It was to be expected that the Caps would suck in their first year. It was the team’s first year in D.C and the NHL. They joined the league that year as an expansion team, along with the Kansas City Scouts (really, a team in KC?). The team was in the Norris Division of the Prince of Wales Conference — such ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionBefore Ovechkin: The Washington Lions and Uline Arena
My last post went way back to the 1920s. This one is a couple of decades after that, but well before the Washington Capitals arrived here. Our second “Before Ovechkin” post will cover the Washington Lions of the American Hockey League (AHL). Read More »
Before Ovechkin: Columbia Heights Roller Hockey
Before Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, we had Barkley, Morrow, Harrison, W. Whiting and H. Whiting Read More »
Ghosts of DC The lost and untold history of Washington