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On Frozen Blog
A Haven for the Hockey Malnourished - A blog discussing the Washington Capitals, US Hockey, the National Hockey League and hockey in general.

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A Day to Honor and Remember
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 ...
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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 ...
More About: Hockey , Union , National Hockey League , Stanley Cup Playoffs , State

There Was No Boxed Wine at This Blogger?s Holiday Weekend Picnic
2008-05-25 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: Holiday , Blogger , Wine , Washington Capitals , Weekend

Hockey as a Desert Rose in Sin City
2008-05-24 06:21:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I was dreading my business trip to Las Vegas this past week. For starters, Monday’s temperature there was a hockey unfriendly 108 degrees. And please, spare me the “It’s a dry heat” defense. Pizza ovens harbor little humidity, and I don’t want to reside in those either. Mercifully, ...
More About: Hockey , Rose , City , Desert , Sin City

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 ...
More About: Watch , Pittsburgh Penguins , National Hockey League , Stanley Cup Playoffs

How About Some More Pro Hockey in Washington, the Hockeytown?
2008-05-23 17:59:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Could suburban Washington , D.C., become home to a minor pro hockey team in the not-too-distant future? Such a team would first need a home here, and in Montgomery County, Maryland, intrigue is swirling around a new arena feasibility study and county officials’ publicly stated support for construction of ...
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Alzner Done with the Hitmen
2008-05-23 06:00:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Yesterday, I was able to participate in the conference call with newly signed Karl Alzner and General Manager George McPhee. It was a call short on time, but not on content. I asked Karl if the team had expressed their expectations of where he might play this fall ...
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Alzner Signed â€” 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, though it is possible he may make the Capitals with a strong training camp. He will participate in the team’s summer development camp July 7-12 at Kettler. From the Capitals press release: A two-time gold medalist at the IIHF World Junior Championship with Canada, Alzner captained the Canadian team in 2007-08 and was named one of the teamâ€™s top three players by the coaching staff. Alzner also represented Canada in the 2007 Canada/Russia Super Series and played for the WHL team in the 2006 Canada-Russia Challenge. Alzner is rated as Washingtonâ€™s top prospect by The Hockey News and Hockeyâ€™s Future. Those publications rank him as the NHLâ€™s No. 9 an...
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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 Bear s 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 this most recent marriage. Currently, the Capitals are also affiliated with the East Coast Hockey League’s South Carolina Stingrays. Additionally, per Tim Leone, it was also announced that Bob Woods’ contract was extended and will be the head coach of the Bears for 2008-09 with Mark French as an assistant. 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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For Love of the Goon
2008-05-22 06:42:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Brashear pummels Brendan Shanahan My friend’s wife, a Minnesota native, loves a good hockey fight. Oh, she’ll attend fight-free games and enjoy them, but it’s really the fights that get her blood boiling and make the game exciting for her. She is not alone. The divide between fight fans and ...
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Cup Raise
2008-05-22 06:00:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I first saw this video on Puck Daddy. It is too good not to share. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYwA9s-hjM s I’d like to know how long it took to put that 30 second spot took together. Copyright © 2008 On Frozen Blog. This feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you ...
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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 ...
More About: Radio , Media , Stanley Cup , Washington Capitals , Pittsburgh Penguins

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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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 ...
More About: Hockey , Pittsburgh Penguins , National Hockey League , Stanley Cup Playoffs , Detroit Red Wings

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 ...
More About: Washington Capitals , Alexander Semin , Alexander Ovechkin , Covered

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. ...
More About: Radio , Media , Hockey , National Hockey League , World Championships

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