The Interesting Case of Vladimir Sobotka
Photo: Elsa/Getty Images St. Louis Blues forward Vladimir Sobotka has signed a three-year contract with the KHL's Avangard Omsk. It's been reported…
Alex Ovechkin Named NHL’s First Star of the Week Again
Photo credit: Alex Brandon Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has been named NHL's number one star of the week, beating out two…
The NHL and Washington Capitals Release Videos Celebrating the Return of Hockey
The National Hockey League just released a two minute video they produced commemorating the official end of the lockout. It features cameos…
Ticketmaster Sends Out Email Promoting December 4th Caps Game, Apologizes
Reader Stephen C. forwarded us this email. On Monday, Ticketmaster sent him a campaign promoting the December 4th Capitals/Islanders at Nassau Coliseum.…
Alex Ovechkin: I Will Annul My Contract If There Are Major Rollbacks
Photo credit: atlant-mo.ru Let's start with a disclosure: we aren't actively covering the lockout. Financial negotiations (and their public face) are all…
Evgeny Kuznetsov Says He Will Remain in KHL Next Season
Photo credit: hotice.ru On March 12th, the MHL, the KHL's developmental league, held an All-Star game for under-18 year-old players in Cheylabinsk,…
The NHL is Back on Russian Airwaves
After long negotiations, the Russian National Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) has secured the rights to broadcast the NHL on their sports channels (free…
Book Review: Hockey Prospectus 2011-12
Before Moneyball (the book, not the movie), there was Bill James. For those of you who may not know, James is the…
Rep. Quigley Will Give Wounded Warriors a Good, Hard Game
Doug Johnson of PuckBuddys writes for Russian Machine Never Breaks. "It's tough, it's fast, and you better be highly skilled," says the…
USA Warriors: “Hockey Was a Life-saver For Me”
Doug Johnson of PuckBuddys writes for Russian Machine Never Breaks. Retired Army Staff Sgt. Drew Hill doesn't sound like a guy whose…
Video: Brandon Dubinsky’s History Will Be Made Commercial
Tonight, I was watching the Sabres/Flyers game on Versus when the above commercial popped up on the screen. Talk about furious. I'd…
Video: A Timeline of Dirty and Reckless Hits By Matt Cooke
Update: Nick Kypreos of Rogers Sportsnet reports that Matt Cooke has been suspended by the NHL for the rest of regular season…
Tomas Fleischmann and that looming July 28th Arbitration Date
With Tomas Fleischmann's arbitration hearing looming in the next few days it doesn't look like the two sides will come to an…
Nick Backstrom Close to Signing 7-10 Year Extension Per Expressen.se
Nicklas Backstrom is probably the best center in hockey now, but we've been worried about what will become of him next season.…
What It’s Like To Be A Washington Capitals Fan in Russia
Fedor Fedin lives in Moscow, Russia, and he's a huge fan of the Washington Capitals. Personally, that's awesome. I love it. But…
Mike Green’s Second Geico Commercial
I'm not sure if I should ask, but if you haven't gotten enough of the Geico Cavemen - and Lord Knows how…
Wednesday Webhits: The Frost King’s Best Links Of The Week
Week two of The Frost King's Webhits - out of 156* - has links looking at how well the Capitals' goalies perform…
Wednesday Webhits: The Frost King’s Best Links Of The Week
Daniel Moroz, or The Frost King as some of us know him, will for now on be providing a weekly segment called…
Russian Machine’s First Post
If you’re here at this blog right now, you're here for a reason. It’s either because I managed to goad you into…
