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On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 24, 2009, 11:48 am
Looking for your blog's RSS feed? Wondering where it went? You're in luck. Simply bookmark the new feed: YOURBLOG/feed/rss and you're good to go! For example, if you wanted mvn.com, you w...
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If at First You Don't Succeed ...

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 18, 2009, 11:00 pm
MVN.com is going to make another attempt at switching the back-end blog platform on Monday.  We are hoping things go smoother than it did on Thursday.  There may be some downtime as well as ...
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Don't Let the Hop Play You ...

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 18, 2009, 10:24 pm
That 2nd Nashville goal last night doesn't look so bad anymore, eh?
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Peasants with Pitchforks, Hand-Helds

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 18, 2009, 6:58 pm
The entertaining portion of football Sundays in D.C. these days arrives with Comcast's post-game show, live from the Bastille FedEx Field. It's quite a live scene -- Chick Hernandez, former Re...
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Follow Tonight's Caps' Game with Hershey's John Walton

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 15, 2009, 12:55 pm
Comcast is carrying off a fun new communications initiative with tonight's Caps-Shark's game: a live chat hosted by the TV outlet and guest-starring Hershey Bears' radio voice John Walton....
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Flaming Bag of Poo

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 15, 2009, 12:05 pm
Have you ever had someone leave you a flaming bag of poo on your porch?  Before you know what's happened, you step on it to put out the flames only to be faced with an unpleasant byproduct......
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On Our Indoor Purple Rain

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 15, 2009, 6:00 am
I have plans to attend Abe Pollin's funeral, and for that occasion I may well wear a purple tuxedo. The first time you walked into Verizon Center for an event, didn't you wonder the same thi...
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It's a Beauty Way To Go: Blogging for Puckheads in the Great White North

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 12:05 pm
On Monday night in Verizon Center I received a most unexpected email solicitation from the Great White North -- an invitation to blog for a Canadian sports site I'd never heard of, Fadoo.ca, ...
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Caps Party: More Fans, More Flags, More Fun

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 12:05 am
For the second year running, the Washington Capitals hosted their annual Season Ticket Holder "Meet the Caps" party at Six Flags America. Once again, the team provided fans with a night of fun for all...
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ESPN Does It Again

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 2:17 pm
If you're not reading Probably Bad News on a regular basis, you really should- you never know what you're going to see.  Check out one of today's entries. This dovetails nicely with ...
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Suddenly, I'm Seriously Missing Sergei Fedorov

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 6:25 am
A little bit of sandpaper out on the ice, I think, might have helped the zone clearing cause during those 90-some-odd seconds that seemed like 90 minutes when five Capitals' skaters were powerless...
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Gabby Upbeat After 3-2 Shootout Loss

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 1:15 am
Yet another tough setback -- and another blown third period lead -- on Monday night, but Capitals' head coach Bruce Boudreau accentuated the positive in the post game with the press. His is a team...
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Wearing the Ring of a King

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 12, 2009, 11:47 pm
The voice of the Hershey Bears, John Walton, was in the Verizon Center press box Monday night, and while I always enjoy catching up with JW on every visit to D.C. he makes, tonight's was extra spe...
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A Case of the Mondays

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 12, 2009, 11:09 am
Online Surveys & Market Research
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Heartache in Hockeytown, and the Return of a Great Quebecois Rivalry?

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 11, 2009, 9:55 am
It was a bittersweet Saturday night: the Capitals offered a much-improved effort at the Joe, getting superb goaltending from JT and competing for pucks in a much more impressive fashion, but ultimatel...
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A Defeat Most Deserved

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 6:05 am
A lackluster effort by a hockey club can  manifest itself in a wide variety of ways. Losing battles to loose pucks. Consistently crappy passing. Each and every five-man unit generally looking out...
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Ovi-Backstrom-Semin: A Line for All Ages?

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 5:45 am
It almost seems offensively audacious: to think out loud of the Capitals' first line in quasi-historical contexts. As in: could it ripen into a best-ever unit -- not best-ever merely in Washington...
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The Bejeweled Look of a Champion

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 8:51 pm
John Walton has some detail-rich images of the Hershey Bears' 2009 Calder Cup Champion rings up on his blog. There are enough titles now in that richly decorated organization to adorn every finger...
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Just Like Old Times: High Drama, Remarkable Momentum Swings, and Heavy Hatred

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 6:05 am
As fantastically entertaining as Tuesday night's game was, there was a fantastic story off the ice in Wachovia Center as well. Mr. Hockey was in the building, talking to NHL.com about the Gr8.&nbs...
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Ultimate Fighting in Broadcast Rights

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 6, 2009, 1:54 pm
One storyline for tonight's Caps-Flyers' tilt is the matchup between two unbeaten and powerful looking East heavies, in what could be a preview of a deep-in-the-postseason matchup ne...
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"It was like playing in a Canadian city"

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 2:00 pm
Brendan Morrison earned his first goal as a Washington Capital in the team's 6-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night in, what he says was, one of the loudest buildings he has ever been...
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Change You Can Believe in

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 6:05 am
We are actually in the midst of the Great Revolution. No longer dreaming about it, no longer longing for it, but actually living it. The very revolution that seemed ludicrous merely to postulate a mer...
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"We have amazing fans!"

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 4, 2009, 11:48 pm
Our friend Dmitry Chesnokov chatted with Semyon Varlamov and Alexander Semin after the Caps' 6-4 win over Toronto Saturday night. In particular I was impressed with Varlamov's enthusiasm for t...
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New Ways to Rock the Red?

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 4, 2009, 7:00 am
It's the beginning of a new season at home and we found a few new ways to Rock the Red. New red retired numbers banners. New red team banners. The family that face paints together, stays togeth...
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Anything But a Bear Market for Another Calder Cup Run in Hershey This Season

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 3, 2009, 10:15 am
"Hershey's affiliation with the Washington Capitals, which began in 2005, has been a remarkable, talent-rich era that has produced three trips to the Calder Cup finals in four seasons," noted the ...
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Dispatch from a Hockey Town (Part I, 2009)

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 2, 2009, 11:27 am
At the Lake Braddock-Robinson junior varsity football game last night in Northern Virginia the public address announcer offered Caps-Bruins' updates during each period. When I played JV foo...
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Statement Showing on Night One

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 2, 2009, 6:35 am
Opening on the road is never easy. Opening on the road in a building in which the hosts lost in regulation just six times the previous season, and against a team coming off a 116-pt. campaign, and boa...
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Hockey's Back

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 12:00 pm
H/T to Two In The Boxfor the assist on the video.
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The Price is Right for the NHL

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 7:07 am
"Don't forget to get your pets spayed and neutered, please.  Please get your mascots spayed and neutered." And when did Drew Carey grow hair?
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Preview: The 2009-10 Washington Capitals

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 5:45 am
Through the abject agony that was watching the Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup triumph in June, I found a silver lining: moreso than from a young stud goalie standing on his head, moreso than fro...
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No Wednesday Dinner with Dad for Bourque

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 12:40 pm
Both Corey and Tarik have reported via Twitter that Chris Bourque has been claimed by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Corey is reporting that Boyd Kane has been recalled to take Bourque's place and that...
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Hali-smax!

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 10:50 am
Darby Conely, master of comic-strip wordplay, turns his pen toward Canada and hockey this Sunday morning:
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This Is What a Star Trek Convention Should Be Like!

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 8:50 am
I arrived at the first-ever Capitals' Convention yesterday just in time to catch the start of the 'Covering the Caps' panel discussion late in the morning, walked into the two joint conven...
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Top Tweets from the Caps Convention

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 26, 2009, 8:50 pm
It became apparent to us fairly early on Saturday that the first-ever Capitals' Convention was taylor-made for Twitter tweets. So much is going on in so many convention hall rooms, with so much in...
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How Does Redskins Nation Become Caps Nation?

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 4:05 pm
It's been quite a week for our friend Tara Wheeler. She's expert at helping out others, and when she offered to help us out with some video work at Capitals' training camp, we seized the o...
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More Cuts

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 11:58 am
Three more are headed to Hershey today: Oskar Osala, Kyle Wilson, and Andrew Gordon. Two more cuts on Friday: Jay Beagle and Mathieu Perreault.
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Snapshot of a Prospect as a Saturday Night NHL Hero

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 5:55 am
When he skated in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for Acadie Bathurst, Mathieu Perreault often played the hero's role. His reward for his heroics, say on the road in Val d'Or on a winter...
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The End of an Era: Kolzig Quits

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 3:30 pm
After a long and storied career, Olie Kolzig retired today.  From the NHL press release After 14 seasons, veteran goaltender Olaf Kolzig announced his retirement today from the National Hockey L...
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A Blogger Keeps a Camera Eye on John Carlson

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 22, 2009, 9:30 pm
It seems to me that people who attend a season's very first home exhibition game, on a Monday night, necessarily rank among those who most missed hockey over the summer. I was struck not only...
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Fresh Reassignments

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 22, 2009, 3:14 pm
The Caps today sent six more packing, most notable among them defenseman John Carlson, who skated a little under 17 minutes last night against Buffalo perhaps without "Wow-ing" the head coach as he su...
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"If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It!"

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 22, 2009, 12:00 pm
... s best female figure skaters for CBC's new reality show, Battle of the Blades. They will take to the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens for seven weeks and 14 episodes of choreographed routines ... sw...
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Streaming Available for Today's Scrimmage Against Philly

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 11, 2009, 10:27 am
Players at Capitals' Rookie Camp did not scrimmage yesterday as scheduled, and instead worked with coaches on situational drills, and so we can't forecast for you any line combinations for tod...
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Rocking The Red (Rocks)

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 11, 2009, 6:00 am
(OrderedChaos checks in from the land of 3.2 beer) Rocking The Red (Rocks) in Bryce Canyon, Utah
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Photo Credit in the Far East

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 12:05 pm
На Замороженном Blog You know what that is? It's Russian for On Frozen Blog. The other day we sent a note to Sovetsky Sport's Dmitry Chesnokov, informing him that we&...
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What Is This Rookie Camp Week All About Anyway?

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 6:40 am
... the prospects will earn an invite to stick around for next week's training camp -- who is the standout performer, and who might make it difficult for management to cut them in three ... seeks...
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No Ordinary Thursday for This Russian Blogger

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 3:00 am
The bad news: the Pittsburgh Penguins are in D.C. today to shake hands and photo-op with POTUS at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. as reigning you-know-what champions. The good news: Our pal Dmitry Chesnokov ...
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