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Animated: Matt Hendricks’ Off-The-Skate, Off-The-Stick Deflection Goal

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Last season, it took Matt Hendricks 30 games to score his first goal of the season. This year, it took The Paralyzer two.

In the first period of the Washington Capitals home opener, Hendricks — slow to leave the ice on a shift change — joined first-liners Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin in the Jets offensive zone. As Ovechkin passed to Backstrom at the top of the circles, Nicky then immediately sent a pass to Hendy camped out in the crease. Hendricks, unable to get his stick on the puck, did the next best thing: he deflected the biscuit towards the net with his skate blade. The puck then careened into the air, went off of the shaft of Hendy’s stick, and into the net. Legal goal!

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Alex Ovechkin Destroys Cory Conacher With Big Open Ice Hit on Penalty Kill

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During training camp, Washington Capitals head coach Adam Oates told the media that he would “absolutely” use Alex Ovechkin on the penalty kill. Well Saturday night, Oates stayed true to his promise, putting the Capitals captain out on the ice during the last 40 seconds of Tampa Bay’s first power play of the night.

Ovechkin used the time wisely, destroying Tampa Bay rookie Cory Conacher with a huge open ice hit after the former AHL MVP tried to maneuver around him.

Video is below the jump.

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Filip Forsberg’s Sick Assist May Be Pass of the Year in the HockeyAllsvenskan

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Wednesday night against BIK Karlskoga (Marcus Johansson’s former lockout team), Caps first-round pick Filip Forsberg failed to score a goal in Leksands IF’s 5-4 comeback win. The 18-year-old Swede did however tally two assists, the first of which is so incredible, you will replay the below video 5 to 10 times trying to figure out how the h-e-double hockey sticks the perfectly placed tape-to-tape backhand pass got through so many players.

This may be pass of the year in the HockeyAllsvenskan.

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Video: Troy Brouwer Dances to Gangnam Style

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Thursday night at Verizon Center, the Washington Capitals held an open practice and offered free concessions to fans to say sorry for the NHL lockout. The free stuff was cool and all and yay hockey is back, but here’s the real story: Troy Brouwer did the Gangnam Style dance.

We’ve got an epidemic on our hands, people.

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Allow Us to Spoil the New Variation to Matt Hendricks’ Paralyzer Shootout Move

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The book on Matt Hendricks‘ paralyzing shootout move is out. He skates up to the crease with speed, fakes a shot, and then goes to his backhand to deposit the puck into the net. Sometimes he would do the same thing, but stay on his forehand and shoot. Both moves are highly effective. So now everyone knows them.

On Monday, the second day of Caps training camp, Hendricks debuted a new wrinkle. As the wagon commits to a backhand shot, which many goaltenders would expect, Hendy dekes back to his forehand while in the crease.

Michal Neuvirth, who was prepared for the move, couldn’t stop it. He was so faked out he knocked the net off its moorings.

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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The Brooks Laich “We Just Punched The Sport in the Face” GIFs

Top Scorer Brooks Laich, who is nursing a groin injury, jumped back on the ice Thursday for the first time since the lockout ended. While he didn’t do much in that forty minutes, Laich made the most of the ten minutes he was in front of the mic.

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Beardy Alex Ovechkin Shows Off Facial Hair Options in New Gillette Commercial

“Do you like my fancy mustache?” (GIF created by flawlessrussians)

A few weeks ago, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin and Gillette extended their contract for two years, pairing the two through the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The best news of the deal was that Ovechkin could participate in future Movembers.

We tried our best to photoshop what the great eight would look like with a ‘stache that day, but now in a new commercial, Gillette shows us Ovi’s wide array of facial hair options.

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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The NHL Lockout’s Over!!Q!!E!~AFDSAFLKJAS

Our long national nightmare is over! Everyone is reporting that a shortened NHL season will finally begin this month .

We have weathered the storm. We have emerged from the long, dark tunnel that is a hockeyless autumn. We have been sometimes patient and sometimes irascible. We have lobbed verbal grenades and made empty threats. We have considered watching basketball and then thought better of it.

In front of us: hockey. Ovechkin, Backstrom, Green, Holtby, and the rest. We’re filled with excitement, relief, and a sense of unity with the city of Pittsburgh that we desperately hope is fleeting.

There’s a lot to do, but for now let’s celebrate! QOEWUWFBIQWUWUF *&@IR@#B#RI QWD
CRASH THE NET!

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Filip Forsberg Shows Off Fancy Stickhandling During Warm-Ups

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Washington Capitals first-round pick Filip Forsberg isn’t known as a fancy stick-handler, but before Thursday’s semi-finals game between Sweden and Russia, Filip let some tricks out of the bag. Watch at center ice as Filip puts the puck– and his stick— through his legs, in one smooth motion. You can’t even do that in NHL13.

If I tried that move, I would impale myself in an area not fit for publish in a family blog. In five years, I bet we’re all going to look back at the 2012 draft and smile at the star player our team got out of it.

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By Ian Oland 10 years ago

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Filip Forsberg Scores Goal, Team Sweden Knocks Finland Out of WJC Medal Contention

2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship

Forsberg chases down Markus Granlund. (Photo credit: Richard Wolowicz/HHOF-IIHF Images)

Caps prospects Filip Forsberg and Christian Djoos had a big day as Sweden beat Finland 7-4 on Monday. Though the Swedish team didn’t need a victory to advance (they already guaranteed themselves a first-place finish in Group A when Switzerland forced the Czech Republic to overtime), they took care of business with their nordic rivals, eliminating Finland from medal contention of the 2013 WJC. Forsberg, Sweden’s captain, scored his second goal of the tournament, and Caps 7th-round pick Djoos had two assists.

Video and GIFs below the jump.

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