Washington Capitals: News Articles
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NHL.com —
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals have been nominated for a combined five Capital Emmy awards. Documentary series chronicling the 2011-12 seasons of the two teams, Caps Red Line and Wizards Magazine – The Journey, w...
The Washington Post (Tarik El-Bashir) —
For the second time in three days, the Washington Capitals are reeling from a punch to the gut. Dale Hunter resigned as coach Monday after just six months on the job, leaving the team searching for a replacement two days after getting eliminated in the second round of the playoffs. Read full article
The Washington Post (Katie Carrera) —
Dale Hunter likes to say that he considers the Washington Capitals to be his team , no matter where his career takes him. But once again they will be his team from afar, following the announcement Monday that he will not come back to Washington for another season as coach. Read full article
The Washington Post (John Feinstein) —
Let’s begin with all the hearts and flowers stuff: The Washington Capitals made the 2012 playoffs more compelling than in any year since their run to the Stanley Cup finals in 1998. For the second time in four years, they pushed a conference semifinal series to seven games. Read full article
NHL.com —
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have announced that captain Alex Ovechkin and forward Alexander Semin will represent Russia while center Nicklas Backstrom will represent Sweden at the 2012 International Ice Hockey Federation World Champio...
The Washington Post (TARIK EL-BASHIR) —
As the Washington Capitals scatter across the globe in the coming days, a series of tough questions will confront the team’s decision makers in the aftermath of another second-round playoff exit. The most pressing issue is the future of Coach Dale Hunter . If the former Capitals great has decided whether to return to Washington or go back to London, Ontario, he wasn’t tipping his hand...
The Washington Post (Katie Carrera) —
The Washington Capitals went through a startling transformation since their season began more than seven months ago. A team that struggled in the face of adversity to the point that it prompted a coaching change in the fall grew resilient in the spring; a group that began the year divided by a caste system of responsibilities eventually united. Read full article
The Washington Post (Tarik El-Bashir) —
During a span of eight frantic minutes in the second period, the Washington Capitals tilted the Madison Square Garden ice in their favor. Unfortunately for them, that was also the same time New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist decided to show why he’s a finalist for the Hart and Vezina trophies. Read full article
The Washington Post (Thomas Boswell) —
NEW YORK — The Washington Capitals didn’t just lose a second-round playoff series in seven tight, tough games with the top-seeded New York Rangers here in thunderous Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. This was a defeat with a victory of a different but enormously important kind, hidden inside it. Read full article
The Washington Post (Katie Carrera) —
NEW YORK — The Washington Capitals excelled throughout the postseason by playing patient, defensive hockey. But when they needed to save their season with a burst of offense, it never came in Game 7 on Saturday night against the New York Rangers . Read full article
The Washington Post (Katie Carrera) —
There’s a gleam in Coach Dale Hunter ’s eye whenever he talks about playing in a Game 7 . These pressure-cookers are the contests players remember most, he says, games with everything on the line where all that remains is to enjoy the ride and let their instincts take over. Read full article
The Washington Post (Mike Wise) —
The game and news conference were over when the coach walked into his office dressed in his usual black suit and red-sheen tie at 11:01 p.m. Wednesday following the Capitals’ 2-1 victory over the Rangers . At almost exactly 11:01:30, he was back out in the Verizon Center hallway. Amazingly, he was wearing a polo shirt and slacks — as if he were an actor with seconds to make a costume change....
The Washington Post (Tarik El-Bashir) —
So far in the playoffs, forward Matt Hendricks is tied for 14th on the Washington Capitals in points, having accumulated a goal and an assist in 13 games. Points, however, aren’t the best measurement of Hendricks’s contribution to the team, according to veteran Brooks Laich. Read full article
The Washington Post (Tarik El-Bashir) —
Hours before Game 6, several New York Rangers said they fully expected to face the Washington Capitals’ strongest push of the postseason. They weren’t ready. Instead of clinching the franchise’s first trip to the Eastern Conference finals since 1997, they quietly packed equipment bags following a deflating 2-1 defeat . They’ll now have two days to lament all of their missed...