Okay, so it’s after lunch on Tuesday now. Things have a way of getting away from you on the road. Time is short and the travel takes its toll, too. But I took good notes and I have a good memory, so I will get around to compiling a recap of what I witnessed on [...]
Just came back from the morning skate, and the Washington lineup will have some adjustments tonight. Kris Beech is back in; the Caps were looking to just get him a night off in Edmonton. He’ll skate between Alexander Semin and Matt Pettinger. Brooks Laich will skate the left side of a line with Brian Sutherby [...]
The teams are on the ice for the pregame warm-ups as I type this. Alex Ovechkin didn’t think much of the ice in Vancouver, but he should appreciate the surface here in Edmonton, generally known as the NHL’s best sheet. Outside the rink, there is ice and snow. We got in around 2:30 a.m. local [...]
We just made the journey up Wayne Gretzky Dr. to Rexall Place for tonight’s game. A handful of players were outside the lockerroom playing soccer when we walked in. Kelly Hrudey is in the house along with other HNIC luminaries.
Bryan Muir, Brooks Laich and Boyd Gordon will all be in the lineup tonight. Jamie [...]
Just got back to the hotel after the morning skate at GM Place. Tonight’s game is a very big deal here. There were mobs of local media around Alex Ovechkin, Caps coach Glen Hanlon and Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo today. The headline in today’s Vancouver Province is “Luongo Befuddles Ovechkin,” with the subhead: “DUEL: Goalie [...]
Some Thursday thoughts a day after a big Washington win in Denver:
First off, Alex Ovechkin is fine. He took a Shaone Morrisonn shot off his right leg in the waning seconds of Wednesday night’s game, but was walking without a limp last night and practiced here in Vancouver today.
Second, how about Olie Kolzig’s performance last [...]
(Ed’s note: I wrote this and thought I “published” it on Tuesday night in Denver, but lo and behold, your faithful and unsteady chronicler must’ve hit a wrong button. Here then is the Tuesday post followed by today’s drivel.)
“Carlo and I went through the rickety streets in the Denver night. The air was soft, the [...]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s John Manasso provides a look at last night’s 4-3 Washington loss to the Thrashers. Manasso, who does a thorough job of covering an expansion team in a non-traditional market, calls the Caps “gutsy” and details Atlanta goaltender Kari Lehtonen’s fear that he may have awakened a sleeping bear, Washington’s Alex Ovechkin.
Manasso also [...]
I’m going to make this a recurring feature here, poking around the North American hockey media and looking for and sharing items of interest.
Today’s first stop on the must-read list is a wonderful piece on one of the most underrated Capitals, Brian Sutherby. John McGourty wrote it for nhl.com and it’s very well done. Nice [...]
I was just informed by a very good source (Audrius Zubrus) that the look Alex Ovechkin is sporting in the horse photo spread (see prevous post) is actually based on Alexander the Great, not Ben-Hur.
That’s the update. Now the disclaimer. I couldn’t pick A the G or Ben-Hur out of a lineup. I don’t do [...]
