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Matt Moulson Named His Child After George McPhee
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Recently traded Buffalo Sabres’ winger Matt Moulson had a child on October 11th. The baby boy is named George, which is not really an uncommon name. We didn’t think twice about it until Newsday’s Mark Herrman chimed in.

Yep, Washington Capitals General Manager George McPhee is the reason (or one of the reasons) why Moulson’s second child is named George.

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RMNB Readers Share Their Caps-Themed Costumes and Pumpkins
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Awww. Here are @jlbugher‘s kids as Ovi and a Red Rocker.

Happy Halloween, RMNBers! Since you’ll likely be chomping into arsenic-laced Snickers and razor-blade candy apples tonight, it’s probably best if you peruse all the Caps-themed jack-o-lanterns and costumes now. Like every year, we asked you to send us photos of your soween-styled Halloween doo-dads, and like every year, you guys responded splendidly.

Please have a safe and happy night while celebrating death and decay.

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By Peter Hassett 10 years ago

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Caps Fans Dress Up As Alex Ovechkin And Maria Kirilenko For Halloween (Photos)
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College sweethearts Mick Klock and Haley Buckheit are huge Washington Capitals fans. Their first real date was Game One of the Caps/Rangers playoff series last year. Mick was already a huge fan of the sport, and after that night Haley was one too.

Since then, the couple, who both live in Pennsylvania, have come down to D.C. for Caps games and bought a partial season ticket plan with the American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears.

Mick and Haley wanted to have a couple’s Halloween costume, preferably one that honored their favorite team. They decided to dress up as supercouple Alex Ovechkin and Maria Kirilenko. Their costumes are perfect from the blacked-out tooth to the tennis racket.

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Happy Hallo-wein: Karl Alzner Dresses His Pups in Hot Dog Costume For Halloween (Photo)
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Photo credit: @KarlAlzner

Okay I’m figuratively dying over here. This is amazing.

By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Alex Ovechkin Will Not Play in Philadelphia
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Photo credit: Rich Lam

After suffering an undisclosed upper-body injury earlier this week, Alex Ovechkin will not play against the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday. It will be the first game the Caps have played without Ovechkin since February 22, 2012.

The precise nature of Ovechkin’s injury is not known. RMNB’s Ian Oland investigated some possibilities on how he might have sustained it.

With 10 goals in 12 games, Ovechkin had been on one of the hottest streaks of his career– one driven primarily by a dependably high shot volume rather than an unsustainable shooting percentage. Missing Friday’s game imperils Alex Ovechkin’s bid to break the single-season shooting record held by Phil Esposito as well as his position near the top of the league’s scoring leaders.

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By Peter Hassett 10 years ago

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How Did Alex Ovechkin Get Hurt?
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Photo credit: Rich Lam

Sometime during Monday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin suffered an upper body injury. “I think [the injury happened] in the first period sometime,” head coach Adam Oates said to Monumental Network on Wednesday. “He was sore. [Head athletic trainer Greg Smith ] told me he was a little sore. I think as the game went along probably a little sorer. Yesterday was an off-day, we traveled, so he’s getting checked out today.”

Oates confirmed that Ovi was not suffering from a concussion. Thursday morning, Mike Vogel announced Ovechkin would not travel to Philadelphia and miss Friday’s game.

I re-watched the entire first period of the game Wednesday night. Frequent RMNB GIF contributor Hana Imiolczyk (welshhockeyfan) did too. When did Ovechkin get hurt and what is the nature of the injury?

Here’s what we pieced together.

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Jason Chimera on Braden Holtby’s Meltdown: “He Was Telling The Guys To Wake Up”
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The Washington Capitals gave up three goals to the Calgary Flames in the first period on Saturday night. With his team on the verge of a total collapse, head coach Adam Oates pulled Braden Holtby from net, looking to change the game’s momentum. We thought at the time that the Holtbeast did not handle it well.

Holtby skated over, lifted up his mask, and began hurling profanities towards the bench. Later, when we saw a second angle on CBC’s After Hours, Caps defense coach Calle Johansson seemed very interested in what Holtby was saying.

Wednesday, on DC101’s Elliot In the Morning, Caps forward Jason Chimera was asked about the blow-up during an interview with the popular radio host.

In an honest response, The Ice Cheetah explained that Holtby was trying to fire up the team. Chimera even intimated some of what Holtby said when he came to the bench.

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Andre Burakovsky’s Jack-O-Latern Is Amazing (Photo)
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Photo credit: @AndreBurakovsky

Because when you’re already good at carving up defensemen, this is the next thing in line.

Also, that reminds me. Like in years past, we want photos of your Caps-themed jack-o-lanterns for a RMNB post on Halloween. That’s on Thursday, people, so get moving.

Did you dress up as Alex Boovechkin, Mike Ghoul, or John Cadaver over the weekend? Or maybe you put on a black bedsheet and went to a party as George “The Undertaker” McPhee? Shoot us those photos too on Twitter or via email. We can’t wait to see what you crazy kids come up with.

By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Bad: Alex Ovechkin Day-to-Day With Upper-Body Injury
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Photo: Jeff Vinnick

The Capitals announced Wednesday morning that Alex Ovechkin has sustained an upper-body injury and is listed as day-to-day. There is no word yet on how he suffered the injury. Ovechkin’s three shots on goal against the Canucks on Monday was his lowest total of the season, perhaps hinting that he was hurt before or during that game.

While Washington does not play again until Friday in Philadelphia, any injury to the team’s (and world’s) best scorer is a very big deal.

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By Peter Hassett 10 years ago

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