gekkogecko
04-06-2008, 01:01 PM
This is more hockey talk, so skip it if you're not interested in such.
The Wasington Capitals (http://capitals.nhl.com/index.html) beat the Florida Panthers last night 3-1. This grabbed the Southeast Division title from Carolina for the Caps.
At the mid-point of the season, the Caps were 14th place in the league: this makes them the first team since the leage expanded to 30 teams to come back from that far down to win a division title.
Alexander Ovechkin, whom the Caps fans were already calling "Alexander the great" after he won the Calder Trophy in his rookie year (2005-2006) is the first player to lead the league in both goals and points since I forget when; but it puts him in the same group as such notables asn Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Hull. He also set a franchise record of 65 goals for the season, and leds teh league in such obscure statistics as game-winning goals, power play goals and shots on goal. Whomever has him as part of their fantasy hockey team is makign out like a bandit. Ovechkin is the current front-runner for the the league's MVP award (Michel Briere Trophy).
Bruce Boudreau took over the Head Coaching job in November, supopsedly as the "interim" head coach: he did so well immediately, that he got the permanent position just a few weeks later. He's seriously in the running for the Jack Adams award as coach of the year.
The only downside of this? The tickets for the playoff games are anywhere from $37 for the cheap seats to $235 for the VIP-A seats.
The Wasington Capitals (http://capitals.nhl.com/index.html) beat the Florida Panthers last night 3-1. This grabbed the Southeast Division title from Carolina for the Caps.
At the mid-point of the season, the Caps were 14th place in the league: this makes them the first team since the leage expanded to 30 teams to come back from that far down to win a division title.
Alexander Ovechkin, whom the Caps fans were already calling "Alexander the great" after he won the Calder Trophy in his rookie year (2005-2006) is the first player to lead the league in both goals and points since I forget when; but it puts him in the same group as such notables asn Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Hull. He also set a franchise record of 65 goals for the season, and leds teh league in such obscure statistics as game-winning goals, power play goals and shots on goal. Whomever has him as part of their fantasy hockey team is makign out like a bandit. Ovechkin is the current front-runner for the the league's MVP award (Michel Briere Trophy).
Bruce Boudreau took over the Head Coaching job in November, supopsedly as the "interim" head coach: he did so well immediately, that he got the permanent position just a few weeks later. He's seriously in the running for the Jack Adams award as coach of the year.
The only downside of this? The tickets for the playoff games are anywhere from $37 for the cheap seats to $235 for the VIP-A seats.