With Parents in Attendance, Steve Oleksy Scores First NHL Point in First Game
Oleksy in his NHL debut. (Photo credit: Patrick McDermott) Down 3-0 after the first period, Caps prospect Steve Oleksy-- playing in his first…
A Night of Firsts, A Night of Comebacks: Caps beat Bruins 4-3 (OT)
Photo credit: Rob Carr In an unconventional move, Eric Fehr chose to play the Boston Bruins solo on Tuesday night. After falling…
Steve Oleksy Found Out about His Call-Up after Watching Jack the Giant Slayer
Photo credit: Sweetest Hockey On Earth Since leaving Lake Superior State (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan) after the 2008-09 season, gritty defenseman Steve…
Owl Gill: How Nashville Defenseman Hal Gill Saved A Life
I wrote an essay last summer that deserved a Peabody. It was titled Jonathan Quick Tweets Pics of Rabbit Giving Birth in…
SHOE’s Perspective on New Capitals Signing Steve Oleksy
Photo credit: Kyle Mace of SHOE News broke on Monday night that the Caps have signed their second fighter in a week.…
Boston Bruins Pregame: Chowderheads (PuckBuddys Preview)
Doug Johnson is back to amuse and torment. You know him as one-half of the PuckBuddys. The first one to get them…
Riley Barber Helps Miami Win CCHA Regular Season
Riley Barber attacks Buckeyes' goal. (Miami University Athletics). Caps sixth-round draft pick Riley Barber has continued the same strong play that earned…
Washington Capitals Players Skate with Families of Fallen Soldiers
Photos by Chris Gordon The past decade has seen the United States involved in two wars -- one in Iraq, one in…
Braden Holtby’s Shutouts > Pekka Rinne’s Shutouts
Photo credit: Jonathan Kozub Braden Holtby's 35-stop afternoon in Manitoba puts him in a three-way tie in shutouts (3) alongside Nashville's Pekka Rinne…
The Caps-Jets Line Brawl: Featuring Saucy Perry, Hendy Face, and Enforcer Karl Alzner
Note: I'm writing this post heavily medicated and a day after right-leg surgery. Yes, I'm hockey-player tough. While the Washington Capitals got…
Braden Freaking Holtby, Y’All! Caps beat Jets 3-0
Photo credit: John Woods The Washington Capitals looked like a troubled team before Saturday's game at the Winnipeg Jets. With a grinder…
Neil Greenberg on the Tony Kornheiser Show
Washington Post and ESPN writer Neil Greenberg talked Caps hockey on the Tony Kornheiser Show on ESPN 980 this morning. The RMNB…
Caps Prospect Filip Forsberg Named HockeyAllsvenskan’s Best Under-20 Player
Photo credit: hockeyallsvenskan.se Washington Capitals 2012 first round pick, Filip Forsberg, received a prestigious honor today. The forward was named the best…
The Alex Ovechkin Pass That Summed Up The Night
GIF by welshhockeyfan Ten minutes into tonight's game, I lost all hope of the Capitals winning. It wasn't the two goals the…
Flyers beat Caps 4-1, Grubauer Plays His First NHL Game
Photo credit: Elsa Washcaps Philaflyers. Last game good. This game less good. Make words hurt so use less. Puck not in good…
Capitals Recall Philipp Grubauer from Hershey Bears
Photo credit: Kyle Mace of Sweetest Hockey On Earth Bears goalie Philipp Grubauer has been called up from AHL Hershey. Braden Holtby…
Alex Semin’s Return to DC in 28 Photos
Photo credit: @SuzanneKang For the first time in 290 days, Alex Semin, the 5th greatest goal scorer in Washington Capitals history, was…
Alex Semin’s Two-Part English Interview With Tripp Tracy
Happy Sasha. (Photo credit: @megab23) Ahead of tonight's reunion game against the Caps, Alex Semin sat down with Carolina Hurricanes color guy…
Caps beat Canes 3-0, How Good is Braden Holtby?
Awko taco (Photo credit: Patrick McDermott) Everyone, including us, made a big deal about Alex Semin coming back to DC. But the…
O HAI Alex Semin
You've all seen Troy Brouwer's comments about Alex Semin. Brouwer echoed Matt Bradley, David Steckel, Michal Neuvirth, Pierre McGuire, Marc Crawford, and sarcastic…
