NY Rangers(1) vs Washington(7)
Both clubs endured an exhausting seven-game series in the opening round, with the seventh-seeded Capitals advancing thanks to a Joel Ward overtime goal and the top-seeded Rangers coming back from a 3-2 deficit to win the last two games over the upstart Ottawa Senators.
Caps coach Dale Hunter had his most of his club buying into is close to the vest/defensive st...
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April 27, 2012
Washington Capitals forward Joel Ward says he's not bothered by the racist tweets that greeted his series-winning goal in the opening round of the playoffs.
Ward, one of a handful of black players in the NHL, was the target of numerous racial insults on Twitter moments after he scored the overtime Game 7 goal Wednesday against Boston.
Ward said Friday it's a ''few...
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April 26, 2012
Following his series-clinching goal in overtime of Game 7 against the Bruins, Twitter was inundated with ugly tweets regarding Ward's race. But Ward remains unaffected, saying, "It doesn't faze me at all."
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April 26, 2012
The Bruins released a statement on Thursday afternoon denouncing the behavior of some "fans" who made racist comments about Washington's Joel Ward following his game-winning goal in Game 7. Ward was the victim of racial taunts and slurs on Twitter shortly after his goal in overtime helped the Capitals eliminate the defending Stanley Cup champions. The Bruins' statement...
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April 27, 2012
In the aftermath of Washington’s stunning upset of defending champion Boston on April 25, it did not take long for the crap to hit the fan. A number of Bruins fans took to social media to show their unhappiness with Washington’s Joel Ward, the man that scored the game-winning goal in overtime, sending the Capitals [...]
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April 27, 2012
from Tarik El-Bashir of Capitals Insider, “People are a-holes,” Chimera said. “For someone to come in and ruin someone’s moment like that… It was just a few idiots who ruined what was a beautiful moment for somebody. It’s terrible for him to go through that. It made you sick to your stomach. After we won the series, everyone should have a good feeling. But everyone had...
Via Terez Owens
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April 27, 2012
They need to pay up T...
Washington Capitals right wing Joel Ward scores the game-winning goal against the Boston Bruins. I’m sure by now you have seen all the press about the racist tweets that followed — The NHL issued a statement that called the comments “ignorant and unacceptable” and said the people who made them “have no place associating themselves with our game...
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April 27, 2012
It takes one rotten apple to sour the barrel. That almost became the case in the Boston hockey community after racist social media comments were dug up following Game 7 between the Bruins and Capitals. In that decisive match, Caps forward Joel Ward scored the game-winning and series-clinching goal in overtime. While the hockey world isn't pointing a finger at the Bruins fanbase...
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April 26, 2012
Soon after Joel Ward's Washington Capitals teammates swarmed him after his game-winning goal in overtime of Game 7 against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, a number of people unleashed racial comments about Ward on Twitter. Ward, one of the few black players in the NHL, was called the N-word in a number of posts. According to CNN, Chirpstory, a site that can aggregate other...
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April 26, 2012
This is a column that should not have to be written. It shouldn't be necessary because we should have moved beyond the virulent racism that has disgraced this nation for so much of its history. But that's not reality. We can delude ourselves that we've moved on from our racist past, ease our guilt with false platitudes like, "how can racism still be an issue when...
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April 27, 2012
from Dave Wedge of the Boston Herald, Two Twitter punks who fired off racist rants about Washington Capitals hero Joel Ward are facing possible disciplinary action from their schools while another who apologized said he’s getting death threats.
A spokeswoman for New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce University said a student is facing disciplinary action for firing off an expletive...
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April 28, 2012
I thought that a small portion of the Vancouver Canucks fan base had set the bar pretty low after attempting to burn their city down following losing Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals last year.
As usual, I have been proven wrong.
Why is Joel Ward - or any athlete - steal dealing with racist nonsense in 2012?
The Boston Bruins’ attempt at repeating as NHL Champions ended after...
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April 26, 2012
The Boston Bruins and the owner of the Washington Capitals are scolding hockey fans who let loose with a burst of racist comments directed at Joel Ward after the black Canadian player scored an overtime goal that won their playoff series for the Caps late Wednesday.
Soon after, disappointed fans posted their reaction on Twitter, hurling the n-word at Ward.
The Bruins say in a statement...
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April 27, 2012
The Washington Capitals were on ice Friday morning for a practice as they prepare to take on the Rangers in game one of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Saturday afternoon. Some updates from Kettler Capitals Iceplex:
Predictably, the news was that there was little news out of Arlington. The lines remained the same: Ovechkin-Laich-Brouwer, Johansson-Backstrom-Semin, Chimera...
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April 26, 2012
Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
The Predators organization and their fans hold a special place for departed players. While there are some that draw the jeers and hisses of a ravenous crowd, most former Predators are always considered family and as such are treated to an admiration and beloved stature that other teams with longer pasts may not address.
As a tribute to some of...
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April 28, 2012
In sports, as often in life, there’s always going to be some reminder, even if you happen to be the president of the United States and the New York Post allows a cartoon to run depicting you as a monkey being shot by the police.
Unfortunately for hockey, this past fall it was a banana tossed onto the ice at the Philadelphia Flyers’ preseason game in London, Ontario, and this...
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