As someone who is just coming into his own as an avid hockey fan, I must admit that I am not nuanced in what makes a good hockey team. I know about shifts, but don’t quite get why specific players are important within them.
I understand the positions, but don’t know which ones have the right [...]
What other MVP-caliber of player do you know injures himself on a hard hit, gets suspended for it, and will likely return from injury and banishment with the same grin and same reckless mentality?
Alex Ovechkin, also know as Straight Vodka on Ice.
“He’s pretty reckless,” Boudreau said. “It’s hard telling a guy that scores 60 [...]
The Washington Capitals don’t have a problem with talent, or coaching or ownership. They don’t want for adoration from fans or respect throughout the NHL. But resolve has always been the weakest part of their team make up; the ability to win with expectation and to play as if failure doesn’t exist.
That’s why the injury [...]
Behold, Alex Ovechkin’s rightful place at the top of the video game mountain.
H/T – D.C. Pro Sports Report
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Forget the Washington Capitals’ addiction to NHL Playoff Game 7’s over the past few years. This one is bigger than moving onto the conference finals, bigger than Ovechkin v. Crosby, and bigger than the D.C.-Pittsburgh rivalry.
This is for the entire pride of D.C. sports fandom.
In one night, everything you ever wanted out of a local [...]
Being a new hockey enthusiast, every part of me wants to believe that the Washington Capitals will mount up the comeback caravan, and take this thing in Game 7. But I’ve been protected by cynicism for far longer than I have been elated by hope when it comes to area sports, and the nagging feeling [...]
Ever wonder what happened to the hats tossed on the ice from Alex Ovechkin’s hat trick? Steinz has the answer to all of your questions, and throws in a Jim Zorn sighting for good measure.
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4-3 victory for the Capitals over Penguins. 2-0 series lead. Hat trick for Alex Ovechkin. Hat trick fail for Sidney Crosby.
If you’re going to waste the 20-plus dollars you spent on a Caps ballcap, you want to be in this number when the hats come flying in. H/T Mr. I.
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I could spend a lot of time writing about how Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals won in dramatic fashion in last night’s Game 7. You could either classify it as hockey drama dressed up in red, or theatre of the absurd 3-1 deficit the Caps had to overcome to reach the second round of [...]
Courtesy of the Bros. Mottram, here’s a video of Alex Ovechkin’s Game 5 goal, now featuring multiple juke moves!
The Caps force Game 6, too. Sweet.
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