Archive for August, 2010

One of many big blue-liners for the Caps.

I believe the Capitals have had eight players of at least partial black African decent in their history, the latest being Donald Brashear. So, who is this?

It was 18 years ago this past Sunday when former Washington Capitals tough guy John “Rambo” Kordic passed away at the age of 27 from a drug overdose. He only played seven games for the Capitals, but acquired a staggering 101 penalty minutes in those games, which averages out to almost 15 a game. Or, during the course of an 80 game season, 1154. Yeah. Dale Hunter has nothing on Kordic. Kordic missed practice in Feb. 1991 and the Caps ordered him to spend time in a rehab clinic, and he was later suspended for failing to show up to [...]

This is one of several players who suited up for both the Flyers and Capitals. But who is it?

This is one of several Hershey Bears who was called up and played with the Capitals this past season.

Here is one we should all know.

We just received notice (as I’m sure all season ticket holders did) that the Capitals will be offering a new seating option this season. They are remodeling the Acela Club to offer additional season ticket options. The text from the e-mail is after the jump :

A few weeks ago this very blog promoted a charity hockey tournament I helped put together, Leap Towards A Cure. Thanks to the support of the metropolitan DC hockey community, a bevy of small business sponsors, and volunteers like Ben from Capitals Outsider, who put in a few hours scorekeeping and picked the raffle winners, the tournament was a success and we raised almost $9,000 toward cancer diagnosis, treatment, and research at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. The entire event weekend was in honor of Andrea “Froggy” Henderson, who taught art at Eleanor Roosevelt High School [...]