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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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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 ...
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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

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

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
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

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 second game? Versus has announced how the possible scenario will be handled in advance. Cable viewers in the Detroit and Colorado markets will be switched automatically to the beginning of Detroit Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche semifinal Game 4. Cable viewers in the rest of the country will join the Detroit vs. Colorado game in progress at the conclusion of the New York vs. Pittsburgh game. Satellite viewers on DirecTV and Dish Network will be able to watch the Detroit vs. Colorado game in its entirety on an auxiliary channel. DirecTV - Channel 659 Dish Network - Channel 452 Copyright © 2008 On Frozen Blog. This feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not...
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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 ...
More About: Colorado Avalanche , New York Rangers , Pittsburgh Penguins , Stanley Cup Playoffs , Detroit Red Wings

Ovechkin Shopping for a Bigger Trophy Case
2008-05-01 20:13:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The nominations keep pouring in. Alexander Ovechkin has been named a finalist for the Lester B. Pearson Award. From the Washington Capitals press release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) announced today that Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin is one of three finalists for the Lester B. Pearson Award, which is presented annually to the “most outstanding player” in the NHL as voted by fellow members of the NHLPA. Ovechkin joins Calgary’s Jarome Iginla and Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin as the three finalists. Members of the NHLPA submitted ballots for the Pearson Award at the conclusion of the regular season, with the top three vote-getters announced as finalists. The winner will be announced Thursday, June 12, during the 2008 NHL Awards Television Special, which will be broadcast live throughout the United States on VERSUS and in Canada on CBC from the historic Elgin Theatr...
More About: Shopping , Case , Trophy

At the Worlds, More Home Flavor Leading Team USA
2008-05-01 13:49:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Potomac, Md.’s, Jeff Halpern has been named captain of the American hockey team competing this week at the IIHF World Championships in Halifax and Quebec City. The former Washington Capital follows current Caps’ captain Chris Clark, who wore the ‘C’ for the Americans in Moscow last May. In all, ...
More About: Home , Team , Worlds , Flavor , Leading

Cavalcade of Accolades Continues for Capitals
2008-05-01 13:02:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Awards and nominations keep coming for the Washington Capitals ?and not just to those with the parent club. The Capitals’ 2007 first-round draft pick Karl Alzner has just earned some hardware as a member of the WHL Calgary Hitmen, named both the Western Hockey League’s player of the year ...
More About: Mike Vogel

Gabby a Finalist
2008-05-01 06:00:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The Capitals have a chance for a hat trick of post season awards with the Calder, Hart, and now the Adams. From the Washington Capitals Press Release: ARLINGTON, Va. ? The National Hockey League announced today that Washington head coach Bruce Boudreau is one of three finalists for ...
More About: Alexander Ovechkin , Gabby

Varlamov: ?I Am Ready To Spend a Year or Two in the AHL?
2008-04-30 21:19:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Tuesday’s SovetskySport published an interview with Russian national team netminder and Washington Capitals ’ 2006 first-round pick Simeon Varlamov. Russia had just played Switzerland in an exhibition in Canada in preparation for the World Championships this week. Russia won 6-2, and Varlamov was in goal. Portions of the interview ...
More About: American Hockey League , Year , Ready

?Nej, tack?
2008-04-30 17:59:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - With the World Championship tournament starting this weekend, Freelance writer and Off The Post author Risto Pakarinen has preview of Sweden and their coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson on the IIHF web site. Coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson was hailed as a hockey genius in 2006 when he took his team to both ...
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Worlds Go Retro
2008-04-30 14:30:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - This year’s IIHF World Championship Tournament is going old school, if only for one game. Fifteen of the sixteen participating teams will play one preliminary round game with retro sweaters. The sweater each country will wear was selected from what they considered to be a significant ...
More About: Canada , Washington Capitals , Alexander Semin , Retro , Worlds

Who Has More Hart?
2008-04-29 19:49:00
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - He is now officially a finalist: ARLINGTON, Va. ? The National Hockey League announced today that Washington left wing Alex Ovechkin is one of three finalists for the Hart Trophy, which is presented annually to the player judged most valuable to his team. Ovechkin joins Calgary?s Jarome Iginla and ...
More About: Alexander Ovechkin

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 ...
More About: Colorado Avalanche , Montreal Canadiens , New York Rangers , Pittsburgh Penguins

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