Ravings of a Rink Rebel

When I heard about the new hashtag for the year, #ALLCAPS, I thought, "meh." I didn't really get it. Since I'm one prone to use caps lock a lot on Twitter, particularly about hockey, I thought ...

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"You know the Capitals, the hockey team? I heard about this promotion where you can get cheap tickets with a student ID. Let's go to a game!" Those paraphrased words came from my coworker and ...

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photo by Chris Gordon , from 2012 development camp On July 14, 2012, I was back in DC (for the first time since moving back to Chicago in November 2011) on a weekend trip and asked the Capit...

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Originally written by Erika Schnure for Hockey Primetime, 11/1/2011 Re-posted in honor of Teemu Selanne's induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame The Anaheim Ducks kicked off the month of "Movem...

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(I wrote this a week after the Capitals got knocked out of the playoffs, but left it in my drafts) I reflected a bit on this on Facebook the night of the loss, but over a week after the Caps l...

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Originally written by Erika Schnure for Red Light District, 12/7/2011 On Monday, USA Hockey announced their preliminary roster for the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championships in Alberta. 29 play...

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Originally written by Erika Schnure for Red Light District, 10/25/2011 In the second half of the 2010-2011 NHL season, the Washington Capitals' power play went from one of the best in the lea...

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Originally written by Erika Schnure for Hockey Primetime, 10/21/2011 photo by Getty images The Florida Panthers made arguably the greatest amount of moves during the 2011 off-season, most n...

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Last December, I took advantage of a long weekend to drive up to the illustrious Windsor, Ontario to see my Windsor Spitfires play at home for the first time. I only attended one game, but it was...

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It's draft time again! This is like Christmas in June to me personally. photo by eliteprospects.com Name: Andre Burakovsky Position: LW Shoots: Left Height: 6'2" Weight: 179 lbs ...

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Being a grad student means that I have to write my fair share of papers. Being a grad student in a Sports Administration program means that I sometimes get to write my papers on hockey. Such wa...

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I'd previously blogged about my other hockey trips, so I thought I'd do the same for my little trip to Columbus for New Year's Eve. I moved away from DC on November 2, 2011, the day after an ...

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 Players look on as Devin DiDiomete (28) and Phil Rauch (20) fight at the end of the second period (photo by Chicago Express ) Coming into Wednesday night's game, the Toledo Walleye (DET/...

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 Kyle Ostrow scores the game-winning shootout goal (photo by Chicago Express ) It wasn't looking so good for the Chicago Express as they headed into the third period Friday night, down 4...

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 He's already got the playoff beard down (photo by JustSports Photography) Early in training camp, I was watching Group B practice. A friend asked me, "Is Graham Mink a career AHLer?" Wi...

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Ward with the UPEI Panthers (photo by UPEI.ca ) Joel Ward definitely has not taken the conventional path to the NHL. Undrafted, he spent four seasons in the OHL before then going to colle...

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 Some of my high school girls' hockey team during a practice. I'm 7th from right. As we all know, I'm on Twitter quite often. Earlier this evening, I saw a tweet from the Anaheim Ducks a...

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photo by Caps in Pictures At this time last summer, Zach Miskovic wasn't having such a great training camp in Washington. In fact, he wasn't having one at all. In last year's July developme...

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 photo by Bridget Samuels/bridgetds I did a little research on invitee Thomas Frazee back in development camp . After his exit meeting in July, Frazee knew he was coming back for rookie ...

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 photo by Bridget Samuels/bridgetds At the conclusion of this summer's Capitals development camp, Cody Eakin wasn't sugarcoating how he felt about his performance at the week-long camp....

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I don't know if he was fan or friend, but shortly after the Capitals took the ice to skate this morning, a man in the stands waved and yelled Alex Ovechkin over to the tunnel that splits the Ket...

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 photo by USA Hockey   Name: Patrick Wey Position: D Shoots: Right Height: 6'2" Weight: 210 lbs Birthdate: 1991-03-21 Hometown: Mt. Lebanon, PA I've noticed that more ...

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Galiev signs his contract, Neuvy hits DC The QMJHL's preseason is already in swing, and Capitals prospect Sam Carrier has started with his new team, Baie-Comeau Drakkar . Drakkar played the...

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  photo by Bridget Samuels/bridgetds   T.J. Syner , a free agent attending UMass-Amherst, is an interesting player in this year's development camp. He possesses staggering speed and is...

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Just a couple of quick notes as today was the second scrimmage and also the shortest day of development camp. Travis Boyd is unbelievable . He has incredible hockey sense and vision way beyo...

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