For the first time since May 13, 2009, a blowout loss in game 7 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Verizon Center, the Washington Capitals faced the Pittsburgh Penguins and despite spotting the Pens with an easy early goal (a Jose Theodore giveaway), the Caps carried the play much of the ... Read More »

(UPDATED: This post was revised at 815pm on Sunday now that the Nylander loan is official) Washington Capitals General Manager George McPhee has finalized a standard loan deal that sends forward Michael Nylander to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League. The Caps are still on the hook to pay #92’s salary ($5.5M this year), but they ... Read More »

So last night I was out on the web checking the Hershey Bears game two boxscore and noticed that Karl Alzner and Tyler Sloan both did not play in a 3-1 Bears win (Gives them a 2-0 lead over the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins in their best of seven series). I then found an article by ... Read More »

Pre-game: Today I am going to live blog this afternoon’s Caps-Panthers game. The Caps lead the Panthers by 15 points in the Southeast Division race. Also, with Martin Brodeur playing his third straight game the Devils are leading the Flyers, 2-0, in the third period so the Caps need to win to stay two points ... Read More »

Caps Win 4-3 The Washington Capitals got back on the winning track Thursday night beating the Atlanta Thrashers, 4-3, at the sold out Verizon Center The score of this game looks close on paper but the contest really wasn’t, although I did not like the way the Caps let the Thrashers have a chance to tie ... Read More »

Okay, haven’t we all heard enough already on steroids in baseball? I know I am sick and tired of hearing it and it makes me even more disturbed that our politicians wasted time dealing with the issue and were seen grandstanding on television rolling out player after player in hearings in 2007 and 2008. Meanwhile ... Read More »

More Caps Moves After Alzner Call Up The Washington Capitals claimed defensemen Staffan Kronwall, the brother of Red Wings defensemen Niklas Kronwall, today from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Combined with the recall of Karl Alzner from Hershey the Caps will now have 8 healthy defensemen on the roster. In addition, John Walton of Hershey is reporting that ... Read More »

NHL Preview: Eastern Conference Predictions The NHL season will begun this Saturday and Sunday in Europe when the New York Rangers take on the Tampa Bay Lighting in Prague of the Czech Republic and the Pittsburgh Penguins play the Ottawa Senators in Stockholm, Sweden. Official NHL regular season games begin being played in North America ... Read More »

Sad Day for Hockey Fans – Paul Newman Dies at 83 It is a very sad day today for all hockey fans as Paul Newman died Friday as a result of cancer at age 83. To many hockey fans the movie Slap Shot is our hockey bible and that movie could not have been pulled off ... Read More »

Caps Sweep Home and Home with Carolina Alexander Ovechkin had two goals, including one on a penalty shot, and an added an assist as the Washington Capitals defeated Carolina, 5-2, before 13,266 at the Verizon Center on Thursday night in the Caps preseason home opener. Despite the fact that this was a preseason game the Great ... Read More »