capitals vs. penguins 2009 Stories - Japers' Rink
2009 NHL Playoffs second round wrapup
This has turned out to be one hell of an exciting year for playoff hockey. In the second round we had three series go seven games and the other six, showing just how much of an even ground teams find themselves on once the postseason starts. From last night: G7: Anaheim 3; Detroit 4 (Red Wings...
Closing the Book on Game Seven
Question: Why is it that the team's final salute to the fans would up being more moving than even the celebration after David Steckel's Game 6 winner? Answer: Great question. It's something like the reason that dramas earn more Oscars than buddy comedies, that Wagner weighs a few more ounces...
Game (7) Day - Penguins @ Capitals
Can it really be just two weeks ago that we were basking in the glow of "the $4 million goal" that capped an almost unthinkable come-from-behind series win and preparing for the circus to come to town? (And what a circus it's been, complete with a ring master, acrobats, interesting animal acts,...
Who'll Stop the Rain?
The completed five-year plan for the franchise, after all is said and done tonight in this second-round series, might yield a stunning reversal of fortune to halt a nearly two decade long torment at the flippers of the Pittsburgh Penguins. On Monday night, all seemed lost yet again, and then was...
Recap - Capitals 5, Penguins 4 (OT)
[AP Recap - Game Summary - Event Summary - WashingtonCaps.com Postgame] Big-time playoff games spawn some pretty unlikely heroes, a category you could probably put David Steckel in. But even despite the lanky center's crucial deflection, the game's biggest story was arguably the performances by a...
Game (6) Day - Capitals @ Penguins
There is perhaps no better time to judge a team's or an individual's mettle than when they are faced with an elimination game. The phrase "must-win" is thrown around freely in the sports world, but only truly applicable in situations like that in which the Caps find themselves tonight - lose and...
Hockey gods smile: Penguins-Capitals delivers again
Are you there God? It's me, Margaret the Neutral Hockey Fan. Oh, oh yes, I see by that video that you are there. After the Canucks single-handedly tried to destroy hockey in Game 4 by dragging the NHL kicking-and-snoozing back to 1995, I wasn't so sure. But then you did your "karma thing" and...
Recap - Penguins 5, Capitals 3
[AP Recap - Game Summary - Event Summary - WashingtonCaps.com Postgame] Question of the day: what's the point in complaining about the power-play imbalance in a series if your team is only going to get one shot on goal in just over seven minutes of game time playing a man up? On a night when...
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