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Top of the Tweet for the Week of December 5

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:28:57 -0500

We thought it might be fun and interesting to highlight Top Tweets from the Captials’ Twitter community we came across during the past week. And we’ll probably offer up a roundup of Top Tweets each week. This week was filled with talk of Ovi’s hit and style of play, the Philadelphia massacre, some vague indiscretion perhaps perpetrated by a decent golfer, and a sighting of a certain unwanted Swedish center around town. nateewell Who will be the first ice-level TV guy to jump...

Flyers' Carcillo suspended four games

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:51:08 -0500

The NHL has suspended Flyers forward Dan Carcillo four games for his role in a fight that earned him a whopping 19 penalty minutes and a game misconduct. Carcillo landed a big punch on Washington's Matt Bradley as he dropped his gloves Saturday night. Following Carcillo's punch, Bradley fell to the ice and left the game. Despite being in the process of dropping his gloves, Bradley wasn't penalized. Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said on Sunday that he did not agree wit...

Carcillo Gets 4 Games for Punch

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:02:08 -0500

The more we watched the replay of Dan Carcillo dropping the Capitals' Matt Bradley during last night's debacle, the clearer it was that Carcillo would be suspended. He's got a history, which is the biggest indication of pending discipline, but he was also at least somewhat out of line throwing that punch before the fight had really started. Sure, Bradley had engaged, and when all was said and done, his gloves were off, but Carcillo did everything he could to get that fight started...

Flyers disagree with Carcillo's 4-game sucker-punch suspension

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:58:36 -0500

Philadelphia Flyers winger Daniel Carcillo's(notes) sucker-punch of Matt Bradley(notes) of the Washington Capitals has now cost him 29 penalty minutes in last night's 8-2 embarrassment on home ice and an additional four games from the NHL, which suspended him today.Welcome to Philadelphia, Peter Laviolette.We're sure members of the Flyers Persecution Complex will call the penalty excessive, as Carcillo was "the first player in NHL history to draw 29 minutes in penalties witho...

Thanks to Dan Carcillo, My Kind of Saturday Night Massacre

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:32:39 -0500

Just when you thought Mike Duco had a lock on NHL Dummy of the Week, along skates Dan Carcillo, Neanderthal style, on Saturday night. As senseless and selfish acts go, it’s hard to fathom topping Carcillo’s dastardly deed against Matt Bradley, which precipitated the 8-2 Saturday Night Massacre in Philadelphia. Duco on Thursday night earned 27 minutes of infraction time for his attack on Alexandre Giroux, which allowed the Caps to turn a comfy 4-0 lead into a 6-0 laugher. Last nig...

Nine-minute power play spurs Caps

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:45:02 -0500

PHILADELPHIA | Peter Laviolette once instituted a "no fighting" rule when he was the coach of the Carolina Hurricanes. His first game with the Philadelphia Flyers might have him thinking about doing the same. The Washington Capitals scored three times during a nine-minute power play after Daniel Carcillo picked a fight with Matt Bradley and then sucker-punched him before he could engage, and the Caps proceeded to demolish the Flyers 8-2 on Saturday night at Wachovia Center. "...

Dan Carcillo Clobbers Caps' Matt Bradley, Caps Do the Same to the Flyers

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:21:31 -0500

Tonight's Flyers game hasn't been the type of start that Peter Laviolette would have hoped for. There's been very little offense, and the team is currently losing 5-1 at least in part because a 9-minute powerplay. [Update: Make that an 8-2 final.] Nine minutes. How does one player amass 9 penalty minutes without getting at least a minor from the other side? Here's how: That should give Carcillo haters and apologists alike all the fuel they need for a...

A Warrior’s Will Wins It

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:01:46 -0500

“Tremendous intensity to this game, right from the start,” Versus’ Joe Micheletti informed viewers. I remind: once upon a time this was a Patrick division rivalry game. And the intensity was not unlike what we saw twice earlier on Versus this season, in games against Philly, another Patrick division alum. The weekend before last, during a home-and-home with Florida, during either broadcast did you hear an announcer comment on the intensity of the proceedings? It’s...

Fight with Aaron Voros Leaves Matt Bradley Bloodied

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:09:49 -0500

Alex Ovechkin made his triumphant return to the ice for the Caps on Tuesday night, scoring a goal in their 4-2 win over the Rangers. While Ovie’s return certainly provided a boost for the Caps, there’s no doubt that this fight between Matt Bradley and Aaron Voros fired up the troops early in the [...]

Tuesday's Three Stars: Bradley loses battle, wins war for Caps

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:36:23 -0500

No. 1 star: Matt Bradley(notes), Washington Capitals Bradley got the worst of it when trading wild right hands with New York Rangers forward Aaron Voros(notes) in a first-period fight. As he skated off the ice he appeared to ask a linesman, "is this mine?" while pointing at the blood cascading from above his left eye. The answer came in the affirmative, which didn't seem to faze the Washington right wing. That was his last act of the period, but after a little time in makeup he...

Bradley downs Rangers as Ovie scores in return

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:02:18 -0500

Matt Bradley bounced back from having his face bloodied in a first-period fight to net the winning goal with 4:51 left, and Alex Ovechkin also scored in his return from injury to lift the Washington Capitals to a 4-2 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday.

Ovechkin scores in return as Caps top Rangers

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:53:05 -0500

Matt Bradley vs. Aaron Voros

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:35:37 -0500

Matt Bradley fought Aaron Voros during the Caps-Rangers game Tuesday right off a face-off in the first period. Bradley came out bloodied.

Matt Bradley Talks With Beer Leaguers

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:22:54 -0500

Gritty forward Matt Bradley stopped by The Gardens Ice House in Laurel on Nov. 9 to skate around with kids learning how to play, to sign autographs, and most importantly, to hang out with the captains of the beer league teams. Representing the Screaming Squirrels ice team, I had the opportunity to meet Matt and [...]