Hurricanes' season over

Bleatings From a Caps Nut found this 4/6/2008 on www.newsobserver.com [flag]

Canes become first team to miss playoffs two straight years after winning Cup. [link]

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Caps vs. Panthers 4-5-2008 Wrap Up
Published 4/6/2008 by Caps Nut at 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 ...

Difficult decisions and an early summer for Hurricanes
Published 4/7/2008 by George Cosmo at Hurricane Season
... have made these changes to the Hurricanes when the team was playing so well? Two years in a row now the Carolina Hurricanes have just missed the Stanley Cup play offs; this makes them the first team in NHL history to fail to reach the play offs two seasons in a row following a Cup win. Failure to reach the play offs this year frustrated fans more than the previous year because of how well the team played since Rod Brind’Amour injured his knee. Luke Decock of the Raleigh News & Observer stated: ...

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Congratulations: Washington Capitals Make the 2008 NHL Playoffs

hockeywarrior posted 4/6/2008 from www.nhl-apparel.com

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

Capitals headed to playoffs on late-season resurgence - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

Ted's Take - The blogging site of Ted ... found this 4/6/2008 on washingtontimes.com

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 ...

Mission accomplished - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

On Frozen Blog found this 4/6/2008 on www.washingtontimes.com

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 ...

Flyers win, will face Washington in first round

Enriquefed posted 4/6/2008 from allthingsphillysports.blogspot.com

The Flyers didn't play with nearly as much intensity as they did against the Devils on Friday night, but they did just enough against the Penguins to win 2-0. The victory vaults the Flyers into the 6th seed in the Eastern Conference and sets up a series against the Washington Capitals, who finished with fewer points than the Flyers yet still won their division. Click the link for more, ...

Have a Cigar…

NHL Digest- Hockey News and Equipment Reviews found this 4/7/2008 on canescountry.com

I would like to offer congratulations to the Washington Capitals for capturing the Southeast Division crown this year. Even though the Hurricanes beat them heads up with a record of 4-3-1, the Caps won the games that they needed to win down the ...

Have a Cigar…
I would like to offer congratulations to the Washington Capitals for capturing the Southeast Division crown this year. Even though the Hurricanes beat them heads up with a record of 4-3-1, the Caps won the games that they needed to win down the ...

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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,...

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The Washington Capitals began in the lower ranks of this year's NHL season. Since 1974, the Caps have only been crowned Division Champions three other times besides this year's surprise run under new coach Bruce Boudreau. As I viewed the team in ...