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A Netminder?s Impact on a Community - The Video
2008-05-14 02:33:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Today we told you about a WJLA-TV featured segment on Olie Kolzig’s impact on a family with an autistic child. Here’s the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ATKkxvbKr 4 The departure of Kolzig is made a little more real when you see the graphic “Olie Kolzig - Former Capitals Goaltender”. Copyright © 2008 On Frozen Blog. This ... More About: Video , Community , Video Clips , Washington Capitals , Olaf Kolzig
?We have kept the way we played the game in Washington?
2008-05-13 21:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Pavel Lysenkov has been a busy man with interviews in Quebec City and therefore Dmitry Chesnokov has been a busy man with translations in Washington . Again, we thank both gentlemen for passing the following along. Sergei Fedorov scored the game winner against Switzerland (5:3). After the game ... More About: Russia , Game , The Game , World Championships
A Netminder?s Impact on a Community
2008-05-13 18:06:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - As Olie Kolzig’s official departure from Washington Capitals approaches, he will leave the District with more than fond memories and his name in the Capitals record books?his impact in the community will persist in even more meaningful ways. WJLA’s ABC 7 News at 5 today will feature ... More About: Community , Hockey , Olaf Kolzig
2008 IIHF World Championship Bracket
2008-05-13 18:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Bronze Medal Match will be 5/17/08 at 3 pm. All times Eastern Daylight Saving Time. 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 ... More About: Championship , World , World Championships
An Offseason Snapshot of a Revolution?s March Onward
2008-05-13 12:35:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The volume and variety of news pertaining to Olie Kolzig’s departure from the Capitals last week was instructive in these new media times. When we at OFB verified that Kolzig’s home was listed for sale last Wednesday, which wasn’t a particularly difficult endeavor (all manner of such information, ... More About: Media , Internet , Washington Post , Sports Illustrated , Washington Capitals
Boudreau Deux?
2008-05-12 22:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Waiting for Godot? No, Searching for Boudreau . . . or rather, the next Bruce Boudreau , a.k.a. the next AHL coach or coaches ready to make the leap into the big leagues. In Saturday’s Globe and Mail, James Mirtle highlights a few of the leading candidates and points ...
?I don?t understand sometimes what?s going on at this World Championship?
2008-05-12 17:30:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - As always, many thanks to our friend Dmitry Chesnokov for translating and passing on the following. As a result of a poll conducted by ?Sport? [Russia ?s public sports channel] and Sovetsky Sport [Russia?s largest newspaper], Washington Capitals and Russian national team forward Alexander Ovechkin was named Athlete of the ... More About: Championship , World , Sweden
Sunday Bloody Sunday at the Worlds
2008-05-12 06:33:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - A World Championship that in its first week was marked by superb officiating (you didn?t hear anything about the guys in stripes, right? That means something.) took an abrupt turn for the markedly worse Sunday , as incompetent on-ice work by the four men in stripes working Sunday?s U.S.-Finland ... More About: Worlds , World Championships , Bloody
Get OFB via E-Mail
2008-05-11 14:55:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - You can already get your OFB fix via RSS, mobile, and plain ole web browser. Now you can get your OFB fix by email. With the NHL offseason and summertime activities right around the corner, you may fall out of the habit of checking your favourite hockey blogs. ... More About: Mail , E-Mail
Happy Mother?s Day to all Hockey Moms
2008-05-11 14:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w5GTU9wBn E 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: Hockey , Happy , Mother , Moms
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 ... More About: Philadelphia Flyers , Pittsburgh Penguins , National Hockey League , Sheet , Fire
A Capital Day in the District
2008-05-09 21:09:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Approaching the John A. Wilson building on a sunny Tuesday morning, I reflected on the once-unlikely event about to occur. Official recognition by the Washington D.C. of its hockey team would have been unthinkable not too long ago. The way the Capital s started this season, positive recognition seemed ... More About: Washington Capitals , District , Alexander Ovechkin , Ted Leonsis
An End-of-Season Message from the Farm
2008-05-09 16:46:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The following is a letter from the Hershey Bears President and General Manager Doug Yingst to all Bears fans. Spring 2008 Dear HERSHEY BEARS Fans: On behalf of the BEARS and our front office, I want to thank you for another outstanding season here at GIANT Center. With your support, our ... More About: Hockey , American Hockey League , Season , Message
Free Youth Hockey in Baltimore This Saturday
2008-05-09 01:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Baltimore Youth Hockey is hosting two free hockey clinics for boys and girls this Saturday : Boys and girls from 6 to 16 who wish to give ice hockey a try are invited to two Let’s Play Hockey events on Saturday, May 10, 2008, at new Reisterstown rink in the ... More About: Free
Farewell to Our All-Time-Best Netminder
2008-05-08 13:30:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - It seems reasonable to posit that Olie Kolzig’s play as a middle-thirtysomething netminder during the first two seasons after the lockout was distinctly solid. Not spectacular, clearly, but quite solid. He didn’t have the most formidable blueline corps in front of him, which to some extent his numbers ... More About: Time , Washington Capitals , Olaf Kolzig , Farewell , Bruce Boudreau
Bad News for Team USA, Tampa Bay
2008-05-07 23:15:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Is captaining the United States’ hockey team in the IIHF tournament becoming hockey’s version of the Madden Curse? Washington Capital Chris Clark was the captain of Team USA in Russia for the IIHF World Championships in 2007; he missed most of the 2007-2008 season with a groin injury. ... More About: News , Washington Capitals , Bad News , Tampa
Kolzig?s Home a Free Agent Too
2008-05-07 17:09:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Kolzig's Washington Area Home Long & Foster has published a new listing for Olie Kolzig’s home?one more indication that the DC icon has likely played his last game in a Capitals uniform. From the real estate listing: Gorgeous 2.5 yr old custom built home has approx 13,000 sq ft ... More About: Agent , Free , Olaf Kolzig , Free Agent
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 ... More About: Washington Capitals , Pick , Select
Q & A with AO
2008-05-06 18:46:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - [OFB Admin Note: Thanks to Dmitry Chesnokov for translating the following Q&A that Pavel Lysenkov conducted with Alexander Ovechkin .] Sovetsky Sport continues the tradition of ?on the road? Q&A sessions with players at major hockey tournaments. Sunday night, right after the game against the Czech Republic, NHL?s highest ... More About: Russia , World Championships
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 ... More About: Stanley Cup Playoffs , Town , Chicago Blackhawks
Washington Capitals Week
2008-05-05 21:23:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Per the press release from the Washington Capitals : Washington Capitals chairman and majority owner Ted Leonsis will receive a ceremonial resolution from the D.C. City Council on May 6. Councilmember Jack Evans will present Leonsis and the Capitals with the resolution during the council legislative meeting, which is scheduled ... More About: Week
Washington Capitals? Top Prospects, Spring 2008
2008-05-05 12:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Continuing an OFB tradition, we present our rankings of the Capitals ’ prospects at the conclusion of the hockey season. Many of the names below you’ll have a chance to see at Kettler Capitals Iceplex this July, for Development Camp (July 7-12). What’s the lead storyline among the futures ... More About: Washington , Washington Capitals , Spring , 2008
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 ... More About: Hardware , Hopes , World , New Jersey Devils , Hockey
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 ... More About: Hardware , Hopes , World , New Jersey Devils , Hockey
Sunday?s Alright for Fighting
2008-05-02 20:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Here’s a reminder that Hockey Fights Cancer Maryland’s event takes place this Sunday, May 4th. As we told you a few weeks ago, the event features a skate-a-thon with celebrities such as Duff Goldman - Ace of Cakes, skills competition on the ice, broom ball on the ... More About: Music , Charity , Philadelphia Flyers , Video Clips , Washington Capitals
Sunday?s Alright for Fighting
2008-05-02 20:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Here’s a reminder that Hockey Fights Cancer Maryland’s event takes place this Sunday, May 4th. As we told you a few weeks ago, the event features a skate-a-thon with celebrities such as Duff Goldman - Ace of Cakes, skills competition on the ice, broom ball on the ... More About: Music , Charity , Philadelphia Flyers , Video Clips , Washington Capitals
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 ... More About: Video Clips , Washington Capitals , Pittsburgh Penguins , Hershey Bears
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 ... More About: Video Clips , Washington Capitals , Pittsburgh Penguins , Hershey Bears
Where to Watch the Worlds
2008-05-02 06:02:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The 2007 edition of the World Championship Tournament found half of OFB watching the games live and in person. What about the other half? We, too, watched live — just not in person. Like last year, we don’t believe that this year’s tournament will be on television, ... More About: Internet , Watch , Worlds , Russia , World Championships
Where to Watch the Worlds
More articles from this author:2008-05-02 06:02:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The 2007 edition of the World Championship Tournament found half of OFB watching the games live and in person. What about the other half? We, too, watched live — just not in person. Like last year, we don’t believe that this year’s tournament will be on television, though we ... More About: Internet , Watch , Worlds , Russia , World Championships 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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