The Washington Capitals erupted for five straight goals in the third period, to stun the Philadelphia Flyers with a 7-5 come-from-behind win at the Verizon Center. Alex Ovechkin led the way with two goals and two assists, and earned the game’s first star honors. After falling to 5-2 early in the third on a Flyers … Read more
From On Frozen Blog , one of my favorite hockey blogs, comes this little nugget… NHL Plans to Formulate Blogger Policy By Gustafsson In today’s Globe and Mail , William Houston continues a discussion started when the NCAA expelled a blogger from a college baseball game this spring. In the piece he mentions the New … Read more
The 2007 NHL free agent market opened on Sunday, but it was definitely not a day of rest. With 26 players signing with new teams on the first day, it was a feeding frenzy as some of the best names available disappeared quickly. The Washington Capitals struck twice, inking Tom Poti and Victor Kozlov. The … Read more
A lethargic Tampa Bay Lightning team showed up for their game at the Verizon Center, and the Washington Capitals took full advantage. Washington got three goals from Alexander Semin, and two from rookie Tomas Fleischmann en route to a 7-1 drubbing in a Sunday matinée match. Fleischmann is affectionately known to his teammates as ‘Flash’ … Read more
This week, the Redskins join a group of losers (Bills, Lions, and Dolphins) with a bye. This group has won 6 of the 28 games played between them for a pathetic combined winning percentage of .286. For some reason, that worthless statistic doesn’t make this Hognosticator feel any better about his Hognostication percentage. Last week … Read more
The football gods could not have rewarded the Redskin faithful with a more beautiful day. With clear skies, a temperature of 78 degrees the weather was beautiful and seemed to energize an eager crowd. The Redskins seemed to feed off of the crowd’s intensity and routed the Vikings 52-17 in a series of plays and … Read more
Each week THEHOGS.net brings you Hognostications – a staff member’s picks and last season’s Hognostication pool winner’s picks – on who’ll win and why and/or why not. If you pick up a slight bit of Hognosticator homerism towards the Washington Redskins do not be alarmed, it’s intended. As always, kids, please no wagering. Also, each … Read more
THN was fortunate enough to grab Redskin Jesse Lumsden for a few questions and answers on Monday. Lumsden has managed to draw a fair bit of attention for a newcomer both from the fans and from the coaching staff. Here is the first part of hopefully a two-part interview; we will try to catch up … Read more
We here at theHogs.net (THN) pride ourselves in our content. As a result, we strive to bring you news on your favorite team in any way possible. The latest of these endeavors is the THN Hogcasts. We deliver our Hogcasts in mp3 format, and you can play them on any mp3 player, as well as … Read more
The NFL off-season is less than a week from being officially over for Redskins fans. That’s right, we’ve finally reached the point in the year where the days may get longer, but the wait is made easier. No more plowing through rhetoric and sensationalism in the media, in the hopes of finding just one iota … Read more