Monthly Archives: February 2011

Escape From New York

Bad Sasha, Joe B’s Squabble, and Sturm Warnings It was almost another one of those nights.  You know the type: foul wind blowing outside, unsettling news of call-ups (Here, Beagle Beagle Beagle!) and send-downs (Mathieu – nooooo!) all day.  Caps … Continue reading

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Caps at Sixes and Nines

How Bad Are Things?  Alarmingly Bad. Toward the ‘crashing and burning’ phase of last night’s embarrassment, we were too humiliated to know how to respond.  For the first time in a while we had great seats – Hello Section 206! … Continue reading

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Matthew 2:26

The Gospel According to Matthew Handsome + charming + hard working + dedicated = Fan Fave (Sasha, are you listening?) The Zen of Hen(dricks) Hendyrama (Courtesy: Clydeorama)

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Inside Out: CSN Game Night

As Seen On TV Experts agree – CSN’s Joe Beninati, Craig Laughlin, Alan May and Al Koken are the triumvirate of hockey announce teams; genuine, engaging, natural born broadcasters. Their strengths become more obvious when we’re forced to watch a Caps game on either … Continue reading

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Lights Out, Lamp On

Dark, Dark in the Daytime/Nighttime Of all places, it was the Consol Energy Center that lost the lights last night. Just exactly what kind of dump is that place? No matter – after a delay of several minutes following the … Continue reading

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Buffalo Burgers & Penguin Confit

A Presidents Day Menu Hockey Day in America might be our new fave holiday.  A Caps win followed by losses for the filthy Rangers and loathesome Penguins. How does it get better than that?  Well, a day off work and … Continue reading

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(Home) Box Office Mojo

HBO’s Next Hot Hit Hockey Series Darren Everson and Hannah Karp’s Wall Street Journal article in the February 11 edition, Why College Hockey Arenas Are the Cathedrals of Sports: From Yale’s ‘Whale’ to North Dakota’s Palace, Quirkiness Reigns, got our … Continue reading

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