Photo: @Capitals The Washington Capitals fell to the Calgary Flames, 3-1, Tuesday night at Capital One Arena in Washington. The loss drops the Capitals’ record to 38-12-8 (84 points) on the season. LINEUP Logan Thompson (25-2-5, 2.25 GAA, .920 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the Capitals. Dan Vladar (7-10-5, 3.07 GAA, .888 sv%) got … Read more
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Alex Steeves had a first period he will never forget. The 25-year-old forward scored his first career NHL goal to open Saturday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes. Steeves had been lighting up the American Hockey League with 29 goals in 40 games, and now he is on the board in the … Read more
From the moment a rookie steps onto a big league field for the first time, a clock starts ticking. That clock will eventually stop. Whether the time allotted is a slow burn or a flash fire is due to a variety of factors—skill, injury, timing, the whims of fate. Regardless, every player’s career ends at … Read more
1 Former Manchester United defender Phil Jones has backed the highly-rated Chido Obi to have a stellar career at Old Trafford. Widely considered to be one of the best talents in his age group, Chido Obi ditched Arsenal in the summer to seal a switch to United. He has been prolific at youth level, plundering … Read more
1 Legendary Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic has revealed that he had a back injury his whole career, which at times kept him from participating in training sessions with the Red Devils. Sir Alex Ferguson signed Vidic in 2006, forking out £7m to secure his services from Spartak Moscow. He went on to establish himself … Read more
Photo: @Capitals The Washington Capitals downed the Florida Panthers, 6-3, Tuesday night at Capital One Arena in the District. Logan Thompson stopped 30 of 33 shots faced to improve to 24-2-4 on the season. The victory improves the Capitals’ record to 35-11-7 (77 points) on the season. Following a very slow start to the tilt, the … Read more
Photo: @Capitals The Washington Capitals fell to the Winnipeg Jets, 5-4 (OT), Saturday night at Capital One Arena in Washington. The loss stops the Capitals’ record to 34-11-7 (75 points) on the season. The Jets opened the scoring with a power play goal from Cole Perfetti halfway through the opening frame and made it 2-0 less … Read more
Photo: @Capitals The Washington Capitals lost to the Ottawa Senators by a score of 5-4 in overtime in their second visit to Canadian Tire Centre in a span of 14 days to fall to 34-11-6 (.725 points percentage) this season and finish their season-long road trip 3-1-1. Goaltender Charlie Lindgren made 29 saves in the … Read more
Winnipeg Jets’ forward Nikolaj Ehlers has reached the 500-point plateau on his career. He became the first Danish-born player to accomplish the feat when he assisted Cole Perfetti’s empty-net goal in the Jets’ 5-2 victory over the Utah Hockey Club Friday night at Canada Life Centre. It was an unselfish pass as although Ehlers could … Read more
My father used to regale me with stories about old baseball players and teams. I suppose that’s the reason I’m more interested in the old times than the modern game. Dad was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, so I heard a lot of stories about “Dem Bums” growing up, but he also had an appreciation for … Read more