Junior's Reading And Viewing List: March 27 - 28, 2010

Last Update - March 30, 2010 at 2:00 AM EDT

Here are some snippets with title links to some of the items I caught over the weekend just past. It's Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' for March 27 through March 28, 2010.

March 28, 2009

Postgame Notebook: Flames 5, Capitals 3
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

Too Little, Too Late? – They waited until the third game of a three-game road trip to get off the bus, but the Calgary Flames were determined not to go home empty-handed. After humbling losses on Long Island and in Boston, the Flames roared to a four-goal period outburst against the Caps at Verizon Center on Sunday afternoon. The flickering Flames made it stand up for a 5-3 victory...

Calgary Flames at Washington Capitals Game Highlights
Posted at Comcast SportsNet - Washington, DC

Right click on video to choose full screen option.

Coach Bruce Boudreau After Home Loss To Calgary Flames
Posted on Caps365 at WashingtonCaps.com

Washington Capitals Players After Home Loss To Calgary Flames
Posted on Caps365 at WashingtonCaps.com

Ovechkin tops the list of most hated in Pittsburgh
Posted by tj at Alex Ovetjkin

Rob Rossi reports from Arlington, VA (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 28, 2010) "No Penguin opponent inspires as much hate
as Ovechkin":

The bad guy

In Pittsburgh, Ovechkin is an opposing NHL player who inspires a level of hate previously reserved for Philadelphia's Bobby Clarke and Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky...

Runaways Anthology On The Way
By mdome at Classic Rock

The Runaways are to have a double CD titled The Mercury Albums Anthology released on May 24.This will feature all 42 tracks from the albums The Runaways, Queens Of Noise, Live In Japan, and Waitin’ For The Night.

The compilation will come out two months after The Runaways movie opened in America. Here’s the trailer for the film.

Caps Face Flames to Start Homestand
By Mike Vogel - Senior Writer at WashingtonCaps.com

After splitting shootout decisions in a back-to-back set of contests in the middle of the week, the Capitals had a rare Friday and Saturday night off from the rigors of the NHL’s regular season schedule. On Sunday afternoon, they’ll get back to business when they entertain the Calgary Flames in a Sunday matinee match at Verizon Center...

Happy Birthday to Reba McEntire - American singer and actress born in 1955.


March 27, 2009

Daltrey To Continue Peforming Even If The Who Split Up
Posted by Nightwatcher at Nightwatcher's House Of Rock

The Who's Roger Daltrey insists he will continue performing even if the group split up because of Pete Townshend's tinnitus...

Green’s Giant Appearance
By The OFB Team at On Frozen Blog

...OFB reader and Caps fan Angela sent us the following photos of the event, with explanations of each one...

Gary Bettman: Ovechkin was not doing anything malicious
Posted by tj at Alex Ovetjkin

By David Haugh, March 27, 2010: chicagotribune.com
"Commissioner addresses state of NHL":

Did the fact that Ovechkin is a superstar affect the length of his suspension?

No. Your history as a player and the number of times you've been involved in an incident may, but no. The Ovechkin play, he was suspended for being careless and reckless, not for doing anything malicious...

R.I.P. Dudley Moore - English actor and comedian died in 2002.

R.I.P. Milton Berle - American actor and comedian died in 2002.

Happy Birthday to David Coulthard - Scottish
(former) Formula One driver born in 1971.

Capitals Vs Flames 10/21/2008 Review

Jose Theodore blocks shot versus Flames October 21, 2008.
Photo by Jeff McIntosh for AP / The Canadian Press.

Capitals 1 - Flames 2

The Washington Capitals visit to Calgary for a game against the Flames brought the potential for good times on and off the ice. I'm sure all the Capitals players that are from Calgary or nearby areas had a good time off the ice, but things could've gone much better on it.

Although there were a few things to be happy about, including a solid performance by Washington's netminder Jose Theodore and an overall decent effort by the Caps' defense, there were a couple reasons to be downright frustrated as well. The power play woes of the first five games continued in this match. Four power play goals in six games with an abundance of chances, is just not good. That problem needs fixing pronto. The other glaring problem last night was the amount of penalties being earned, a problem we saw in three other games so far. Ten penalties, including eight straight within the first two periods is also cause for some concern. Mind you, some of those calls may have been of the lousy variety, but you can't use that as a crutch.

Back to the bright side. It's early days yet. Two key components, defenseman Tom Poti and forward Viktor Kozlov are expected to return soon. The Caps have had their share of injuries early in the season. If they can stay healthy and regain some secondary scoring, they'll be fine. As far as primary scoring, don't worry about Alex Ovechkin. He'll come around. You can count on it.

Cake Time For Godzilla

The Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames last night, giving Olie Kolzig (a.k.a. Godzilla) his 300th career NHL win in net for the Cap's. With that in mind, I thought I'd post an E-Mail I sent Mike Vogel and the guys over at Washingtoncaps.com's Capitals Report Podcast three weeks before this (2007-2008) season started. The idea was that there were people within the Capitals organization that deserved some kind of special reward or acknowledgement, and that it would be good marketing for it to end up on national television.

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Hi guys,

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Have you ever heard of Charm City Cakes in Baltimore? They have a show on the Food TV channel called "Ace Of Cakes" on Thursday nights at 10:00 & 10:30 PM. Owner Duff & his staff make some incredible one of a kind creations. They've made many cakes involving pyrotechnics, including a car engine for Jay Leno. They make lots of cakes shaped like sports stadiums - Camden Yards, Ravens Stadium, etc. It's neat to see how detailed and almost realistic they get on cakes shaped like ships, cars, buildings, some guys head with his brains being eaten by zombies & so on.

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I keep thinking someone in the Caps Organization / Team deserves one. It would be nationwide exposure to possibly new fans as well as current ones. I'd really like to see a giant fire-breathing Godzilla cake for Kolzig's birthday. It could be a game against Pittsburgh with Zilla's fire melting Crosby's uniform exposing his pink Penguins thong panties, as he (Canadian Diving Team Captain) dives into the melting ice to put out the fire. Don't worry, those lips make a good floatation device.

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Thanks,

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Dan, Jr.

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There's no need to wait and order the cake for Kolzig's birthday. With Olie getting number 300, it's time for that cake now. Hopefully, the Capitals, the team's fan club, or somebody else with money, already has the order in at Charm City Cakes. If I had the cash, it would be on the way now!

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The podcast itself is still currently available for free download via iTunes. It was the September 13, 2007 show. Mike read my comments just after "last call" at about 58:23, shortly before the end of the show.

Flames Vs Capitals 03/12/2008 Review

Flames, Ref's 2 - Capitals 3

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Olie Kolzig got his 300th career NHL win for the Washington Capitals, as they beat the Calgary Flames. Olie was amazing in net, while getting plenty of help from Alex Ovechkin and the rest of his mates. Calgary's netminder Miikka Kiprusoff was amazing as well, while getting plenty of help from his teammates and the referees.

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The Capitals flew out of the starting gate, immediately getting a few shots on Kiprusoff. Just 53 seconds into the first period, Viktor Kozlov deflected in a Nicklas Backstrom shot. Shortly after, Kolzig got busy at the other end, making multiple awesome saves. His teammate Alexander Semin made things interesting for a moment, by trying to get the puck out of the zone via the slot in front of his net. But, Olie stayed sharp and quick. Then, it got interesting at the other end. As Kiprusoff came over to one side to guard his net against Cap's forward Matt Bradley. A muffled shot skittered through the crease to the other side, and Kiprusoff ended up getting called for hooking. The Cap's spent most of the power play in the Flames zone, but without any success. Toward the end of the period, Mike Green put a big hit on Calgary's Eric Godard. Green ended up going down to the ice. Since the clueless ref's didn't seem to notice Green was getting punched out while laying flat on his back, John Erskine skated over to rectify the situation. Both, Godard and Erskine were hit with matching five minute majors. Just over a minute later, Bradley went to the penalty box for interference. Exactly one minute after that, Washington's Milan Jurcina high sticked Calgary's Jarome Iginla. The Capitals haven't been doing very well when on the short end of a 5 on 3 power play. With 45 seconds left in the first, Iginla sent a screened slapshot off of Caps' Boyd Gordon. When the puck hit Gordon, it ramped upward and past Kolzig for Iginla's 42nd goal of the season. The period ended tied at 1-1.

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Washington spent a good bit of the second period's first six minutes in the offensive zone. They made some beautiful plays, especially Alex Semin and Sergei Fedorov. But, they didn't get anything by Kiprusoff. Then the referees increased their attempts to help the Flames. Erskine was called for tripping at 6:57, on what looked very much like a dive by Calgary's Craig Conroy. Then another Cap's defenseman, Shaone Morrisonn went to the box for an unbelievable dive by Owen Nolan. Another 5 on 3 situation. So of course, another PP goal by the Flames. This time, it was a snap shot by Kristian Huselius, putting Calgary ahead 2-1. Another overlooked Flames infraction came at about 12:25, when Bradley was clothes lined while reaching for the puck in the neutral zone. It was just impossible to not see this, yet no whistle was blown. I guess we're supposed to believe Brad's body violently flinging upward and backward was due to a rut in the ice. No hit, or anything else showed up on the play by play list. The officials did call four penalties on the Flames during period two, but they let several others go unpunished. Finally, at 17:21 Huselius went to the box for hooking Backstrom. Just 24 seconds later, Alex Ovechkin curled around a defender and sent number 55 on the season into the net. Another bright spot at the end of the period, was a massive hit on Calgary's Dion Phaneuf by Jurcina. Phaneuf was quite shaky as he headed to the Flames' bench.

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The third period was much the same. More inconsistent officiating, and more hard fought scoring chances by the Capitals. Iginla seemed to be offended by Mike Green when he was slashed by Huselius. Was it Green's fault Huselius slammed his stick across Mike's hand? Jarome even took a swipe at Green, while being "held back" by a ref. Owen Nolan was called for a high stick on Brooks Laich at 16:31, the Flames' eighth called penalty of the game. With Laich screening the Kiprusoff, Ovechkin's long range slapper went in for his league leading 20th PP goal of the season. The goal was also brings Ovechkin's goal total to 56 and point total to 97, both also tops in the NHL. After a Flames' time out, there was 1:03 left on the clock and an empty net in the Flames end. With just 24 seconds left in the game, Ovie went down while driving to the net and being covered by Phaneuff. He was about one step away from getting yet another hat trick.

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The Cap's played another wonderful game. This time, they didn't let the crappy ref's ruin it for them. They didn't let penalties destroy their chance of winning just before time ran out. Olie Kolzig and his Washington Capitals were not to be denied. Hopefully this kind of effort continues for their last 11 games.

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All Photos - Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

Ovechkin Stalkers Get Help!

By help, I don't mean therapy. I'm talking about a choice of Alex Ovechkin video tracking device for the Calgary Flames versus the Washington Capitals game, scheduled for 7:00 PM Wednesday night March 12, 2008 at Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Both Comcast SportsNet and NHL Center Ice will give us freaks fans the choice of watching the game normally on or on a channel with a Game/Ovechkin split screen.

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Per ComcastSportsNet.com (Mid Atlantic):

"This unique broadcast, which will be available on CSN+ and replayed on Comcast On Demand, will feature a dedicated view that follows Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin throughout the entire game, providing viewers with an unprecedented look at the most prolific player in the NHL today."

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Per NHL.com:

"Tune in to NHL Center Ice Wednesday, March 12th for a unique broadcast experience! One channel will air the Calgary @ Washington game in the traditional full-game view, while another channel will use a split screen so viewers can watch the game and a dedicated view that follows Capitals star Alex Ovechkin throughout the entire game. Don't miss the game everyone will be talking about the next day... on NHL Center Ice or Center Ice Online!"