Rink, The Peerless, and more. Are you reading the blog by Ted Leonsis? I’m not talking about Ted’s Take… I’m talking about his blog on USA Today, Inside the Owner’s Box. There have been some absolute gems. Here ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Washington Forces Game 6: Caps 3 / Flyers 2
2008-04-19 21:46:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 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 you are looking at may be guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact contact us so we can take legal action.
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Open File: Survival Saturday in the Nation?s Capital
2008-04-19 18:59:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Backstrom Game 5 Goal - Photo by Kate McGovern/OffWing.comTaking Metro to a live hockey game downtown when its cars are air-conditioned is a novel experience for this new media man. Of course, inadvertently, Metro air conditions its cars at times in January and February, but you get my ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Playoff Perspective in the Post
2008-04-18 19:14:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Jason La Canfora echoes Pucks’ assessment in today’s Washington Post: Rallying for three straight victories likely is too much to ask, too, but even in cold defeat this feels much more like a beginning than an end, a fresh-faced group experiencing growing pains en masse. Thursday night’s effort left the ...
By: On Frozen Blog
A Poll for the in Agony
2008-04-18 18:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images Which life trauma carries the greatest pain? IRS audit Putting down a pet Watching your girl/guy take up with another guy/girl Root canal Losing in playoff OT to a Patrick Division rival in a must-win game View Results Copyright © 2008 On Frozen Blog. This feed is for personal non-commercial use ...
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Languishing in the Learning Curve
2008-04-18 16:02:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - If you watched Game 4’s broadcast last night likely you saw Comcast illustrate the dramatic discrepancy in playoff experience between the Caps and Flyers: last night 14 Capitals were making their NHL playoff series debuts, just 6 for Philadelphia. The way the game was contested you’d never have ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Digging Deep for Good Game 4 Fortune
2008-04-18 01:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 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 you are looking at may be guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact contact us so we can take legal action.
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An Exhortation for the Red Nation
2008-04-17 16:13:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - This morning we are dispensing with all that is dour and dire. Where yesterday we saw disappointment and despair, today we see possibility and promise. (I drank very good wine last night.) Per Tarik, these are tonight’s lines for our warriors: Ovechkin-Fedorov-Kozlov Laich-Backstrom-Semin Cooke-Steckel-Bradley Brashear-Gordon-Fehr We would do well to remind ourselves of the mortality ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Proposed Papal Intercession
2008-04-16 19:10:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - From my 18th St. office in Northwest I walked a mere block to Pennsylvania Ave. a little before noon and caught Pope Benedict’s procession past tens of thousands of Washingtonians today. What magnificent weather for so moving a moment, and the turnout was staggering. I had a superb view ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Pierre McGuire, the Color-Blind
2008-04-14 18:35:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Yea, a couple of us were watching yesterday’s broadcast at home and caught NBC analyst Pierre McGuire’s bizarre, I-had-an-indulgent-Sunday brunch-at-Clyde’s claim that “50 percent” of Verizon Center was comprised of Flyers’ fans. How ’bout a sobriety checkpoint between the players’ benches? To their credit, McGuire’s on-air co-horts got ...
By: On Frozen Blog
A Return to Mortality
2008-04-14 16:25:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - In a league conspicuous for its parity, NHL hockey teams these days aren’t supposed to win 12 of 13 games, or 13 of 14 — and the moreso when something like the success of the entire season is compromised by a single additional loss during such a stretch. ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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