Archive for December, 2011

When Hershey goes the novelty route, it’s always worth a peek.  Tonight, the Bears debuted yet another speciality jersey in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,735 at the Giant Center.  This December entry upholds the fine tradition of wince-worthy holiday jerseys (#12), with the one benefit of actually complimenting the maroon pants worn with the standard home uniform. Below the jump, you’ll find a collection of pictures of the uniforms in action, along with a few snippets about the game.  Further recap of tonight’s entirely absurd 3-2 Shoot-Out victory over the Norfolk Admirals will be going up a bit later, [...]

According to one of our spies, there were a number of Caps fans in attendance at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on New Year’s Eve as the Capitals played the Blue Jackets. But one of the most interesting nuggets came when we found out about the hat-trick bin, where they put all the hats after someone scores three goals. They even list who scored one (and when) on the glass. (Of course, Wyshynski has written about this before but it was a while ago.) A couple of questions: Considering hats are sitting on the heads of hockey fans from Columbus, [...]

From HockeyFights.com : Troy Brouwer vs. Christian Ehrhoff We’ll call this one a draw in Troy’s second fight in D.C.

From HockeyFights.com : Jason Chimera vs. Mike Weber It was close, but I think Weber got the best of Chimmer on this one.

The Capitals who hit the ice tonight in the first period were everything that fans love about the franchise.  Feisty, puck-handling fiends who have plenty of fight in them and a healthy dose of good fortune.  Things may have flagged a bit in the second, but the Capitals have earned the right to enter 2012 with a note of confidence at home.  A 3-1 win over the Sabres will do that for you. So what lit the sparkler under the hometown redshirts?  It all boils down to the ABCs.

I snapped this shot some time ago, but it’s never too late to pay homage to a guy with such a succinct message. This jersey says “Nothing is ever the fault of my team, or any players thereof.” I like the confidence there. This guy is out for blood. The only thing that gives me pause is that I wonder what the actual odds are of the target seeing the jersey. Of all parties – fans, players, coaches, members of the press, Verizon Center staff – actual refs may be the least likely of all parties to see this jersey. [...]

Last year, Capitals Outsider started a tradition to stroke the egos of colleagues on the Caps blogosphere, including ourselves, by giving out awards for Excellence in Capitals Blogging.

We here at Capitals Outsider blog because it’s fun, and we legitimately feel we have something to add to the ever-expanding canvas of pixels on the Internet. Now, we’ll sit back and toot our own horn as we reflect on our best posts of 2011. Absurdity Make believe game stories of Caps’ miraculous comeback and fake recap of the Caps winning the Stanley Cup Want to go back to school? Then get your Capitalsology degree Top ten reasons why Ovechkin is slumping, and nicknames for his seasons If Olaf Kolzig had a sitcom, it would be called Olie’s family Rejected [...]