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Tag Archives: Alexander Semin
Former Capital Alex Semin Out Rest Of Season For KHL’s Podolsk Vityaz With Lower-Body Injury
The KHL’s Podolsk Vityaz announced on Friday morning that captain Alex Semin will miss the rest of the season, including the 2020 Gagarin Cup Playoffs, due to a lower-body injury suffered on Thursday.
Posted in Games, Injuries, News, Players, Washington Capitals
Tagged Alexander Semin, Harrison Brown, Injury, KHL, News, Podolsk Vityaz, Washington Capitals
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Stars Shine At KHL All-Star Skills Competition; Former Capitals Alexander Semin and Dmitrij Jaskin Participate
Yury Kuzmin/KHL The NHL is currently gearing up for the 2020 All-Star Game (featuring Capitals Head Coach Todd Reirden, defenseman John Carlson, goaltender Braden Holtby, and right wing T.J. Oshie), which is set to take place this weekend (January 25-26) … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Semin, Diane Doyle, Dmitrij Jaskin, Games, KHL, KHL All-Star Competition, Players, Skills Competition
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Oh Captain, New Captain: Retro Recap – Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens – January 5, 2010
Greg Fiume/Getty Images North America Ten years ago, on January 5, 2010, the Capitals were set to play the Montreal Canadiens at home. They had been riding a three-game losing streak that started after trading their captain, Chris Clark, to … Continue reading
Posted in Game Re-Caps, Games, History, News, NHL, Players, Teams, Washington Capitals
Tagged Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Captain, Captaincy, Diane Doyle, Game Recaps, Montreal Canadiens, Retro Recap, Team Captain, Washington Capitals
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Retro Recap – Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers – 1/3/2009 – Saturday Night’s For Bad Fighting
Len Redkoles/Getty Images North America Just over 11 years ago, the Washington Capitals played the New York Rangers in their second home game of the new year on January 3, 2009. In this latest Retro Recap, Diane Doyle takes a … Continue reading
Posted in Game Re-Caps, Games, History, News, NHL, Players, Teams, Washington Capitals
Tagged Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Eastern Conference, Game Recap, Games, Mike Green, New York Rangers, NHL, Retro Recap, Teams, Washington Capitals
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Retro Recap: Washington Capitals at Philadelphia Flyers – December 5, 2009: Saint Nicholas Day and Sucker Punches in Philadelphia
Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images With the Washington Capitals recently playing the Anaheim Ducks on Saint Nicholas Day 2019 in a game marked with physical altercations, NoVa Caps takes look back on a game 10 years ago on the day … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Semin, David Steckel, Diane Doyle, Eastern Conference, Eric Fehr, Game Recap, History, Matt Bradley, Mike Green, Nicklas Backstrom, Philadelphia Flyers, Retro Recap, Tomas Fleischmann, Washington Capitals
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Thanksgiving Sandwich Games – How The Washington Capitals Have Fared on Games Near Thanksgiving
Within the NHL, most teams will practice on Thanksgiving Day in the USA, but they will generally not play a game, at least not in U.S. cities. This year, there was only one game on the schedule: the New Jersey … Continue reading
Posted in Game Re-Caps, History, News, NHL, Washington Capitals
Tagged Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Black Friday, CapsGiving, Thanksgiving
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The Capitals’ Road Trip from Hell in November 2008
Photo: NHL via Getty Images The Washington Capitals achieved a pretty good start to the 2008-09 season. The team amassed a record of 10-4-2 in their first 16 games, and had won their fifth game in a row on November 14. … Continue reading
Birth Of A Beast: Retro Recap – Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins – November 5, 2010
Photos: NHL via Getty Images With the Washington Capitals about to face the Bruins tonight at TD Garden in Boston, I thought I would take a look back to a prior contest that took place between the two teams on … Continue reading
10th Anniversary: A Look Back at the Washington Capitals’ 2009-2010 Season – Appointing A New Captain
Photo by John McDonnell/The Washington Post The 2009-10 season began with much hope for the Washington Capitals, despite the fact they were eliminated by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs the prior season. There … Continue reading
Superstar Sidekicks: A Look At the Players Who Got to Play With the Capitals’ Two Superstars
Photo: Patrick Smith/Getty Images This week, the “Down Goes Brown” column, written by Sean McIndoe for The Athletic (behind the pay wall), focused on “Projecting the Opening Night lineup for whichever team you personally cheer for”, describing the projected lineup … Continue reading
