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It's Not Quite A Hockey Fight If You're Slapping Each Other

Someone might want to tell Marc Staal and Alexander Semin that if you're going to have a hockey fight, you might as well do it right. And slapping each other doesn't quite cut it. Neither player will get any manliness points after this "throw down."
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AO Nets 20th, The Iron Curtain Gets 2nd Win, Semin's Back Hurts: Caps 4 / Blues 2

AO Nets 20th, The Iron Curtain Gets 2nd Win, Semin's Back Hurts: Caps 4 / Blues 2
>> www.onfrozenblog.com/2008/12...
 

The Ovie-less Caps aren't Pretty

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After two overtime losses in a row against the New York Islanders (a team that is playing well above expectations) and the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Alex Ovechkin less Capitals debuted tonight against the New Jersey Devils and, what else, penalties did them in.  Alexander Semin took...
>> passshootscore.blogspot.com/2009/11...
 

Puck Previews: The battle for the basement; Hedman hurt

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Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. Preview: Toronto Maple Leafs at Carolina Hurricanes, 7 p.m. EST. Both teams enter...
>> sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blo...
 

MONKEYS ON BICYCLES VS MAN ON UNICYCLE?

…IN JAPAN CHINA!!!! If there’s anything I missed that isn’t covered in the headline, feel free to let me know. [Deuce of Davenport] Related posts:ALEXANDER SEMIN STANDS UP TO A BULLY The Caps' Alexander Semin [hee hee! -Ed.] positively lost...HOOPS PRANKS...
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Good to see that if the NHL doesn't work out, Alexander Semin could have a career in bongo playing

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Ovechkin scores again as Caps beat Leafs

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WASHINGTON (AP) -If Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and the rest of Washington's forwards put pucks in the net at this rate, it might not matter which goalie the Capitals use.
>> nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3315...
 

It's The Viktor Kozlov Show

Tireless interviewer and translator Dmitry Chesnokov of Sovetsky Sport recently chatted with Washington Capitals forward Viktor Kozlov. As usual, a few gems were unearthed during the entertaining discussion, including some reaction to the now-infamous Alex Semin interview. Here'...
>> www.onfrozenblog.com/2008/12...
 

OVIE KNOWS HOW TO PARTY

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Here’s Captials forward Alexander Ovechkin getting down with some of his fellow countrypeople (presumably), including Alexander Semin and Sergei Federov. And speaking from experience, if you EVER get the chance to party with people from the old Soviet bloc, DO IT. Those parties...
>> withleather.uproxx.com/2009/07...
 

Pittsburgh Penguins Around the Web - Week Ending January 4th

Here's a look at some of the best, most interesting, funny and/or strange Pittsburgh Penguins-related findings from around the Internet over the past week: The people at Everything Pittsburgh are not fans of Michel Therrien. Hockey, Football, and Stiletto Shoes has found...
>> www.penguinsexperience.com/2009/01...
 

One of the Worst Hockey Fights of All Time

We already spent our fair share of time diagnosing poor attempts at dropping the gloves earlier today, but man if Alexander Semin didn't top Sidney Crosby for lamest attempt at a manly showing. Video after the jump. I've just never seen anything quite like that. [h/t: commenter brad]
>> www.the700level.com/2009/01...
 

This Crosby Is No Dynamic Duet Partner

The first instance I had of roaming about the bowels of Verizon Center with media credentials on a visit by Sidney Crosby, in his rookie season, I took advantage of the opportunity, and actually put a couple of questions to him in the visitors' locker room. They were questions about the ...
>> onfrozenblog.com/2009/02...
 

Evgeni Malkin Speaks on Crosby, Detroit and Marriage

Yahoo's Puck Daddy has posted another translated Russian interview, this time with Evgeni Malkin. While not as explosive as the interview with Alexander Semin, there's still some interesting stuff here. The line that everyone is paying attention to is: Sidney Crosby is following...
>> www.penguinsexperience.com/2008/12...
 

On the Beat: The Lines Remain the Same

What team beat writers are saying late this morning: The NHL says there is "no Ryan Miller situation."A Fair enough. The Flames are playing better as of late and Mike Babcock has noticed.A The Flames look to make it a very successful road trip withA a win tonight in Motown...
>> www.illegalcurve.com/2008/12...
 

Caps play on without Ovechkin

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With Alex Ovechkin on the mend, the Washington Capitals need several players to increase their production in order to supplement the offense. That doesn't mean there isn't a player in the dressing room capable of carrying the club alone, a la Ovechkin, in the two-time MVP...
>> www.washingtontimes.com/news/20...
 

Week 2 IR Report

One of FIO's weekly fantasy hockey columns, staff writer Tim Hays discusses those players on the IR, those that are Day-to-Day, and other mentionable scares in the world of fantasy hockey. Check this article each and every week on Wednesdays.
>> www.fantasyinsideronline.com/view.as...
 

In Two Years They'll Need Four Seats

OK, in light of last night's ugly game (paralleling the game in the following story a bit, actually), let's have some fun today, shall we? In November, my friend (and fellow Fighting Blue Hen) Todd and his wife Andrea had their first children: beautiful twin daughters. Elani...
>> onfrozenblog.com/2009/03...
 

Fighting Like Girls

Over the weekend there were two pretty embarassing fights in the NHL. And my apolgoies in advance for comparing these fights to how girls fight in the headline. Because I bet most girls have been in better fights than these two. First off we have Sidney Crosby, or as we shall start...
>> www.thepowerplay.net/2009/01...
 

Capitals: Sometimes brain dead but always talented

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Couch Bruce Boudreau wishes he could get inside the heads of his players, some of whom go "brain dead." Their owner, Ted Leonsis, recently said they played like spoiled teenagers. Their coach, Bruce Boudreau, could only think of one explanation why dumb penalties keep happening...
>> www.sportingnews.com/nhl/art...
 

On the Beat: Panthers tanking?

What team beat writers are saying this afternoon: Both Donald Brashear and Alexander Semin missed Capitals practice today.
>> www.illegalcurve.com/2009/03...
 

Help Wanted: One (or Two) Ornery SOBs for the Caps' Lineup

George McPhee's next personnel move, more pressing in its urgency than figuring out what to do with Michael Nylander and Jose Theodore, ought to target some brawn for the Capitals' lineup, to address the impunity with which opposing teams are attacking the Caps' smaller...
>> www.onfrozenblog.com/2008/12...
 

Alex Semin: Embarrassing….

Washington Cap Alexander Semin badmouthed Sidney Crosby a few weeks ago and was talking an amount of smack that is simply unwarranted from a guy who has never shown any consistency at the NHL level.
>> www.postgameheroes.com/?p=5172...
 

Flyers Squander 2 Goal Lead, 2 Game Lead, Capitals Force Game 7

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Last Thursday, the Flyers won a dramatic game 4 in the second overtime period. That win gave them a commanding 3 games to 1 lead in their first round series with the Washington Capitals. After three strong games, most thought that the series was pretty much won by the Flyers. No one...
>> www.thebroadstreetblog.com/2008/04...
 

A Russian Interview Sampler

Friend of OFB Dmitry Chesnokov and his associate Dmitry Shumin chatted with Alex Semin, Sergei Fedorov, Sergei Gonchar, and Evgeni Malkin after Sunday's Capitals-Penguins tilt; they were gracious enough to provide a translated transcript: MALKINA couple of words about the game. In the ...
>> onfrozenblog.com/2009/02...
 

HERE IS A NICE HOCKEY HIGHLIGHT

The Panthers’ Richard Zednik scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal by leaping over the Islanders’ Brendan Witt, then sliding the puck into the net — a series of actions that are apparently not easy to do while on ice skates. Total Pro Sports is calling it the ...
>> withleather.uproxx.com/?p=1462...
 
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