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Category Archives: Joel Ward
What Joel Ward Says Changed About His Game
Joel Ward, who finished Sunday’s game with a goal and an assist and leads the Capitals in goals this season, talked about what’s changed, if anything, from his game last year: “Once your linemates kind of have a good trust … Continue reading
Posted in Jason Chimera, Joel Ward, Mike Ribeiro
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Pride, Regret, and Questions
If we are of mixed emotions about the end of this hockey season — proud and uplifted by a Capitals team of unlikely cohesion and stunning sacrifice, but also exasperated by the frustration of banishment earlier than forecast, again — … Continue reading
A Stick Foul into Immortal Infamy
Humans’ impulse for empathy is a great and powerful instinct, but there are times when it is banally misapplied. Sports are, in the biggest picture context, virtually meaningless pursuits, but we do invest billions in their architecture, to say nothing … Continue reading
Bleeding Through Roster Band-Aids
A season fraught with promise and peril delivered both in game 3 Monday night, but in the end, Washington’s roster, still not yet assembled for durable playoff prosperity, succumbed to one proven to be. Most worrisome in this moment: the … Continue reading
‘It’s a Team That Lacks an Identity’
On at least three occasions during Monday night’s national television broadcast the NBC Sports studio tandem of Mike Milbury and Jeremy Roenick explicitly alluded to the Capitals lacking any discernible identity. It’s a sentiment I began expresing on this blog … Continue reading
Winning Streak Stays Alive for Capitals: “We’re Getting Our Mood Back,” Says Brouwer
It’s so much nicer to evaluate games when you’re winning. That’s the situation the Capitals find themselves in now after last night’s 3-1 win over Calgary, which extended (to 4) their longest winning streak since they put together 7 at … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Ovechkin, Joel Ward, Troy Brouwer, Washington Capitals
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Are Slightly Shorter Shifts Helping the Caps’ Third Line?
For the first quarter of the Capitals’ 2011-2012 season, there was much deserved attention around what started out as the third line of Jason Chimera, Brooks Laich, and Joel Ward. Chimera is leading the team in goals, and, when giving … Continue reading
Posted in Brooks Laich, Jason Chimera, Joel Ward
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