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Imagine an NHL Without Detroit . . . It Could Happen
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I watched Wednesday night’s Detroit-Dallas game on the NHL Network within a morbid context. On my commute home last night I read ‘Detroit: A City on the Brink,’ published last month in The Week magazine. I recommend it as must-reading for all hockey fans and every...
Local Broadcaster, Goalie, and Cancer Fighter Garners Impressive Recognition
12 days ago by
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Comcast Sportsnet’s Tara Wheeler is the subject of an outstanding feature in the November issue of USA Hockey Magazine, ‘Tara Terrific: Former Miss Virginia Is a Goalie with a Heart of Gold.’ Unfortunately, a link to the piece isn’t available, but it’s...
A Warrior’s Will Wins It
12 days ago by
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“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...
Gabby Gets 100: Caps 4 / Rags 2
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With tonight’s win, Head coach Bruce Boudreau leaves tonight’s game with a 100-45-19 record in 164 career games behind the Capitals’ bench. He is the fifth Capitals head coach to win 100 games and the fastest to reach that milestone. He is the fourth fastest coach to reach...
Caps Recall Neuvirth and Beagle
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Per Tarik:
Goalie Jose Theodore has returned to Washington for personal reasons, and the Caps have recalled Michal Neuvirth and Jay Beagle ahead of tonight’s game against the Rangers.
Bonzai on Semin: Good Things Are Coming, Keep Waiting
14 days ago by
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Put Peter Bondra in the pro-Alex Semin camp. I had a chance to chat with #12 during Friday night’s 3-1 win over the Wild, and when I asked him how he’d go about coaching the enigmatic winger, how he’d address Semin’s conspicuous inconsistency, the general manager...
A Welcomed New Link Between Washington and Hershey
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This past weekend marked a broadcast first for hockey in Washington: the execution of virtual real-time audio swaps between Federal News Radio 1500, the local radio carrier of the Caps, and John Walton’s calls of the Hershey Bears, which Washington hockey fans can hear on SportsJuice...
An Early Holiday Gift
14 days ago by
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pucksandbooks suggested yesterday that Caps’ fans in some number would ask Santa for a Mathieu Perreault sweater under the Christmas tree this year. Reader Matt emailed us with imagery of his impatience for the gift-giving season — he gave himself the gift of a Perreault...
A City’s Love Affair with a Pint-Sized Playmaker Is Blossoming
16 days ago by
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Verizon Center had a new and novel synergy within its passion Friday night. On a couple of occasions Mathieu Perreault was chased out of the faceoff circle, and the soldout rink booed its displeasure. When the puck was on Perreault’s stick shouts of “Let’s go Matty...
Roadtrip to Russia: An Update
17 days ago by
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A bit of a Cold War summit took place this week in Washington, with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman convening with his Russian counterpart, KHL President Alexander Medvedev. They chatted a bit about player contracts, as you might imagine. Dmitry Chesnokov had the opportunity to interview...
Friday Schadenfreude: A Whole Lot of Losing up in Western Pa.
17 days ago by
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We interrupt our Caps’ coverage to bring you an update from the Land of Unregulated Mullets: the Pens are losing, a lot, lately. Last night the visiting Devils took the barber clippers to Sidney & Co., 4-1. Since Halloween, the Pens are 1-5, and last night’s lone tally...
A Turning Point for Semyon Varlamov?
18 days ago by
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Semyon Varlamov’s struggles this season have struck me as often being of the mental as opposed to the physical variety. So consider the mental fortitude he displayed in last night’s 11-round shootout victory over the New York Islanders. Beginning with Robbie Schremp’...
My Kind of Vet
19 days ago by
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This morning in his retirement my 66-year-old father will sip coffee and read a couple of newspapers before packing up his gear, heaving his equipment bag into the bed of his pickup truck, and driving west over the Bay Bridge and some 90 miles for a 10:00 skate at the Gardens Ice...
Nylander to Russia, Pending Final Approval
20 days ago by
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Per TSN’s Bob McKenzie, Washington Capitals center Michael Nylander is headed to Russia. McKenzie also reports that:
“Nylander makes the final call on whether he’s going to Russia but it looks like he’s prepared to do it. Not formalized just yet, though.”...
On Injury Confidentiality and Its Collision with a New and Rabid Fanbase
20 days ago by
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Has there ever been a week of hour-to-hour hyperventilating over the health status of a hockey player in D.C. the likes of which we’ve seen with Alexander Ovechkin here the past week? I think not.
This is unchartered territory for Washington’s hockey fans. The Russian...
The Electrification of the Hockey Bus
21 days ago by
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With Sunday night’s 5-1 beatdown of the Providence Bruins the Hershey Bears managed to take three of four road games during their swing with New England last week. The Bears defeated Lowell, Manchester, and the Bruins, losing only to Portland. It had to have been a satisfying bus...
First Fifth Review
22 days ago by
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The first fifth of Capitals’ season leaves the club with a 10-3-4 record, 24 points, and first-place place tie for the the conference lead with the archrival Penguins. But is the Capitals position in the standings reflective of an authentic Cup-contending team? At the moment, Washington...
Lucky 7 Includes Perreault’s 1st of Career: Caps 7 / Cats 4
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Nylander Put on Waivers
23 days ago by
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Michael Nylander has been put on waivers, Capitals Insider reports. This means the veteran Swede has agreed to waive his no-movement clause. Any team can claim him until noon tomorrow, but if no GM picks him off the wire it’s still no guarantee he’ll be put in the minors...
A Day in the Life of the Hershey Bears on the Road
23 days ago by
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The Hershey Bears boarded their team bus at Giant Center on Tuesday morning and departed for Lowell, Mass. In terms of time away from the Hershey community, this week’s slate of games in New England represents the team’s longest road trip of the season. They checked into their...
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