Our good friends at Puckbuddys are celebrating their gay NHL blog’s one-year anniversary with the first-ever gay night with the Washington Capitals. Co-hosted by Team DC, the event this Saturday, Dec. 3, against the Ottawa Senators. The block is sold out, but you can try to snag some tickets from Ticketmaster or Team DC. Congratulations [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington Capitals’
First NHL goal, first NHL kiss
I found this on the Yahoo! Sports blog Puck Daddy. After scoring his first NHL goal (in a 5-1 Washington win over the New Jersey Devils) tonight, Capitals rookie Andrew Gordon skated over to the bench and planted a kiss on the cheek of teammate Marcus Johansson, whose pass set up the goal. Just more [...]
Joe’s Stanley Cup Playoffs Guide
The National Hockey League once again gears up for the Stanley Cup playoffs. A major factor in the greatness of the NHL postseason is sudden-death overtime. Now that the NFL has done away with it for their playoffs (and perhaps for the regular season as well) by giving a team that gives up a field [...]
Quick hits: Utecht, Red Sox, Caps-Pens, Cavs
Ex-Red Sox player says the team taught them how to use steroids. Cleveland Cavaliers sweep the Hawks. Ilgauskas: “We have nothing to celebrate. What is there to celebrate? We have bigger goals than this.” Caps-Pens, the NHL’s answer to the Celts-Bulls series, is going to Game 7. Cincinnati Benglas tight end Ben Utecht drops an [...]
NHL: Capitals-Penguins must-see TV
The first-ever Stanley Cup playoff showdown between the NHL’s top two superstars has lived up to the hype. On Monday night Alexander Ovechkin’s Washington Capitals forced a seventh game in their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 5-4 overtime win at The Igloo (or, if you’re a stickler for corporate names, [...]
Quick hits: NBA, Greinke, boys vs. girls
Last year’s NBA Finalists both lose homecourt advantage Monday night. Magic top Celtics, Rockets top Kobe Lakers. So much for the SI jinx: Kansas City Royal Zach Greinke (he was on the cover) improves to 6-0 with another shutout. Could his season be legendary? Indiana to allow girls to try out for boys’ baseball. I [...]
Rangers complain about Capitals’ homophobia
New York Rangers General Manager Glen Sather has issued a complaint against the Washington Capitals for harassment their fans have levied on his team. One of the complaints sounded like a stand against homophobia. From his letter: According to Rangers trainer Jim Ramsay, one patron was screaming at the team, in graphic language, about whether [...]