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Monthly Archives: February 2013
In Maine, a Seal Team Six of Shinny Skates (and Skates!) Super Sunday
I haven’t a vocabulary to do justice to the charm intrinsic in the five and three-quarters minutes of the video below, passed on to me Monday by friends in Bauers I recently made up in Maine. It’s a time lapse … Continue reading
John Carlson Explains the Weirdest Goal Ever; And Where to Start With the Caps?
Just dump the puck in. That’s what Capitals defenseman John Carlson was thinking when he sent it into the Pens’ zone in the second period and headed for the bench. It had been a long shift, and he was just … Continue reading
Posted in John Carlson, Mike Green, Pittsburgh Penguins
Tagged John Carlson, Mike Green, Pittsburgh Penguins
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A House Undefended
Separate and distinct from the scoreboard verdict, there was a disquieting vibe to Super Sunday’s matinee tilt between the Penguins and Capitals. I sat down low in Verizon Center for it, and I didn’t like the vibe at all. This … Continue reading
Fehr Says Players Follow Fans’ Lead When It Comes to Rivalry Games
The Capitals-Penguins game today brings with it a twist on the question of who or what really feeds longtime rivalries in sports.
Yes, history plays a part. But in the annals of the Caps-Pens rivalry, there is the classic before Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin distinction. For many, knowledge of the rivalry is limited to the era of these two superstars. What preceded is far from mainstream knowledge in current NHL culture.
Newly acquired Capitals forward Joey Crabb, for example, was very up to date on the current rivalry, was aware of the Winter Classic matchup between the two, and has watched several games. But he had no idea, when growing up, of a Caps-Pens blood feud.
“That was a rivalry, eh?” he said. “I guess I’m not as big of a hockey fan as I thought.”
Ironically, a piece of that rivalry history is now standing behind the Capitals’ bench coaching Crabb and his teammates.
“I was part of it when I was here,” head coach Adam Oates reminded reporters after practice Saturday when fielding a Caps-Pens question.
It’s a feud Crosby himself talked about stretching back before his professional career in a 2007 conversation with OFB. Continue reading
Posted in Eric Fehr, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ted Leonsis
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Know Your Enemy and Know Yourself
Sometimes, the most telling way to learn what you did right is through the eyes of your opponent. After his team lost 3-2 to the Capitals at the Verizon Center Friday, Philadelphia Flyers forward Brayden Schenn complimented the Caps’ play … Continue reading
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Tagged Braden Holtby, Flyers, NHL, Washington Capitals
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