washingtontimes.com - 4/6/2008
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Washington Capitals' Sergei Fedorov (left) celebrates his goal with Matt Cooke during the second period of last night's game against the Florida Panthers in Washington. The Caps won 3-1. (Associated Press) A year ago, the Washington Capitals were strangers in their own building, limping to another nonplayoff season. For the finale, Verizon Center became Buffalo South. The Sabres were ...
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... Thank you. I believe our community has become our 7th man. Thanks in advance for the pending ongoing great support with this week's playoff games. With all that red out there, we looked like Hockey Town East! ...
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(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Brew an extra pot-a-joe this sunny-despite-the-rain Sunday morning and luxuriate in some outstanding coverage of Washington hockey history made at Verizon Center last night.
‘Coming All the Way Back,’ by Tarik El Bashir, The Washington Post
” . . . in front of a manic, red-drenched sellout crowd at Verizon Center, the Capitals seized the moment.”
‘Mission Accomplished,’ by Corey Masisak, The Washington Times
” . . . Alexander Semin whipped a perfect cross-ice, backhand pass to his ...
Caps vs. Panthers 4-5-2008 Wrap Up
Bleatings From a Caps Nut —
The Local Yokels: (Com)Post: comeback complete, real life fairy tale, Red Reign. Times: job well done, permagrin, resurgence. Caps.com. The Neutral Observers: NHL.com AP Wire. The Other Side: Miami Herald: falling short, helping hand. Raleigh News & Observer. Final Thoughts: And finally a special note to the nattering nabobs of negativism. You know who you are. You are the ones who have called Ted ...
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Congratulations: Washington Capitals Make the 2008 NHL Playoffs
nhl-apparel.com 4/6/2008 — The Washington Capitals haven’t made it to the NHL post-season since 2003. The Capitals needed to pull at least one point out of their game tonight against the Florida Panthers to clinch the #3 seed in the Eastern Conference, which would knock the Hurricanes out of the playoffs. The Capitals beat the Panthers 3-1 tonight, and the Caps did it without any scoring from Ovechkin
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nhl.com 4/6/2008 — WASHINGTON (AP) -Long before the final horn sounded, the sea of red-clad fans turned the arena into an earsplitting din of cheers for their team, "M-V-P!" chants for Alex Ovechkin , a chorus of "Bruuuuuuce" for their coach. Even "Hip, hip, Hu-et!" for ...
Mission accomplished - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
washingtontimes.com 4/6/2008 — Caps goalie Cristobal Huet stopped Ville Peltonen and the Panthers last night, totaling 25 saves in a victory. (Joseph Silverman/The Washington Times) It was the last game before the New Year, a wild road victory against the Eastern-Conference ...
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NHL.com News in English 4/6/2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -Make room in the playoffs for MVP front-runner Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals.
Tomas Fleischmann, Sergei Fedorov and Alexander Semin scored for the Capitals, who clinched the Southeast Division title with a 3-1 victor...
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NY Post: Sports 4/6/2008
HOCKEY: Capitals roar into playoffs MVP front-runner Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals are in the playoffs. Tomas Fleischmann, Sergei Fedorov and Alexander Semin scored for the Capitals, who clinched the Southeast Division title with a 3-1 victory...
