This certainly wasn’t the season the Washington Capitals wanted but it was the season they needed. After winning the Southeast Division four consecutive years and the President’s Trophy in 2009-10, the Caps struggled early and often. It took the firing of beloved coach Bruce “Gabby” Boudreau to begin to process of righting things. Defensive-minded former team captain
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April 26, 2012
This hardly is the way Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals were expected to succeed when this roster was being put together.
Doesn't matter one bit, of course.
After year upon year of underachieving in the postseason, the seventh-seeded Capitals finally are overachievers: They're headed to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs after getting past the Boston...
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April 26, 2012
When I watched the Washington Capitals score the game winning goal I thought that the refs should review that goal. I thought there was some interference on Thomas by Mike Knuble. According to Veteran NHL Officials Kerry Frasier that goals shouldn't have counted.
Last night in Boston reality struck when the series ended with a Game 7 overtime goal that was manufactured by...
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April 25, 2012
ARLINGTON, Va. -- So it turns out Alex Ovechkin is not thrilled with playing less in the playoffs. Less than a week after saying it "doesn't matter" that he's been on the bench for long stretches of the Washington Capitals' first-round series against the Boston Bruins, the two-time NHL MVP changed his tune a bit Tuesday, acknowledging he gets upset when he&...
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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 25, 2012
The debate of “Who’s better: Sidney Crosby or Alex Ovechkin?” is a thing of the past – or at least it’s been put on hold for the moment. But the biggest knock on Ovechkin has always been his inability to win the big game compared to Crosby’s ability to do the opposite. And it’s safe to say Ovechkin is staring at a big game tonight.The Washington Capitals had a chance...
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April 26, 2012
Last night, the 7-seed Washington Capitals defeated the defending Stanley Cup champions and 2-seed Boston Bruins to advance in the NHL Playoffs, and plenty of Boston fans were none too pleased. Sadly, instead of simply enjoying a great upset in an exciting series, most of us are enjoying a huge buffet of WTF today.
After Caps RW Joel Ward scored the game-winning goal, Bruins fans...
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April 25, 2012
The Washington Capitals will be moving on to the second round of the 2011-12 Stanley Cup Playoffs, thanks to Joel Ward’s overtime game winner versus the defending Cup champion Boston Bruins. Check it out:
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April 24, 2012
Uncanny. (Thanks to Steph for the idea)
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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 25, 2012
BOSTON – Once again, there will be no repeat winner of the Stanley Cup. The seventh-seeded Washington Capitals, getting a goal from Joel Ward 2:57 into overtime, knocked the defending-champion Bruins from the playoffs with a 2-1 Game 7 victory Wednesday night. The Red Wings are the last team to repeat, doing it in 1998. Ex-Bruin Mike Knuble picked off a slap into the Washington...
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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 26, 2012
Caps beat Boston in Game 7 on an OT goal from Joel Ward. [Japers' Rink]
The racist tweets directed at Ward afterward are disgusting. [Caps Outsider]
John Walton’s radio call of Ward’s game-winner is brilliant. [Puck Daddy]
GIFtastic: Braden Holtby punks Boston’s Rich Peverly so bad. [RMNB]
Dale Hunter, the Eliminator, was the right man for Game 7. [Mike Wise]
Love this...
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April 25, 2012
The Washington Capitals just defeated the Boston Bruins in overtime of Game 7 in Boston. I don’t believe this Bruins fan approved of the goal as he decided to give the Capitals players the single finger salute. You stay classy Boston.
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April 26, 2012
On a team loaded with uber-star game-changers like Ovechkin, Semin, Backstrom and Green, Braden Holtby and Joel Ward will will live on forever in Capitals lore as the tomen who applid the kill shot to the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of their first round match-up. Winning on the road in a hotile barn Boston makes the feat all th more impressive.
thnks, capitals.com...
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April 26, 2012
There is nothing like a Game 7 no matter which round they occur in. Last night Boston and Washington went at it for sixty minutes then a little bit more before Joel Ward of the Washington Captials finished the game and series off. The 2 and 4 seeds have been eliminated in the East. Furthermore, the 1 and 3 seeds play in a Game 7 tonight so the chance exists...
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