Nicklas Backstrom Has Splinter in New Geico Commercial
GEICO continues its frankly unsustainable onslaught of commercials only tangentially related to whatever service it is they provide (I have no idea,…
Video: Alex Ovechkin Performs Trick Shot for Gillette, Scores Goal Through High Heels
Alex Ovechkin may be engaged to Maria Kirilenko, but that doesn't mean he won't impress the ladies when given the opportunity. In…
Alex Semin Takes a Puck to the Face, Stays in Game
Photo credit: Jamie Kellner. During Saturday night's game between the Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay Lightning, Alex Semin took a puck to the…
Alex Ovechkin: “I Kind of Forget What ‘Rock the Red’ Means”
Photo credit: Bruce Bennett We haven't seen Alex Ovechkin like this in a while -- for more than two years to be…
Throw Yer Hats: Alex Ovechkin Scores 11th Career Hat Trick
"YESSSSSHHHH" (Photo via @lifesamixtape) The Washington Capitals played their most complete game of the season, defeating the New Jersey Devils 5-1. Their…
Meanwhile, Alex Semin is Still Doing Stuff Like This
While the Caps are losing thanks to penalty and possession problems, Alex Semin (3 goals, 8 assists) is prancing around North Carolina…
Seven Penalties, One Period
This is what happens when you're in the box too much. (Photo credit: Patrick McDermott) Backstrom (boarding), Hendricks (holding), Kundratek (delay of…
The Horn Guy Considers Abandoning the Capitals
NBC4 just posted this terrific profile on superfan Sam "The Horn Guy" Wolk. Beyond the usual lovely sonics, Sam talks about coming…
New Jersey Devils Pregame: America’s Rash (PuckBuddys Preview)
[Ed note: After a year of doggedly researching and documenting the panoply of awfulness that are the Washington Capitals' rival cities and teams,…
Welcome Brooks Laich to Twitter
Finally. Washington Capitals Center and latest victim of #brittlegroin, Brooks Laich, just signed up for teh twitters. You can find him at…
Peter Talks Capitals, Bunheads on Up the Pucks Podcast
Peter (that's me!) went on the Up the Pucks hockey/punk podcast to talk about the Washington Capitals, Danzig, and Bunheads. So, ya…
Former Caps Co-Captain Brendan Witt on Mike Milbury: “He Sucks Ass”
Everyone hates Mike Milbury. Fans, bloggers, and apparently former Washington Capitals co-captain Brendan Witt, who said Milbury "sucks ass" when he opined…
Evgeny Kuznetsov Survives Chelyabinsk Meteor, Scores Goal in Final KHL Regular Season Game
Photo credit: Vitaly Gubin / HC Traktor Two days after a meteorite struck his hometown of Chelyabinsk, the normally-talkative Evgeny Kuznetsov was…
Back With the Washington Capitals, Eric Fehr Tries to Prove His Worth
Fehr, center, celebrates his first goal against the Bolts on Thursday. (Photo credit: Scott Audette) I was sitting in section 112 of…
Traktor Arena Damaged by Meteor
Photo credit: KHL.ru Last night's meteor that struck Chelyabinsk, Russia, has damaged the Traktor Chelyabinsk's arena. The KHL is doing an inpection…
RMNB Readers Make Valentine’s Day Cards For Their Favorite Caps Players
Rachel Cohen's (@kat326) Valentine. It's the dreaded day of days once again. Celebrating either some apocryphal rebel-priest martyr or a bunch of…
Explosions in Chelyabinsk; Meteor Suspected (UPDATED)
LATE UPDATE: No immediate confirmed reports of casualties. See the AP for more information. We're getting all kinds of information about explosions…
Matt Hendricks Thinks He Has Broken His Nose Five Times
Photo credit: @recordsANDradio One day in 7th grade, I was playing basketball at recess with some friends. After I missed a layup,…
That Air-Humping Florida Panthers Fan
As regulation time expired in Tuesday's Caps-Panthers game, one right honorable gentleman cheered the proceedings with impassioned, airborne pelvic thrusts. Start at…
Former Capital Michael Nylander Plays in Game with 16-Year-Old Son William, Filip Forsberg Spoils It with Goal
Michael and William Nylander. (Photo credit: Scanpix) Michael Nylander appeared in only parts of four seasons with the Washington Capitals, but he's…
