The Week That Was

Many, including our own pucksandbooks, were out of town and away from their computers during the holiday when the big news hit. To help catch you up on the week’s events, we’ve compiled some links to a number of articles. We’re bound to have missed some, so feel free to leave us a comment with a link to the missing article.

• A View from the Cheap Seats: Hanlon Out, Boudreau In
• A View from the Cheap Seats: Clean Slate
• The Bleacher Report: Caps’ Skid Costs Hanlon His Job
• Canada.com: Capitals Fire Head Coach Hanlon
• Capitals Insider: Hanlon Fired
• Dump and Chase: From the Archives
• In The Room: Coach Hanlon Fired
• The Hockey News: NHL Gig a Long Time Coming for Boudreau
• FanHouse: The Ice Sheet: Bruce Almighty
• Globe and Mail: Popular Hanlon has run out of answers
• Lancaster Online: Bears’ coach promoted to Capitals
• James Mirtle: The End for Hanlon
• Patriot-News: Boudreau Takes Over Caps
• Patriot-News: Boudreau A Winner
• The Peerless Prognosticator: Change
• The Sporting News: Capitals fire Hanlon, promote AHL coach
• The Sporting News: Time runs out on Caps’ Hanlon
• Sun Herald: Ex-Sea Wolves coach to lead Capitals
• Tribune-Democrat: Pair of ex-Johnstown players ascend coaching ladder
• Union Leader: Boudreau gets his chance
• Walton, Wired & Unwired: An Open Letter to Capitals Nation
• WashingtonCaps.com: Capitals Replace Hanlon
• WashingtonCaps.com: Postgame Notebook
• Washington Post: Hanlon Out as Coach
• Washington Post: Boudreau is Victorious in His Debut
• Washington Times: Boudreau Named Caps Coach
• Washington Times: Struggling Capitals dismiss Hanlon
• Washington Times: Backstrom’s Heroics Buoy Caps
• Winnipeg Sun: NHL Saturday