LATEST STORIES FROM ON FROZEN BLOG
A City’s Love Affair with a Pint-Sized Playmaker Is Blossoming
23 days ago by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
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
23 days ago by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
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.
23 days ago by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
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?
25 days ago by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
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
25 days ago by
On Frozen Blog
| 1 comment
| 1 comment
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
26 days ago by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
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
26 days ago by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
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
27 days ago by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
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
28 days ago by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
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
29 days ago by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
Nylander Put on Waivers
29 days ago by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
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
29 days ago by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
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...
Chocolate-Colored Lenses
November 06, 2009 by
On Frozen Blog
| 1 comment
| 1 comment
Terrific post written by our friend Katie over at Rock the Red.net. Check it out here, and read on for an excerpt where she defines the “Hershey Mentality,” which is particularly relevant tonight as Tyler Sloan scored the first goal down in Florida:
That “Never Give...
Farewell to a Fan Among Fans
November 05, 2009 by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
Thomas L. Jenkins
Today The Washington Post published an obituary for Washington, D.C., resident Thomas L. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins, as seen in this photo from my season ticket-holder booklet, was featured in the 2009-2010 Washington Capitals ticket book, and was clearly a dedicated fan...
Maine Objective: Pursuing Pucks and Mighty Fine Microbrews
November 05, 2009 by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
(Portland, Maine) — Embarked I am on roadtrip no. 1 of the new hockey season, catching up with my friends Mike and Marleen, who are newly relocated here from D.C. and adjusting to life without live Caps’ hockey. Like so many others, they are Versus-less at home this fall...
Former Flyers Fan Now Rocks the Red
November 04, 2009 by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
I recently interviewed Michelle Scalise, the in-arena hostess during the Caps' home games and digital media producer for CSN Washington, for Club Scarlet. She loves rocking the red, but what Caps fans may not know is that she grew up rooting for the Flyers. Read more about Michelle ...
The Stand-in Savior?
November 04, 2009 by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
This is every Capitals' fan worst nightmare: Ovi out with an injury. The good news: his time on the sideline doesn't appear likely to be protracted -- a forecast of two weeks arrived from head coach Bruce Boudreau on Tuesday. Still, beginning tonight in New Jersey, the Caps...
A little man looking to make a big impact
November 03, 2009 by
On Frozen Blog
| 1 comment
| 1 comment
The Washington Capitals have recalled center Mathieu Perreault from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL) and assigned center Keith Aucoin to Hershey, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.
Perrault had a couple of stellar performances...
Mike Green Podcast Via Versus
November 03, 2009 by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
Comcast partnered with Versus to produce a podcast with Mike Green that we participated in last week, along with two other new media outlets (thehockeywriters.com and The Hockey Barn.com). We received the imbed code for the full podcast late yesterday, so now we can share the full...
Update on the Gr8: ‘Week to Week’
November 02, 2009 by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
Turns out we didn't have to wait until Tuesday morning to find out more about Alexander Ovechkin's injury; the Caps this afternoon sent out an update that sounds more ominous than the report we had when we left the rink last night: he's out "week to week" with...
For Mike Knuble, a Jekyll and Hyde Sunday Night
November 02, 2009 by
On Frozen Blog
| Comments
| Comments
From my vantage there were two lead storylines from Sunday's 5-4 defeat by Columbus. Storyline 1A trumps storyline 1B by a wide margin: How badly is he hurt? "Day to day" is the official company line, as is the proverbial "upper body injury"; no update on his...
Related Yards
Today's Best Stuff
For Bloggers
Company Info
Help
What is Yardbarker?
Join the Yardbarker Network (YBN) for more promotion, traffic, and money.
