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...
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A Blogger Keeps a Camera Eye on John Carlson
2009-09-23 04:30:00 It seems to me that people who attend a season's very first home exhibition game, on a Monday night, necessarily rank among those who most missed hockey over the summer. I was struck not only by the overall volume attending Monday night's 2-1 Caps' loss to Buffalo -- the crowd was demonstrably larger than those of a good many regular season games in 2005-06 -- but how many on a warm muggy night wore their red sweaters. Yes the Caps are the hot sports ticket in town these days, but it seemed to me that last night there was a palpable urgency on the part of a hungry fan base to be seen on Metro and in Chinatown reaffirming, showcasing an allegiance of which they're distinctly proud.* * * * *I'm not sure this should pass without comment: the Washington Times on Tuesday ran a front-page color photo of the Caps'-Sabres' game in a box announcing the score . . . of an exhibition game . . .on the front page. I mean, that's the stuff you'd expect of a print daily in T...
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Fresh Reassignments
2009-09-22 22:14:00 The Caps today sent six more packing, most notable among them defenseman John Carlson, who skated a little under 17 minutes last night against Buffalo perhaps without "Wow-ing" the head coach as he suggested his young blueline candidates needed to to displace incumbents. Joining Carlson on the moving van: Jason Bacashihua, Andrew Joudrey, Francois Bouchard, Patrick McNeill, and Steve Pinizzotto.
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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...
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Smaller Skater Carrying a Mighty Magical Stick
2009-09-21 13:25:00 Hockey needs, and greatly benefits from, stories like Mathieu Perreault's. He's the undersized, way-late-in-the-draft, uber-skilled kid who soaks up instruction, commits himself to bettering his weaker areas, and steadily gets better and better, season after season. You could make the case that around this time next season Mathieu Perreault will be a prime candidate to center the Capitals' second line, and in so doing give the Caps two dynamic playmaking pivots under the age of 24. Caps' management began getting seriously excited about Perreault during the 2006-07 hockey season, when he built upon a breakout postseason performance with Acadie Bathurst the previous spring, one which led Washington to draft him in the sixth round that summer. In 67 games with the Q League Titan Perreault scored 119 points and was named league MVP. Capitals' scouts in Eastern Canada that season were checking in on him more frequently than normal and offering exciting reports to Caps' ...
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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,...
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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.
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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...
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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 ...
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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!
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A Warrior of Sacrifice May Be about To Get His Due
2009-09-18 14:05:00 For the wagerers among our readership, a real good bet for the lone available forward spot on the Capitals' roster this season is winger Quintin Laing. You could say that he's paid his dues with the organization -- and then some. A 4th round draft pick of Detroit in 1997, Laing broke into pro hockey with the Jackson Bandits of the ECHL in 2000, and it's been mostly bus rides for him ever since. But that's hardly a measure of his present value to the Capitals' organization. Tomas Fleischman's leg injury will briefly open a second roster spot up front, but the opening created by Donald Brashear's departure is for the entire season. That is the one Laing is targeting. Laing first distinguished himself in the Capitals' organization in the 2007 Calder Cup finals with Hershey. It was abundantly clear after game 4 -- a 6-2 win by Hamilton -- that the Cup would be dominated, and won, by Carey Price's remarkable netminding. After game 4 Laing was left with a royall...
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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...
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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 ...
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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.
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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,...
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A Shootout Determines Duchesne Cup Scrimmage 2
2009-09-16 13:35:00 Tuesday brought us "A" vs. "C" in the Duchesne Cup competition, and the first training camp scrimmage appearance by Alexander Ovechkin. He didn't take long to make his mark, scoring the game's first goal in the opening minutes on a deflection that fluttered over Jason Bacashihua's left shoulder like a changeup. In what may well have been foreshadowing of opening night in Beantown, Ovi skated alongside Nick Backstrom and Mike Knuble. But the line wasn't dominant in this scrimmage like you might imagine it ought to have been. The Capitals seemed prepared for Tuesday's unusual mid-summer heat in mid-September: Kettler was as cold inside as I can ever remember it, even in the dead of winter. At one point Bruce Boudreau walked by a contingent of reporters on his way up to watch the scrimmage from on high, in only shorts and a golf shirt, and when asked about the rink climate he replied, "I'm frozen." The ice was hard and fast, but the 10:00 practice session which preceded the...
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Unleash the Fleury
2009-05-14 13:50:00 Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury made a huge save on an Alexander Ovechkin breakaway just three minutes into Wednesday night's game seven. Arguably, that could have been the play of the game. Of course, most folks will talk and write about Crosby?s two goals and the fact that the Penguins scored twice in eight seconds culminating with Craig Adams? first ever playoff goal. However, if Ovechkin scores there, the whole complexion of the game is different.Since I live in the DC area and have had to listen to constant Capitals coverage and taunts by several co-workers after game six, I do want to point out that the Capitals had only 12 shots and 6 scoring chances in the first two periods. Way to show up for a game seven!Meanwhile, the Capitals talk around the area over the next few days will likely focus on what happened to Mike Green. Although Green had four assists in this series, he was not the same amazing player as he was during the regular season where he led all def...
By: Sean's Ramblings
Capitals Fans Game Five Reactions
2009-05-10 15:25:00 For your viewing pleasure, here are some posts from the Washington Capitals message board following the team's game 5 loss to the Penguins (with some comments from me in bold):Dear Ted,, I'd like a refund.by CapsLockNLoadDear Ted,Please cancel my season tickets for next season. If I wanted tickets to scripted battles of grown men hitting each other and over hyped feudds, I would have bought wrestling tickets.Sean's note: Just rent The Wrestler instead. It's only $1 through Redbox and is much cheaper than Caps season tickets. Mickey Rourke is great!Ted can you Please Complain to the Media, We the fans will Pay for your Fine!! by Fishredcap18Ted can you please complain to the media about the fixed/bias Reffing whatever you want to call it? Pittsburgh complains to the media and gets the calls. The DC media, POST News etc will never complain about it. They will look the other way. Pittsburgh has twice as many power plays as the Caps in this series. They are getting the benefit of th...
By: Sean's Ramblings
For Penguins Fans
2009-04-30 22:04:00 Looking for tickets to games 1 & 2 of the Penguins-Capitals series? Here's an offer I just received from the Caps:Limited Dewars 12 Club (Sean's note: I don't know what a Dewars 12 Club means.) All Inclusive Playoff Packs Left For Round 2Game 1 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday, May 2 at 1 p.m.Game 2 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Monday, May 4 at 7 p.m.Package Includes:- Ticket to Capitals Playoff Game- All-You-Can-Eat buffet*- Unlimited beer, wine and soda* (I hope that they have pop too!)- Washington Mystics season ticket (How were the Mystics able to finagle** their way into this?)- New Era brand Capitals hat- Capitals rally towelTicket packages start at $225* Buffet & beverage from doors opening to start of game (doors open at 11:30 a.m. Sat 5/2 and at 5:30 p.m. Mon 5/4) featuring: Hand Carved Turkey Sandwich w/ Cranberry Mustard, Pasta Salad, Hot Dogs w/ Fixings Bar, Artisan Cheeses, Fresh Fried Potato chips with a trio of dips, Focaccia Bread and Assorted Gourmet Dessert Bars ...
By: Sean's Ramblings
Penguins v Capitals: Battle of the Car Commercials
2009-03-10 14:36:00 While the Penguins defeated the Capitals on Sunday courtesy of a Sidney Crosby shoot-out goal, there also appears to be a battle between the two teams off the ice. Dan Steinberg's Sports Bog featured this video of Alexander Ovechkin singing the Eastern Motors song:I'll take Max Talbot for the block.If nothing else, this should at least make you smile on a Tuesday.
By: Sean's Ramblings
Capitals Ticket Increase
2008-08-26 21:27:00 Since I moved to the Washington DC area several years ago, I have attended the Washington Capitals-Pittsburgh Penguins games whenever possible. There are thousands of other Pittsburgh transplants living in the area, so I have even arranged to buy group tickets through the Capitals for these games. For Capitals fans out there who aren?t happy about this arrangement of having Penguins fans buy tickets (that of course help pay the salaries of Mike Green, Alex Ovechkin and Cristobel Huet, I mean, Jose Theodore), you?ll be glad to know that there are generally a couple of token Caps fans as part of our group.Anyway, a few weeks ago, I contacted my Caps? ticket representative about purchasing tickets for the Penguins-Capitals games for the 2008-2009 season. Unlike the past few years, where we would receive discounted tickets for purchasing in bulk, this is not the case anymore. Apparently, the Penguins games as well as several other games during the season (I believe the Philadelphia ...
By: Sean's Ramblings
Friday Skate at Kettler, With Trophies
2008-06-11 06:02:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Take the day off on Friday and hit the ice: Washington Capitals fans are invited to beat the heat with a free public skate on Friday, June 13, at Kettler Capitals Iceplex and view major NHL trophies on display from the Hockey Hall of Fame. The ice will be available ...
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Making Gretzky?s Head Bleed
2008-06-10 11:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Ah the classic video game. More specifically, the classic hockey video game. Skinny guy, regular guy, or fat guy? Finding the right mix was a dilemma faced by players of Nintendo Ice Hockey. And this distorted yet iconic sound? Why it’s Blades of Steel, a game I spent ...
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Hockey in Hawaii? Ae!
2008-06-10 06:37:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - No, that’s not a typo — Ae means Yes in Hawaiian. With DC currently sporting volcanic temperatures, read more about hockey in Hawaii at The Red Skate. Copyright © 2008 On Frozen Blog. This feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material ...
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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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Wilson to Toronto a Done Deal?
2008-06-09 06:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - According to a CBC report, former Capitals coach Ron Wilson will be announced the next Toronto Maple Leafs coach on Tuesday, assuming there are no last minute issues. The contract is reported to be a four year deal for $5.6-million, plus incentives. In more than 1,000 ...
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GM Brian Burke to Vancouver (in 2010)
2008-06-08 17:37:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - In 2010, Anaheim Ducks’ GM Brian Burke will be heading to Vancouver ? not to manage the Canucks, but as General Manager of Team USA’s Olympic squad. Former Washington Capitals GM David Poile will serve as the team’s Associate GM. ?I?m extremely honored to be asked,? said Burke. ?We?ll ...
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Hey Tiger: Shut Up
2008-06-05 21:52:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - You’ve probably already heard about Tiger Woods’ dismissal of hockey as something nobody watches anymore. The NHL’s tepid response didn’t please ESPN columnist DJ Gallo, who composed the letter the NHL should have sent, if they’d had the brass (and the sense of humor). An excerpt is below; click ...
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Wario to Steal the Cup
2008-06-05 16:35:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Hey Nintendo (and hockey) fans, check out this great image on The Onion playing off Super Mario’s evil nemesis Wario. 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 ...
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The Cup Returns to Hockeytown
2008-06-05 06:01:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - What started out as a lopsided series finished with two barn burners. Kudos to the Penguins for reinvigorating the Finals with their late-game intensity tonight and Monday night?both games had thrilling white-knuckle endings (though tonight came with an earlier bedtime than Game 5). And of course, congratulations to the ...
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Washington Capitals 1998 Playoffs Montage
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The Capitals Have You (and Your Commute) Covered
2008-06-03 14:01:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - All AboardAs the Caps vs. Flyers Game 7 third period ended in a tie, I turned to my wife and said, “If the game goes past midnight, I’ve got enough cash for the cab home (to Bethesda) — happily, if the Caps win.” Metro Rail closes at midnight, ...
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Something Brewing In Hab Town?
2008-05-30 23:09:00 With draft day just 21 days away there is too much of nothing going on in Montreal. Too quiet. With all the restricted free agents and a few unrestricted free agents to sign, could one think that Habs general manager is up to something?
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Alex Ovechkin, Video Star
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Netminder Logjam Continuing to Ease
2008-05-28 17:08:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - First came the news that Olaf Kolzig will not be a Washington Capital next year. Now, up in Hershey, it appears that Frederic Cassivi’s career with the Bears has come to an end. Tim Leone reports, per eurohockey.net, that Cassivi has signed to play for the Sinupret Ice Tigers ...
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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 ...
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There Was No Boxed Wine at This Blogger?s Holiday Weekend Picnic
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There Was No Boxed Wine at This Blogger?s Holiday Weekend Picnic
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Alzner Signed ? Next Stop?
2008-05-22 19:56:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The Washington Capitals have announced the signing of defeceman Karl Alzer to a 3 year entry-level contract. As with all signings, the terms of the deal were not made public. The fifth overall pick in the 2007 Entry Draft, Alzer will most likely start next season in Hershey, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Sporting News NHL Player of the Year
2008-05-20 19:07:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The praises keep piling up for Alexander Ovechkin. He has been named the Sporting News NHL Player of the Year. In a landslide victory, Ovechkin received 250 of a possible 287 votes cast by players from around the league. Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin came in ...
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Sporting News NHL Player of the Year
2008-05-20 19:07:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The praises keep piling up for Alexander Ovechkin. He has been named the Sporting News NHL Player of the Year. In a landslide victory, Ovechkin received 250 of a possible 287 votes cast by players from around the league. Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin came in ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Russia Came, Russia Conquered, and Russia Was Very Well Covered
2008-05-20 15:14:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Congratulations not only to Team Russia for its performance at the Worlds but for the excellent coverage of the tournament by Sovetsky Sport, Russia?s largest newspaper. The Russian Hockey Federation was thrilled with SovetskySport?s coverage of the team at Worlds, so much so that they were the only print ...
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Russia Came, Russia Conquered, and Russia Was Very Well Covered
2008-05-20 15:14:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Congratulations not only to Team Russia for its performance at the Worlds but for the excellent coverage of the tournament by Sovetsky Sport, Russia?s largest newspaper. The Russian Hockey Federation was thrilled with SovetskySport?s coverage of the team at Worlds, so much so that they were the only print ...
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U.S. Youth Not Yet Serving up Medals at the Worlds
2008-05-17 14:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Since the American entry in the 2004 World Hockey Championships finished with a bronze medal, the U.S. has finished 6th, 7th, 5th, and, most recently this past week, 5th in the tourney. Not so good. “Young” seems to be the springtime flavor of excuse for middling showings by the ...
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U.S. Youth Not Yet Serving up Medals at the Worlds
2008-05-17 14:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Since the American entry in the 2004 World Hockey Championships finished with a bronze medal, the U.S. has finished 6th, 7th, 5th, and, most recently this past week, 5th in the tourney. Not so good. “Young” seems to be the springtime flavor of excuse for middling showings by the ...
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McGuire?s Monster: Alexander Ovechkin
2008-05-16 22:16:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - TSN's Ovechkin Banner Longtime TSN hockey fixture (and infamously colorblind NBC analyst) Pierre McGuire has named his All-Monster team, with Alex Ovechkin as the Monster Player of the Year: He hits hard. He skates hard. Ovechkin plays with heart-felt passion, and his pure joy for the game is ...
By: On Frozen Blog
McGuire?s Monster: Alexander Ovechkin
2008-05-16 22:16:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - TSN's Ovechkin Banner Longtime TSN hockey fixture (and infamously colorblind NBC analyst) Pierre McGuire has named his All-Monster team, with Alex Ovechkin as the Monster Player of the Year: He hits hard. He skates hard. Ovechkin plays with heart-felt passion, and his pure joy for the game ...
By: On Frozen Blog
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