The Noon Number

by J.P. on Jan 27, 2012 12:00 PM EST in The Noon Number

PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 13: Dennis Wideman #6 of the Washington Capitals celebrates his game winning goal in overtime against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the game at Consol Energy Center on October 13, 2011 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Capitals defeated the Penguins in overtime 3-2. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

16 - NHL All-Star Game appearances by Capitals defensemen. On Sunday, Dennis Wideman will make that 17 (and hopefully become the first Caps blueliner to score an All-Star Game goal); here are the seven Washington rearguards who have gone before him:

Player	ASGP*	G	A	Pts
Rod Langway	4	0	1	1
Sergei Gonchar	3	0	3	3
Kevin Hatcher	3	0	3	3
Scott Stevens	2	0	1	1
Al Iafrate	2	0	0	0
Mike Green	1	0	2	2
Robert Picard	1	0	0	0

* Only All-Star games played as a Cap listed.

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by J.P. on Jan 27, 2012 12:12 PM EST reply actions

Remember...

…when Hatcher used to be considered a large player? Now he’d be above average…

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 27, 2012 2:10 PM EST up reply actions

Ahh, the Asham game.

Let the record show that had Wideman, upon scoring the overtime goal against the Pens, immediately made the “he’s out/go to sleep” gesture, I woulda ran to the store and bought a Wideman jersey.

But he didn’t.

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by bilspacecadet on Jan 27, 2012 12:15 PM EST reply actions

Mike Green only having one ASG invite is an outrage.

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by EmilyB on Jan 27, 2012 12:28 PM EST reply actions

if there ever was a shining (tarnished?) example of the NHL doesn’t have their shit together, it’s that.

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by RedBirdie on Jan 27, 2012 12:32 PM EST up reply actions

Ehh…2010 was no ASG, 2011 he didn’t really deserve it, 2009 yeah (silly MTL voters), 2008 he only got hot under Boudreau IIRC. I view it as one snub, essentially, which is better than for, say, Backstrom.

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by red army line on Jan 27, 2012 12:56 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, I was going to say one snub as well.

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by J.P. on Jan 27, 2012 1:10 PM EST up reply actions

I had forgotten 2010 was an olympic year (whole different snub!)

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by RedBirdie on Jan 27, 2012 1:26 PM EST up reply actions

True, he should have been picked for Canada, but it’s not like Canada did poorly in the Olympics without him…

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 27, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions

Too bad you can’t take slapshots during the ASG…

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by red army line on Jan 27, 2012 12:55 PM EST reply actions

They should oder everyone covered in bubble wrap as well

by Brainumbc on Jan 27, 2012 1:52 PM EST up reply actions

There’s no rule against it. It’s just not done out of custom.

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 27, 2012 2:12 PM EST up reply actions

If you had told me last year, after Wideman’s injury, that he would be the next Cap D-Man to go the ASG, I would have said you were crazy. His story isn’t about to win the Masterton, but it’s still pretty good.

by helo29 on Jan 27, 2012 1:17 PM EST reply actions

Alex Edler, who was the last defenseman drafted last night, also had a big recovery from a bad injury.

The Vancouver Canucks announced today that defenseman Alex Edler, who missed Wednesday’s game against the Nashville Predators due to back spasms, will undergo microdiscectomy surgery on his back and is out indefinitely.

From exactly one year ago this very day.

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by EmilyB on Jan 27, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions

neither are fun, but I’ll take mircodiscetomy over compartment syndrome surgery every single time.

but congrats to both of them for not only coming back from serious injuries, but to come back and be all stars!

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by RedBirdie on Jan 27, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions

Everyone's a winner

He is perhaps most famous for his rocket slap shot that set the NHL Skills Competition record, which stood for 16 years

- Al Iafrate wiki

So however many appearances, on avg, Caps D-men go home with something each time.
Rod Langway of course going home being ROD f’n LANGWAY

and Robert Picard going home as um, the first Caps D-man in the All-Star game…

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by Icebat on Jan 27, 2012 1:43 PM EST reply actions

I still remember watching the skills competition when Iafrate crushed that puck. The crowd pretty much gasped and the players all had a collective jaw drop…

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 27, 2012 2:13 PM EST up reply actions

He also, if I remember correctly, was #2 – behind Bondra! – in the speed skating competition.

by Wilderthing on Jan 27, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions

How come...

… we don’t have a photoshop of this photo with the kittens that Wideman saved by beating the Penguins?

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 27, 2012 2:14 PM EST reply actions

because the kitten photoshopper extraordinaire is being LAZY. He’s yet to follow through on either the Ovie saves Kittens or Knuble saves Kittens. Maybe he’ll come on tonight to defend himself.

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by RedBirdie on Jan 27, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions

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I’m thinking more along the lines of, “By the power of Greyskull… I have the power!!!”

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by J.P. on Jan 27, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions

not quite where I went

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by RedBirdie on Jan 27, 2012 2:22 PM EST up reply actions

Evolution is a funny thing.

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