It’s Friday and we’re another day closer to the start of camps around the NHL. Unless you’re in the made-up-rumors business, there’s not much going on around the league. But there are a few things worth noting. So I will note them. And when I’m finished noting them, I’ll be a few more minutes closer [...]
Thanks once again to my good friend Dmitry Chesnokov who has been so diligent at supplying us with good offseason hockey stories here in the Washington area this summer. Today’s piece is a translation of another Sovetsky Sport article written by Pavel Lysenkov, whom we met when we were in Moscow for the World Championships [...]
My friend Dmitry Chesnokov translated this interview with Washington left wing Alexander Ovechkin from the Wednesday issue of Sovetsky Sport.
Washington Forward Alex Ovechkin: Krikunov Wanted to Fine Me
by Pavel Lysenkov
Yesterday SovSport decided to call Alex Ovechkin and caught him in an unusual situation - the Caps star was in a car driving to the wedding [...]
There is nothing new in the variable pricing of tickets by pro sports teams; several teams in major North American pro sports leages have been doing it for several years. I’m not here to tell you if it’s a “good” or “bad” practice, but if a team can get away with charging more for “premium” [...]
Not much went on while I was off on vacation; the Lightning changed hands and Andy Sutton is off the market. We’re still a month away from the start of training camp and there is precious little going on at the moment in the world of hockey.
Montreal’s Tomas Plekanec will switch from sweater No. 35 [...]
I’m outta here for the next 10 days or so, off to the white sands of Cancun with the family. I’ll be thinking icy thoughts while consuming ice cold beverages, and I’ll see you all back here around the middle of the month.
This space will be “dark” during my absence, but I’ve prepared a [...]
Well, almost. August is always tougher because there is no rookie camp or other hockey oasis in the desert that is the offseason.
Nothing much going on in these parts, save for Tom Poti’s scheduled appearance on The Caps Report podcast on Wednesday. Around the league, there is a bit more buzz, so might as well [...]
