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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
The Capitals? Top 10 Storylines for 2007-08
2008-04-28 13:05:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 10. The Rebuild Is Over. Owner Leonsis uttered this proclamation during the preseason, later claiming that the season’s barometer for success would be qualifying for the postseason. Through the middle of November both seemed delusionally wishful thinking. But when the right guy arrived behind the bench, when the ... More About: Capitals
The Capitals? Top 10 Storylines for 2007-08
2008-04-28 13:05:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 10. The Rebuild Is Over. Owner Leonsis uttered this proclamation during the preseason, later claiming that the season’s barometer for success would be qualifying for the postseason. Through the middle of November both seemed delusionally wishful thinking. But when the right guy arrived behind the bench, when the ... More About: Capitals
NBC Sports: Paragon of Accuracy
2008-04-27 22:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - NBC Sports continued its tradition of thoroughly vetting and verifying information during the Rangers-Penguins game today with the scroll on the bottom of the screen showing the top ten playoff points leaders. I must have missed the news that Ovechkin went to Montreal (somehow, I think they’d ... More About: Media , Montreal Canadiens , New York Rangers , Pittsburgh Penguins
NBC Sports: Paragon of Accuracy
2008-04-27 22:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - NBC Sports continued its tradition of thoroughly vetting and verifying information during the Rangers-Penguins game today with the scroll on the bottom of the screen showing the top ten playoff points leaders. I must have missed the news that Ovechkin went to Montreal (somehow, I think they’d ... More About: Media , Montreal Canadiens , New York Rangers , Pittsburgh Penguins
A Uniform of One Color for an Army?s Offseason
2008-04-27 14:55:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The Capitals unveiled their new uniform look early last summer, but it’s this offseason that will fully showcase just how successful the makeover was. Saturday afternoon I stopped by the Kettler-Capitals’ pro shop to see a buddy there working a weekend shift sharpening skates and moving merchandise, and the ... More About: Color , Army , Uniform , Offseason
A Uniform of One Color for an Army?s Offseason
2008-04-27 14:55:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The Capitals unveiled their new uniform look early last summer, but it’s this offseason that will fully showcase just how successful the makeover was. Saturday afternoon I stopped by the Kettler-Capitals’ pro shop to see a buddy there working a weekend shift sharpening skates and moving merchandise, and the ... More About: Color , Army , Uniform , Offseason
Making Big News on 15th St.
2008-04-27 01:56:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Saturday’s Washington Post has an editorial on, of all things, the Washington Capitals . This is not an op-ed on the sports page; this is an actual editorial in the paper’s A section. The last time we remember this occurring there was in the immediate aftermath of the team’s ... More About: News , Media , Print , Big News
Making Big News on 15th St.
2008-04-27 01:56:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Saturday’s Washington Post has an editorial on, of all things, the Washington Capitals . This is not an op-ed on the sports page; this is an actual editorial in the paper’s A section. The last time we remember this occurring there was in the immediate aftermath of the team’s ... More About: News , Media , Print , Big News
(Seriously) Working Overtime
2008-04-25 23:08:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Ever heard of a goalie making 100 saves in a professional hockey game? It almost happened last night. The Philadelphia Phantoms and the Albany River Rats last night played the longest game in the American Hockey League ’s 72-year history. They went into five overtimes! The Phantoms’ Ryan Potulny scored ... More About: Hershey Bears , Working , Overtime
(Seriously) Working Overtime
2008-04-25 23:08:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Ever heard of a goalie making 100 saves in a professional hockey game? It almost happened last night. The Philadelphia Phantoms and the Albany River Rats last night played the longest game in the American Hockey League ’s 72-year history. They went into five overtimes! The Phantoms’ Ryan Potulny scored ... More About: Hershey Bears , Working , Overtime
Reinforcements for the Farm
2008-04-25 21:31:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Word out of Hershey: both Josh Godfrey and Karl Alzner have joined the Bears. Alzner will not play in tonight’s game 5 at Wilkes Barre-Scranton, as he’s sidelined by the flu, but he could dress in game 6 tomorrow back at Giant Center if Hershey can get a ... More About: Hershey Bears , American Hockey League , Farm
Reinforcements for the Farm
2008-04-25 21:31:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Word out of Hershey: both Josh Godfrey and Karl Alzner have joined the Bears. Alzner will not play in tonight’s game 5 at Wilkes Barre-Scranton, as he’s sidelined by the flu, but he could dress in game 6 tomorrow back at Giant Center if Hershey can get a ... More About: Hershey Bears , American Hockey League , Farm
Frozen Moments, in Red
2008-04-25 06:42:00 (c) OnFrozen Blog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Yes, the dull ache from the season’s end remains. But as we head into the weekend, I hope you enjoy these moments in red ? photos from the Washington Capitals ’ playoff run that remind us it was an incredible ride. Rock the Red Victory ToastSea of Red (click for ... More About: Stanley Cup Playoffs , Moments , Verizon Center
Frozen Moments, in Red
2008-04-25 06:42:00 (c) OnFrozen Blog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Yes, the dull ache from the season’s end remains. But as we head into the weekend, I hope you enjoy these moments in red ? photos from the Washington Capitals ’ playoff run that remind us it was an incredible ride. Rock the Red Victory ToastSea of Red (click for ... More About: Stanley Cup Playoffs , Moments , Verizon Center
Another Blogger?s Poor-Ice Perspective
2008-04-24 19:01:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Our friend and fav blogger Peerless was at Tuesday night’s game 7, and he shared with us this morning his observations about the conditions inside the Phone Booth: “In game seven, sitting where I was, the goal crease at the end the Caps shoot at twice was a lake. ... More About: Media , Blogger , National Hockey League , Stanley Cup Playoffs , Poor
Another Blogger?s Poor-Ice Perspective
2008-04-24 19:01:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Our friend and fav blogger Peerless was at Tuesday night’s game 7, and he shared with us this morning his observations about the conditions inside the Phone Booth: “In game seven, sitting where I was, the goal crease at the end the Caps shoot at twice was a lake. ... More About: Media , Blogger , National Hockey League , Stanley Cup Playoffs , Poor
An Unfathomable Scandal Sends the Home Team Packing for the Summer
2008-04-24 14:12:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The great Bob McDonald was singing the national anthem near 7:00 Tuesday night in a darkened Verizon Center when, standing high above the playing surface in the press box, I noticed something most peculiar: two uniformed Verizon Center maintenance workers were, to Bob’s immediate left, on their knees, ... More About: Summer , Home , Scandal , Team , Packing
An Unfathomable Scandal Sends the Home Team Packing for the Summer
2008-04-24 14:12:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The great Bob McDonald was singing the national anthem near 7:00 Tuesday night in a darkened Verizon Center when, standing high above the playing surface in the press box, I noticed something most peculiar: two uniformed Verizon Center maintenance workers were, to Bob’s immediate left, on their knees, ... More About: Summer , Home , Scandal , Team , Packing
A Note of Optimism on a Day of Defeat
2008-04-24 04:41:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The 2007-08 hockey season has, in the last 24 hours, ended for the Caps, and an enormous number of you have delivered messages of appreciation for our little ‘ole blog. Know that we take all of them to heart. Know also that we regard about 12,800 of you as co-authors in ... More About: Media , Internet , Washington Capitals , Blogs , Note
A Note of Optimism on a Day of Defeat
2008-04-24 04:41:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The 2007-08 hockey season has, in the last 24 hours, ended for the Caps, and an enormous number of you have delivered messages of appreciation for our little ‘ole blog. Know that we take all of them to heart. Know also that we regard about 12,800 of you ... More About: Media , Internet , Blogs , Note , Optimism
Ice Sheet Capades Continued
2008-04-23 22:22:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Corey on his blog has this grotesquely troubling quote from Flyers’ center Daniel Briere: “Another thing that favored us was the condition of the ice,” he said. “It was so bad that it was tough for guys like Semin, Backstrom and Ovechkin to get anything going, the ice was ... More About: Washington Capitals , Sheet
Ice Sheet Capades Continued
2008-04-23 22:22:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Corey on his blog has this grotesquely troubling quote from Flyers’ center Daniel Briere: “Another thing that favored us was the condition of the ice,” he said. “It was so bad that it was tough for guys like Semin, Backstrom and Ovechkin to get anything going, the ice was ... More About: Sheet , Verizon Center
At Kettler the Day After
2008-04-23 19:54:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - You can cross one name off your list of free agent concerns for the Capitals this offseason — Head Coach Bruce Boudreau . Speaking with reporters at Kettler-Capitals Iceplex just moments after wrapping up a season-concluding meeting with the team this afternoon, the coach confirmed that he’d had discussions ... More About: Washington Capitals , Stanley Cup Playoffs , Alexander Ovechkin , Olaf Kolzig
At Kettler the Day After
2008-04-23 19:54:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - You can cross one name off your list of free agent concerns for the Capitals this offseason — Head Coach Bruce Boudreau . Speaking with reporters at Kettler-Capitals Iceplex just moments after wrapping up a season-concluding meeting with the team this afternoon, the coach confirmed that he’d had discussions ... More About: Stanley Cup Playoffs , Alexander Ovechkin , Olaf Kolzig
A Foul Finish to a Stunner of a Season
2008-04-23 13:22:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I dreaded the elevator ride down to the Capitals’ dressing room at 10:07 p.m. last night. Jubilation, as we in HockeyWashington certainly learned this spring, is a damned fun thing to chronicle and consume, and for the first time it seemed in all of 2008, I had to ... More About: Philadelphia Flyers , Washington Capitals , National Hockey League , Stanley Cup Playoffs , Season
A Foul Finish to a Stunner of a Season
2008-04-23 13:22:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I dreaded the elevator ride down to the Capitals’ dressing room at 10:07 p.m. last night. Jubilation, as we in HockeyWashington certainly learned this spring, is a damned fun thing to chronicle and consume, and for the first time it seemed in all of 2008, I had to ... More About: Philadelphia Flyers , National Hockey League , Stanley Cup Playoffs , Season , Ted Leonsis
Proud to be a Caps Fan
2008-04-23 01:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Here is a great photo from the Washington Capitals’ Image of the Day. Washington Capitals - Image of the day - 21 April, 2008 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 ... More About: Proud
Proud to be a Caps Fan
2008-04-23 01:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Here is a great photo from the Washington Capitals’ Image of the Day. Washington Capitals - Image of the day - 21 April, 2008 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 ... More About: Proud
The Men with Tonight?s Whistles
More articles from this author:2008-04-22 21:24:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Paul Devorski and Don Koharski. You didn’t really think it would be easy tonight, did you? Koharski, incidentally, worked the Caps-Flyers’ game 7 of 1988. 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 ... More About: Philadelphia Flyers , Washington Capitals , National Hockey League , Stanley Cup Playoffs , Tonight 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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