Category Archives: Calder Cup

Referendum Hockey Is Here

Posted on May 3, 2011 by PucksAndBooks

We are going to learn a great deal about the DNA of the Washington Capitals over the next 36 hours. Immediately before them is an enormous if suddenly unexpected task: attempting to gain, on the road, viability in a series … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Ovechkin, American Hockey League, Bruce Boudreau, Calder Cup, Hershey Bears, Jason Arnott, Marcus Johansson, Michal Neuvirth, Morning cup-a-joe, NHL playoffs, Nicklas Backstrom, Tampa Bay Lightning, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | 28 Comments

In Central Pa., the Calder Cup Is Three Miles High

Posted on July 28, 2010 by PucksAndBooks

Engineers and construction workers in hard hats, utility communicators and administrative staff, even cafeteria workers expressed a common line of inquiry near 1:30 Tuesday afternoon at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Operating Station in Harrisburg. Pa.: Is it here yet? … Continue reading →

Posted in American Hockey League, Calder Cup, Hershey Bears, John Walton, Mathieu Perreault, Washington Capitals | 2 Comments

Ted, Shall We Have a Wager on Next Spring?

Posted on July 3, 2010 by PucksAndBooks

The owner isn’t thrilled with me. Infrequently but once in a while we squabble, always respectfully. He and I share a passion for seeing greatness on the ice here; we just might go about its architecture in different ways. I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Ovechkin, Calder Cup, Eastern Conference, Hershey Bears, National Hockey League, New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals | 40 Comments

Own a Jar of Hershey History

Posted on June 21, 2010 by PucksAndBooks

I have snow enthusiast friends about the region who today still have a snowball from each of our three blizzards from last winter tucked away in home freezers. (Captured and stored there most often by their small children.) Looking ahead … Continue reading →

Posted in American Hockey League, Calder Cup, Hershey Bears | 1 Comment

Amid Euphoria, a Family Affair

Posted on June 16, 2010 by PucksAndBooks

I watched John Carlson skate around Giant Center ice in the early moments of his team’s Calder title celebration Monday night with a cell phone to his ear, his eyes scanning the stands, and in that moment I thought of … Continue reading →

Posted in American Hockey League, Andrew Gordon, Calder Cup, Chris Bourque, Hershey Bears, John Carlson, Prospects, Washington Capitals | 2 Comments

A Great Time To Pop Open a Puck Soda

Posted on June 16, 2010 by PucksAndBooks

We’d all agree — little Matty Perreault had himself one heck of a hockey season. And at its conclusion, in glory, why shouldn’t he pop open a cold one — a Canadian cold one, of course — and savor it? … Continue reading →

Posted in American Hockey League, Calder Cup, Francois Bouchard, Hershey Bears, Hockey Towns, Mathieu Perreault, Prospects, Washington Capitals | 10 Comments

Blogging in a Swirl and Swarm of Champions

Posted on June 15, 2010 by On Frozen Blog

This footage we shot last night won’t be entered in any filmfests any time soon, but that wasn’t the design. We simply hoped to capture the spirit and flavor of a remarkable moment, one we were beyond fortunate to have been invited … Continue reading →

Posted in AHL, American Hockey League, Calder Cup, Hershey Bears | Tagged , | 2 Comments

A Dream Monday To Remember, Concluding Another Memorable Hockey Season

Posted on June 15, 2010 by PucksAndBooks

Turns out, it was rust on their game that undermined the Hershey Bears in the early going of the 2010 Calder Cup finals, when they dropped the first two games at home. By the time the finals started the Bears … Continue reading →

Posted in American Hockey League, Calder Cup, Hershey Bears, John Carlson, Karl Alzner, Michal Neuvirth, Prospects, Washington Capitals | 2 Comments

This Hockey Organization Goes to 11 (Titles)

Posted on June 15, 2010 by PucksAndBooks
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Were Shakespeare a Washingtonian, He’d Ask, ‘What’s with This Hoops Name?’

Posted on June 14, 2010 by On Frozen Blog

The most striking aspect of Ted Leonsis’ early reign as owner of all things winter sports here is his professed surprise at so many Washingtonians expressing their dissatisfaction with the name of the basketball team. It is, the owner admits, … Continue reading →

Posted in American Hockey League, Calder Cup, Hershey Bears, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals | 1 Comment