Chill About Ice Time: Hunter, Ovechkin and everyone in between Matt Stephen | May 2, 2012 The Washington Capitals skated off the ice on Monday night with a sense of accomplishment after tying their series on the road against the No. 1 seeded New York Rangers,…
The Hunter Games: Washington Capitals Are Buying Into Defense First Logic Matt Stephen | April 30, 2012 This playoff run has been something different for the Capitals, and the change-up has been one that has a lot of people muttering: “you used to be cool, man.” The…
The Trials Of The Washington Capitals Joe Wilson | April 24, 2012 This certainly wasn’t the season the Washington Capitals wanted but it was the season they needed. After winning the Southeast Division four consecutive years and the President’s Trophy in 2009-10,…
Bruins vs. Capitals Series Preview, Part IV: Key Players and Intangibles Bob Mand | April 11, 2012 The second-seed Boston Bruins will face off against the seventh-seed Washington Capitals tomorrow in TD Garden. The Northeast Division champs lost three of four to the Caps during the regular season but hope to…
Boston Bruins vs. Washington Capitals Series Preview: The History Bob Mand | April 8, 2012 Thanks to a sequence of unlikely events, the Boston Bruins will take on the Washington Capitals in an Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series. It took consecutive losses by Ottawa in…
Past Playoff Failures Will Serve As Motivation For Caps… In A Different Way Angie Lewis | April 6, 2012 After finally regaining playoff-team status in the 2008 NHL postseason in surprise-fashion during Bruce Boudreau’s first season as the team’s head coach, the Washington Capitals still have found themselves no further…
Capitals Must Use Intangibles and Self-Motivation Toward Playoff Push Angie Lewis | March 24, 2012 It’s been a strange and, at times, tumultuous season for the Washington Capitals, but they have found themselves in the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference, despite losing, 4-3, to the…
No Style Points For the Caps In 1-0 Loss to Flyers Angie Lewis | March 5, 2012 As sure it has been spread across the hockey world by now, Alex Ovechkin was “benched” for the second time this season during the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers game…
Caps Looking in the Mirror Against Montreal? Angie Lewis | February 24, 2012 Overall, the Washington Capitals have not had the best season to date and still find themselves on the outside-looking-in at the playoffs, sitting at 9th in the Eastern Conference. However,…
Season’s Microcosms Leave Caps in Most Dire Situation Yet Angie Lewis | February 14, 2012 You could probably say that Monday night the hockey world was watching the Washington Capitals play the San Jose Sharks: the game was nationally televised on NBC Sports Network, and…
If Blackhawks Can Quenneville, Where Will He Land? James Neveau | February 13, 2012 Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist Before this NHL season kicked off, one of the teams that pundits were talking about as a legitimate Stanley Cup contender was the Chicago Blackhawks.…
Hunter vs. Dineen: Caps Overtake Panthers, Continue the Fight for First Angie Lewis | February 8, 2012 Dale Hunter and Kevin Dineen were similar players that played around the same time period. Hunter, once captain of the Washington Capitals, played 19 seasons in the NHL, and finished…