TSN guys admit that if Clymer(they just chosed any other cappy than AO) had hit Briere............then he would have been suspended .

Earlier in the day I started a thread for this game but Marie took control of that thread and then she held me down and me satisfy her in ways that cannot be told here.


rubber has hit the ice
game on

Emery vs Kolzig


surprised by quiet the crowd is .


Zubbie is back

Judging by the first few minutes
It will be a non hitter

Gratty and Erskine just went at it
I give it to Gratty


Kudos to erskine(but it is Brashear job to go with Gratty)

Bradley is playing his 300th NHL game



The last 3 teams to play the Caps have pulled their starting goalies .

still 0-0

I am hoping that this game gets some life to it .

AO has broken both of his new sticks
go back to WOOD !

TSN just showed a complete view of the arena
Looks Empty

SAD!

I can see the Caps moving in a few years unless the attendance improves.

Omar scores!!!!!!!!\
Bradley
unassisted
1-0

36 ticks later
Clark scores
2-0
AO should get an assist on the CC goal

2-0
Caps

Ott looks awful

Zubbie being interviewed
speaks rather good english

Two things that worry me
The empty seats in Wash
and the lack of effort from the Sens.


Looks like the Sens are mailing this one in .

Scheafer(sp?) scores for the Sens
2-1 Caps


Sens are playing like a team that should be beat .
No reason for the Caps to lose to them tonight .

Brash drops them !
Not with Gratty
but with Bois
Brash ends up on the bottom
Clark scores again
3-1

surprised by quiet the crowd is .

That's because there is no crowd..... I left about 10:00 left in the 1st, as Tony and Rob (who sit down the row from me) got "Move Of The Game" for the second time this season. They deserve it- nice people, jerseys, pins all over, and sit in the back row.....

I see the boys worked hard for a while (Clark with another) and have a 2-1 make it a 3-1 lead.

 

Roger
I am sadden by the number of empty seats that I see .
I was expecting a much bigger crowd .

Fisher was creditted with the Ott goal (he ticked it in).

Ovie and Zubrus each have 2 helpers tonight.

ott gets a pp

they need to score on this one


I have not heard Spezza or heatley's name that much tonight .

they just showed Kolzig's locker
big dent in the top(where he lets out his frustrations).

roger
Do you think that this Ott team(including Alfie) is a Cup contender ?
I do not see it .

Sticks were snapping all over, while I was there. First Pothier shattered his, then it was Ovechkin. I hate the graphite sticks- they just snap so easily.

3-1 Caps, end 2nd.

I haven't seen a dominant team yet this season. Hard to say what a Cup-worthy team looks like. I would have said Buffalo, until our Caps just demolished them. Even without any controversy, that was an easy win.

So, I don'r know.... Buffalo? Ducks? Wings (they're getting hot)?

Who knows?

sidenote
Dec 6 1969
Altamont(sp?)
I do believe it is the anny of the last great concert.
Stones

I left out, even my "secret" team is creeping into the picture (Islanders).

Best team i have seen this season are the sharks.
But they have their shortcomings.
Ducks have been good but their tending worries me .

Caps start the 3rd on the PP.

AO just took a swig of Coke(the drink)on the bench.
I hope that Coke paid him for that !

spezza scores
3-2 caps

probably.

True story- I went up to Virginia Hospital Center to visit a good friend (she died of cancer yesterday morning), and as I neared the hospital I realized I walking right past Ovechkin's house. Didn't see him, but he's got some nice new wheels......

hahaha Semin......

4-2 now.

Sorry to hear about your friend passing .

Thank you. My landlady for 20 years..... and a great friend.

Koken just told a story about how they asked Hanlon who the best passer on the team was, and he didn't hesitate- Semin. Said the Redskins could use him passing to the receivers. There's a kid who worked on his game while he was gone (as well as his body- he's got a neck now!).

It may just be me ,but Ott doesn't seem to be into this game .
i just get the feeling that they are not here tonight .
Is Neil even dressed tonight ?
He should be front and centered tonight.............yet he ain't .

caps get a betty
then Ott gets another pen
so a prolong Betty for the Caps .

Caps with a 1:04 Betty..... put it away, boys.

Nothing on the Betty, but a goal on the PP.....

5-2 now. Ovie with a great assist, Pettinger with the goal.

And now, 6-2...... this is amazing.

Neil challenged Brashear after the 6th gaol and Brash skated away .
i am not a fan of Brash(he only goes with those he knows he can take ).

No reason for Brashear to go tonight. He'll pick his own spot.

I also get the Canes in ED tonight .
But without Smyth.............ED ain't the same.

No. I voted for him for the All-Stars...... kiss of death, I guess.

Scrums everywhere after that cover by Olie. Muir had Schaefer in a bear hug, several cross checks to both the backs and fronts of heads both ways. There should be at least 1 in the box for each team when they come back.

Sorry but brash has a history of avoiding the other team's tough guys .
Just ask the Nucks .

now the Sens get a Betty

Now Ott gets the prolonged PP. 3 guys in the box for the Caps. Now a long Betty for Ott.

Nothing on the Betty, nothing on the PP.....

Caps win! 6-2!!!!

Four in a row, against some big(ger) boys!

I'll be insulted here
but I was in shock on how bad the Sens were tonight .
Why wasn't Gratty put on the ice for the last few mins ?
May mean nothing to caps fans but Sens fans would understand .

juicy is in goal for the oil
Have yet to see the goalie in the Canes net(there is a goalie prob now in car..........grahame is out performing Ward).

He did his whuppin' early in the game, on Erskine. First the takedown, but JE twisted back up to his feet, then several hard blows from each- Gratty got Erskine's helmet off, and then it was lights out. Easy win for the Gratmaster.

I'm out- see you for the game Friday (at least the end of it). Have a great evening!

when was the last time Brash went with a heavyweight ?
He avoided the other tough guys even when he was a Nuck
Sorry , I am not a fan of him .

I love Erskine.................but it is not his job to go with Gratty .

I didn't quite get any of the penalty calls against both sides. They call the Betties but let the real ones go.

Pettinger's on fire (glad I picked him up for my fantasy team). He needs to stay on the top PP unit. If they can get Semin to shoot one-timers from the left point and keep Pettinger on the weak side, the Caps PP stands a chance of being legitimately threatening.

In ten words or less: The Caps won because they wanted it more.

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ANNIE
I’ve never even been to a hockey game.

EDWIN
Well you fit into this town perfectly.

They sure did. Great article on the game:

http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=ac914285-9ea7-49f2-a222-cb12c3037868&k=72051

With this description at the end (for TAK): The only thing the Senators won in the first period was the fight between Brian McGrattan and Capitals defenceman John Erskine. McGrattan twice knocked Erskine to the ice.