Heading into Tuesday night’s Caps-Flyers game at the Verizon Center I was anticipating a raucous arena and an incredible amount of intensity from the Washington Capitals in a contest that figured to be competed at a playoff-like level. However, for about 35 minutes it was a very quiet building and the Caps were struggling to ... Read More »

You can bet the Verizon Center will be  ”Rocking and Red” on Tuesday night as the vaunted and despised Philadelphia Flyers come to town for a 7pm tilt (shown in HD on VERSUS). The Caps look to avenge a 6-5 OT loss suffered back on October 6th when Danny Briere scored the game winner in Philadelphia. ... Read More »

More Accolades for the Great #8 Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin has been nominated for two ESPY Awards – Best Play and Best NHL Player – with the winners determined by fan voting that is open now at ESPYS.tv. Voting continues in 37 categories through 11:59 p.m. ET on July 11. These are the fourth and ... Read More »

Caps Update So I just finished watching Ray Ferraro of TSN via the NHL network declare that Caps goalie Jose Theodore can’t win 16 playoff games to lead Washington to the Stanley Cup this year. Ferraro, who pretty much single handily ended the Caps playoff season back in 1993 with his overtime winning goals with the ... Read More »

In what was pretty much a playoff atmosphere at the sold out Verizon Center Tuesday night, Caps goalie Jose Theodore stopped 33 of 34 shots as well as all three Flyers in the shootout to help the Caps beat Philadelphia, 2-1. Theodore was outstanding, as was Flyers goalie Martin Biron, and he has now won ... Read More »