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Horn Guy Uses Horn as Goalie Stick
At the Russian Machine Never Breaks party on Saturday night, Sam Wolk, aka The Horn Guy, involved himself in a game of floor hockey, using his horn as a stick. But did the horn hold up?
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March 14, 2011
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The Green Jerseys Were Ugly Box Score
What a day. The Caps wore green warm-up jerseys, fans took shots at NBC with Joe B. support signs, DJ Pauly D chilled in the Caps’ locker room, and the Caps won, 4-3 in overtime against the defending Stanley Cup champs, Chicago.
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From hockeyfights.com, it’s the featured event, the one Obama missed, Brent Seabrook vs Jason Chimera...
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March 13, 2011
DJ Pauly D at the Caps Game
The Jersey Shore’s DJ Pauly D came to the Capitals-Blackhawks game on Sunday, then made his way to the locker room after the game as the Caps lined up to get their photo with him. Matt Bradley even held his son up as they got their picture taken together in the hallway.
Watch stunning footage of Alex Ovechkin embracing the reality star on our partner site, Gunaxin.com.
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March 13, 2011
Support for Joe Beninati
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It’s not often you’ll see fans with signs in support of local broadcasters, but Comcast’s Joe Beninati is the exception after the Vs.-NBC screwjob.
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March 13, 2011
Caps Wear Green Warm-Up Jerseys
It’s Go Green Day at the Washington-Chicago game (ironically with Mike Green out of the lineup.) The jerseys were put up for auction in the first and second periods and the proceeds went to charity.
Not sure if the Caps have ever done this before with the green jerseys, but Peter Bondra has no recollection of any St. Patrick’s Day festivities other than going out for beers. As...
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March 13, 2011
Score in the Empty Net, Ovie! Box Score
The Caps’ 2-1 win against Carolina on Friday was Washington’s seventh straight win. But for the fans who couldn’t make the game, it was a huge disappointment because, as usual, they FAILED TO TELEVISE THE MASCOT GAME. Forget intermission, there should be an entire channel devoted to mascots.
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March 11, 2011
Backstrom Did NOT Play for Minnesota
Nicklas Backstrom, who missed his first NHL game in Wednesday’s 5-0 victory, is sometimes mixed up with Minnesota Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom because they share the same name with the exception of a ‘c.’ Other than that, they couldn’t be more different. Niklas is a goalie from Finland, while the Caps’ center is from Sweden.
Unfortunately, even the stat-keeping service...
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March 10, 2011
Holtby Celebrates First NHL Shutout
There he is…
Third string goaltender Braden Holtby, who is spending much of this season in Hershey, got his first career NHL shutout on Wednesday against the Edmonton Oilers, though he didn’t give up a goal after working two periods in relief on Monday against Tampa Bay.
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March 10, 2011
Caps Give Up Nail Biting for Lent
Sure, Washington’s 5-zip win against the Oilers was its sixth consecutive victory, but it was the first in the streak that wasn’t by a single goal. Which means the Caps won by just as many goals Wednesday as their five previous games combined.
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March 10, 2011
Roloson’s Belly Flop Lets Ovie Win It Box Score
What’s up with the dramatic finishes lately? Who’s writing these scripts, Aaron Sorkin?
The Caps beat the Lightning, 2-1 in overtime on Monday, and somehow I worked three swimming references into the box score, which you can enlarge by clicking on it.
Also read the Bolts By the Bay write-up by Capitals Outsider contributer Keara Dowd.
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March 07, 2011
One for the Dads Box Score
The Capitals and their fathers traveled to Florida and made the best of it Sunday with a 3-2 overtime victory against the Panthers.
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Correction: Semin’s b-day was on Thursday but this is a graphic and difficult to fix.
From hockeyfights.com, it’s the main fight card, Matt Hendricks vs Kenndal McArdle (AGAIN).
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March 06, 2011
Arturs Irbe’s Facebook Page
Social media, particularly Twitter and Facebook, have allowed celebrities and professional athletes an easy way to interact with fans. But, do they have anything interesting to say on the World Wide Web? Certainly. Just look at Capitals goaltending coach and former NHL player Arturs Irbe’s Facebook fan page.
Read more about Irbe and see an awesome commercial he made.
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March 06, 2011
Scott Hannan Scored an Awesome Goal Box Score
Washington’s 3-2 win against St. Louis on Thursday likely was the icing on the cake at Alex Semin’s birthday party, where they played a FIFA video game. (See Sasha’s birthday photo with Ovie).
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March 04, 2011
Military Night Warm-Up Video
Before tonight’s game I found a good spot along the boards and figured I’d capture a little bit of video of warm-ups. Since it was Salute to the Military night, the Capitals were wearing their camouflage jerseys. Everything went fairly well, until Matt Hendricks decided to run the boards in front of me, in the process knocking one of my lenses to the ground. Lesson learned, never...
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March 03, 2011
Matt Bradley vs. Tyson Strachan
From HockeyFights.com : Matt Bradley vs. Tyson Strachan
I don’t know when it happened, but all of a sudden Bradley learned how to fight.
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March 03, 2011
Capitals Salute to the Military Night Photos
Tonight is the Washington Capitals annual Salute to the Military Night. Here is the official word from the team :
With the support of corporate partners the Capitals will donate thousands of tickets to military personnel throughout the season and on military night. In addition, the various branches of the military and affiliated organizations will have promotional tables on the...
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March 03, 2011
Happy Birthday Alex Semin!
The second most dangerous scoring threat on the Capitals is 27 today. Semin, of Krasjonarsk, Russia, was drafted 13th overall in 2002 by the Capitals.
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March 03, 2011
Caps Shut Out Again Win Box Score
Many of the journalists already had their game story written and were packing up, but the last minute heroics of Brooks Laich and Alex Ovechkin forced rewrites as the Caps beat the Islanders, 2-1. (Then again, with the Caps trailing 1-0 in the final minute, they could’ve used the same text from several other games this season.)
Caps alumni Calle Johansson, John Druce and Peter...
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March 02, 2011
Hockey 4 Hope Alumni Game Rescheduled
The Hockey 4 Hope Capitals alumni game has been rescheduled for Sunday, April 10, 2011, at 1 p.m. at The Gardens Ice House in Laurel, MD.
The game was canceled last week because of a fire in Laurel. Peter Bondra tells me he was driving to the game from the Eastern Shore and was stuck in very bad traffic before he learned it was canceled.
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March 01, 2011
Matt Hendricks vs. Zenon Konopka
From HockeyFights.com : Matt Hendricks vs. Zenon Konopka
This helped to turn the game around, but Hendricks was obviously outmatched here.
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February 27, 2011
We Almost Turned Off the TV Box Score
We’ve seen this a couple times this season. The Caps stink it up in one or more games, then appear to continue that trend with a lackluster start before rallying for a victory. Then some of us point to it as a ‘turning point’ after a couple of victories before they get shut out again.
Anywho, the Caps beat the Islanders, 3-2, Saturday, after going down 2-0, and only one night...
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February 26, 2011
SI Calls Ovechkin a ‘Falling Star’
Photo by Chris Gordon of capssnaps.com.
In an article titled “Falling Star,” Sports Illustrated writer Brian Cazeneuve gives ‘anecdotal evidence’ that the league has ‘figured out’ Capitals star Alex Ovechkin by being more physical.
Cazeneuve’s proof?
Ovechkin started a fight with Brandon Dubinsky in a loss to the Rangers Dec. 12.
He took a knee-to-knee hit from Matt...
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February 25, 2011
Happy Birthday Jeff Schultz!
Capitals defenseman Jeff Schultz is 25 today. Schultz, of Calgary, Alberta, was drafted 27th overall in 2004 by the Capitals.
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February 25, 2011
Totally Awesome Caps-Sharks Recap
There is almost nothing stopping anyone from being a reporter these days. This kid is a San Jose Sharks fan and gives his take on the Caps-Sharks game from last week. His style suddenly makes me interested in the Sharks. Hell, I hope the Sharks win the Stanley Cup so I can see his review of that. Enjoy.
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February 24, 2011
The All-Black Hockey Team
In honor of Black History Monthy, and in support of the NHL’s Hockey is for Everyone initiative, we present the All-Black Hockey Team over at Gunaxin Sports. The full roster constructed of only current NHL players includes former Capital Mike Grier, and more than a few Atlanta Thrashers.
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February 22, 2011
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