Pothier Visits Kent Gardens Elementary School

Today's Examiner file from Dmitry Chesnokov is even more bizarre than yesterday's; in it he doesn't merely suggest that Viktor Kozlov has left the Caps and the NHL for good, but cites a new interview Kozlov had with SovetskySport in which the right wing claims to have had a return to Russia in mind even before signing with the Caps two years ago. Wow. Anyway, there'...

Indeed yes, reports Dmitry Chesnokov in today's Examiner. Apparently there is interest in Nylander's services in Russia, from a high-profile club in the Continental Hockey League (KHL). "KHL's Avangard Omsk would like to see Nylander in Russia playing for the Siberian powerhouse," Chesnokov wrote today. The report first surfaced in Chesnokov's Russian newspaper...

Washington Capitals' web producer Brett Leonhardt provided one of the most unlikely and endearing stories of the 2008-09 hockey season, when he signed an amateur tryout contract with the Caps in order to back up Brent Johnson before a game against Ottawa on December 12. But that wasn't the story he wanted to detail for me when he arrived in Hershey this past weekend to cover...

THE CANADIAN PRESSHERSHEY, Pa. -- Keith Aucoin's power-play goal in the third period lifted the ...

HERSHEY, Pa. | Eventually, Michal Neuvirth is going to face adversity. When he does, he will remember when he made three saves in the final 15 seconds of Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals - with his team up a goal and down two skaters - to preserve a 2-1 victory. The Hershey Bears are one win from capturing the Calder Cup for the second time in four seasons, and they will try to clinch...

This week, Caps fans may find out if their tough-guy enforcer will be back with the team.

Entering game 3 of the Calder Cup finals, the Manitoba Moose hadn't seen the Michal Neuvirth that the Eastern conference's playoff teams did this postseason. And halfway through pre-game warm-ups Saturday, for a few scary moments it looked like they might not see him at all. Neuvirth took a Chris Bourque slapshot in the neck then and fell to the ice, remaining there ...