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Professional Hockey Player Andrew Ference Goes Green

Most hockey fans know about Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference because of the team's Stanley Cup championship run last season. And recently Ference made headlines for a three-game suspension he...

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NHL On NBC Analysts Mike Milbury And Jeremy Roenick In Heated Exchange

There was a fascinating moment of live television Wednesday night on NBC Sports Network as NHL on NBC hockey analysts Mike Milbury and Jeremy Roenick had a heated exchange about a hit to the head that...

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Mike Green Suspension Adds To Caps' Season Of Adversity

It’s been a tough season for the Washington Capitals. Going into this campaign they were considered a Stanley Cup contender and now they are desperately fighting just to get into the postseason. Along...

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Caps Get Big Road Win in Detroit

In a must-win late season road game the Washington Capitals came through tonight with a 5-3 win against the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena. The victory gives them a .500 record on a critical...

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Saturday Night Results: Caps vs. Sabres for Final Playoff Spot

Saturday night's NHL Eastern Conference action provided some clarity in the battle for the eighth and final playoff spot as the regular season rapidly comes to a close. With either six or seven games...

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Saturday Night Results: Eastern Conference Playoff Race Tightens?

Tonight was huge for the two teams in the Eastern Conference locked in a fierce battle for the eighth and final playoff spot. The Washington Capitals and Buffalo Sabres both came into their games tied...

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Washington Votes For Hockey

Detroit is Hockeytown, home to the storied Original Six Red Wings franchise and a strong tradition of grassroots hockey. And Washington, D.C. will never be mistaken for Detroit. But the fastest sport...

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Caps Clinch Playoff Berth

What a night in Chinatown. Wow. I was rocking the red with more than 18,000 Washington Capitals fans at the Verizon Center in a must-win game for the Caps in the second-to-last game of the regular...

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Will Shea Weber Be Suspended For Zetterberg Head Slam?

The National Hockey League playoffs are under way, and the first test of the NHL's more aggressive action in enforcing the rules against hits to the head occurred in the waning seconds of Nashville's...

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Caps Going To Make Bruins Earn It

Washington Capitals fans are humble. Crushing defeats (see Pittsburgh 2009), epic playoff collapses (see Montreal 2010) and stunning sweeps (see Tampa Bay 2011) will do that to a fan base. So Caps fans...

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As Playoffs Heat Up, NHL Aims to Ice Global Warming

Photo credit: Chealion/Michael J. at Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/chealion Game three tonight between the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals promises to be a scorcher. But it is the heat outside of...

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Shanahan Gets it Wrong With Backstrom Suspension

NHL Chief Player Disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan is having a terrible postseason. He is sending mixed signals about what merits a suspension and what doesn't. Take for example his one game suspension...

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Tim Thomas Throws Another Tea Party

You would have thought Boston Bruins goalie Tim "Tea Party" Thomas would have learned his lesson about crossing the politics-sports line after he snubbed President Obama by skipping out on the team's...

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Capitals And Bruins Battle To A Game 7

History was made Sunday night in the first-round series between the Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins. The 4-3 overtime final in favor of Boston marked the first time ever that all six games of an...

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Washington Capitals Knock Out The Champs

The Washington Capitals put to bed playoff failures of the past Wednesday by eliminating the defending Stanley Cup champion Bruins in Game 7 at TD Garden in Boston. Joel Ward scored the overtime winner...

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Ovechkin Nets Game Winner At MSG To Tie Series

Buckle up for another intense battle in the second round between the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers. These two teams needed seven games to win round one, and seven games will likely decide...

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Rangers Win Marathon Game 3 In D.C.

In what is shaping up to be an epic series, it is perhaps fitting that Wednesday night's Game 3 at the Verizon Center had to be decided in triple overtime. The New York Rangers defeated the Washington...

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Capitals Face More Adversity

New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella won't give the Washington Capitals credit for battling hard and hanging tough. But this Caps fan will give the Rangers credit for winning Game 5 at Madison...

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Capitals Force Game 7 Against Rangers

Tonight at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. the Capitals set an NHL record by becoming the first team ever to win four straight times following an overtime loss in the playoffs. That is a team...

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Caps Should Hold Heads Up High

NEW YORK -- The bad guys won. It happens. You don't always get what you deserve and justice isn't always served. The Yankees of hockey, the New York Rangers, paid big money for Brad Richards and he...

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Los Angeles Kings One Win Away From First Stanley Cup

Tonight at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, the black-and-silver clad Kings dominated the New Jersey Devils 4-0 to put the franchise one game away from their first ever Stanley Cup with a...

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Are Islanders Brooklyn Bound Or Is Quebec Calling?

The New York Islanders need a new home. The glory years at Nassau Coliseum when the Isles were hoisting Lord Stanley's Cup on a regular basis are long gone. The 40-year-old arena in Uniondale (opened...

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Capitals Season Preview

Washington, D.C.'s professional sports landscape is changing fast. For the past few years the Capitals were the only winners in the nation's capital (at least in the regular season, the playoffs have...

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Fans Need Rep at NHL Labor Talks

Why don't the fans get a seat at the table during the National Hockey League's labor talks? After all, aren't we the ones actually paying the multi-million dollar salaries of the players and owners?...

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Thoughts from a Nats fan on Stephen Strasburg’s shutdown

I’m a Washington, D.C. sports fan, which means I’m used to high hopes followed by crushing defeats and disappointment. Take the Capitals as a painful example. The past four years the team was picked as...

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Could Major League Soccer Surpass the National Hockey League?

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. It's not even close. 3.5 billion fans pack stadiums from London to Rio de Janeiro to Tel Aviv to Nairobi rooting for their favorite football team, as...

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Photos: Barclays Center and Madison Square Garden

With today's announcement that the New York Islanders are Brooklyn bound, New York City will be home to two National Hockey League arenas that are either new or renovated. Barclays Center recently...

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Are the Caps in Trouble?

Three games into the lockout-shortened 48 game season and three deflating losses for the Washington Capitals. Is it time to hit the panic button this early? Yes. And here’s why. Two Stanley Cup...

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Why the Washington Football Team Should Change Their Racist Name

Momentum is building to change the offensive and outdated name of the Washington football team. Whenever the name change discussion comes up, many supporters of the status quo throw out labels like...

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I'm writing exclusively at Rant Sports about hockey, soccer and other sports. Here are links to my stories: Chicago Blackhawks Should Retire Indian Head Logo Flooded Calgary Flames Arena Shows NHL...

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