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The Office?s Michael Scott, in Net?
2008-06-06 13:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Okay, so it isn’t Steve Carell’s character from The Office – though Michael would probably do something pretty similar. Enjoy this old hockey clip of Carell as a frustrated netminder from The Dana Carvey Show, it’s a good Friday laugh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylZmPciCyI w Copyright © 2008 On Frozen Blog. This feed is ... More About: The Office , Hockey , Scott
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 ... More About: Washington Capitals , Shut , Shut Up
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 ... More About: Washington Capitals , Steal
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 They wash up on our frozen shores whenever the Wings make a nice run, and sometimes before, and it’s an outdated tradition that is best retired.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 ... More About: Florida Panthers , Tradition , National Hockey League , Stanley Cup Playoffs , Legs
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 ... More About: Washington Capitals
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 June au 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 ... More About: Media , Players , Hockey
Washington Capitals 1998 Playoffs Montage
2008-06-04 06:30:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_xVf_5DxL g 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. More About: Washington , Washington Capitals , Playoffs , Montage , Capitals
A Look Back at the Hockey Knight in Canada
2008-06-04 06:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - We first ran this video file back in November of last year, but on this the 10th anniversary of Joe Juneau’s goal that sent the Capitals into the Stanley Cup Finals, we thought it merited a re-run. Juneau remains a remarkably committed resident of Kujuwak, Quebec — a ... More About: Canada , Hockey , Knight , Back
Ice Can Be Nice in June
2008-06-03 23:20:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Last night’s game 5 was easily the best game of these Stanley Cup Finals, and perhaps the best finals game in years. Near the top of NBC’s broadcast, did you catch play-by-play pro Mike Emerick’s referencing the temperature of Joe Louis Arena’s ice sheet? A frosty eight degrees. That’s about 12 degrees ... More About: June , Detroit Red Wings , Nice
On the Stanley Cup Road, It?s No HoJo Lodging for the Wings
2008-06-03 18:21:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - One reason the Red Wings may not be terribly disappointed to play Game 6: a potential return to the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, “one of only 21 hotels and resorts in the world to host AAA Five-Diamond lodging and dining.” The team took up residence there last week, for ... More About: Stanley Cup , Pittsburgh Penguins , Stanley , Detroit Red Wings , Road
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, ... More About: Baseball , Basketball , Washington Capitals , Alexander Ovechkin , Commute
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 ... More About: Philadelphia Flyers , Florida Panthers , June , Atlanta Thrashers , Stanley Cup Playoffs
Rushing to the Aid of a Foe?s Fanbase in Their Hour of Need
2008-06-02 06:59:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Being the high-road breed of hockey fans we are, we are called in this hour of anguish for our rivals to the North and West to traffic in empathy, commiseration, and sportsmanship. The black and gold partisans may not return the courtesy when they’re playing the role of ... More About: Pittsburgh Penguins , Sidney Crosby , Hour
A Weekend To Honor (Sort of) Mullet Men
2008-06-01 04:15:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Word leaked out yesterday that ESPN’s Barry Melrose was departing the TV studio and returning to the bench in the NHL, in Tampa. The Tampa media today appears to have verified the stunning news. We’re stunned. It’s been 13 years since Melrose coached in the NHL; the league has changed dramatically in that time, and while Melrose has monitored it nightly from his studio perch, that’s not the same as being in an organization and working day in, day out with league pros from scouts to GMs to equipment guys. And unlike a print beat guy traveling around with a team, Melrose has been holed up in a Connecticut TV studio the past decade plus. On the plus side, the transition seriously deals a virtual deathblow to ESPN’s hockey coverage, such as it is. Given the prevalence of startling young talent in the remade NHL, one enjoying best-of-the-decade TV ratings and best-ever revenues, what a time to be the WorldW... More About: Weekend , Honor , Sort , Mullet
Melrose Mullet Migration?
2008-05-30 18:51:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Barry Melrose Want 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 ... More About: National Hockey League , Mullet
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 ... More About: National Hockey League , Nashville Predators
A Second Act in D.C. for Sergei Fedorov? Let?s Hope So
2008-05-30 14:15:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Likely Sergei Fedorov, in the initial hours and days after arriving in Washington late this past February, thinking ahead then to what was almost certainly his final game as a Capital on April 5, gave some thought to returning home to his native Russia and signing one last ... More About: Players , Hope , Dave Steckel , Alexander Ovechkin
Alex Ovechkin, Video Star
2008-05-30 06:00:00 (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. More About: Video , Video Clips , Washington Capitals , Star , Alex
On Outdoor Puck, the NHL Says Chicago Is Its Kind of Town
2008-05-29 19:23:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 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 ... More About: Town , Outdoor
Bucci Gets a Little Overexcited
2008-05-29 17:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 1980 = 2008? Nope.In his latest bout of Penguin love (hmm, I suppose that phrase could generate some non-traditional search hits), ESPN columnist and host John Buccigross drew some questionable comparisons, including the “almost joyless” Detroit Red Wings ’ resemblence to the 1980 Soviet Red Army team, and the ... More About: Pittsburgh Penguins
Hypocrisy Has a Home in Pittsburgh
2008-05-29 09:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Eric McErlain recently highlighted a bit of Penguin hypocrisy. After Penguins fans raised holy hell in 2001 when Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis restricted playoff ticket sales to the local DC fan base, the Penguins are now doing the same thing as per the Ticketmaster fine print: Orders by residents outside of PA, OH, WV, MD, NY, NJ, DE, VA and the District of Columbia will be canceled without notice and refunds given. Leonsis remembers the reaction to his strategy in 2001, and the irony of the most vocal complainers doing the same thing seven years later: We were raked over the coals in the Pittsburgh media for our efforts. Furthermore, a Department of Justice attorney called me. He hailed from Pittsburgh and threatened a lawsuit against us for discriminatory business practices. We, of course, heeded the warnings and stopped this practice. This is situational ethics at is finest.” The tactic is not inherently bad — t... More About: Home , Hypocrisy
“I play like a dog and he’s like a little cat”
2008-05-29 04:56:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVFyAex3Im k 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. More About: Play
“…because Sergei Fedorov tell me he kill me…”
2008-05-29 04:55:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - From TSN’s Off The Record with Alexander Ovechkin earlier today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDTP4MREsC Q 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. More About: Kill , Sergei
?I know for sure [Fedorov] wants to stay [in Washington]?
2008-05-28 18:26:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - At a ceremony in Pittsburgh at 2 p.m. today, Alex Ovechkin will officially be awarded the Art Ross Trophy and the Maurice ?Rocket? Richard Trophy. Prior to the award ceremony, Alex met with the press on a conference call. Alex said he was happy to win these awards and ... More About: Washington , Hershey Bears , Conferences , Stay , Tomas Fleischmann
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 ... More About: Hockey , Washington Capitals , Hershey Bears , American Hockey League , Ease
Search No More for a Great Hockey Read This Summer: Stephen Brunt Finds the
2008-05-28 11:52:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Perhaps half or more of contemporary hockey fans never saw the incomparable Bobby Orr perform, and with this in mind, we’re indebted to Stephen Brunt and his literary landscape-altering effort Search ing for Bobby Orr (Triumph Books, 2007). A Canadian sports journalist, a hockey fan and one of Bobby Orr ... More About: Summer , Hockey , Boston Bruins , Great
Matt Bradley Signed to Three-Year Contract
2008-05-27 20:05:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The Washington Capitals have re-signed right wing Matt Bradley to a three-year contract, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. The Stittsville, Ontario, native has been a feisty shutdown forward for the Capitals for the past three years; he played his 300th NHL game last season. Signing ... More About: Signed , Contract , Year
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 ... More About: Stanley Cup , Pittsburgh Penguins , National Hockey League , Detroit Red Wings , Missing
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 ... More About: Beaches , Hockey , Washington Capitals , National Hockey League , Geek
A Day to Honor and Remember
More articles from this author:2008-05-26 06:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery / photo by John Moore, Getty Images The photograph above was taken by Getty Images photographer John Moore on Memorial Day last year. You can find his account of the day and the photograph at the Getty Images blog. Take a ... More About: Media , Honor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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