japersrink.com - 1/7/2009
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Shootouts: can't live with 'em, can't live without the extra point they yield.
On a night with subplots ranging from a match-up of the League's two leading goal-scorers to the likelihood for carnage and mayhem on ...
japersrink.com - 1/6/2009
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one look at the standings , and you know...
that tonight's Caps/Flyers tilt is a big game. Think back to the Saturday before Christmas and you can add to the mix a healthy dose of pride - one team with a bit much of it and the other with ...
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Tuesday Roundup - Gamenight: Flyers @ Caps
voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/7/2009
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
I couldn't disagree more. After game #2 of
last springs playoff series we absolutely stomped about 8...
Flyer fans outside of the Green Turtle. The lowlife Flyer fans just couldn't leave well enough alone and were beaten down with a great deal of vigor. ...
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Caps and Flyers Fans Don't Hate Each Other - D.C. Sports Bog
dcprosportsreport.com - 1/6/2009
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dcprosportsreport.com —
The Washington Capitals have one rival they dislike
the most, one rival they feel vengeance against, that...
rivals the Capitals face tonight — the Philadelphia Flyers. Not only did Philadelphia embarrass the Caps earlier this season, beating them 7-1
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Daily Caps Report, Caps and Flyers Intensify
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Capitals Edge Flyers in Shootout
Off Wing Opinion —
... , for the Caps to gain the two points. Says J.P. at Japers' Rink ; In the good ol' days, this game would have been a hard fought tie. Nowadays, we get to watch the ice resurfacing machines do their laps (twice, in fact) followed by a mini-skills competition. The result last night was a Caps win and two fantastic points (especially given Boston's regulation loss in Minny), but it wasn't, as HeartbreakRidge put it in the Open Thread, "the cathartic ass kicking" we were all hoping for - I guess we'll circle February 24 on our calendars for the next opportunity. Ed Moran of the ...
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