Capital Pursuit: The Washington Capitals’ Chase For The Stanley Cup: Game 3

The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway for the playoff teams, including my hometown Washington Capitals. Throughout the playoffs I’ll offer my thoughts & observations on each Caps game after it’s over, today it’s Game 3 between the Caps and the New York Rangers.

Capital Pursuit: The Washington Capitals’ Chase For The Stanley Cup: Game 2

The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs began last night for many playoff teams, including my hometown Washington Capitals. Throughout the playoffs I’ll offer my thoughts & observations on each Caps game after it’s over, today it’s Game 2 between the Caps and the New York Rangers.

Capital Pursuit: The Washington Capitals’ Chase For The Stanley Cup: Game 1

The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs began last night for many playoff teams, including my hometown Washington Capitals. Throughout the playoffs I’ll offer my thoughts & observations on each Caps game after it’s over, starting now with last night’s Game 1 between the Caps and the New York Rangers.

Site Update: Rockin’ The Red!

You probably noticed just before this post that what was blue on the blog is now red. I just changed the main color scheme for the blog and it will stay this way until the Washington Capitals are eliminated from the NHL Playoffs, if they are. This is my way of supporting my Caps as the Stanley Cup Playoffs begin tonight and doing what they ask their fans to do: Rock The Red. So the blog will be red in a show of fandom and support throughout their playoff run. Red Is Passion. Red Is Intensity. RED IS CAPS HOCKEY. LET’S GO CAPS! I’ll also blog about how the Caps fare throughout the playoffs after games, so the first post will come tomorrow as Game 1 of their quarterfinals matchup against the New York Rangers is tonight. This game is only on local TV in the Baltimore/Washington and New York City areas and maybe on TSN in Canada. The rest of the games will be nationwide on NBC or Versus starting with Game 2 Saturday afternoon.

Cold War: Capitals-Penguins Is Officially The Best Rivalry In Sports

This is gonna be biased of course, but sorry Yanks-SAWX and other rivalry faithful, but I’ve found the best rivalry in sports: Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins. This hockey grudge has always been heated and passionate, with each team’s fans turning out in force at each team’s game whether it’s in DC or Pittsburgh, and if the actions between stars Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby yesterday were any indication, as well as past happenings between Ovechkin & Evgeni Malkin, the NHL has a genuine any-night-prize-fight in their league. They’re not only the 2 or 3 biggest stars in the NHL, they plain old don’t like each other…for hockey and it’s fans that’s a good thing. The NHL hasn’t had players of this caliber since The Great One & Super Mario, and a rivalry like this since…well…if there was one it was before I started watching hockey, which was back around 1992. I have always enjoyed the Caps-Pens rivalry because of not only the teams and players, but the fans. Caps fans hate the Pens passionately and vice versa, and it makes for a sometimes rowdy yet energetic and fun atmosphere at matchups between the two. And best of all, unlike in other sports, Crosby & Ovy could drop the gloves and go at it and the worst they’d probably get is 5 minutes in the “sin bin”, aka the penalty box. Anywhere else outside of boxing or MMA and you’re sitting a few games-if not worse. Doesn’t hurt that, on ice, each is capable of some crazy playmaking, which Ovy has shown recently, while Crosby has taken heat for displaying some old-school MMA skills. Will they actually fight in a game? Who knows, but it will be fun and hopefully it’ll be a good show for the NHL fans. The NHL has done a good job of promoting each guy individually, and yesterday’s latest chapter was the Sunday afternoon national game. Best hope for the NHL, of course, if for the Pens to turn things around and make the playoffs. Washington’s in barring a late collapse and should make a deep run this season. I never complain about Caps-Pens in the playoffs, it would only cement it’s place as the best rivalry in sports right now. Sit back and enjoy the fireworks.

Alexander The Great Does It Again!

Miss the Capitals-Canadiens game last night? If so, you missed Alexander Ovechkin’s latest “sick” goal, which Ovy later said was a “normal goal. It’s not sick”. Anyway, here’s the video, enjoy:

This is why it’s so much fun now to be a Caps fan here in Washington, the guy is almost superhuman. And he’s got a great team around him too. LET’S GO CAPS!