Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Seems like every game over the past two week, the Washington Capitals have a player making his NHL season debut. They do again tonight. 2007 first rounder D Karl Alzner has been recalled form Hershey and will make his NHL season debut against Buffalo. It appears Milan Jurcina is ready to return to the ice, but [...]
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Based on the morning skate, it appears that Semyon Varlamov will start in goal and Karl Alzner will make his season debut tonight as the Caps attempt to snap a three-game slide against the Sabres. For Alzner, it's been a long time coming. Although he's probably deserved a promotion prior to today, the Caps' salary cap situation has kept him in Hershey, where he's been biding his...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Karl Alzner has been recalled and appears set to make his season debut tonight against Ryan Miller and Sabres. It also looks like Milan Jurcina will return from a groin tweak that kept him out of the past six games. But the overall injury situation remains bleak. There was no sign of Alexander Semin (wrist), Tom Poti (bruised chest), Boyd Gordon (back) and Shaone Morrisonn (concussion)...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
... is not back. Earlier in the week, Coach Bruce Boudreau indictated that Semin might be back today. Karl Alzner is still here, too. I'll have more after practice.
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
... I don't want to rush it. We're going to see how I react, how I feel tonight."*With Morrisonn out, Karl Alzner is guaranteed of at least one more game in Washington. But if he has another performance like he did against Buffalo - Boudreau called it "superb" - well, who knows what's going to happen."Anytime someone gets called up, the first game is usually their best because they are...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... says, 'Jesus, it's blood. I have to give some big penalties.'"Check out my (and make sure to read Karl Alzner's quote), then come back for some notes and quotes that didn't make the cut:*Several players had clutch performances in the third period. None, though, were as clutch as David Steckel. The big center won 93 percent of his faceoffs, including nine of 10 in the final frame.*Eric...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... and the Capitals defense were the big story tonight. Jeff Schultz and Mike Green finished a +2. Karl Alzner, making his season debut, played pretty well tonight. Brian Pothier continued to play on a complete tear, hitting hard, and clearing the pucks well. Overall, this was a super defensive performance and an even better effort in net by Varlamov and his first regular season shutout...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... freed up cap space. Most thought the next defensive call up would have been 2007 first round pick Karl Alzner. A team official would not say who among the team’s injured players is on long-term injured reserve, but if Mike Knuble – out three to four weeks with a broken finger – is, then the Caps have plenty of cap space to work with and this didn’t have to be a financial decision....
