OTTAWA | Mike Fisher´s lack of offense this season was the topic of newspaper articles and sports-talk radio in this town Tuesday. However, the words printed and said about him Wednesday likely will be different. Fisher scored with 39.9 seconds left in ...
There was a vibrant mood in the Washington Capitals' dressing room Monday - and part of that stemmed from a new arrival. “I met him before practice,” center David Steckel joked. “I don't know anything about the kid, but I hear he's a good player.” “The ...
Alexander Semin was talking with a Russian reporter after practice one day last week when the subject turned to politics. Semin wanted to know who is going to win the upcoming presidential election. When told Sen. Barack Obama is the favorite, Semin ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. | The Washington Capitals have had some slow starts this season, but this one led to a significantly different postgame reaction. For the third time in 10 games, the Caps yielded a goal on the first shot they allowed. That was just the ...
Any list of the NHL's most gifted offensive players will include the usual suspects - Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Vincent Lecavalier. Two other names on any short list also will be Alexander Semin of the Washington Capitals and Thomas Vanek of the ...
Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau would like to limit Mike Green's time on the ice - at least a little bit - but that probably isn't possible until Tom Poti returns. That's just part of why it was important for the Caps to see Poti join them for ...
Michael Nylander waited and then waited some more, playing a game of chicken with Nashville Predators goaltender Dan Ellis. The Swedish center nearly slowed to a halt as he approached Ellis, and when the goaltender dropped to the ice, Nylander calmly ...
Even for the greatest athletes in the world, family has to come before plying their trades. Alex Ovechkin will not play for the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night against the Nashville Predators at Verizon Center because he returned home to Russia to ...
Backstrom had turned 20 that day and scored his second NHL goal, an overtime winner for his Capitals in a game against the Flyers. Concentrating on the pending interview and worried about his imperfect English, he did not see Alexander Ovechkin ...
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