Blogs your wayToronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 03/03/2010
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded defenceman Martin Skoula to New Jersey for a 5th round draft pick in 2010. Say what you will about Martin Skoula, but he never faltered in a Leafs uniform. No Maple Leaf in history, outside of Olaf Kolzig, committed as few errors. Farewell, Martin Skoula. You will be missed dearly by the Barilkosphere.
Japers' Rink (Free subscription) | 02/12/2010
Fred Chartrand - AP "Hey, Ovi, you're not the only one who gets pretty girls, y'know." View full size photo » Your savory breakfast links : Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's loss from the us , SB Nation , WaPo ( blog , gamer ), Vogs , DCEx , Joe B. , Ed Frankovic , Peerless , Puck Daddy , RMNB , CK , StC , Hockey Mom and The Ottawa Citizen . Bruce Boudreau was none too...
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 01/17/2010
...and sometimes, they even happen in Pittsburgh. Well, Vancouver, but...oh, you get the point ( courtesy of Shelly Anderson at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)... "Alex Pechurski, a 19-year-old goaltender...made his unexpected, unscripted entrance into the NHL last night and played well in relief in the Penguins' 6-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks at GM Place... ...an injury crisis at goaltender meant...
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 12/21/2009
Goalies...numbers. Two of our favorite subjects. Folks who follow the Caps know that the Capitals have some outstanding goaltender prospects in Semyon Varlamov (21 years old), Michal Neuvirth (21) and Braden Holtby (20). But how good? Well, they've certainly had quite a season as a group so far... Semyon Varlamov leads all rookie NHL goaltenders in wins, and he is second in goals against average and...
The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Here's an odd way for an important NHL rule change to get disseminated to the public. From Uni Watch via Puck Daddy , the sartorial changes that rocked a league : In 2003 the league limited the size of a goalie pad to 38 inches high, but goalies can use that size any way they want. Pads are measured from the inside of your ankle to your knee and then from your knee to the top of your thigh, so goalies...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
More photos » by Neil Davidson - AP Browse more photos » Who's in: Mike Knuble , Brendan Morrison Who's out: Donald Brashear , Sergei Fedorov , Brent Johnson , Viktor Kozlov Outlook: The Capitals lost a pair of useful Russians to the KHL in the off-season, as both Sergei Fedorov and Viktor Kozlov took more to play in their homeland. To fill the gap, GM George McPhee signed on Mike Knuble...
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Semyon Varlamov Theme: “Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” So, an Italian cleric – Angelo Roncalli – describes what this season might hold for a young Russian goaltender. When last we saw Semyon Varlamov in a game that mattered, he finally wilted under a withering assault at the hands of the Pittsburgh Penguins,...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
More photos » by Darren Calabrese - AP Browse more photos » Who's in: Francois Beauchemin , Tyler Bozak , Garnet Exelby , Jonas Gustavsson , Christian Hanson , Phil Kessel , Mike Komisarek , Colton Orr , Wayne Primeau , Rickard Wallin Who's out: Boyd Devereaux , Martin Gerber , Ryan Hollweg , Curtis Joseph , Olaf Kolzig , Pavel Kubina , Brad May , Jaime Sifers , Anton Stralman Outlook:...
Mr. Irrelevant (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Olaf Kolzig, whose 1990 Score rookie card I still cherish, retired this week, and here are 10 things/videos to remember him by. We’re pretty much obligated to go with his vintage Caps commercial in this space, which is one of the finest athlete ads ever made. [DC Landing Strip] Check out Red Guy at the Caps [...]
St. Louis Game Time (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Will this week ever end? Blues news Blues vs. Wilds tonight. [ Blues ] Gillespie, Ill. natives Mike and Austin Cook are the 10,000th season ticket holders. They got to meet Andy Murray, Erik Johnson , Carlo Colaiacovo and Alex Pietrangelo . I'm assuming they did this for the other 9,999 people who gave a damn to get tickets before September. [ Blues ] Couple of things to look for in this blog post...
Puckhead's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Goaltenders are a funny bunch. Ask any rational person to stand in front of a screaming 100 mile per hour slap shot and they will tell you how crazy you are. But then expect to be hit by the screamer line drive shot to keep it from going into the net is somewhere between lunacy and committed-in-asylum crazy. It takes a special personality to do it. Olaf Kolzig was definitely special.Kolzig wasn't
OTB Sports (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
The South African born 14-year veteran played all but the last year of his career with the Washington Capitals. He was a quiet, low key player. Enjoy your retirement Olie. Veteran goaltender Olaf Kolzig is retiring after 14 seasons in the NHL. The 39-year-old former Vezina Trophy winner — known as “Olie the Goalie” — spent [...]
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Olaf Kolzig retired today. There will be a lot of words and pixels devoted to Kolzig’s career in Washington – the long road he took to taking on the role as the number one netminder, the incredible run to the Stanley Cup finals in 1998, the playoff trials against the Penguins, the ups, the downs, the records. While he has a special place in the hearts of Caps fans who have followed the...
DCist (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Photo by rjv541 In the history of the Washington Capitals, only one goalie has carried the team to the Stanley Cup Finals. That goalie retired today , after a decade in D.C. and a brief curtain call with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Olaf Kolzig may not play in the NHL any longer, but Caps fans will always remember him as one of the most dedicated, team-focused players in Washington history. Caps fans...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Veteran goaltender Olaf Kolzig is retiring after 14 seasons in the NHL.
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