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Aug 25, 2010, 11:36 am
The economic crisis in Greece has affected many facet of the society, including hockey.
The following is an email interview with Hellenic National Team captain Dimitris Kalyvas about the history of ice hockey in the southeastern European country and the lack of financial support for the Greek ... Comment - Like
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Aug 18, 2010, 10:02 am
It has been over a month since the 2010 Capitals Development Camp, but one unforgettable skater is invitee Cameron Burt.
The number of black players in the NHL is on the rise and making their presence known, including Burt. Burt definitely made his presence known (for being an excellen... Comment - Like
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Aug 1, 2010, 5:08 am
It’s not fair to judge a hockey player solely on his ability to score goals. Many players, especially defensemen like Zdeno Chara and Nicklas Lidstrom, are so valuable to their teams that they don’t need to score to be a crucial part of the success of their respective teams.
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Jul 16, 2010, 11:49 pm
Aller guten Dinge sind drei (good things come in threes) and the German proverb rings true for the Washington Capitals. In Philipp Grubauer, the Capitals have drafted a German goaltender for the third time in franchise history.
At the Capitals development camp this week, Grubauer has sho... Comment - Like
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May 25, 2010, 1:23 pm
Love the Game has been fairly vocal about the role that the NHL must play in reducing the hockey’s carbon footprint. Fans and teams alike should do their bit to reduce the environmental impact of hockey.
As discussed in Reducing Carbon Footprint in Hockey, air travel is one of the bigg... Comment - Like
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May 2, 2010, 4:52 am
Whether you’re playing ice hockey in college now or planning to, here are six simple effective tips to excel as a hockey player in college.
When you use these helpful tips on networking and skill development, you can get noticed by recruiters and scouts, who can take you far, maybe eve... Comment - Like
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Apr 17, 2010, 12:08 pm
One of the biggest contributors to global warming is air travel, and a NHL team logged an average of 40,782 miles between games during the regular season in 2009-10. According to Carbonfund.org, that is about 300 metric tons of carbon emissions produced by the league from travel alone. Air travel em... Comment - Like
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Apr 12, 2010, 10:43 pm
The winning entry to “How I Became a Caps Fan” hosted by Scarlet Caps left some female Caps fans displeased. It seems that Caps fans lost out to Blackhawks fan, who ditched hockey for popularity.
Ramble Time and Ravings of a Rink Rebel posted their entries, and @JBlife21 shared her e... Comment - Like
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Apr 3, 2010, 4:08 pm
On March 2, the DC Council supported 18-421, a resolution (R18-0421) in support of 2011 NHL Winter Classic in the District of Columbia.
Introduced by Councilmember Muriel Bowser (Ward 4), R18-0421 contains several findings, including:
89 percent of those ethat voted in the on... Comment - Like
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Mar 20, 2010, 8:00 am
The NHL launched green initiatives, and more than half the NHL players have taken major steps in becoming environmental leaders—Matt Bradley, the “Captain Planet” of the Washington Capitals, has instituted recycling programs—but increasingly more needs to be done as hockey causing considera... Comment - Like
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Mar 19, 2010, 9:07 am
Debates about the NHL’s disciplinary sanctions have polarized opinions between those who see the NHL as biased and those who may or may not oppose a particular ruling, but see the NHL as increasingly inconsistent when handing down sanctions.
A recent sticking point is the disparity bet... Comment - Like
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Mar 13, 2010, 8:14 pm
A lively national debate has ensued over the proper way to respect the national anthem.
Rob Otto, the writer of the Ottoman Empire, has taken the issue—the fans’s purported failure to follow the proper national anthem etiquette during the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner at Chicago Black... Comment - Like
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Mar 2, 2010, 1:02 pm
You might not be familiar with Airxess or airbush artist Alessandro “Alec” Voggel, but you have seen his artwork if you watched Team Switzerland in the Olympics—his artwork adorned Swiss goaltender Jonas Hiller.
With almost two decades as a goalie mask designer, Voggel’s cutting-... Comment - Like
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Feb 25, 2010, 11:51 am
Russia suffered the worst result in the history of the championship hockey when Canada defeated Russia 7-3 in the quarterfinal match on Wed. It is the first time in 50 years that the Canadians have beaten the Russians: at the 1960 Olympics, Canada prevailed over the USSR 8-5.
The huge los... Comment - Like
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Feb 20, 2010, 8:33 pm
Memorabilia will be released in a few months to commemorate the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
2010 Winter Olympics and A Path of Northern Lights will be released in April. 2010 Winter Olympics is a DVD with highlights of NBC’s coverage of the games, including the opening ceremon... Comment - Like
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Feb 19, 2010, 6:13 pm
The NHL suspended the season for two weeks for 135 NHL players to participate in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. In a news conference with IIHF President Rene Fasel, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman remains indecisive whether the NHL will continue to participate in the Olympics Games looking fo... Comment - Like
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Feb 18, 2010, 7:41 pm
Those that once believed that women can’t play hockey have been proven incredibly wrong by Team USA: Jenny Potter has registered two hat tricks so far in the tournament; former Olympian-turned-Olympics commentator Cammi Granato equated a goal in the game against Finland as Ovechkin-like; Jocelyne ... Comment - Like
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Feb 18, 2010, 5:24 pm
As yet in the Olympics, the goaltenders have played reasonably well including the non-NHL goaltenders. NHL’s Ryan Miller (USA) limited Switzerland and Norway to one goal, and Roberto Luongo (Canada) shut out Norway and Henrik Lundqvist shut out Germany; non-NHL Edgars Masalskis (Latvia) and Vitali... Comment - Like
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Feb 18, 2010, 11:03 am
The 2010-11 season ticket renewal packets have begun to arrive in the in-boxes and mailboxes for Washington Capitals season ticket holders. Naturally success on the ice has equated into higher ticket prices, but the steep ticket prices have caused for some extreme sticker shock.In this weakened econ... Comment - Like
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Feb 17, 2010, 9:17 pm
The NBC coverage of Olympic hockey has outraged U.S. viewers.
Notwithstanding a NHL-NBC partnership, during the Sweden-Germany men’s hockey game, the network switched coverage to Switzerland-United States men’s curling then eventually aired the rest of the hockey game. There was no st... Comment - Like
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