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2-on-1: Early Season Reactions

Every Monday during the season, two of our hockey writers will debate one topic. It's the 2-on-1. This week, Chris Botta and Kevin Schultz discuss the top stories of the young NHL season. Kevin Schultz: Now that we're barely two weeks into the 2009-10 NHL season, I'd say it's about time for some early season...

Alexander Ovechkin Stars, Caps Prove They're a Team

BOSTON -- On the first day in October, more than eight months before the Stanley Cup is rolled out to center ice, the Washington Capitals demonstrated in NHL Game No. 1 in Boston on Thursday night why they may be the Eastern standard.These Capitals are not just Alexander Ovechkin, but a team constructed with precision from...

Let's Not Give Up On Hockey Just Yet

There was a time when my favorite sport was, without hesitation, baseball. Recently, however, my interest in the game has been lost. Not because of a steroid scandal or the incompetence of Bud Selig, but mostly because the team I grew up cheering for, the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been a Major League Baseball team in name...

Caps and Penguins Head to Overtime

After 60 tense and agonizing minutes, the Caps and Penguins are tied 2-2 at the end of regulation in Pittsburgh. What are tonight's storylines? For the Pens, it's been the reawakening of Evgeni Malkin. His fantastic wrist shot gave the Pens the lead with a little less than five minutes to go. For Washington, it's been...

Hey, Look, It's Crosby vs. Ovechkin

It's the series everybody is talking about, as Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin prepare to hit the ice in a one-on-one, steel cage battle for NHL supremacy. Wait. What's that? There's actually other players involved in this series? We take a look at the series after the jump. Penguins vs. Capitals: Game 1 @ WAS, 1 PM ET,...

NicklasBackstrom News From the Web

05/24/12 Washington Capitals season review: Forwards, Part I Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC When the Capitals brought in Dale Hunter as head coach in November, they altered the team's system, mindset and the expectations for every player.
05/14/12 3 Caps Join World Championship Teams Source: NBC - NBC 4 - Washington DC The Washington Capitals may have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs last weekend, but that will not stop some of them from playing elsewhere.
05/14/12 Capitals Captain Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin to... Source: NHL - Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals have announced that captain Alex Ovechkin and forward Alexander Semin will represent Russia while center Nicklas Backstrom will represent Sweden at the 2012 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship in Helsinki, Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden, which began on May 4 and runs through May 20.
05/13/12 Russians add Ovie, Semin to roster Source: The London Free Press - London ON - Canada The powerhouse Russians added another two offensive weapons to their arsenal Sunday.
05/13/12 Capitals forwards headed to World Championship Source: NHL The day after bowing out to the New York Rangers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, a number of the Washington Capitals ' marquee players accepted invitations to prolong their season and try to win an IIHF world championship.