Category Archives: Tarik El-Bashir

Travel Agents Need Not Apply: My R&R at the September Rink

Posted on September 22, 2008 by On Frozen Blog

Welcome to my vacation. This week I have friends recreating in Switzerland, Canada, and Virginia Beach. Meanwhile, I’m spending my week-long R&R at Kettler Capitals. No offense to my traditional vacation-traveling friends, but I think mine the most alluring, fulfilling, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Semin, Corey Masisak, Donald Brashear, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Lisa Hillary, Media, Mike Vogel, Morning cup-a-joe, Prospects, Tarik El-Bashir, Washington Capitals | 9 Comments

Training Camp Day One Cursory Musings

Posted on September 20, 2008 by On Frozen Blog

None other than Nicklas Backstrom was first on the ice this morning during the opening session of Day 1 of Capitals’ training camp. He skated for about 30 minutes before the Caps pulled him off, for precautionary purposes. A very … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruce Boudreau, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Media, Nicklas Backstrom, Print, Prospects, Tarik El-Bashir, Washington Capitals, Washington Post | 7 Comments

An Offseason Snapshot of a Revolution’s March Onward

Posted on May 13, 2008 by PucksAndBooks

The volume and variety of news pertaining to Olie Kolzig’s departure from the Capitals last week was instructive in these new media times. When we at OFB verified that Kolzig’s home was listed for sale last Wednesday, which wasn’t a … Continue reading →

Posted in Corey Masisak, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, OFB, Print, Tarik El-Bashir, Washington Capitals, Washington Post, Washington Times | 18 Comments

A Blogging Error of Postseason Inexperience

Posted on April 12, 2008 by PucksAndBooks

I made a grievous mistake in judgment this week, and it adversely impacted OFB on perhaps this site’s most important day of existence. We worked closely and well with the Capitals’ media staff to try and position ourselves to continue … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Print, Tarik El-Bashir, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals, Washington Post | 26 Comments

Game-Day Chats To Chew on

Posted on April 11, 2008 by PucksAndBooks

Both big papers this afternoon hosted helpful time-killing/nerves-distracting chat sessions — the Post with Caps’ beat reporter Tarik El Bashir and the Times with Ted. There was terrific give-and-take banter in both; we urge you to check them out in … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Philadelphia Flyers, Print, Tarik El-Bashir, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals, Washington Post, Washington Times | 1 Comment

Plenty to Chat About Today

Posted on April 11, 2008 by PucksAndBooks

Washington Post writer Tarik El-Bashir will host a live Q&A session at 2 p.m today, bringing the latest on the Caps’ preparations for tonight’s game. Tarik’s article today on the Capitals’ international appeal is a good read. Capitals owner Ted … Continue reading →

Posted in Tarik El-Bashir, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals, Washington Post, Washington Times | Leave a comment

Savoring the Historic Week That Was

Posted on April 7, 2008 by On Frozen Blog

Some time near 8:30 Friday night, Capitals’ fans, having spent weeks residing in a purgatory of indeterminate postseason fate, received an invitation from an seraphim angel named Radek Dvorak to enter an unearthly realm of ecstasy. At that moment in … Continue reading →

Posted in Carolina Hurricanes, Corey Masisak, Eastern Conference, Florida Panthers, Jonathan Warner, Media, Mike Vogel, Print, Puck Sodas, Radio, Schadenfreude, Tampa Bay Lightning, Tarik El-Bashir, TV, Washington Capitals | 6 Comments

Sunday Morning Literature Search

Posted on April 6, 2008 by On Frozen Blog

Brew an extra pot-a-joe this sunny-despite-the-rain Sunday morning and luxuriate in some outstanding coverage of Washington hockey history made at Verizon Center last night. ‘Coming All the Way Back,’ by Tarik El Bashir, The Washington Post ” . . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Corey Masisak, Media, Print, Tarik El-Bashir, Washington Capitals, Washington Post, Washington Times | 3 Comments

All Caps on WaPo Live

Posted on April 2, 2008 by On Frozen Blog

Ready the DVRs (does anyone use a VCR anymore?) for Comcast SportsNet at 5pm on Thursday. ‘Washington Post Live’ is leaving the studio for a day and taking the whole show to the concourse of Verizon Center for a full … Continue reading →

Posted in Comcast SportsNet, Lisa Hillary, Sovetsky Sport, Tarik El-Bashir, Washington Capitals, Washington Post | Leave a comment

The Color of Success

Posted on April 2, 2008 by On Frozen Blog

My good friend Eric McErlain didn’t pick a good night to play hookie from the hockey rink. But he doesn’t have much red in his wardrobe anyway. But first thing’s first. I asked for one WaPost columnist to attend Tuesday … Continue reading →

Posted in 2 Points, American Hockey League, Carolina Hurricanes, Comcast SportsNet, Dan Steinberg, Hershey Bears, Hockey Night in Canada, John Walton, Lindsay Czarniak, Lisa Hillary, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, Print, Tarik El-Bashir, TV, Washington Capitals, Washington Post | 11 Comments