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Dumbing Down Hockey Mike Duco Style

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Dec 3, 2009, 11:50 pm
Prior to Thursday night, I had no idea who Mike Duco was. Going forward, I’m not sure I’m going to hear much about him that’s flattering. It was the Florida Panthers’ Mike Duc...
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Check Out CSN's Chat Tonight

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Dec 3, 2009, 9:29 am
If you’re near a computer tonight and want to chat with the esteemed Hockey Mom and other fans about the Caps-Panthers game, be sure to check out the chat on CSN Washington.  The discussions ha...
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Road Trip Rewind Slideshow

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Dec 2, 2009, 9:47 am
I thought Wednesday between games would be a good time to revisit my trip to Montreal and post a slideshow.  It might also be a nice break from the Ovi knee/suspension talk.  Overall, it was a great...
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I Smell an IMG Scheme

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Dec 2, 2009, 12:03 am
Near 8:00 Monday night we saw Alexander Ovechkin guided off the ice in Carolina by a team trainer and teammate Nicklas Backstrom, his head lowered, his injured leg unable to make contact with the ice,...
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Ovie Watch Tweetsheet – Great 8 Suspended 2 Games

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Dec 1, 2009, 11:41 am
Check back for periodic updates throughout the day. 4:11 – Tarik El-Bashir: Alex Ovechkin has been suspended two games, I’m told. 1:39 – ESPN NHL: Hurricanes’ Corvo might mis...
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Alex makes short appearance before practice

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Dec 1, 2009, 10:39 am
Alex Ovechkin made a short appearance on the ice this morning before practice, where he skated for approximately four to five minutes. The Washington Times and Washington Post both tweeted about the ...
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My Kingdom for a Knee Sprain

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Dec 1, 2009, 6:27 am
All of us watching last night, in those first two to three seconds that Alexander Ovechkin remained prone on the RBC Center ice, likely reacted in similar fashion: it’s the Russian Machine, it d...
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Dark Cloud Overshadows Caps Win: Caps 3 / Canes 2 / Ovi ?

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Nov 30, 2009, 8:38 pm
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Late-Game Wilting: Surmising Its Causes and Cures

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Nov 29, 2009, 11:10 pm
At the one-quarter mark of the season, a glaring character flaw has perniciously and persistently permeated the Capitals’ young season: the team weakens as the game goes along. Leads are often a...
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Bears Best Mini-Mullets in Blanking Fashion

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Nov 29, 2009, 8:07 pm
It was a 5-0 Hershey whitewash over Wilkes-Barre Scranton at Giant Center early Sunday evening. Incredibly, Michal Neuvirth has stopped 123 of the 124 petite Pens’ shots he’s faced in his ...
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Washington's Night in Canada: Caps 4 / Habs 3 – SO

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Nov 29, 2009, 7:40 am
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OFB Correspondent Saturday Night-Seated in a Hockey Cathedral

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Nov 28, 2009, 9:18 am
Alexandre Giroux apparently purchased 14 tickets for tonight’s game in Montreal. Mathieu Perreault was on the hook for 17. Our own Gary Κriebel purchased just two, for his wife and himself...
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Holiday Weekend in Habs-land

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Nov 28, 2009, 6:42 am
My wife and I are taking a quick Thanksgiving weekend trip to Montreal for a Hockey Night in Canada game. The grandparents are watching the kids, so we’ll be able to enjoy more of what 24 hours...
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Snapshot of Sacrifice

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Nov 26, 2009, 8:18 am
Imagine going on live TV with your jaw broken in two places and wired shut! That’s what Quintin Laing did with Comcast Sportsnet’s Lisa Hillary during the second intermission of last night...
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Happy Thanksgiving from On Frozen Blog

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Nov 26, 2009, 8:00 am
Loved this holiday-perfect image from The Pond Ice Arena, in my alma mater’s home town of Newark, Delaware (Go Fighting Blue Hens!). May you and yours have a healthy and happy Thanksgiving. &co...
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Varly Perfect, Ovi 1 G & 15 PIM: Caps 2, BuffaSlugs 0

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Nov 25, 2009, 8:47 pm
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Alzner Back in DC

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Nov 25, 2009, 9:43 am
The Washington Capitals have recalled Karl Alzner from the Hershey Bears today. With Tom Poti, Shaone Morrisonn, and Milan Jurcian all still day-to-day, Alzner may make his 09-10 season debut on the b...
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The Legacy of a Favored Child: Abe Pollin's Basketball and Hockey Teams

On Frozen Blog posted an article on - Nov 25, 2009, 4:00 am
Parents take pains to shower — equally — their children with love. Children must be so loved. Woe is the child who feels slighted with respect to the love of mom and dad. An owner of tw...
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Looking for your RSS feed?

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
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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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