Tag Archives: Matt Hendricks

No Denial, It’s Pass or Fail, and the Caps Are Realizing It

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Elisabeth Meinecke

For a moment, the puck just sat there by the Washington Capitals bench. It shouldn’t have—those were precious seconds wasted as the Capitals executed a personnel change, and Mike Green, caught with the puck near Winnipeg’s blueline thanks to his … Continue reading →

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The Guys Who Keep the Capitals Laughing

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Elisabeth Meinecke

There’s a delicate balance in sports between remaining alert and on top of your game, yet staying loose – or, as they put it in hockey, not gripping the stick too tight. One member of the 1989 Stanley Cup-winning Calgary Flames turned on the movie Slap Shot before a crucial Game 7 and got the whole team laughing, chronicles Ross Bernstein in Raising Stanley. The 1993 Cup-winning Montreal Canadiens used their coach’s imperfect English as an endearing joke that kept the team light-hearted. Continue reading →

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Quick Hits: A Tough Win Against a Tough Rival

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Andrew Tomlinson

Last night’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes felt like another one of “those nights” for Washington where the team doesn’t look interested against a team who is in the bottom part of the league. While several guys had some pretty poor games, I am looking at you Alexander Semin and Jeff Schultz, good thing Braden Holtby showed up though. In a night that seemed to be filled with scoring it was Holtby who made the biggest difference. Continue reading →

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