<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021</id><updated>2011-11-27T18:37:41.589-05:00</updated><category term='Governor General of Canada'/><category term='NHL'/><category term='passing'/><category term='Pierre McGuire'/><category term='Trade Deadline'/><category term='love of the game'/><category term='salaries'/><category term='Miracle'/><category term='Jamie Heward'/><category term='strategy'/><category term='hockey history'/><category term='Don Cherry'/><category term='Canadiens'/><category term='art'/><category term='James Mirtle'/><category term='Maya'/><category term='Chris Clark'/><category term='Johnny Bower'/><category term='Yogi Berra'/><category term='recap'/><category term='youth hockey'/><category term='Eric Fehr'/><category term='NHLFA'/><category term='bodychecking'/><category term='ball hockey'/><category term='Bob Guertin Arena'/><category term='Jeff Schultz'/><category term='Detroit Red Wings'/><category term='Ken Dryden'/><category term='Olaf Kolzig'/><category term='Pittsburgh Penguins'/><category term='Hockey Day in Canada'/><category term='video'/><category term='Yanic Perreault'/><category term='Rideau Canal'/><category term='goalies'/><category term='Blogs'/><category term='Thomas Vokoun'/><category term='superstitions'/><category term='pickup hockey'/><category term='backchecking'/><category term='Herb Brooks'/><category term='Quotes'/><category term='Sergei Samsonov'/><category term='injuries'/><category term='Summit Series'/><category term='off-season'/><category term='Red Wings'/><category term='Laich'/><category term='confidence'/><category term='Paul Kukla'/><category term='The Hockey News'/><category term='Antoine Vermette'/><category term='Philadelphia Flyers'/><category term='humour'/><category term='Trades'/><category term='Nicklas Backstrom'/><category term='defenseman'/><category term='Vancouver Canucks'/><category term='Dainius Zubrus'/><category term='hockey friendship'/><category term='Capitals'/><category term='personal development'/><category term='free agents'/><category term='WikiHow'/><category term='Mario Lemieux'/><category term='Senators'/><category term='Outdoor rinks'/><category term='AHL'/><category term='women&apos;s hockey'/><category term='iihf'/><category term='Mike Green'/><category term='HNIC'/><category term='Impressions'/><category term='Olympiques de Gatineau'/><category term='Off Wing Opinion'/><category term='team spirit'/><category term='venues'/><category term='Hockey Hall of Fame'/><category term='Eric McErlain'/><category term='road trip'/><category term='Toronto Maple Leafs'/><category term='skills'/><category term='perseverance'/><category term='Hershey Bears'/><category term='garage-league hockey'/><category term='Gordie Howe'/><category term='Alexander Semin'/><category term='Phil Pritchard'/><category term='time flies'/><category term='Tim Horton'/><category term='junior hockey'/><category term='Brent Johnson'/><category term='Gretzky'/><category term='memories'/><category term='Pavel Datsyuk'/><category term='goal-scorer'/><category term='Huet'/><category term='Evgeni Malkin'/><category term='CBC'/><category term='Tomas Fleischmann'/><category term='mental preparation'/><category term='playmaking'/><category term='world championships'/><category term='Olympics'/><category term='Jason Spezza'/><category term='Internet'/><category term='Têtes à claque'/><category term='Bondra'/><category term='Draft'/><category term='François Bouchard'/><category term='Erik'/><category term='CCM'/><category term='Richard Zednik'/><category term='Ovechkin'/><category term='Ted Leonsis'/><category term='Stanley Cup'/><category term='Team Canada'/><category term='guys will be guys'/><category term='Maple Leaf Gardens'/><category term='scouting'/><category term='Slap Shot Movie'/><category term='Nashville Predators'/><category term='equipment'/><category term='Sydney Crosby'/><category term='play'/><category term='shinny'/><category term='hockey'/><category term='playoffs'/><category term='John Chow'/><category term='Mike Vogel. Los Angeles Kings'/><category term='health'/><category term='Ottawa 67&apos;s'/><category term='old-time hockey'/><title type='text'>Hockey Amor</title><subtitle type='html'>For those whose love of hockey conquers all. Passion, Ovechkin, Garage-league hockey experiences, Capitals, NHL

///Pour l'amour du hockey : Amour du jeu, Ovechkin, ligues de garage, passion, expériences, Capitals, LNH</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>431</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-441195451715731605</id><published>2011-04-02T14:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-02T14:24:48.325-05:00</updated><title type='text'>5 Year-old William Shannon Becomes a Capital For a Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=reader&amp;amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.russianmachineneverbreaks.com%2F2011%2F04%2F01%2F5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day%2F"&gt;http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=reader&amp;amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.russianmachineneverbreaks.com%2F2011%2F04%2F01%2F5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day%2F&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks / Merci,&lt;p&gt;Luc Comeau&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-441195451715731605?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/441195451715731605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=441195451715731605&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/441195451715731605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/441195451715731605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2011/04/5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes.html' title='5 Year-old William Shannon Becomes a Capital For a Day'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07090694004389154675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7344855792960160764</id><published>2010-09-21T14:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-09-21T14:22:33.376-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><title type='text'>Poti a Cup Hopeful</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TJkFmClylBI/AAAAAAAAABE/wDCgQQDSSHc/s1600/poti.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TJkFmClylBI/AAAAAAAAABE/wDCgQQDSSHc/s320/poti.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Tom Poti just got another two years on our backline, he's lowering his yearly salary for a chance to hoist Stanley.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope Semin takes heart &amp;amp; does the same...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7344855792960160764?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7344855792960160764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7344855792960160764&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7344855792960160764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7344855792960160764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2010/09/poti-cup-hopeful.html' title='Poti a Cup Hopeful'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07090694004389154675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TJkFmClylBI/AAAAAAAAABE/wDCgQQDSSHc/s72-c/poti.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-747861965152964299</id><published>2010-09-12T21:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T21:10:43.714-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garage-league hockey'/><title type='text'>Oldtimer Again</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TI2IDcQDhKI/AAAAAAAAAA8/rgvS892WSHo/s1600/Oldtimers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TI2IDcQDhKI/AAAAAAAAAA8/rgvS892WSHo/s320/Oldtimers.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Just got word that my twice-a-week oldtimers league starts up Sept. 24th, looking forward to lacing them up again with the boys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Went out for a skate at the local arena today, first time on ice since-mid-March, lots of rust.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-747861965152964299?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/747861965152964299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=747861965152964299&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/747861965152964299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/747861965152964299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2010/09/oldtimer-again.html' title='Oldtimer Again'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07090694004389154675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TI2IDcQDhKI/AAAAAAAAAA8/rgvS892WSHo/s72-c/Oldtimers.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5084163548080662927</id><published>2010-09-12T21:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T21:07:48.897-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Rookie!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TI2HOiYfN9I/AAAAAAAAAA0/aWBTVJ9b7QE/s1600/EAKS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TI2HOiYfN9I/AAAAAAAAAA0/aWBTVJ9b7QE/s320/EAKS.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hope springs eternal as the Capitals open up their rookie camp, there's even talk that Cody Eakin could surprise... I would much prefer that he go back to the Western Hockey League and tear it up then win gold with Team Canada's Juniors before starting his pro career in the spring with the Bears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't believe people are hyping up a 19-year old like him.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5084163548080662927?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5084163548080662927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5084163548080662927&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5084163548080662927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5084163548080662927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2010/09/hey-rookie.html' title='Hey Rookie!'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07090694004389154675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TI2HOiYfN9I/AAAAAAAAAA0/aWBTVJ9b7QE/s72-c/EAKS.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-6756674230151809695</id><published>2010-08-23T10:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-23T10:48:02.813-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stanley Cup'/><title type='text'>Can Do?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/THKYHZFLq9I/AAAAAAAAAAk/CRMpxOSPxNs/s1600/cup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/THKYHZFLq9I/AAAAAAAAAAk/CRMpxOSPxNs/s320/cup.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hey all you Caps doubters out there, just because you haven't done it yet doesn't mean you can do it (i.e win the Stanley Cup).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-6756674230151809695?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/6756674230151809695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=6756674230151809695&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/6756674230151809695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/6756674230151809695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2010/08/can-do.html' title='Can Do?'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07090694004389154675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/THKYHZFLq9I/AAAAAAAAAAk/CRMpxOSPxNs/s72-c/cup.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-4782670409500273401</id><published>2010-08-22T19:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-22T19:24:02.037-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ovechkin disses KHL</title><content type='html'>So Ovie is quoted on russian radio as saying the KHL does not compare&lt;br&gt;to the NHL.  Well, duh!  Ain&amp;#39;t news at all.. Slow hockey month this&lt;br&gt;is.&lt;p&gt;-- &lt;br&gt;Luc&lt;p&gt;&amp;#39;Amor vincit omnia&amp;#39;  Virgile&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-4782670409500273401?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/4782670409500273401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=4782670409500273401&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4782670409500273401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4782670409500273401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2010/08/ovechkin-disses-khl.html' title='Ovechkin disses KHL'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07090694004389154675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-4365137598472835913</id><published>2010-08-20T12:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-20T12:31:30.751-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='defenseman'/><title type='text'>Willie Mitchell?</title><content type='html'>He could certainly help but is he worth the financial commitment that On Frozen Blog refers to &lt;a href="http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2010/08/20/willie-mitchell-rocks-kettler-with-presence.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnFrozenBlog+%28On+Frozen+Blog%29&amp;amp;utm_content=Google+Reader"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-4365137598472835913?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/4365137598472835913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=4365137598472835913&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4365137598472835913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4365137598472835913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2010/08/wliie-mitchell.html' title='Willie Mitchell?'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07090694004389154675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7145228167499440261</id><published>2010-08-18T12:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-18T12:18:02.373-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Brian Burke's Take on Hockey's Future</title><content type='html'>Check it out &lt;a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Establishing+hockey+long+term+agenda/3413613/story.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7145228167499440261?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7145228167499440261/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7145228167499440261&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7145228167499440261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7145228167499440261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2010/08/brian-burkes-take-on-hockeys-future.html' title='Brian Burke&apos;s Take on Hockey&apos;s Future'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07090694004389154675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-316006944149742418</id><published>2010-08-18T12:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-18T12:02:55.033-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Do Composite Sticks Snap?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TGwRi7S22qI/AAAAAAAAAAg/PpXoNaP04BI/s1600/46_product_Fuel++Ti+Pro.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="95" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TGwRi7S22qI/AAAAAAAAAAg/PpXoNaP04BI/s320/46_product_Fuel++Ti+Pro.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Check out this educational &lt;a href="http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2010/08/09/crafting-high-end-hockey-sticks.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnFrozenBlog+%28On+Frozen+Blog%29&amp;amp;utm_content=Google+Reader"&gt;video &lt;/a&gt;to find the 'bubble' in the system... h/t to &lt;a href="http://www.onfrozenblog.com/"&gt;On Frozen Blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-316006944149742418?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/316006944149742418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=316006944149742418&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5668039324588411446</id><published>2010-08-18T09:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-18T09:25:29.574-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love of the game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shinny'/><title type='text'>Hockey Heaven?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TGvtIYvGKLI/AAAAAAAAAAc/3GCekIDofwA/s1600/Peppers-artistic-rendering-of-Big-Beautiful-Blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="239" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TGvtIYvGKLI/AAAAAAAAAAc/3GCekIDofwA/s320/Peppers-artistic-rendering-of-Big-Beautiful-Blue.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Check out the awesome post &lt;a href="http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2010/08/18/discovery-above-12000-feet-elevation-the-beautiful-blue-who-should-be-skated.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnFrozenBlog+%28On+Frozen+Blog%29&amp;amp;utm_content=Google+Reader"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5668039324588411446?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5668039324588411446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5668039324588411446&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5488710939813112648</id><published>2010-08-12T14:57:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-12T14:58:39.913-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Would Bélanger help?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TGRSZ4YIRJI/AAAAAAAAAAU/DA90mEwh-Ds/s1600/eric+belanger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TGRSZ4YIRJI/AAAAAAAAAAU/DA90mEwh-Ds/s320/eric+belanger.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I'm not sure a defensive ace like Éric Bélanger can help fill the Caps' second-line centre slot.&amp;nbsp; Don't get me wrong, he's a warrior and a bargain if we sign him for only one year, but we already have Gordo and Stecks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07090694004389154675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TGRSZ4YIRJI/AAAAAAAAAAU/DA90mEwh-Ds/s72-c/eric+belanger.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-6052485783979918701</id><published>2010-08-11T10:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T10:29:07.242-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Hockey Desert</title><content type='html'>August is the worst month of the year: barely any NHL news, no garage-league hockey and my google reader hockey blog feed never overwhelms me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can't wait for September to roll around.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-6052485783979918701?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/6052485783979918701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=6052485783979918701&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/6052485783979918701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/6052485783979918701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2010/08/hockey-desert.html' title='The Hockey Desert'/><author><name>Hockey 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src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-1913558829613906639?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/1913558829613906639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=1913558829613906639&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1913558829613906639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1913558829613906639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2010/08/would-they-survive-another-early_10.html' title='Would they survive another early playoff exit?'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07090694004389154675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5301901415460194107</id><published>2010-08-07T12:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-07T12:54:58.862-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garage-league hockey'/><title type='text'>Not Playing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TF2d4vHNr7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/jD51y9iTPPI/s1600/injured+hockey+player.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TF2d4vHNr7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/jD51y9iTPPI/s320/injured+hockey+player.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;For the first time in over 12 years, I haven't been playing summer hockey.&amp;nbsp; A late march knee injury had me on the shelf and in withdrawal, and I can't wait for the Oldtimer's league to start up again in late September.&amp;nbsp; Have started running in the hope of not making a fool of myself when I begin again after such a long break.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5301901415460194107?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5301901415460194107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5301901415460194107&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5301901415460194107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5301901415460194107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2010/08/not-playing.html' title='Not Playing'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07090694004389154675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ5E80JDipc/TF2d4vHNr7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/jD51y9iTPPI/s72-c/injured+hockey+player.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5671125770483117400</id><published>2010-08-06T22:46:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T22:49:06.996-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><title type='text'>Caps love</title><content type='html'>Them Caps are tweaking rather than overhauling this summer, &amp;amp; I agree.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5671125770483117400?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5671125770483117400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5671125770483117400&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Back in the Saddle?</title><content type='html'>Hi again,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a child-related hiatus, I'm considering posting again, let's see how it goes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7225581632379736549?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7225581632379736549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7225581632379736549&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7225581632379736549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7225581632379736549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2010/08/back-in-saddle.html' title='Back in the Saddle?'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07090694004389154675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5107219859006830277</id><published>2009-04-29T07:42:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-29T07:45:00.146-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hockey'/><title type='text'>Hockey Art ///L'art et le hockey</title><content type='html'>Here's a fascinating couple of &lt;a href="http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/arena_the_art_of_hockey/"&gt;clips &lt;/a&gt;from &lt;a href="http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php"&gt;Kuklas Korner&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Voici deux &lt;a href="http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/arena_the_art_of_hockey/"&gt;extraits &lt;/a&gt;au sujet de l'art et du hockey, grâce à &lt;a href="http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php"&gt;Kuklas Korner&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5107219859006830277?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5107219859006830277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5107219859006830277&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 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term='playoffs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><title type='text'>May of the Penguins ///Vers les pingouins</title><content type='html'>The Caps pulled off an impressive comeback, Simeon VarlAmov blew me away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Mes caps ont fait une remontée improbable, grâce au calme impressionnant du jeune Simeon VarlAmov.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-8345798483425803769?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/8345798483425803769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=8345798483425803769&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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on Twitter at &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/HockeyAmor"&gt;http://twitter.com/HockeyAmor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the &lt;a href="http://tiny.cc/a03tX"&gt;tinyurl &lt;/a&gt;for my blog.&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://tiny.cc/aO3tX" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: blue;" href="http://tiny.cc/aO3tX" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5547401546812965778?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5547401546812965778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5547401546812965778&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link 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term='NHL'/><title type='text'>First Caps Action Since The Spring / Premier match depuis le printemps</title><content type='html'>Thanks to the Internet, just saw the Caps Flyers exhibition game won 2-1 by Philly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few thoughts:&lt;br /&gt;-Alzner is more steady than Lepisto, but both should become Hershey's no 1 pair and gain more experience&lt;br /&gt;-Chris 'buzzsaw' Bourque was a factor yet needs more seasoning&lt;br /&gt;-Fedorov is an old smoothie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Grâce à l'Internet, j'ai vu un match préparatoire des Caps, qui ont perdu 2 à 1 contre les Flyers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quelques réactions:&lt;br /&gt;-Alzner est plus solide que Lepisto, mais les deux devraient devenir le premier duo défensif à Hershey et prendre plus d'expérience&lt;br /&gt;-Chris Bourque a été un facteur mais il a besoin d'une autre année à Hershey&lt;br /&gt;-Fedorov est très en forme pour un joueur plus âgé&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-4314809644151668826?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/4314809644151668826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=4314809644151668826&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4314809644151668826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4314809644151668826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/10/first-caps-action-since-spring-premier.html' title='First Caps Action Since The Spring / Premier match depuis le printemps'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-1741303569549841486</id><published>2008-09-02T21:04:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-02T21:12:13.783-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>My Defensive Pairings / Mes duos défensifs</title><content type='html'>As a follow-up to yesterday's offensive lines, here's my take on D:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st pair:  Schultz - Green&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Schultz?  Yes, he's dependable, but also:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd pair:  Morrisson-Poti&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having Morrisson here will free up Poti to play more offensively&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd pair:  Lepisto-Jurcina&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sami can make it full-time this year&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spare: Erskine.  'Nuff said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alzner, no matter what camp he has, should play a full year in Hershey.  Look at what it did to Green.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Comme suite à mes trios offensifs d'hier, voici mes duos défensifs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1er groupe:  Schultz - Green&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Schultz?  Oui, il est fiable, et en plus :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2e groupe:  Morrisson-Poti&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Morrisson permettra à Poti d'être plus offensif&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3e groupe:  Lepisto-Jurcina&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sami peut jouer à temps plein cette année&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7e défenseur: Erskine.  Pas plus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alzner, peu importe son camp d'entraînement, devrait jouer une pleine saison à Hershey.  Rappelez vous de ce que cela a fait à Green.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-1741303569549841486?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/1741303569549841486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=1741303569549841486&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1741303569549841486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1741303569549841486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-defensive-pairings-mes-duos-dfensifs.html' title='My Defensive Pairings / Mes duos défensifs'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-1815758557333017574</id><published>2008-09-01T09:20:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-01T09:34:35.592-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>My Lines / Mes Trios</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;After watching the Russia-Canada World Championship final game again, I'm convinced that the Caps should keep Ovechkin-Fedorov-Semin together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I was Bruce Boudreau my lines would be:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ovechkin-Fedorov-Semin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awesome power with a great defensive center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Laich-Backstrom-Clark&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sweetness with grindability and leadership.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gordon-Nylander-Kozlov&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A stronger than usual offensive third line, thanks to Nyls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brashear-Steckel-Bradley&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An energy fourth line with penalty killing and faceoff strength.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spares:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fleischman, Fehr for the inevitable injuries.  This year is Flash's last chance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;///Après avoir regardé à nouveau le match final Russie-Canada des championnats mondiaux, je suis convaincu que les Capitals devraient garder le trio Ovechkin-Fedorov-Semin intact. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Si j'étais Bruce Boudreau mes trios seraient :&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ovechkin-Fedorov-Semin &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Une puissance offensive incontournable et un grand centre défensif.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Laich-Backstrom-Clark&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Du talent et du caractère.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gordon-Nylander-Kozlov&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Un troisième trio plus offensif qu'à l'habitude, grâce à Nylander.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brashear-Steckel-Bradley&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Un trio 'énergie' avec deux excellents joueurs en désavantage numérique.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Extras : Fleischman et Fehr pour combler le vide lors de blessures.  Pour Flash, il s'agit de la dernière chance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-1815758557333017574?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/1815758557333017574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=1815758557333017574&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1815758557333017574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1815758557333017574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-lines-mes-trios.html' title='My Lines / Mes Trios'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7647667328303646336</id><published>2008-08-20T21:55:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T22:01:52.343-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='off-season'/><title type='text'>The Dog Days of Summer  ///Que l'été finisse!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/SKzalJlOOmI/AAAAAAAAAQc/QnN09Z154ww/s1600-h/hockeydog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236800798487100002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/SKzalJlOOmI/AAAAAAAAAQc/QnN09Z154ww/s320/hockeydog.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;August is the worst time of year for hockey fans: no free agents, no trades, no hockey games! Bring on September, when I can start my garage-league again and training camp will begin.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Le mois d'août est le pire mois de l'année pour les amateurs de hockey : pas de signatures de contrats d'agents libres, pas d'échanges, et aucuns matchs! J'attends impatiemment septembre, alors que mes ligues de garage et les camps d'entraînement recommenceront.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7647667328303646336?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7647667328303646336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7647667328303646336&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7647667328303646336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7647667328303646336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/08/dog-days-of-summer-que-lt-finisse.html' title='The Dog Days of Summer  ///Que l&apos;été finisse!'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/SKzalJlOOmI/AAAAAAAAAQc/QnN09Z154ww/s72-c/hockeydog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-1053161755519715340</id><published>2008-06-25T18:53:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:08.331-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maya'/><title type='text'>Newest Caps Fan  ///Nouvelle passionnée des Capitals</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/SGLbXQCO-YI/AAAAAAAAAQU/kwTneQmKpLk/s1600-h/DSC_0278.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215972510936267138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/SGLbXQCO-YI/AAAAAAAAAQU/kwTneQmKpLk/s320/DSC_0278.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/SGLbNDyDOQI/AAAAAAAAAQM/fotiZvhQkP8/s1600-h/DSC_0272.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215972335848470786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/SGLbNDyDOQI/AAAAAAAAAQM/fotiZvhQkP8/s320/DSC_0272.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Maya is already cheering! She was born June 11, and weighs 8 lbs. 11 oz.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Maya encourage déjà les Caps! Elle est née le 11 juin, et pèse 8 lbs. 11 oz.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-1053161755519715340?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/1053161755519715340/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=1053161755519715340&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1053161755519715340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1053161755519715340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/06/newest-caps-fan-nouvelle-passionne-des.html' title='Newest Caps Fan  ///Nouvelle passionnée des Capitals'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/SGLbXQCO-YI/AAAAAAAAAQU/kwTneQmKpLk/s72-c/DSC_0278.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-3310526434351831063</id><published>2008-05-24T10:57:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-24T11:01:54.202-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ted Leonsis'/><title type='text'>Open Letter to Ted Leonsis  //Lettre ouverte à Ted Leonsis</title><content type='html'>Hi Ted,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FYI, after cheering for the caps from Ontario Canada since 1982 I finally got to see my first game live at the Verizon Centre (a 2-1 New Jersey win in OT).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to tell you that Verizon rocks (this was before the Red!) and that Sean Goodman of your team went out of his way to make my day special, by advising my wife on ticket selection, obtaining an autographed Ovie puck for me, and even dropping by during the intermission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I strongly believe that you will continue to grow your fan base one customer at a time, and that you are doing it right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luc Comeau&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Cher Ted,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À titre d'info, après plus de 25 ans comme amateur des Capitals ici en Ontario (Canada), j'ai finalement vu mon premier match au centre Verizon (une victoire de 2-1 des Devils en surtemps).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je voulais te dire que l'atmosphère de l'arène est incroyable (ceci était même avant Rock The Red!).  Sean Goodman de ton équipe s'est vraiment dépassé au niveau du service à la clientèle pour rendre ma journée mémorables, en conseillant mon épouse dans le choix de billets, en obtenant une rondelle autographiée par Ovechkin et en nous visitant à l'entracte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je crois dur comme fer que tu bâtiras une excellente fidélité des amateurs avec une telle approche, et que vous faites bien les choses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Merci encore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luc Comeau&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-3310526434351831063?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/3310526434351831063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=3310526434351831063&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3310526434351831063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3310526434351831063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/05/open-letter-to-ted-leonsis-lettre.html' title='Open Letter to Ted Leonsis  //Lettre ouverte à Ted Leonsis'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-2627540568219981874</id><published>2008-05-16T16:44:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T16:49:46.537-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ovechkin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iihf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mike Green'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nicklas Backstrom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world championships'/><title type='text'>Doubleheader Friday ///Programme double du vendredi</title><content type='html'>Great to see that Russian first line including wunderkind Ovechkin excelling today.  I'm currently watching Canada Sweden and enjoying Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom's play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Caps future is indeed bright.  They should sign Fedorov and have the following two lines:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ovechkin-Fedorov-Semin&lt;br /&gt;Laich-Nylander-Backstrom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///C'est beau de voir la première ligne russe incluant le merveilleux Ovechkin qui excellent aujourd'hui.  Je regarde en ce moment le Canada contre la Suède, et Mike Green et Nicklas Backstrom jouent bien aussi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le future des Caps est encourageant.  S'ils signent Fedorov ils pourraient avoir les lignes d'attaque suivantes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ovechkin-Fedorov-Semin&lt;br /&gt;Laich-Nylander-Backstrom.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-2627540568219981874?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/2627540568219981874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=2627540568219981874&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2627540568219981874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2627540568219981874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/05/doubleheader-friday-programme-double-du.html' title='Doubleheader Friday ///Programme double du vendredi'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5627095025120330354</id><published>2008-05-12T22:56:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T22:58:17.604-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garage-league hockey'/><title type='text'>Back On Ice  //De retour</title><content type='html'>Summer league has started and I'm back on ths ice for the first time in three weeks: a bit rusty but oh so glad to be playing again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We won 3-2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;//La ligue d'été a commencé et je suis de retour sur la glace pour la première fois en trois semaines.  je suis un peu rouillé mais oh combien heureux de jouer à nouveau.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a gagné 3 à 2.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5627095025120330354?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5627095025120330354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5627095025120330354&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5627095025120330354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5627095025120330354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/05/back-on-ice-de-retour.html' title='Back On Ice  //De retour'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-3213448694215120138</id><published>2008-04-26T10:39:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T10:47:11.630-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garage-league hockey'/><title type='text'>White Wins Cup ///Les Blancs champions</title><content type='html'>Last night my White team completed a beautiful 07-08 Friday Knights season with a convincing win over Black to WIN THE CUP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nccsschockey.com/"&gt;Here we are&lt;/a&gt;, all smiles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steph the Goalie, to me, was our MVP of the playoffs.  More on the game later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Hier soir, mon équipe des Blanc a complété une très belle saison avec une victoire convaincainte contre les Noirs pour REMPORTER LA COUPE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nccsschockey.com/"&gt;Nous voici&lt;/a&gt;, tout en sourires.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steph The Goalie a été, selon moi, notre joueur le plus utile.  Plus de détail au sujet du match dans un prochain billet.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-3213448694215120138?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/3213448694215120138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=3213448694215120138&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3213448694215120138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3213448694215120138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/04/white-wins-cup-les-blancs-champions.html' title='White Wins Cup ///Les Blancs champions'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-4646122644005740756</id><published>2008-04-23T17:32:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T17:37:36.091-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>A Season to Remember  ///Une bonne saison</title><content type='html'>No one would have predicted, in early November, that the Caps would lose in overtime in the seventh game of the first round.  They were in 15th place in the East.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These young guns are learning to win by swallowing the bitter pill of defeat.  They need to learn.  They need to grow together, and play even more as a team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These young guns are gonna be something to reckon with next year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Personne n'aurait prédit, au début novembre, que les Capitals perdrait en surtemps dans le septième match de la première ronde.  Ils étaient bons derniers dans l'Est.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces jeunes cowboys fringants apprennent à gagner en goûtant à une défaite si amère.  Ils ont besoin de faire un bout de chemin.  Ils ont besoin de grandir ensemble, et de jouer davantage comme une équipe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces jeunes cowboys fringants seront une force inévitable dans le circuit l'an prochain.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-4646122644005740756?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/4646122644005740756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=4646122644005740756&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4646122644005740756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4646122644005740756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/04/season-to-remember-une-bonne-saison.html' title='A Season to Remember  ///Une bonne saison'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7157308323358631070</id><published>2008-04-22T08:06:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T08:10:15.803-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playoffs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Heart &amp; Soul  /// Du coeur au ventre</title><content type='html'>After their first three losses in a row under Bruce Boudreau, these kids have shown a lot of heart &amp;amp; soul in winning the past two games.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was wrong in my previous post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These kids want to win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Après avoir perdu trois match d'affilé pour le première fois depuis le début du règne Bruce Boudreau, les jeunes des Capitals ont démontré beaucoup de coeur au ventre au courant des deux dernières victoires.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je n'avais pas raison dans mon billet précédent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces jeunes veulent vraiment gagner.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7157308323358631070?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7157308323358631070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7157308323358631070&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7157308323358631070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7157308323358631070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/04/heart-soul-du-coeur-au-ventre.html' title='Heart &amp; Soul  /// Du coeur au ventre'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-3118041049507454616</id><published>2008-04-18T20:46:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T20:54:04.532-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playoffs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Was Their Cup Making the Playoffs?  ///Leur Coupe était-elle d'accéder aux séries?</title><content type='html'>When Semin put the third goal in against Florida to practically confirm their playoff spot, Ovechkin jumped on him and the five players on the ice seemed to be celebrating the Stanley Cup, after such an amazing run just to make it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I've seen in the first four games of the playoffs makes me wonder if they didn't have a letdown after that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'll know tomorrow at dinner time if they can snap out of this funk and get their drive back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Quand Semin a marqué le troisième but contre la Floride pour confirmer leur place en séries, Ovechkin et ses co-équipiers ont fait la fête comme s'ils avaient gagné la Coupe, après avoir connu une si belle séquence pour s'y rendre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce que j'ai vu dans les quatre premiers matchs des séries me fait croire qu'ils sont revenus sur terre depuis ce moment là.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On saura par demain soir s'ils vont se sortir de cette torpeur et reprendre le contrôle de cette série.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-3118041049507454616?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/3118041049507454616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=3118041049507454616&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3118041049507454616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3118041049507454616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/04/was-their-cup-making-playoffs-leur.html' title='Was Their Cup Making the Playoffs?  ///Leur Coupe était-elle d&apos;accéder aux séries?'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-2670528279674399559</id><published>2008-04-15T20:11:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T20:46:34.342-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playoffs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Where Art Thou OV? /// Il manque quelque chose</title><content type='html'>They were outcoached, and they were outplayed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ovechkin is trying, but his big-game inexperience is showing.  He's hesitating rather than going full pin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But they are only trailing by one game.  If they win Tuesday, it's a long series and their skill can win out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;/// Leur entraîneur a été plus stratégique que le nôtre, et leurs joueurs ont mieux joué que les nôtres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ovechkin essaie, mais son inexpérience dans les matchs cruciaux parait.  Il hésite au lieu de foncer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pourtant, les Flyers mènent seulement par un match.  Si les Capitals gagnent jeudi, ce sera une longue série, et leur talent peut l'emporter.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-2670528279674399559?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/2670528279674399559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=2670528279674399559&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2670528279674399559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2670528279674399559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-art-thou-ov-il-manque-quelque.html' title='Where Art Thou OV? /// Il manque quelque chose'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5915916622238115903</id><published>2008-04-12T16:41:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:08.563-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playoffs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Remarkable  ///Remarquable</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/SAEtNR2JaaI/AAAAAAAAAQA/MPi87pAmZz8/s1600-h/mike+green+action.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188477951859583394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/SAEtNR2JaaI/AAAAAAAAAQA/MPi87pAmZz8/s320/mike+green+action.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A three goal comeback in the third in their first playoff game in five years is pretty remarkable to me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This team has momentum.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Une remontée de trois buts en troisième dans leur premier match des séries éliminatoires en cinq ans est très impressionnant selon moi.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cet équipe a du momentum en sa faveur.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5915916622238115903?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5915916622238115903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5915916622238115903&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5915916622238115903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5915916622238115903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/04/remarkable-remarquable.html' title='Remarkable  ///Remarquable'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/SAEtNR2JaaI/AAAAAAAAAQA/MPi87pAmZz8/s72-c/mike+green+action.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-8883221687670759364</id><published>2008-04-09T22:07:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-09T22:14:10.810-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Attention ///De l'attention</title><content type='html'>From &lt;a href="http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/sports-20080407000000-he039svirtually.html"&gt;NBC&lt;/a&gt; to the &lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/08/sports/NA-SPT-HKY-NHL-Alex-the-Great.php"&gt;International Herald Tribune&lt;/a&gt; to the &lt;a href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/15005-Power-Rankings-The-final-countdown.html"&gt;Power Rankings&lt;/a&gt;, the Caps are finally getting a lot of attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to &lt;a href="http://ted.aol.com/"&gt;Ted's Take&lt;/a&gt; (Caps owner Ted Leonsis' blog) for the leads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Que ce soit à &lt;a href="http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/sports-20080407000000-he039svirtually.html"&gt;NBC&lt;/a&gt;, dans la prestigieuse &lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/08/sports/NA-SPT-HKY-NHL-Alex-the-Great.php"&gt;International Herald Tribune&lt;/a&gt; ou dans les &lt;a href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/15005-Power-Rankings-The-final-countdown.html"&gt;Power Rankings&lt;/a&gt;, les Capitals reçoivent beaucoup d'attention cette semaine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Merci à &lt;a href="http://ted.aol.com/"&gt;Ted's Take&lt;/a&gt; (le blogue du propriétaire des Capitals, Ted Leonsis) pour les pistes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-8883221687670759364?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/8883221687670759364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=8883221687670759364&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8883221687670759364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8883221687670759364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/04/attention-de-lattention.html' title='Attention ///De l&apos;attention'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-8727816981266154110</id><published>2008-04-05T20:14:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:08.871-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playoffs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Cinderella  /// Cendrillon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R_gnc6idRQI/AAAAAAAAAP4/2ZzCek7x1Rs/s1600-h/capitals_primary_logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185938348620727554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R_gnc6idRQI/AAAAAAAAAP4/2ZzCek7x1Rs/s320/capitals_primary_logo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cinderella makes it to the playoffs. Wow.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I can only hope that midnight doesn't happen until June 20th.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Cendrillon s'est qualifié pour les séries. Wow.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je ne peux qu'espérer que minuit sonnera seulement le 20 juin.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-8727816981266154110?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/8727816981266154110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=8727816981266154110&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8727816981266154110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8727816981266154110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/04/cinderella-cendrillon.html' title='Cinderella  /// Cendrillon'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R_gnc6idRQI/AAAAAAAAAP4/2ZzCek7x1Rs/s72-c/capitals_primary_logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7384216030376928505</id><published>2008-04-04T20:37:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:08.968-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playoffs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Theirs for the Taking  ///Maîtres de leur destin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R_bZKKidRPI/AAAAAAAAAPw/OT9b6X-gspc/s1600-h/florida_panthers_1994.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185570789614503154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R_bZKKidRPI/AAAAAAAAAPw/OT9b6X-gspc/s320/florida_panthers_1994.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;No thanks to the refs, who gave Carolina 9 powerplays and Florida none, the Caps still lucked out as the Panthers held on to beat the Canes 4 to 3.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tomorrow night, the Caps only need one point to earn not only their first playoff appearance since 2002-03, but also home ice advantage! Bring on those same Panthers like lambs to the slaughter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Malgré les arbitres, qui ont consenti neuf avantages numériques à la Caroline et aucun à la Floride, les Panthères ont quand même défait les Hurricanes 4 à 3.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Demain soir, les Capitals ont besoin d'un seul point pour non seulement se qualifier pour les séries éliminatoires pour la première fois depuis 2002-03, mais aussi l'avantage de la glace.  J'espère que les Panthères seront plutôt comme des agneaux.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7384216030376928505?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7384216030376928505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7384216030376928505&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7384216030376928505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7384216030376928505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/04/theirs-for-taking-matres-de-leur-destin.html' title='Theirs for the Taking  ///Maîtres de leur destin'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R_bZKKidRPI/AAAAAAAAAPw/OT9b6X-gspc/s72-c/florida_panthers_1994.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-986262762513485554</id><published>2008-04-03T20:33:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-03T20:38:02.512-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playoffs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Poise  ///Du cran</title><content type='html'>This team has poise. Washington 4, Tampa Bay 1. Three goals in the third (two by O-M-V-P-echkin). If they can get in, they will scare their opponent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Cet équipe a du cran. Victoire de 4 à 1 contre Tampa Bay, avec trois buts en troisième (dont deux d'O-M-V-P-echkin. S'ils peuvent faire les séries, leur adversaire aura la trouille.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-986262762513485554?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/986262762513485554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=986262762513485554&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/986262762513485554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/986262762513485554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/04/poise-du-cran.html' title='Poise  ///Du cran'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-8478176944122140064</id><published>2008-04-03T14:05:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-03T14:07:18.817-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playoffs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Still Hoping  ///Plein espoir</title><content type='html'>With two games left, I'm still believing (and hoping Philly gets beat twice).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Avec deux matchs qui restent, je suis toujours plein d'espoir et je prie pour deux défaites par Philadelphie).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-8478176944122140064?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/8478176944122140064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=8478176944122140064&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8478176944122140064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8478176944122140064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/04/still-hoping-plein-espoir.html' title='Still Hoping  ///Plein espoir'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-4455600414308603697</id><published>2008-03-31T09:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-31T09:06:11.741-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hockey'/><title type='text'>Joke ///Blague</title><content type='html'>Three nuns were attending a hockey game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three men were sitting directly behind. Because their habits were partially blocking the view, the men decided to badger the nuns, hoping that they'd get annoyed enough to move to another area.  In a loud voice, the first guy said, "I think I'm going to move to Utah . There are only 100 nuns living there." The second guy spoke up and said, "I want to move to Montana . There are only 50 nuns living there." The third guy said, "I want to go to Idaho . There are only 25 nuns living there." One of the nuns turned around, looked at the men and in a very sweet and calm voice said, "Why don't you go to Hell. There aren't any nuns there."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-4455600414308603697?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/4455600414308603697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=4455600414308603697&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4455600414308603697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4455600414308603697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/03/joke-blague.html' title='Joke ///Blague'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5072247735102145766</id><published>2008-03-27T19:06:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:09.210-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Huet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Is Huet The Man?  ///Huet, homme de confiance?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R-w5N6idROI/AAAAAAAAAPo/7no_YiNVWLE/s1600-h/huet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182580182411461858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R-w5N6idROI/AAAAAAAAAPo/7no_YiNVWLE/s320/huet.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;With his more frequent starts, I'm thinking Cristobal Huet is the leading man in net for the Caps as they continue to push for a playoff berth.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;His career playoff stats (in 6 games with Montréal) include a 2.33 goals-against-average and an impressive .929 save percentage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Avec ses présences de plus en plus fréquentes, je crois que Cristobal Huet est l'homme de confiance devant le filet des Capitals, alors qu'ils continuent à tenter de se tailler une place dans les séries éliminatoires.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ses statistiques en séries éliminatoires (en six matchs avec Montréal) comprennent une moyenne de buts de 2,33 par match et un pourcentage d'efficacité impressionnant de .929.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5072247735102145766?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5072247735102145766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5072247735102145766&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5072247735102145766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5072247735102145766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/03/is-huet-man-huet-homme-de-confiance.html' title='Is Huet The Man?  ///Huet, homme de confiance?'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R-w5N6idROI/AAAAAAAAAPo/7no_YiNVWLE/s72-c/huet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-1779453188809876911</id><published>2008-03-23T12:33:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-23T12:38:07.049-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playoffs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>2 Point Out, 6 to go  ///A 2 points avec 6 matchs à jouer</title><content type='html'>After the amazing Ovechkin/Backstrom engineered comeback against Atlanta, a strong sense of hope is with us again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The boys in my locker room last night were hoping that Washington would sneak in as they believed that the Caps can upset either Ottawa or Montreal in the first round.  Music to my ears...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Après la remontée spectaculaire signée Ovechkin et Backstrom contre les Trashers, j'ai retrouvé mon sens de l'espoir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les gars dans la salle de rechange disaient hier espérer que Washington obtiendrait le huitième rang, car ils croient qu'ils sont capables de surprendre Ottawa ou Montréal en première ronde.  C'était un véritable plaisir d'entendre des non-amateurs des Caps parler ainsi.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-1779453188809876911?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/1779453188809876911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=1779453188809876911&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1779453188809876911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1779453188809876911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/03/2-point-out-6-to-go-2-points-avec-6.html' title='2 Point Out, 6 to go  ///A 2 points avec 6 matchs à jouer'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-9013262175248002636</id><published>2008-03-19T06:03:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-19T06:07:50.065-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Undeserved Win  ///Victoire non-méritée</title><content type='html'>They played very well for the first 15 minutes, then let up and it almost cost them the game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As luck would have it, they still beat Nashville 4-2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Ils ont bien joué pour les 15 premières minutes, et par la suite ils ont été des spectateurs.  Cela leur a presque couté le match.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heureusement, les dieux ont souri sur nous et le match s'est soldé par une victoire de 4 à 2.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-9013262175248002636?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/9013262175248002636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=9013262175248002636&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/9013262175248002636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/9013262175248002636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/03/undeserved-win-victoire-non-mrite.html' title='Undeserved Win  ///Victoire non-méritée'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-3465055846758600933</id><published>2008-03-17T19:25:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:09.405-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='road trip'/><title type='text'>Make or Break ///Ça passe ou ça casse</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R98Mpn2XS6I/AAAAAAAAAPg/CRQl20Y1_TU/s1600-h/highway93.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178872005710531490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R98Mpn2XS6I/AAAAAAAAAPg/CRQl20Y1_TU/s320/highway93.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;As they set out on a six-game road trip, the Capitals first trip to the playoffs in five years hangs in the balance.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;If they can find a way to garner 9 or 10 point, they have a fighting chance.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Les Capitals commencent un voyage à l'étranger de six parties, et leur première participation en séries éliminatoires en cinq ans en dépend largement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;S'ils peuvent obtenir 9 ou 10 points, ils auront une chance de prolonger leur saison après le 5 avril.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-3465055846758600933?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/3465055846758600933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=3465055846758600933&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3465055846758600933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3465055846758600933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/03/make-or-break-passe-ou-casse.html' title='Make or Break ///Ça passe ou ça casse'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R98Mpn2XS6I/AAAAAAAAAPg/CRQl20Y1_TU/s72-c/highway93.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-334182900693144621</id><published>2008-03-16T20:24:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:09.762-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playoffs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Another win ///Une autre victoire</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R93JBX2XS5I/AAAAAAAAAPY/TzrlH5IHHqo/s1600-h/playoffs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178516171965025170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R93JBX2XS5I/AAAAAAAAAPY/TzrlH5IHHqo/s320/playoffs.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;They're really trying, giving it all they've got.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm enjoying this playoff run, and I hope it works.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Ils essaient très fort, et ils se donnent à 100%.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je prends plaisir à cette course aux séries, et je souhaite que ça marche.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-334182900693144621?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/334182900693144621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=334182900693144621&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/334182900693144621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/334182900693144621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/03/another-win-une-autre-victoire.html' title='Another win ///Une autre victoire'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R93JBX2XS5I/AAAAAAAAAPY/TzrlH5IHHqo/s72-c/playoffs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-1192885308856822937</id><published>2008-03-15T09:19:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:09.937-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The toque - Fedorov  ///Fedorov et sa tuque</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R9vbo32XS4I/AAAAAAAAAPQ/DXsRYf7owvM/s1600-h/fedorov.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177973691825736578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R9vbo32XS4I/AAAAAAAAAPQ/DXsRYf7owvM/s320/fedorov.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Huet got most of the press regarding the Capitals' deadline moves, but for my money the smartest move of all was getting Sergei Fedorov as a rental.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;He's just an amazing defensive player, and he'll rub off of all of our young Russians.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have come to like his silly grin and the toque he always wears when doing interviews.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Si l'échange de Cristobal Huet aux Capitals a généré beaucoup de bla-bla, l'acquisition de Sergei Fedorov est un véritable coup de génie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Il est un joueur défensif hors-pair, et un héro pour nos jeunes russes à l'avant.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;En plus, il est drôle avec sa tuque et son sourire béat lorsqu'il fait des entrevues.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-1192885308856822937?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/1192885308856822937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=1192885308856822937&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1192885308856822937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1192885308856822937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/03/toque-fedorov-fedorov-et-sa-tuque.html' title='The toque - Fedorov  ///Fedorov et sa tuque'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R9vbo32XS4I/AAAAAAAAAPQ/DXsRYf7owvM/s72-c/fedorov.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-729971841571605195</id><published>2008-03-14T21:19:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T21:24:06.706-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>I Laich Brooks  ///Bravo Brooks Laich</title><content type='html'>Another two goals by Brooksie in a textbook win for the Caps, 4-1 against the Thrashers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He's now at 19, his previous best was 8 last year. Plus we gain two points on the Canes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Deux autres buts de Laich viennent couronner une très belle victoire des Capitals, 4 à 1 contre les Thrashers..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il a maintenant 19 buts, alors que sa meilleure production (l'an dernier) totalisait huit. En plus, on se rapproch des Hurricanes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-729971841571605195?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/729971841571605195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=729971841571605195&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/729971841571605195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/729971841571605195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-laich-brooks-brabo-brooks-laich.html' title='I Laich Brooks  ///Bravo Brooks Laich'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7192227214360597906</id><published>2008-03-14T01:06:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:10.203-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goalies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hockey history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Olaf Kolzig'/><title type='text'>300 Wins  /// 300 Victoires</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R9oWo32XS3I/AAAAAAAAAPI/8YNtpjIkqWs/s1600-h/kolzig_800x600.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177475613058354034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R9oWo32XS3I/AAAAAAAAAPI/8YNtpjIkqWs/s320/kolzig_800x600.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Not bad for the old guy, ain't it? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;One of only 23 in league history.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Pas mauvais pour un gardien qui fait rarement la manchette, n'est-ce pas?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Seulement 23 gardiens dans l'histoire de la ligue ont réussi cet exploit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7192227214360597906?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7192227214360597906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7192227214360597906&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7192227214360597906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7192227214360597906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/03/300-wins-300-victoires.html' title='300 Wins  /// 300 Victoires'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R9oWo32XS3I/AAAAAAAAAPI/8YNtpjIkqWs/s72-c/kolzig_800x600.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-1875044828337447134</id><published>2008-03-12T18:25:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-12T18:33:04.832-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='confidence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nicklas Backstrom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='perseverance'/><title type='text'>Redemption</title><content type='html'>After making one of very few rookie defensive &lt;a href="http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/03/11/backstrom-on-his-own-goal/"&gt;mistakes&lt;/a&gt; Sunday (and costing his team the game), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicklas_B%C3%A4ckstr%C3%B6m"&gt;Nicklas Backstrom&lt;/a&gt; has shown his confidence and perseverance by scoring in the first minute of the following game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This kid is the real thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Après avoir commis une de ses rares &lt;a href="http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/03/11/backstrom-on-his-own-goal/"&gt;erreurs&lt;/a&gt; de recrue dimanche (ce qui a coûté le match à son équipe), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicklas_B%C3%A4ckstr%C3%B6m"&gt;Nicklas Backstrom&lt;/a&gt; vient de démontrer sa confiance et sa persévérance en marquant un but dans la première minute du match suivant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est un vrai, et il sera une étoile dans la LNH pendant longtemps.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-1875044828337447134?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/1875044828337447134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=1875044828337447134&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1875044828337447134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1875044828337447134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/03/redemption.html' title='Redemption'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-4176789709124517594</id><published>2008-03-12T18:21:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-12T18:25:17.007-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ovechkin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='salaries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stanley Cup'/><title type='text'>The Contract  /// Le contrat</title><content type='html'>At this &lt;a href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12567-Ovechkin-signs-US124million-13year-extension-with-Capitals.html"&gt;rate of pay&lt;/a&gt;, Ovechkin had better deliver the Cup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since signing this huge contract, he hasn't disappointed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///À ce &lt;a href="http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12567-Ovechkin-signs-US124million-13year-extension-with-Capitals.html"&gt;taux horaire&lt;/a&gt;, je m'attends à rien de moins qu'une Coupe d'Ovechkin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depuis qu'il a signé ce contrat monstre, il n'a pas déçu.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-4176789709124517594?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/4176789709124517594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=4176789709124517594&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4176789709124517594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4176789709124517594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/03/contract-le-contrat.html' title='The Contract  /// Le contrat'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-707681097116419804</id><published>2008-03-12T18:16:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-12T18:21:12.822-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='time flies'/><title type='text'>Am I back? /// De retour?</title><content type='html'>It's been over three months: new house in the country, baby on the way, very few other excuses.  I guess I just needed a break.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't plan on writing daily anymore, but do check back as I will be posting again from now on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Déjà plus de trois mois depuis mon dernier article: un déménagement vers une maison de campagne, un bébé qui s'en vient, je n'ai pas vraiment d'autre raison.  J'imagines que j'avais besoin d'un 'break'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je n'écrirai plus quotidiennement comme avant, mais recommencez à visiter ce blogue car j'y écrirai à nouveau.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-707681097116419804?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/707681097116419804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=707681097116419804&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/707681097116419804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/707681097116419804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2008/03/am-i-back-de-retour.html' title='Am I back? /// De retour?'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7203063918828502513</id><published>2007-11-26T11:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-26T12:07:42.058-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><title type='text'>Four Ways to Beat Dave  ///Quatre façons de déjouer Dave</title><content type='html'>Even though I was tired from playing the whole game in my NCC Friday league, I was able to skate very well during my second game that evening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The puck was going my way four times: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I intercepted a clearing pass and beat Dave with a wrist shot above his glove&lt;br /&gt;-I got a great pass and beat him a few minutes later with a wrist shot above his blocker&lt;br /&gt;-I got a breakaway pass and deked him backhand, and the funniest goal of them all...&lt;br /&gt;-I came in on a two on one and held on to the puck until we were close to the net.  When I faked a pass over, Dave was cheating so I was able to calmly stop and put the puck short side, in the spot which he had just vacated.  Almost everyone was laughing at this turn of events.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's the funniest goal I have ever scored.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Même si j'étais fatigué après avoir joué tout le match de ma ligue de la CCN vendredi, j'ai très bien patiné lors de mon second match de la soirée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La rondelle est tombée juste à point pour moi, et ce de quatre façons :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-j'ai intercepté un dégagement et mon lancer du poignet a déjoué Dave en haut de la mitaine;&lt;br /&gt;-quelques minutes plus tard, j'ai reçu une belle passe et j'ai déjoué Dave à nouveau, cette fois en haut du biscuit;&lt;br /&gt;-j'ai eu une échappée et je l'ai déjoué du revers, et ensuite (c'était drôle)...&lt;br /&gt;-j'ai pénétré la zone à deux contre un et j'ai conservé la rondelle en approchant du filet.  J'ai feinté une passe et Dave a triché en se déplacant vers l'autre côté.  J'ai pu calmement m'arrêter et placer la rondelle dans le côté du filet que Dave avait tout juste abandonné.  Les joueurs riaient de cette tournure des événements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est le but le plus drôle que j'ai jamais compté.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7203063918828502513?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7203063918828502513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7203063918828502513&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7203063918828502513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7203063918828502513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/four-ways-to-beat-dave-quatre-faons-de.html' title='Four Ways to Beat Dave  ///Quatre façons de déjouer Dave'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7144241836577883539</id><published>2007-11-24T11:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-24T12:01:34.086-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strategy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garage-league hockey'/><title type='text'>Different Tactic  ///Une approche différente</title><content type='html'>We were only five skaters for Friday's NCC league game against Red.  What can you do with no spares?  We decided to forsake forechecking and skating in favour of a puck-control game (this goes against my instincts, but I adapted).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We scored early, and everything seemed to click.  We iced the puck whenever we were in trouble or tired.  They missed a few chances and we scored again and again.  Even though I got stoned twice by Russ's glove, we ended up frustrating them big time and winning 9-2.  We were all very tired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In spite of this, the game felt boring to me because it wasn't fast.  I have learned that speed isn't everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Nous étions seulement cinq joueurs pour notre match de la ligue de la CCN du vendredi contre les Rouges.  Que faire lorsque tu n'as pas la possibilité de te reposer?  On a décidé d'abandonner complètement l'échec-avant and la poursuite de la rondelle dans le but de contrôler le jeu et de ralentir le tempo (ceci va à l'encontre de mon instinct, mais je me suis adapté).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a marqué tôt, et tout fonctionnait bien pour nous.  On dégageait la rondelle aussitôt qu'on sentait de la pression ou de la fatigue.  Ils ont manqué quelques chances, et on a marqué de plus belle.  Même si Russ m'a stoppé deux fois avec la mitaine, on les a continuellement frustré et le score final était de 9 à 2 pour nous.  On était tous très fatigués.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malgré tout, le match m'a paru plate, car le rythme de jeu était lent.  J'en tirerai une bonne leçon : la vitesse ne règle pas tout.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7144241836577883539?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7144241836577883539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7144241836577883539&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7144241836577883539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7144241836577883539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/different-tactic-une-approche-diffrente.html' title='Different Tactic  ///Une approche différente'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5539079106887561763</id><published>2007-11-22T20:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-22T20:21:19.160-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garage-league hockey'/><title type='text'>Tournament ///Tournoi</title><content type='html'>I recently played in a one-day charity hockey tournament.  It is always a thrill to head to the rink rather than to the office in the morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, we lost both games 4 to 1 and 4 nothing.  We were obviously up against better opponents, but I for one had a great time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///J'ai récemment joué dans un tournoi de hockey d'une journée pour prélever des fonds pour un organisme charitable.  C'est toujours très excitant de me rendre à l'aréna au lieu du bureau le matin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malheureusement, nous avons été éliminés en perdant 4 à 1 et 4 à 0.  On s'est fait dominer par deux équipes plus fortes que nous, mais j'ai quand même eu beaucoup de plaisir.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5539079106887561763?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5539079106887561763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5539079106887561763&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5539079106887561763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5539079106887561763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/tournament-tournoi.html' title='Tournament ///Tournoi'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-2759027013822254195</id><published>2007-11-20T14:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:10.468-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trades'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Bye Suds  ///Salutations, Sutherby</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R0MyU5B_ZiI/AAAAAAAAAPA/ugJCA7MmB5c/s1600-h/sutherby.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135003334620440098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R0MyU5B_ZiI/AAAAAAAAAPA/ugJCA7MmB5c/s320/sutherby.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Caps shipped off &lt;a href="http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&amp;amp;page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8468506&amp;amp;tab=crst"&gt;Brian Sutherby&lt;/a&gt; to the Ducks for a second-round pick in 2009, which is a good return for a fourth line player. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I always liked Suds' heart &amp;amp; soul approach to the game, and my favorite memory is of him beating up on Stephen Weiss during a Caps rout of the Panthers a few years ago.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Les Capitals ont échangé &lt;a href="http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&amp;amp;page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8468506&amp;amp;tab=crst"&gt;Brian Sutherby&lt;/a&gt; aux Ducks en retour d'un choix de deuxième ronde en 2009 (pas pire pour un joueur de quatrième trio). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;J'ai toujours aimé son approche émotive, et mon meilleur souvenir restera celui de sa bataille avec Stephen Weisse lors d'une victoire imposante des Caps contre les Panthers il y a quelques années.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-2759027013822254195?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/2759027013822254195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=2759027013822254195&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2759027013822254195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2759027013822254195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/bye-suds-salutations-sutherby.html' title='Bye Suds  ///Salutations, Sutherby'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/R0MyU5B_ZiI/AAAAAAAAAPA/ugJCA7MmB5c/s72-c/sutherby.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-8687670435621472929</id><published>2007-11-19T19:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-19T19:47:24.578-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goalies'/><title type='text'>Carlene Rules  ///Le règne de Carlene</title><content type='html'>We seemed outmatched. We were outplayed. We weren't outsmarted. Thanks to several amazing saves by Carlene, and a few posts, we managed to win 4 to 3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On semblait plus faible qu'eux. Ils nous ont dominé. Mais nous avons été plus opportuns. Grâce à plusieurs arrêts spectaculaires de Carlene, et à quelques poteaux, nous les avons vaincu 4 à 3.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-8687670435621472929?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/8687670435621472929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=8687670435621472929&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8687670435621472929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8687670435621472929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/carlene-rules-le-rgne-de-carlene.html' title='Carlene Rules  ///Le règne de Carlene'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-6961251500013685982</id><published>2007-11-10T23:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-10T23:10:51.629-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogs'/><title type='text'>A Break  ///Un repos</title><content type='html'>I'll step away for a week for a break.  I look forward to blogging again on the 19th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Je vais prendre un peu de repos.  J'ai déjà hâte de reprendre ce blogue le lundi 19.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-6961251500013685982?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/6961251500013685982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=6961251500013685982&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/6961251500013685982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/6961251500013685982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/break-un-repos.html' title='A Break  ///Un repos'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-1775690089560848923</id><published>2007-11-10T23:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:10.652-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goal-scorer'/><title type='text'>Like Father Like Son?  ///Tel père tel fils?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RzaAeNfUqiI/AAAAAAAAAO4/nWI7_eEY8mY/s1600-h/robert+nilsson.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131430081940728354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RzaAeNfUqiI/AAAAAAAAAO4/nWI7_eEY8mY/s320/robert+nilsson.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Edmonton Oilers have a good young player in &lt;a href="http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00070767"&gt;Robert Nilsson&lt;/a&gt;. His bloodlines are great as his dad, &lt;a href="http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=3977"&gt;Kent Nilsson&lt;/a&gt;, starred for the Calgary Flames in the 80s.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have watched a few Oilers games lately, and this kid is fast, smart and really talented.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Les Oilers d'Edmonton ont un bon jeune joueur du nom de &lt;a href="http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00070767"&gt;Robert Nilsson&lt;/a&gt;. Son père, &lt;a href="http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=3977"&gt;Kent Nilsson&lt;/a&gt;, était un bon marqueur pour les Flames de Calgary au courant des années 80.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;J'ai regardé quelques matchs des Oilers récemment, et le jeune est rapide, intelligent et très talentueux.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-1775690089560848923?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/1775690089560848923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=1775690089560848923&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1775690089560848923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1775690089560848923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/like-father-like-son-tel-pre-tel-fils.html' title='Like Father Like Son?  ///Tel père tel fils?'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RzaAeNfUqiI/AAAAAAAAAO4/nWI7_eEY8mY/s72-c/robert+nilsson.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5264668314973619110</id><published>2007-11-10T22:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:10.763-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nicklas Backstrom'/><title type='text'>Caps Sleep During Lighting Storm  ///Les Capitals, peu électrisés</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RzZ-WNfUqhI/AAAAAAAAAOw/3Km1Xln-8V4/s1600-h/lightning.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131427745478519314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RzZ-WNfUqhI/AAAAAAAAAOw/3Km1Xln-8V4/s320/lightning.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tonight's game was a case in point: the Caps didn't seem to want it enough. Neither team wanted it through the midway point of the game, but then the Lightning picked it up and the Caps didn't. The third was all Tampa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The bright light was the continued good play of Nicklas Backstrom.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Le match de ce soir démontre clairement que les Capitals manquent de désir de vaincre. Aucune des deux équipes ne semblaient vouloir gagner jusqu'à mi-chemin, et par la suite le Lightning a décidé de s'affirmer alors que les Capitals n'ont pas augmenté leur jeu d'un cran. La troisième période, et donc le match, a été dominé par Tampa Bay.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Le bon côté est l'excellent jeu de la recrue Nicklas Backstrom.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5264668314973619110?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5264668314973619110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5264668314973619110&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5264668314973619110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5264668314973619110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/caps-sleep-during-lighting-storm-les.html' title='Caps Sleep During Lighting Storm  ///Les Capitals, peu électrisés'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RzZ-WNfUqhI/AAAAAAAAAOw/3Km1Xln-8V4/s72-c/lightning.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-3272878052247144064</id><published>2007-11-09T21:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-09T21:45:08.727-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memories'/><title type='text'>Capitals Legends  ///Les étoiles des Capitals</title><content type='html'>Nice new &lt;a href="http://washingtoncapitalslegends.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; focussing on many of my favorite players from the past 25 years.  Hat tip to &lt;a href="http://ted.aol.com/index.php"&gt;Ted's Take&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Voici un nouveau &lt;a href="http://washingtoncapitalslegends.blogspot.com/"&gt;blogue&lt;/a&gt; qui met l'accent sur plusieurs de mes joueurs préférés des 25 dernières années. Merci à &lt;a href="http://ted.aol.com/index.php"&gt;Ted's Take&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-3272878052247144064?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/3272878052247144064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=3272878052247144064&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3272878052247144064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3272878052247144064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/capitals-legends-les-toiles-des.html' title='Capitals Legends  ///Les étoiles des Capitals'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-1316350489967004307</id><published>2007-11-08T22:12:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:10.871-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Senators'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Caps Beat the Mighty Sens ///À bas les Sénateurs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RzPTONfUqgI/AAAAAAAAAOo/CVHyZ3PQ1l0/s1600-h/Nicklas+backstrom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130676641597794818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RzPTONfUqgI/AAAAAAAAAOo/CVHyZ3PQ1l0/s320/Nicklas+backstrom.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A perfectly played road game, even though it was their third game in four nights. Kolzig stood tall, and the Caps outsmarted the Sens in their own building, with an opportunistic second period. Victor Kozlov scored and assisted on two others, Nicklas Backstrom (see photo) scored his first ever NHL goal, and Ovechkin broke their backs with a nice goal in the third to make it 4 to 1.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Too bad I had to give away my ticket as I'm in Atlanta today...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Un match à l'étranger parfaitement exécuté, même si c'était leur troisième en quatre soirs. Kolzig a très bien joué, et les Capitals ont mieux patiné que les Sénateurs, grâce à une deuxième période sous le signe de l'opportunisme. Victor Kozlov a marqué et obtenu des mentions d'aide sur deux autres (dont le premier but en carrière de Nicklas Backstrom - dont l'image est ci-dessus). Ovechkin leur a brisé les reins avec un but en troisième pour augmenter leur avance à 4 à 1.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;C'est triste que j'ai dû donner mon billet car je suis à Atlanta aujourd'hui.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-1316350489967004307?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/1316350489967004307/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=1316350489967004307&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1316350489967004307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1316350489967004307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/caps-beat-mighty-sens-bas-les-snateurs.html' title='Caps Beat the Mighty Sens ///À bas les Sénateurs'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RzPTONfUqgI/AAAAAAAAAOo/CVHyZ3PQ1l0/s72-c/Nicklas+backstrom.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7353566027327956054</id><published>2007-11-07T23:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-07T23:19:06.429-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ovechkin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alexander Semin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>The Caps' Early Season  ///Début de saison des Capitals</title><content type='html'>After 15 games, the Caps stand a 5-9-1 for a total of 11 points, tied for the worst in the Eastern Conference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have seen a few games and personnaly believe that their play has been better than their record indicates.  Ovechkin has been doing his share and they sorely miss Alexander Semin because of injury.  I also think the four new guys (Nylander, Kozlov, Poti and Backstrom) bring a lot to this team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, if the results don't improve soon, they will end up no better than last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Après 15 matchs, la fiche des Capitals est de 5 victoires, 9 défaites et une défaite en surtemps, leur total de 11 points les classant parmi les pires équipes de la Conférence de l'Est.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai vu quelques uns de leurs matchs et je crois que leur jeu est meilleur que leur fiche l'indique.  Ovechkin fait sa part et l'équipe manque les services d'Alexander Semin, un excellent marqueur.  Je crois également que les quatre nouveaux (Nylander, Kozlov, Poti and Backstrom) renforcissent beaucoup l'équipe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Par contre, si les résultats ne s'améliorent pas, leur fiche ressemblera étrangement à celle de l'an dernier.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7353566027327956054?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7353566027327956054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7353566027327956054&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7353566027327956054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7353566027327956054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/caps-early-season-dbut-de-saison-des.html' title='The Caps&apos; Early Season  ///Début de saison des Capitals'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-2334117154686806851</id><published>2007-11-06T16:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-06T16:19:18.078-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><title type='text'>Short Shifts  ///De courtes présences</title><content type='html'>In yesterday's co-ed league, one player stayed on the ice for over five minutes at the start of the game.  The other four forwards rotated and then a sixth player joined in late.  We were all hoping not to play the same position as this guy, but I ended up with the job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I did was to take a 40 second shift, and then I came back to the bench.  He responded with an 'Already?' and then jumped on the ice.  I kept doing the short shift thing until he reduced his shifts to about one and a half minutes (not bad for him). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead of getting angry at him, I just went real hard when I was out there (and got three goals to show for it).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Au début de notre match de la ligue mixte d'hier, un des joueurs n'est pas débarqué pour au moins cinq minutes.  Les quatre autres joueurs d'avant ont alterné jusqu'à ce qu'un retardataire se joigne à nous pour compléter les deux lignes.  On avait tous la crainte d'alterner avec lui, et c'est moi qui a été l'heureux (!) élu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai effectué une courte présence de 40 secondes, et je suis revenu au banc.  Il a réagi avec un 'Déjà?' et a sauté sur la glace.  J'ai continué mes présences courtes et il s'est rendu à des présences d'une minute et demie (pas pire pour lui).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Au lieu de me fâcher envers lui, j'ai canalisé mon énergie sur la glace pendant que j'y étais (la récompense?  Trois buts).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-2334117154686806851?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/2334117154686806851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=2334117154686806851&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2334117154686806851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2334117154686806851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/short-shifts-de-courtes-prsences.html' title='Short Shifts  ///De courtes présences'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-4105064478376842686</id><published>2007-11-05T19:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:11.109-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skills'/><title type='text'>Reading Passes  ///Lire les passes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Ry-018rRLtI/AAAAAAAAAOg/y8DOG4ei8CM/s1600-h/reading.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129517339511959250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Ry-018rRLtI/AAAAAAAAAOg/y8DOG4ei8CM/s320/reading.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Forwards get to score goals when they make intelligent plays. When someone else has the puck, if you can read the play right, you can get into a great position to score. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Last Friday, I had the puck above the right face-off circle, when my left winger cut towards the net. I got a pass to him and he redirected it on Dave, then put in the rebound. Had he not read the play, nothing would have happened.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Les joueurs d'avant marquent des buts lorsqu'ils effectuent des jeux intelligents. Quand ton co-équipier a la rondelle, si tu peux bien lire le jeu, tu peux te placer en bonne position pour marquer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Vendredi dernier, j'avais la rondelle en haut du cercle des mise en jeu de droite, quand mon ailier gauche a décidé de couper vers le filet. Je lui ai passé la rondelle, il l'a redirigé sur Dave et ensuite a marqué sur le retour de lancer. S'il n'avait pas lu le jeu, rien ne se serait passé.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-4105064478376842686?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/4105064478376842686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=4105064478376842686&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4105064478376842686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4105064478376842686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/reading-passes-lire-les-passes.html' title='Reading Passes  ///Lire les passes'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Ry-018rRLtI/AAAAAAAAAOg/y8DOG4ei8CM/s72-c/reading.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-649887354273113092</id><published>2007-11-02T21:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:11.330-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Senators'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jason Spezza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Spezza Signs  ///Spezza à long terme</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Ryvd0srRLsI/AAAAAAAAAOY/jnDjax_Eubc/s1600-h/SpezzaFaceoff.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128436498107018946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Ryvd0srRLsI/AAAAAAAAAOY/jnDjax_Eubc/s320/SpezzaFaceoff.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Ottawa Senators continue to anchor the nucleus of their team by signing their stars for the long term.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The latest to sign up is &lt;a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=221972&amp;amp;hubname=nhl"&gt;Jason Spezza&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Les Sénateurs continuent de renforcer leur noyau dur en signant leurs joueurs étoiles à long term.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Le plus récent joueur qui vient d'embarquer dans ce projet est &lt;a href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=221972&amp;amp;hubname=nhl"&gt;Jason Spezza&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-649887354273113092?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/649887354273113092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=649887354273113092&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/649887354273113092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/649887354273113092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/spezza-signs-spezza-long-terme.html' title='Spezza Signs  ///Spezza à long terme'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Ryvd0srRLsI/AAAAAAAAAOY/jnDjax_Eubc/s72-c/SpezzaFaceoff.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-2186818924602223706</id><published>2007-11-01T07:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:11.492-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love of the game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ball hockey'/><title type='text'>I Miss Ball Hockey  ///Je m'ennuie du hockey-balle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RyvbZcrRLrI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/d8jXzIrhoIw/s1600-h/ballHockey.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128433830932328114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RyvbZcrRLrI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/d8jXzIrhoIw/s320/ballHockey.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Every once in a while, I remember the thousands of hours I have spent playing ball hockey. I had to 'retire' after the summer of 2004 because my knees just could not take the pounding.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I often think of the breakneck speed and rythm of the games that I used to play on an arena surface, in a gymnasium or, (the best one) outside in summer as well as in winter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Une fois de temps en temps, je me rappelle les milliers d'heures que j'ai passé à jouer au hockey balle, et je m'ennuie. J'ai dû 'prendre ma retraite' de ce sport très exigeant après l'été 2004 car mes genoux ne voulaient plus tenir le coup.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cela ne m'empêche pas de penser souvent au rythme endiâblé des matchs que l'on jouait soit sur une surface d'aréna, soit dans un gymnase ou bien tout simplement dehors autant en été qu'en hiver.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-2186818924602223706?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/2186818924602223706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=2186818924602223706&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2186818924602223706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2186818924602223706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-miss-ball-hockey-je-mennuie-du-hockey.html' title='I Miss Ball Hockey  ///Je m&apos;ennuie du hockey-balle'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RyvbZcrRLrI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/d8jXzIrhoIw/s72-c/ballHockey.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-3815432502165850332</id><published>2007-10-31T17:58:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-31T18:03:36.084-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memories'/><title type='text'>Sticks In The Middle  ///Les bâtons au milieu</title><content type='html'>Bruce's Friday game brought back some good childhood memories.  Bruce asked everyone to throw their sticks in the middle of the ice and the teams were split up in this old-fashioned way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though a few players who go way back (&lt;em&gt;I've always worn Black, so I'll never wear White&lt;/em&gt;!) bucked the trend, this arrangement led to a spirited game which, as is almost always the case, led to a close game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Le match du vendredi de Bruce m'a rappelé de beaux souvenirs d'enfance.  Il a demandé à tous les joueurs de lancer leur bâton au milieu de la glace et les équipes ont été choisies selon cette façon aléatoire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Même si quelques joueurs qui sont dans la ligue depuis toujours (&lt;em&gt;j'ai toujours porté le Noir et je n'endosserai jamais le chandail des Blancs&lt;/em&gt;!) ont rouspété, cet arrangement a mené à un match enlevant.  Comme c'est souvent le cas avec cette méthode, le match a été très serré.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-3815432502165850332?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/3815432502165850332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=3815432502165850332&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3815432502165850332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3815432502165850332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/sticks-in-middle-les-btons-au-milieu.html' title='Sticks In The Middle  ///Les bâtons au milieu'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7029639866803187784</id><published>2007-10-30T17:10:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:11.665-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goal-scorer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bondra'/><title type='text'>My Sniper Hero Retires  ///Mon héros marqueur prend sa retraite</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RyeticrRLpI/AAAAAAAAAOA/KipdJ4Qhf2o/s1600-h/bondra.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127257508109430418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RyeticrRLpI/AAAAAAAAAOA/KipdJ4Qhf2o/s320/bondra.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Peter Bondra has hung up his skates. This guy lived to score goals. I loved him.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Read more &lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/29/sports/EU-SPT-HKY-NHL-Bondra-Retires.php"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://japersrink.blogspot.com/2007/10/bondra-calls-it-career_29.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, read a stirring post &lt;a href="http://dccheapseats.blogspot.com/2007/10/bonzai-retires.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and read the Caps owner's take &lt;a href="http://ted.aol.com/index.php?ID=1364"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;///Peter Bondra a pris sa retraite.  Ce joueur vivait pour marquer des buts, et je l'adorais.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Vous pouvez en lire davantage &lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/29/sports/EU-SPT-HKY-NHL-Bondra-Retires.php"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://japersrink.blogspot.com/2007/10/bondra-calls-it-career_29.html"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt;, lire un bel hommage &lt;a href="http://dccheapseats.blogspot.com/2007/10/bonzai-retires.html"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt;, et lire le point de vue du propriétaire des Capitals &lt;a href="http://ted.aol.com/index.php?ID=1364"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7029639866803187784?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7029639866803187784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7029639866803187784&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7029639866803187784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7029639866803187784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/my-sniper-hero-retires-mon-hros.html' title='My Sniper Hero Retires  ///Mon héros marqueur prend sa retraite'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RyeticrRLpI/AAAAAAAAAOA/KipdJ4Qhf2o/s72-c/bondra.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-3187703253131304802</id><published>2007-10-30T16:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-30T16:45:19.942-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No Trades  ///Aucun échange</title><content type='html'>Friday's NCC game was not preceded by trades, as the Red team received two new players who are very decent hockey players, including Ryan S, a very fast playmaker. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our White team lost to Blue because very few of our passes were clicking.  We just couldn't seem to get going.  I fumbled a glorious opportunity, thanks to a briliant pass from Eric, when I shot directly into Claude's breadbasket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Contrairement à ce que je pensais, il n'y a pas eu d'échanges avant le match de la ligue de la CCN du vendredi.  Les Rouges ont reçu deux excellents nouveaux joueurs, incluant Ryan S., un ancien qui est un très rapide fabriquant de jeux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous avons perdu contre les Bleus car très peu de nos passes fonctionnaient.  On n'arrivait simplement pas à décoller.  J'ai bousillé une merveilleuse occasion de marquer, sur une brillant pièce de jeu d'Eric, quand mon lancer sur Claude l'a atteint en plein sur le logo.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-3187703253131304802?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/3187703253131304802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=3187703253131304802&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3187703253131304802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3187703253131304802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/no-trades-aucun-change.html' title='No Trades  ///Aucun échange'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-6706768005292088087</id><published>2007-10-26T12:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-26T12:48:53.816-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garage-league hockey'/><title type='text'>Trades?  ///Des échanges?</title><content type='html'>The Friday NCC league sometimes moves around players to bring all four teams to parity.  My guess is that the Red team will get another player.  We'll know tonight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///La ligue de la CCN du vendredi fait parfois des changements au sein des quatre équipes pour assurer la parité.  Je crois que les Rouges obtiendront un bon joueur.  On le saura ce soir.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-6706768005292088087?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/6706768005292088087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=6706768005292088087&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/6706768005292088087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/6706768005292088087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/trades-des-changes.html' title='Trades?  ///Des échanges?'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-329515887220870098</id><published>2007-10-25T15:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:11.833-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Impressions'/><title type='text'>NHL Impressions  ///Impressions de la LNH</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RyEC0crRLoI/AAAAAAAAAN4/ERkymedvidI/s1600-h/impressions.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125380950998462082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RyEC0crRLoI/AAAAAAAAAN4/ERkymedvidI/s320/impressions.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So far so good for the NHL Center Ice package on my laptop: I'm able to watch games and parts of games on my computer, especially when traveling.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here's my take on the league so far:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;-A lot of the third and fourth line players look similar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;-The Western conference seems faster&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;-The referees are calling a few less penalties than last year&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;-I'm amazed at the amount of blocked and missed shots.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Ce que je vois est très encourageant à date au niveau des matchs de la LNH sur mon compte Center Ice. Je réussis à voir des extraits ainsi que plusieurs matchs complets sur mon ordinateur portatif, surtout lorsque je voyage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Voici ce qui me frappe à date de cette jeune saison :&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;-la plupart des joueurs des troisième et quatrième trios se ressemblent;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;-la conférence de l'Ouest semble plus rapide;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;-les arbitres sévissent moins souvent que l'an dernier; et&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;-je n'en reviens pas du nombre de lancers bloqués ou manqués.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-329515887220870098?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/329515887220870098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=329515887220870098&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/329515887220870098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/329515887220870098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/nhl-impressions-impressions-de-la-lnh.html' title='NHL Impressions  ///Impressions de la LNH'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RyEC0crRLoI/AAAAAAAAAN4/ERkymedvidI/s72-c/impressions.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7947140357378660899</id><published>2007-10-24T21:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:11.991-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Hockey Pasta  ///Du hockey pâteux</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Rx_9kMrRLnI/AAAAAAAAANw/7efLGyCR5DQ/s1600-h/Photo_102407_001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125093699290738290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Rx_9kMrRLnI/AAAAAAAAANw/7efLGyCR5DQ/s320/Photo_102407_001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chef Boyardee does hockey! I've seen everything. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hopefully the taste won't be as bland as the Maple Leafs play so far...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Le Chef Boyardee et le hockey, très incongruent. J'aurai tout vu.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;J'espère que le goût ne sera pas aussi fade que le jeu des Maple Leafs à date...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7947140357378660899?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7947140357378660899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7947140357378660899&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7947140357378660899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7947140357378660899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/hockey-pasta-du-hockey-pteux.html' title='Hockey Pasta  ///Du hockey pâteux'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Rx_9kMrRLnI/AAAAAAAAANw/7efLGyCR5DQ/s72-c/Photo_102407_001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-3524548693121051792</id><published>2007-10-23T19:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:12.214-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goal-scorer'/><title type='text'>Stick on the Ice  ///Le bâton sur la glace</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Rx6THrXs-0I/AAAAAAAAANo/ya1Hzam63VE/s1600-h/stick+on+the+ice.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124695186104712002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Rx6THrXs-0I/AAAAAAAAANo/ya1Hzam63VE/s320/stick+on+the+ice.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Was it luck? No, I had my stick on the ice and was cruising through the slot when the puck came right to me. It was an easy shot to beat Dave. Dave got me back with an amazing toe save on an ensuing breakaway where I faked to the backhand but shot it low stick side.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My moment of true satisfaction in Bruce's Friday league came when I deked Creed (for the first time in the four years I've played against him) and then burned Dave with a shot off his shoulder and into the top corner of the net.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Était-ce de la chance? Non, j'avais la lame de mon bâton sur la glace et j'étais posté dans l'enclave lorsque la rondelle m'est apparue. Ce fut facile de marquer contre Dave. Il m'a par contre volé par la suite avec un arrêt avec la lame de son patin sur une échappée, quand j'ai feinté vers le revers pour ensuite raser la glace avec un lancer à gauche.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mon vrai moment de satisfaction dans la ligue de vendredi de Bruce est survenu lorsque j'ai déculotté Creed (la première fois en quatre ans contre lui), pour ensuite brûler Dave avec un lancer qui l'a battu dans la lucarne en haut de la mitaine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-3524548693121051792?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/3524548693121051792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=3524548693121051792&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3524548693121051792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3524548693121051792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/stick-on-ice-le-bton-sur-la-glace.html' title='Stick on the Ice  ///Le bâton sur la glace'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Rx6THrXs-0I/AAAAAAAAANo/ya1Hzam63VE/s72-c/stick+on+the+ice.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-8080414249313247180</id><published>2007-10-22T06:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-22T06:35:41.236-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garage-league hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='perseverance'/><title type='text'>In Tough Against Black  ///Les Noirs, féroces adversaires</title><content type='html'>This year's Black team has many good skaters and puck-possession players.  They kept coming at us throughout the game Friday, and scored some nice goals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, we fought back each time with goals from Mike, myself (a tap-in after a brilliant play by François) and Phil.  They made it 4 to 3 with about ten minutes left and we showed a lot of perseverance, working our butts off to generate more scoring chances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We ended up tying the game with five seconds left on a shot from the point by Pat.  The feeling of making things happen brought me a great deal of satisfaction.  We decided our own fate, with the quality of our effort.  It almost felt like a win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///L'équipe des Noirs de cette année a beaucoup de bons patineurs et de manieurs de bâton.  Ils ont démontré beaucoup de talent et d'enthousiasme tout le long du match de vendredi, et ils ont marqué de beaux buts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Par contre, nous avons bataillé et marqué à notre tour aussi pour les contrer.  Tous nos buts ont été le résultat d'efforts d'équipe : celui de Mike, le mien (une simple redirection de la rondelle à partir de la case du gardien après un brillant jeu de François), et celui de Phil.  Les Noirs ont marqué pour prendre les devants 4 à 3 avec environ dix minutes à jouer.  Nous avons continuer à persévérer, redoublant d'effort pour créer des occasions de marquer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a réussi à niveler la marque avec cinq secondes à jouer grâce au but de Pat.  Le sentiment d'avoir fait arriver les choses m'a donné beaucoup de satisfaction.  On a décidé de notre sort, avec l'intensité de nos efforts.  Ce match nul avait plutôt l'allure d'une victoire.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-8080414249313247180?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/8080414249313247180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=8080414249313247180&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8080414249313247180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8080414249313247180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/in-tough-against-black-les-noirs-froces.html' title='In Tough Against Black  ///Les Noirs, féroces adversaires'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-3737859607913767037</id><published>2007-10-20T20:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-20T20:51:29.373-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pittsburgh Penguins'/><title type='text'>Caps - Pens  ///Capitals - Pingouins</title><content type='html'>Neither Crosby nor Ovechkin has shined much tonight, in this more defensive-oriented game.  Must be a sign that the Caps are improving...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The momentum shifted often.  Brent Johnson made several saves to keep the Caps in the hunt in the third, but it wasn't enough as the Pens won 2-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Ni Crosby ni Ovechkin ont fait des miracles durant ce match orienté plutôt sur la défensive.  Ceci doit signifier que les Capitals s'améliorent...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le momentum a changé souvent.  Brent Johnson a fait plusieurs excellents arrêts en troisième afin de garder les Capitals dans le match, mais Pittsburgh a tenu le coup et a gagné 2 à 1.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-3737859607913767037?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/3737859607913767037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=3737859607913767037&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3737859607913767037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3737859607913767037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/caps-pens-capitals-pingouins.html' title='Caps - Pens  ///Capitals - Pingouins'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-8158581818327485605</id><published>2007-10-19T06:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:12.383-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love of the game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Love The Logo  ///J'aime le logo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RxicSrXs-zI/AAAAAAAAANg/cDJBxzgp_Iw/s1600-h/capitals_primary_logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123016420827659058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RxicSrXs-zI/AAAAAAAAANg/cDJBxzgp_Iw/s320/capitals_primary_logo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The new Capitals logo, which is in my view an improvement on the old logo they had for the first 20 years of the franchise, is a bit of a homecoming for me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I remember liking the Caps logo and colours when I was a kid, and I fell in love with the Caps after the Langway trade and their emergence as a strong team. Although the other colours and uniforms were fine, this retro look is definitely a smart choice.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Le nouveau logo des Capitals, qui à mon avis est une amélioration du logo original qu'ils ont porté pendant vingt ans, me rappelle les débuts de mon amour des Caps.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je me souviens que dès un jeune âge, j'aimais leurs couleurs et leur logo. Je suis tombé en amour avec les Caps après l'échange de Rod Langway et leur émergence comme équipe. Même si les couleurs précédentes étaient quand même belles, ce look 'rétro' est définitivement un bon choix.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-8158581818327485605?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/8158581818327485605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=8158581818327485605&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8158581818327485605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8158581818327485605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/love-logo-jaime-le-logo.html' title='Love The Logo  ///J&apos;aime le logo'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RxicSrXs-zI/AAAAAAAAANg/cDJBxzgp_Iw/s72-c/capitals_primary_logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-3410839035884030323</id><published>2007-10-18T07:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:12.533-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Caps vs Red Wings This Year  ///Les Capitals contre les Red Wings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RxdXZLXs-yI/AAAAAAAAANY/NdxKseMfeX8/s1600-h/redwings50.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122659191217781538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RxdXZLXs-yI/AAAAAAAAANY/NdxKseMfeX8/s320/redwings50.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My favorite team only plays once this year agains my new blogger nephew's team, the Red Wings. The game will be held in Washington on Friday December 9th at 7 p.m.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It should be a good battle, and I fully expect that both our blogs will cover it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Mon équipe préférée joue une seule fois cette année contre l'équipe de mon neveu (qui est un nouveau blogueur), les Red Wings de Détroit. Le match aura lieu le vendredi 9 décembre à 19 h 00.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ça devrait être un bon match, et je m'attends que nos deux blogues en parleront.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-3410839035884030323?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/3410839035884030323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=3410839035884030323&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3410839035884030323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3410839035884030323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/caps-vs-red-wings-this-year-les.html' title='Caps vs Red Wings This Year  ///Les Capitals contre les Red Wings'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RxdXZLXs-yI/AAAAAAAAANY/NdxKseMfeX8/s72-c/redwings50.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7134986167183184031</id><published>2007-10-17T11:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-17T11:30:41.384-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love of the game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>It's Never Over  ///Ce n'est jamais fini</title><content type='html'>Two NHL games from last night drive home the point: you can't rest on your laurels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Montreal was leading Florida 1 to 0 until the last minute of the game, when Florida tied it and went on to win in the shootout.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calgary was leading Colorado 4-0 early in the second, only to give up four goals in the next 13 minutes.  The Avalanche won it in the shootout.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's why they play the games...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Deux matchs de la LNH d'hier soir renforcissent le point suivant : on ne peut pas s'asseoir sur ses lauriers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Montréal avait une avance de 1 à 0 sur la Floride jusqu'à la dernière minute du match.  Les Panthers ont nivelé la marque et l'ont remporté en tirs de barrage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calgary a bâti une avance de 4 à 0 en début de deuxième contre Colorado, pour ensuite allouer quatre buts au cours des treize prochaines minutes.  L'Avalanche l'a remporté en tirs de barrage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est pour cela que peu importe ce que disent les prévisions, les matchs peuvent être très excitants.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7134986167183184031?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7134986167183184031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7134986167183184031&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7134986167183184031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7134986167183184031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/its-never-over-ce-nest-jamais-fini.html' title='It&apos;s Never Over  ///Ce n&apos;est jamais fini'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-3498563294633603429</id><published>2007-10-16T07:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-16T07:26:56.296-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><title type='text'>Lopsided  ///Démesuré</title><content type='html'>Bernie usually picks good teams during Monday co-ed hockey, but this time he didn't get it right.  The Blacks dominated from the first shift and ended up winning 10 to 1 against Bernie and his White players.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After making a  good power move to protect the puck while beating Alain on defense, I avoided Carlene's poke check and flipped the puck into the net, then kicked it down a notch as I realized that this game was already out of hand after only 10 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///D'habitude, Bernie sépare bien les joueurs en deux équipes équilibrées.  Cette fois-ci, ce n'était pas le cas.  Les Noirs ont dominé dès le début du match et le pointage final a été de 10 à 1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Après avoir bien protégé la rondelle en contournant Alain à la défense, j'ai évité le bâton de Carlene et lancé la rondelle dans le filet.  J'ai ralenti par la suite car j'ai réalisé que le match était déjà hors de portée après dix minutes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-3498563294633603429?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/3498563294633603429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=3498563294633603429&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3498563294633603429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3498563294633603429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/lopsided-dmesur.html' title='Lopsided  ///Démesuré'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-6420719200628385352</id><published>2007-10-15T09:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:12.677-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love of the game'/><title type='text'>Scoring 2 For 2  ///Marquer deux pour deux</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RxOAkrXs-xI/AAAAAAAAANQ/_vDeg2XmgBY/s1600-h/Hockey+-+baby.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121578568856173330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RxOAkrXs-xI/AAAAAAAAANQ/_vDeg2XmgBY/s320/Hockey+-+baby.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Friday's pickup game was a lot of fun, especially because my wife came out to see me play. I got off to a strong start, skating well and scoring two nice goals: one for her, and one for our baby-to-be, expected during the playoffs in May!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Mon match de vendredi soir était très plaisant, surtout parce que ma femme y a assisté. J'ai très bien commencé le match, avec un bon coup de patin. J'ai marqué deux buts : un pour elle et un pour notre futur bébé, que l'on attend durant les séries éliminatoires en mai prochain!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-6420719200628385352?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/6420719200628385352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=6420719200628385352&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/6420719200628385352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/6420719200628385352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/scoring-2-for-2-marquer-deux-pour-deux.html' title='Scoring 2 For 2  ///Marquer deux pour deux'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RxOAkrXs-xI/AAAAAAAAANQ/_vDeg2XmgBY/s72-c/Hockey+-+baby.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-3986602947146968521</id><published>2007-10-13T07:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:12.844-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garage-league hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goal-scorer'/><title type='text'>Making Reads ///Lire le jeu</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RxDC8glWEjI/AAAAAAAAANI/FxdisqrJ3E0/s1600-h/lg_uotilla_goal_und7893.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120807121114763826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RxDC8glWEjI/AAAAAAAAANI/FxdisqrJ3E0/s320/lg_uotilla_goal_und7893.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Scoring goals is often a question of reading the play well. When you remain aware of what's happening around you, your instinct can tell you where to go to find the open spots. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In last night's NCC game, Frank was covered behind the Red net, and I was in the faceoff circle. Based on their defenseman's movement, I read that I should move closer to the goal. Frank saw me switch and gave me a beautiful backhand saucer pass, which I shot hard to the far bottom corner to beat Russ.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hockey is a game of details, and of awareness.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Pour marquer des buts, il s'agit souvent de bien lire le jeu. Quand on demeure conscient de ce qui se passe aux alentours, notre instinct peut nous guider vers les bons endroits.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Durant notre match de la CCN hier soir, François avait la rondelle derrière le filet des Rouges, alors que j'étais dans le cercle de mise en jeu. Lorsque leur défenseur s'est déplacé vers François, j'ai compris que je pouvais me rapprocher du but. François a vu mon jeu, et m'en envoyé une belle passe du revers que j'ai redirigé vers le coin droit du but derrière Russ.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Le hockey est un jeu de détails, et de prise de conscience.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-3986602947146968521?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/3986602947146968521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=3986602947146968521&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3986602947146968521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/3986602947146968521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/making-reads-lire-le-jeu.html' title='Making Reads ///Lire le jeu'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RxDC8glWEjI/AAAAAAAAANI/FxdisqrJ3E0/s72-c/lg_uotilla_goal_und7893.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-2630009494665422431</id><published>2007-10-12T07:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-12T07:25:15.993-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Capitals Schedule Favorable  ///Calendrier favorable aux Capitals</title><content type='html'>The 2007-08 schedule is an easier one for the Caps, with very few games on the West Coast and short road trips.  They only play 3 games in 4 nights 11 times.  Their toughest stretch is in March.  I hope that by then they'll be in playoff position.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Le calendrier 2007-08 des Capitals est plus facile que celui de l'an dernier.  Ils ont peu de matchs sur la côte ouest, et leurs voyages à l'étranger sont relativement brefs.  Ils jouent 3 matchs en quatre soirs onze fois.  Leur période la plus difficile est en mars.  J'espère que par ce moment, ils seront déjà en lisse pour faire les séries éliminatoires.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-2630009494665422431?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/2630009494665422431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=2630009494665422431&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2630009494665422431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2630009494665422431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/capitals-schedule-favorable-calendrier.html' title='Capitals Schedule Favorable  ///Calendrier favorable aux Capitals'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-8104253278217695451</id><published>2007-10-11T12:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-11T12:14:32.196-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='defenseman'/><title type='text'>Tough Going on D /// Dur dur d'être défenseur</title><content type='html'>Another humility lesson yesterday in Woody's league as I played defense. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I get by well as a D in co-ed league, but these guys are more skilled.  I was on the ice for 3 of the 4 goals scored against us, and each time, I was out of position enough to be outplayed by the forwards.  Ouch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the bright side, our Black team won 7 to 4, thanks to some nice goals by Marty and Terry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Une autre leçon d'humilité hier dans la ligue de Woody : j'ai joué à la défense. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je me débrouille relativement bien comme défenseur dans ma ligue mixte, mais ces gars-ci sont très forts.  J'étais sur la glace pour 3 des 4 buts marqués contre nous.  Chaque fois, j'étais hors-position et les avants m'ont contourné ou déjoué pour ensuite marquer.  Ayoye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heureusement, le reste des Noirs ont bien joué et nous l'avons remporté 7 à 4, gràce à de beaux buts de Marty et de Terry.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-8104253278217695451?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/8104253278217695451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=8104253278217695451&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8104253278217695451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8104253278217695451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/tough-going-on-d-dur-dur-dtre-dfenseur.html' title='Tough Going on D /// Dur dur d&apos;être défenseur'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-4250553971237932649</id><published>2007-10-10T12:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-10T12:15:09.717-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Caps-Happy Video  ///J'aime les Capitals - le vidéo</title><content type='html'>Check out this &lt;a href="http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2007/10/09/fan-files/"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt; from a Caps fan.  Thanks to &lt;a href="http://www.onfrozenblog.com/"&gt;On Frozen Blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Visionnez ce &lt;a href="http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2007/10/09/fan-files/"&gt;vidéo&lt;/a&gt; d'un amateur des Capitals.  Merci à &lt;a href="http://www.onfrozenblog.com/"&gt;On Frozen Blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-4250553971237932649?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/4250553971237932649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=4250553971237932649&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4250553971237932649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4250553971237932649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/caps-happy-video-jaime-les-capitals-le.html' title='Caps-Happy Video  ///J&apos;aime les Capitals - le vidéo'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-4207823696597599322</id><published>2007-10-10T07:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:13.201-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guys will be guys'/><title type='text'>Woody's Beer League  ///La ligue du mercredi</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwzJegq4RyI/AAAAAAAAANA/N9ut5LpJge0/s1600-h/boysbouteilleexport_1.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119688402416453410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwzJegq4RyI/AAAAAAAAANA/N9ut5LpJge0/s320/boysbouteilleexport_1.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwzJAQq4RxI/AAAAAAAAAM4/7uu3N0y5IIM/s1600-h/boysbouteilleexport_1.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;One game in, I'm certainly not regretting my decision to join Woody's league. Ten years of pickup hockey has not helped my positional play, and these guys have enough experience to know where to be at all times.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm often lost out there because of it, and I attribute it to the learning curve related to picking up new skills.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I got a lucky goal off a deflection, made some nice passing plays and backchecked (these last two are your best calling card when you join a new group of guys).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The fascinating part of this league is that the guys meet in the parking lot after the game to drink a beer (even when it's minus 30 Celcius). This reminds me of my old ball hockey days in Gatineau, where the parking lot would turn into a party zone after our summer games. These guys are a bit more relaxed, but there's something exciting about defying authority by having a cold one in a public parking lot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Après mon premier match, je ne regrette surtout pas de m'être joint à la ligue de Woody. Dix ans de hockey improvisé n'a pas aidé à améliorer mon jeu de position, alors que ces gars ont assez d'expérience pour savoir à quel endroit se placer en tout temps.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je me sens donc souvent perdu sur la glace, ce que j'attribue à la période d'apprentissage de cette nouvelle habileté.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;J'ai marqué un but chanceux sur une déviation, j'ai fait de belles passes et j'ai pratiqué de l'échec-arrière (les deux derniers sont ta meilleure carte de visite lorsque tu te joins à un nouveau groupe).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ce qui me fascine de cette ligue est que les gars se rencontrent par la suite dans le terrain de stationnement pour boire une bière (même à 30 sous zéro). Ceci me rappelle mes vieux jours de hockey balle à Gatineau, alors que le terrain de stationnement devenait une terrasse après nos matchs d'été. Ce groupe-ci est plus calme, mais je ressens la même excitation de défier l'autorité qui vient en buvant dans un lieu public.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-4207823696597599322?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/4207823696597599322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=4207823696597599322&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4207823696597599322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4207823696597599322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/woodys-beer-league-la-ligue-du-mercredi.html' title='Woody&apos;s Beer League  ///La ligue du mercredi'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwzJegq4RyI/AAAAAAAAANA/N9ut5LpJge0/s72-c/boysbouteilleexport_1.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5597089449193414947</id><published>2007-10-09T09:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:13.446-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love of the game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Caps Lucky Charm  ///Mon bracelet chanceux</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwuR0Aq4RwI/AAAAAAAAAMw/HUD6GyoB1bg/s1600-h/Photo_100207_001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119345724155774722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwuR0Aq4RwI/AAAAAAAAAMw/HUD6GyoB1bg/s320/Photo_100207_001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;With the new hockey season, I've resumed wearing my lucky Capitals bracelet. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've had to remove it in April the past two years, and I'm hoping that I'll wear it longer in 2008...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Avec le début de la saison de la LNH, j'ai recommencé à porter mon bracelet chanceux des Capitals.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;J'ai eu à l'enlever au début avril durant les deux dernières années. Je souhaite pouvoir le porter plus longtemps en 2008...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5597089449193414947?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5597089449193414947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5597089449193414947&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5597089449193414947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5597089449193414947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/caps-lucky-charm-mon-bracelet-chanceux.html' title='Caps Lucky Charm  ///Mon bracelet chanceux'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwuR0Aq4RwI/AAAAAAAAAMw/HUD6GyoB1bg/s72-c/Photo_100207_001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-2093921220097427456</id><published>2007-10-08T19:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T19:47:11.934-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Three in a Row  ///Trois d'affilée</title><content type='html'>The Capitals are off to a good start, winning their three first games over Atlanta, Carolina and the Islanders. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They used to lose these close games.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Les Capitals ont un bon début de saison, avec des victoires consécutives aux dépens d'Atlanta, de la Caroline et des Islanders de New York.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'était dans leur habitude de perdre des matchs serrés comme ceux-ci.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-2093921220097427456?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/2093921220097427456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=2093921220097427456&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2093921220097427456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2093921220097427456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/three-in-row-trois-daffile.html' title='Three in a Row  ///Trois d&apos;affilée'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-1753552439551191804</id><published>2007-10-07T21:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:13.710-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love of the game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><title type='text'>New Blog  ///Nouveau Blog</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwmU0wq4RvI/AAAAAAAAAMo/HPyo8IzhlGQ/s1600-h/2006_0101Ete-Hiver05-060057.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118786085622138610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwmU0wq4RvI/AAAAAAAAAMo/HPyo8IzhlGQ/s320/2006_0101Ete-Hiver05-060057.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My nephew Erik, who is a big fan of the Detroit Red Wings, just started a blog. I'm sure he'll write about hockey and his Red Wing favorites.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Check it out &lt;a href="http://redwingsnation.blogspot.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Mon neveu Erik, qui est un amateur des Red Wings de Détroit, vient de commencer un blogue. Il parlera bien évidemment de sa passion du hockey et de son équipe de choix.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je vous encourage à le lire &lt;a href="http://redwingsnation.blogspot.com/"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-1753552439551191804?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/1753552439551191804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=1753552439551191804&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1753552439551191804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/1753552439551191804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-blog-nouveau-blog.html' title='New Blog  ///Nouveau Blog'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwmU0wq4RvI/AAAAAAAAAMo/HPyo8IzhlGQ/s72-c/2006_0101Ete-Hiver05-060057.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-8359104550548724006</id><published>2007-10-04T14:06:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:13.993-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>ESPN Picks the Caps  ///Les Capitals, équipe surprise d'ESPN</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwU6nQq4RuI/AAAAAAAAAMg/s-9BB9AllB0/s1600-h/espn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117560997740562146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwU6nQq4RuI/AAAAAAAAAMg/s-9BB9AllB0/s400/espn.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;ESPN (the major american sports network) has &lt;a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=burnside_scott&amp;amp;id=3048502"&gt;picked the Caps&lt;/a&gt; as this season's surprise story, and have assigned a top writer to cover them. I'm impressed. Thanks to &lt;a href="http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/"&gt;Kukla's Korner&lt;/a&gt; for the tip.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Le réseau de sports américain ESPN a &lt;a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=burnside_scott&amp;amp;id=3048502"&gt;choisi les Caps&lt;/a&gt; comme étant l'équipe surprise de la saison 2007-2008, et ont affecté un de leurs meileurs journalistes pour couvrir l'équipe. je suis impressionné. Merci à &lt;a href="http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/"&gt;Kukla's Korner&lt;/a&gt; pour le lien.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-8359104550548724006?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/8359104550548724006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=8359104550548724006&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8359104550548724006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8359104550548724006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/espn-picks-caps-les-capitals-quipe.html' title='ESPN Picks the Caps  ///Les Capitals, équipe surprise d&apos;ESPN'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwU6nQq4RuI/AAAAAAAAAMg/s-9BB9AllB0/s72-c/espn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-8673912568262403051</id><published>2007-10-04T09:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:14.481-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Senators'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Maybe He's Worth It  ///Il vaut peut-être tout ces millions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwT0-gq4RtI/AAAAAAAAAMY/Y1Pmqpl5Npw/s1600-h/dany+heatley.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117484431358576338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwT0-gq4RtI/AAAAAAAAAMY/Y1Pmqpl5Npw/s400/dany+heatley.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dany Heatley agreed to a 6 year, 45 million dollar contract before last night's game, then went out and scored the game-tying goal and the game-winning goal in overtime for the Senators against the Maple Leafs. Wow.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I found the game very enjoyable, with momentum changes at several points. The Leafs played better than I expected, and the Sens displayed their usual turn it on turn it off Jekyll and Hyde approach (which, obviously, was off during the finals last spring).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I was thrilled to see Nick Foligno get a bit of power-play time, yet did not notice him much during the game...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Dany Heatley s'est entendu sur les modalités d'un contrat de six ans qui lui méritera $45 millions juste avant le match d'hier, et ensuite il a marqué le but égalisateur ainsi que le but de la victoire en surtemps contre les Maple Leafs de Toronto. Wow.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;J'ai bien aimé le match, car l'intensité y était et le momentum a changé à plusieurs reprises. Les Leafs ont bien joué, et les Sénateurs ont démontré à nouveau leur approche allumés/éteints du style Jekyll et Hyde (le même qui, bien évidemment, était éteint lors des finales ce printemps).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;J'étais heureux de voir Nick Foligno sur le jeu de puissance, mais honnêtement, je l'ai à peine remarqué durant le match.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-8673912568262403051?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/8673912568262403051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=8673912568262403051&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8673912568262403051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8673912568262403051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/maybe-hes-worth-it-il-vaut-peut-tre.html' title='Maybe He&apos;s Worth It  ///Il vaut peut-être tout ces millions'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwT0-gq4RtI/AAAAAAAAAMY/Y1Pmqpl5Npw/s72-c/dany+heatley.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-4805230527920752820</id><published>2007-10-03T08:12:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:14.695-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Senators'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Some Surprises for Sens  ///Nouveaux visages chez les Sénateurs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwOX4Aq4RsI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/Q4JciOX6SWY/s1600-h/NickFoligno.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117100590131332802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwOX4Aq4RsI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/Q4JciOX6SWY/s400/NickFoligno.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Ottawa Senators have included Nick Foligno and Luke Richardson in their &lt;a href="http://senators.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&amp;amp;page=NewsPage&amp;amp;articleid=338808"&gt;season-opening roster&lt;/a&gt; for tonight's game against the Maple Leafs. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Richardson was not as much of a surprise to me as &lt;a href="http://senators.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8473422&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Foligno&lt;/a&gt;, who is still quite young. He does, however, remind me of a young Mike Fisher. He has a lot of energy and plays a smart game. Let's hope he sticks beyond the period when Dean McAmmond returns from his concussion.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Les Sénateurs d'Ottawa ont inclus Nick Foligno et Luke Richardson and leur &lt;a href="http://senators.nhl.com/team/app/l_fr/?service=page&amp;amp;page=NewsPage&amp;amp;articleid=338812"&gt;alignement final&lt;/a&gt; pour débuter la saison ce soir contre les Maple Leafs de Toronto.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;La présence de Richardson n'est pas aussi surprenante que celle de &lt;a href="http://senators.nhl.com/team/app/l_fr?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8473422&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Foligno&lt;/a&gt;, qui est encore très jeune. Il me rappelle un jeune Mike Fisher, avec sa verve et son sens du jeu. Espérons qu'il demeurera avec l'équipe après le retour de Dean McAmmond, qui souffre d'une commotion cérébrale.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-4805230527920752820?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/4805230527920752820/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=4805230527920752820&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4805230527920752820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4805230527920752820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/some-surprises-for-sens-nouveaux.html' title='Some Surprises for Sens  ///Nouveaux visages chez les Sénateurs'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwOX4Aq4RsI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/Q4JciOX6SWY/s72-c/NickFoligno.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5610760879207768754</id><published>2007-10-02T16:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:14.918-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Caps roster Set  ///L'équipe 07-08 des Capitals</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwK7NAq4RrI/AAAAAAAAAMI/4NdAf94lyVE/s1600-h/capitals_secondary_logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116857958838847154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwK7NAq4RrI/AAAAAAAAAMI/4NdAf94lyVE/s400/capitals_secondary_logo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwK7Jgq4RqI/AAAAAAAAAMA/ig0wjh5p_5g/s1600-h/capitals_primary_logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116857898709304994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwK7Jgq4RqI/AAAAAAAAAMA/ig0wjh5p_5g/s400/capitals_primary_logo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;The Caps have pared down their roster to 23 for Opening Night this Friday, as per &lt;a href="http://dumpnchase.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/opening-night-roster/#comment-9857"&gt;Mike Vogel&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;To me it's a much stronger roster than last year's, which bodes well for an improved season.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Les Capitals ont finalisé leur équipe pour le match d'ouverture ce vendredi, selon &lt;a href="http://dumpnchase.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/opening-night-roster/#comment-9857"&gt;Mike Vogel&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Selon moi, c'est un groupe beaucoup plus fort que celui de l'an dernier, ce qui permet de prévoir une meilleure saison.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5610760879207768754?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5610760879207768754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5610760879207768754&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5610760879207768754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5610760879207768754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/caps-roster-set-lquipe-07-08-des.html' title='Caps roster Set  ///L&apos;équipe 07-08 des Capitals'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwK7NAq4RrI/AAAAAAAAAMI/4NdAf94lyVE/s72-c/capitals_secondary_logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5799144306562929552</id><published>2007-10-02T06:34:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-02T09:08:05.701-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><title type='text'>Oh the Pleasure  ///Quel délice</title><content type='html'>It was bound to happen: my return to the ice after two weeks of business travel was as sweet as I had anticipated. Just the feel of my blades touching the ice was enough to put a grin on my face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I filled in on defence, and made my share of good and bad plays. I scored my usual top corner goal on Carlene after anticipating a weak clearing pass. (Brian C. told me to shoot high this summer, and so far it has widened my arsenal).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My biggest pleasure, however, was finally deking Bruce, after seven years of failed attempts (He's really good and has quite a long reach). I got by him because I changed speeds as I got close, and put on an extra burst. Live and learn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///C'était inévitable que j'y retourne, et mon premier match en deux semaines était aussi très plaisant. Le contact de mes patins avec la glace m'a donné un grand sourire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai joué à la défense pour remplacer quelqu'un, et j'ai fait ma part de bons et de mauvais jeux. J'ai marqué un but typique aux dépens de Carlene : dans la lucarne en haut de la mitaine après avoir deviné et intercepté une faible tentative de dégagement.  Brian C. m'a dit cet été de lancer haut plus souvent et ça m'a aidé à élargir mes options.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mon plus grand plaisir, par contre, a été celui de déculotter Bruce, et ce après sept ans de tentatives ratés (il est très bon a il a une longue portée avec son bâton). Je l'ai déjoué en modifiant ma vitesse en me rapprochant de lui pour ensuite décoller plus rapidement. J'apprends.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5799144306562929552?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5799144306562929552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5799144306562929552&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5799144306562929552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5799144306562929552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/oh-pleasure-quel-dlice.html' title='Oh the Pleasure  ///Quel délice'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-8267233771069469685</id><published>2007-10-01T12:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:15.122-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love of the game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hockey'/><title type='text'>Kitchen Hockey  ///Du hockey de cuisine</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwE0XQq4RpI/AAAAAAAAALY/e6TAIT6jCfs/s1600-h/Photo_100107_001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116428225886045842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwE0XQq4RpI/AAAAAAAAALY/e6TAIT6jCfs/s400/Photo_100107_001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My bride and I played a game of impromptu kitchen hockey this morning, using a Kleenex box as the puck. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;She won 10 to 3.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It was a lot of fun.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///Ma femme et moi avons joué un match impromptu de hockey dans la cuisine ce matin, en utilisant une boîte de Kleenex comme rondelle.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Elle a gagné 10 à 3.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nous avons eu beaucoup de plaisir.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-8267233771069469685?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/8267233771069469685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=8267233771069469685&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8267233771069469685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/8267233771069469685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/kitchen-hockey-du-hockey-de-cuisine.html' title='Kitchen Hockey  ///Du hockey de cuisine'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RwE0XQq4RpI/AAAAAAAAALY/e6TAIT6jCfs/s72-c/Photo_100107_001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-5230380858107762</id><published>2007-10-01T09:45:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-01T09:53:25.954-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ovechkin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Senators'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alexander Semin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>Caps in Low-scoring Affair  ///Peu de buts?</title><content type='html'>Thanks to &lt;a href="http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/09/hockey-on-my-laptop-enfin-du-hockey-mon.html"&gt;NHL Centre Ice on my laptop&lt;/a&gt;, I watched some parts of the Capitals-Senators pre-season game last night (2-1 Ottawa).  My only hope is that with the new offensive firepower that the Caps now have (&lt;a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8458573&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Nylander&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8473563&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Backstrom&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8473563&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Poti&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8459428&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Kozlov&lt;/a&gt;) to go with &lt;a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8470120&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Semin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8471214&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Ovechkin&lt;/a&gt;, that these low scoring affairs won't be the order of the day during the upcoming season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grâce au &lt;a href="http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/09/hockey-on-my-laptop-enfin-du-hockey-mon.html"&gt;service Internet NHL Centre Ice&lt;/a&gt;, j'ai regardé des bouts du match de pré-saison des Capitals contre les Sénateurs (remporté 2 à 1 par Ottawa).  J'espère que les nouveaux joueurs offensifs des Capitals (&lt;a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8458573&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Nylander&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8473563&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Backstrom&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8473563&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Poti&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8459428&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Kozlov&lt;/a&gt;), qui se joignent aux &lt;a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8470120&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Semin&lt;/a&gt; et &lt;a href="http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&amp;amp;playerId=8471214&amp;amp;service=page&amp;amp;tab=crs"&gt;Ovechkin&lt;/a&gt;, mettront un terme à ces matchs avec peu de buts marqués.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-5230380858107762?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/5230380858107762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=5230380858107762&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5230380858107762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/5230380858107762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/10/caps-in-low-scoring-affair-peu-de-buts.html' title='Caps in Low-scoring Affair  ///Peu de buts?'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-2220292216775697085</id><published>2007-09-28T07:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:15.366-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love of the game'/><title type='text'>Just For Guys  ///Pour les boys</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RvzyDwq4RoI/AAAAAAAAALQ/criI8evh1CY/s1600-h/Photo_092707_001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115229423204320898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RvzyDwq4RoI/AAAAAAAAALQ/criI8evh1CY/s400/Photo_092707_001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I finally found the guys perfect washroom situation: tv screens over the urinals at the Tony Roma's restaurant in London Ontario (spectacular ribs by the way).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I must have died and gone to heaven... ;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;///J'ai finalement trouvé la salle de bain parfaite pour les gars : elle a des écrans de télévision au dessus des urinoirs, et elle est située au resto Tony Roma's à London Ontario (et les côtes levées sont spectaculaires, en passant).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je crois que je viens d'arriver au paradis... ;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-2220292216775697085?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/2220292216775697085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=2220292216775697085&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2220292216775697085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2220292216775697085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/09/just-for-guys-pour-les-boys.html' title='Just For Guys  ///Pour les boys'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RvzyDwq4RoI/AAAAAAAAALQ/criI8evh1CY/s72-c/Photo_092707_001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-2049905633611403065</id><published>2007-09-27T07:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:15.515-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garage-league hockey'/><title type='text'>Hockey Withdrawal  ///Je meurs sans hockey</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RvxjKAq4RnI/AAAAAAAAALI/3P9pVv6e7T0/s1600-h/Picture-676-no-hockey-playi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115072300415731314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RvxjKAq4RnI/AAAAAAAAALI/3P9pVv6e7T0/s400/Picture-676-no-hockey-playi.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;As my second week on the road nears its end, I'm suffering withdrawal symptoms. I dream of playing during my sleep, I think about it several times a day at least, and I long for the moment when my blades will hit the ice next Monday. What a wonderful passionate obsession...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Alors que ma deuxième semaine sur la route tire à sa fin, je souffre de ne pas jouer au hockey. Mon sommeil est ponctué de rêves de hockey, j'y pense plusieurs fois par jour, et j'attends impatiemment le moment ou mes patins toucheront la glace à nouveau lundi prochain. Quelle merveilleuse et passionnante obsession...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-2049905633611403065?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/2049905633611403065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=2049905633611403065&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2049905633611403065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/2049905633611403065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/09/hockey-withdrawal-je-meurs-sans-hockey.html' title='Hockey Withdrawal  ///Je meurs sans hockey'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RvxjKAq4RnI/AAAAAAAAALI/3P9pVv6e7T0/s72-c/Picture-676-no-hockey-playi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7139764746215728300</id><published>2007-09-26T20:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:15.764-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><title type='text'>Hockey on my Laptop  ////Enfin du hockey à mon ordi</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RvxbYwq4RlI/AAAAAAAAAK4/H-1wJOJAWyo/s1600-h/centericelogo.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115063757725779538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RvxbYwq4RlI/AAAAAAAAAK4/H-1wJOJAWyo/s400/centericelogo.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I signed up for the free NHL Center Ice Internet preview, which lasts until October 9. I get to see games free on my computer, and if I want to join later, it's only $200 for the whole season. Right now I'm watching the Sabres and Leafs and the feed is of very good quality. Try it at &lt;a href="http://www.nhl.tv/team/"&gt;http://www.nhl.tv/team/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///J'ai essayé le nouveau service Centre Ice (en essai gratuitement jusqu'au 9 octobre). Je peux donc regarder des matchs gratuitement à mon ordi, et si je veux acheter le service pour l'année, c'est seulement 200$ pour toute l'année. En ce moment je regarde la match des Sabres de Buffalo et des Malpe Leafs de Toronto, et la qualité de diffusion est excellente. Essayez le au &lt;a href="http://www.nhl.tv/team/"&gt;http://www.nhl.tv/team/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7139764746215728300?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7139764746215728300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7139764746215728300&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7139764746215728300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7139764746215728300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/09/hockey-on-my-laptop-enfin-du-hockey-mon.html' title='Hockey on my Laptop  ////Enfin du hockey à mon ordi'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/RvxbYwq4RlI/AAAAAAAAAK4/H-1wJOJAWyo/s72-c/centericelogo.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-7154566480635548533</id><published>2007-09-25T09:59:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-25T10:01:45.801-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pickup hockey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garage-league hockey'/><title type='text'>Four Times a Week or Nothing  ///Quatre fois semaine ou rien du tout</title><content type='html'>This fall and winter, I've bumped up my hockey time to four times a week (except this week, as I'm on the road and will miss all four games).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that I'm forty, I think four times rather than three means that life is indeed getting better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Cet automne et hiver, j'ai augmenté mes ligues de hockey de trois à quatre (sauf pour cette semaine, car je suis sur la route et  je manque tous mes matchs).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maintenant que j'ai quarante ans, je crois que quatre fois au lieu de trois est une prevue éloquente que la vie commence à quarante ans...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-7154566480635548533?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/7154566480635548533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=7154566480635548533&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7154566480635548533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/7154566480635548533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/09/four-times-week-or-nothing-quatre-fois.html' title='Four Times a Week or Nothing  ///Quatre fois semaine ou rien du tout'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-191322798380989776</id><published>2007-09-21T20:54:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T18:26:16.208-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ovechkin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goal-scorer'/><title type='text'>Ovechkin Cut from the Richard Cloth?  ///Ovechkin héritier de Maurice Richard?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Rvxb2gq4RmI/AAAAAAAAALA/IIcIlBgXup8/s1600-h/Maurice_Richard.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115064268826887778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Rvxb2gq4RmI/AAAAAAAAALA/IIcIlBgXup8/s400/Maurice_Richard.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I didn't say it (even though the fire in his eyes made me think it). &lt;a href="http://www.nhl.com/"&gt;NHL.com&lt;/a&gt; writers have compared Alexander Ovechkin to the incomparable Maurice Richard in &lt;a href="http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&amp;amp;page=NewsPage&amp;amp;articleid=337313"&gt;this piece&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Ce n'est pas moi qui l'a dit (même si le feu dans ses yeux m'y avait fait penser). Les rédacteurs de &lt;a href="http://www.nhl.com/"&gt;NHL.com&lt;/a&gt; ont comparé Alexander Ovechkin à l'incomparable Maurice Richard dans &lt;a href="http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&amp;amp;page=NewsPage&amp;amp;articleid=337313"&gt;cet article&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-191322798380989776?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/191322798380989776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=191322798380989776&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/191322798380989776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/191322798380989776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/09/ovechkin-cut-from-richard-cloth.html' title='Ovechkin Cut from the Richard Cloth?  ///Ovechkin héritier de Maurice Richard?'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFCsXLjCaQ/Rvxb2gq4RmI/AAAAAAAAALA/IIcIlBgXup8/s72-c/Maurice_Richard.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8797416017061253021.post-4341769037913609814</id><published>2007-09-21T18:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-27T20:38:36.159-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love of the game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hockey'/><title type='text'>Beer and Hockey  ///La bière et le hockey</title><content type='html'>Yesterday's photo enticed me to check out the &lt;a href="http://beerandhockey.com/"&gt;Beer and Hockey&lt;/a&gt; website, a lighter look at the pleasures of beer, hockey and simply being a guy. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;///Ma photo d'hier m'a porté à explorer le site &lt;a href="http://beerandhockey.com/"&gt;Beer and Hockey&lt;/a&gt;, qui jette un regard amusant sur la bière, le hockey et les simples plaisirs d'être un gars. Ça vaut le détour...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8797416017061253021-4341769037913609814?l=hockeyamor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/feeds/4341769037913609814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8797416017061253021&amp;postID=4341769037913609814&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4341769037913609814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8797416017061253021/posts/default/4341769037913609814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hockeyamor.blogspot.com/2007/09/berr-and-hockey-la-bire-et-le-hockey.html' title='Beer and Hockey  ///La bière et le hockey'/><author><name>Hockey Amor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02475334733017559195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
