Laich Effect For some time now, National Hockey League teams have categorized mild to severe injuries as upper and lower body. Sometimes, the full extent of a players’ injury, may never be known. In the case of Brooks Laich, he suffered a lower body injury on April 4th and according to Head Coach Adam Oates, ...
When the Washington Capitals welcomed back forward Eric Fehr to add some grit to the lineup prior to the beginning of the season, management certainly didn’t expect the 27 year old forward to become such an integral part of their offense. Fehr has three goals through eleven games on the season, all coming during even ...
Following the resolution of the NHL lockout, the Washington Capitals regular season began. In a shortened training camp new head coach Adam Oates looked to implement his new system and team philosophy like he did with Washington’s AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears, during the work stoppage. The Capitals struggled mightily in January, ending the month ...
The Washington Capitals enter Thursday night with an abysmal 1-4-1 record. The team has yet to adjust to new head coach Adam Oates and his new system, struggling in special teams along with even strength play. There have been numerous defensive breakdowns at the start of the season, leaving young goalies Braden Holtby and Michal ...
Last night, the Washington Capitals were searching for answers to a frustrating 0-3 start, as they paid a visit to the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Head coach Adam Oates returned to New Jersey, where he previously worked as an assistant coach for the last two seasons. There you had it: several solid reasons to want to find the win column, for the first time in this shortened 48 game season.
Cracking the Ice (advance proof copy). By Dave Hendrickson. (2011, Lodi, New Jersey: WestSide Books. Softcover. Pp. 366. $16.95. ISBN 978-1-934813-55-3.) The sad reality has been, with as far as society has come, there were still some hockey fans who threw the rest of us right back to the days when black hockey players ...
With the NHL free-agency period fast approaching, the talk of the NHL is set to where the big name free-agents will end up. Ryan Suter, Zach Parise and Alexander Semin are just a few of the names that are being floated around every NHL city. Sometimes, the best free-agent signings may not even be one ...
Nay Sayers Everyone who questioned Caps GM George Mc Phee’s moves (or lack thereof) this season owes him an apology letter. In game five, Troy Brouwer netted a power play goal with under two minutes left in regulation that broke the tie and secured victory. Last night, during game seven, Joel Ward scored the overtime game and ...
Ask any one going into overtime who was going to get the game-winning goal to send their team to the second round of the playoffs and I can assure you Joel Ward wasn’t on anyone’s list. Ward spent the tail end of the regular season as a frequent healthy scratch, having sat for eight of ...
Jim Neveau, Managing Editor On Wednesday night in Beantown, the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals engaged in what is the first of three Game 7 contests that will end the first round of the NHL Playoffs. Just like 14 games before it, the game went into overtime, and even assured that all seven games would ...
