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Capital Observations 11/17/08

November 17, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

The Capitals started off this past week welcoming back longtime goaltender Olie Kolzig, now with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Monday night at Verizon Center. The match-up featured Kolzig versus his former back-up Brent Johnson. The strangest part for me was hearing Caps announcer Joe Beninati say things like “great save by Kolzig” and having to … Read more

Capital Observations 11/10/08

November 10, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

The Washington Capitals have had an interesting start this season to say the least. After saying good-bye to long-time net-minder Olie Kolzig, and losing the hot hand of Huet to free agency the Caps went out and found Jose Theodore and named him the team’s new starting goal-tender. Three games ago, the Caps decided to … Read more

Caps Burned by Flames

October 25, 2008October 22, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

The Washington Capitals fell to the Calgary Flames last night by a score of 2-1 with the Capitals lone goal coming on a re-direct by Sergei Federov in the first period.The Caps were unable to get anything going last night as special teams (PP and PK) seemed to spend most of the night on the ice.

Caps Today 10/15/08

October 15, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

Today’s Storyline Get in line – With top-line winger Viktor Kozlov sidelined, coach Bruce Boudreau will have some line shuffling to do for Thursday’s game at rival Pittsburgh . He has to find a replacement to fill Kozlov’s top-line minutes and then finalize the rest of his lineup. Boudreau could insert Eric Fehr, who has … Read more

Caps Today 10/14/08

October 14, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

Today’s Storyline Goals, Goals, Goals – It is still early in the NHL season and the sample size of three games is relatively small, but the Capitals are scoring goals, lots of goals. The Caps have scored at least four goals in every game and have 13 tallies on the year, which ranks second in … Read more

Caps Give Johnny 100th Career Win

October 14, 2008October 14, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

The Washington Capitals welcomed the Vancouver Canucks to Verizon Center tonight by dubbing tonight “Canadian Heritage Night.” That was about the extent of the warmth of their welcome.

Blackhawks Downed in DC

October 12, 2008October 12, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

The Capitals, after losing to Atlanta 7-4 just the night before, bounced back against Chicago tonight with a come-from-behind 4-2 victory.

The Caps faithful certainly “rocked the red” proudly tonight, as the streets of Chinatown were abuzz with hope, and flowing with red jerseys and t-shirts.

Caps get Thrashed 7-4

October 12, 2008October 11, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

Jose Theodore (pronounced JOE-say) made his first start for the Capitals tonight in the season opener in Atlanta. As far as first impressions go, tonight was not a good one.

Atlanta started the game looking pretty nervous against the confident Capitals, and it was Washington who drew first blood, technically. Brooks Laich redirected a high shot down through the 5-hole of Atlanta goaltender Kari Lehtonen only to have it immediately waived off by the officials.

Bears finish pre-season perfectly

May 3, 2025October 6, 2008 by John Sparenberg

The Hershey Bears finished up a perfect pre-season on Saturday night at Giant Center by pounding the visiting Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 8-2.

Hershey rookie defenseman Josh Godfrey, looking to make his mark on the Hershey Bears’ coaching staff and create a little more distance between himself and the others competing for a highly coveted spot on the opening night roster, attained both goals on the evening by registering his first career hat trick.

Caps Clip Flyers 5-1

October 4, 2008October 4, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

Friday night in Chinatown feels like a magical place. The air around Verizon Center was practically electric with expectation this evening. After the year the Caps had last year, and their improbable last second playoff berth, the Caps organization has seen 4,000 new year-long season ticket holders, and have seen merchandise sales double.