Sent in to us from Jeff Lautenberger, who spotted Snovie rockin’ the red in Silver Spring. Although the travel coffee mug is a good cover, we all know what’s really in there.
Tags: Ovechkin
For the second time in as many games, the Washington Capitals added a cherry on top of their win by allowing fans to put dinner on their tab with free wings from Glory Days Grill. You know the drill, Caps score 5+ goals at home, you get 10 free wings (with any purchase, naturally) to ticket holders. It’s a craze, and a cheer, that’s taking the area by storm.
A lesser known tid-bit is that Papa John’s offers “Goals for Toppings” on all Sunday and Monday games – much like the Redskins’ “Touchdown for Toppings” promotion. Just order a large cheese pizza, and PJ’s will throw on a free topping for every goal the Caps scored after Sunday and Monday games. The toppings are doubled when Washington wins the game.
In the 9 Sunday/Monday contests the Capitals have played they’ve amassed a 5-1-3 record, and lit the lamp 29 times. 17 of these goals have come in victories with 12 being scored in the losses, for a total of 46 toppings. At $1.59 a topping, that’s a whopping $73.14 of free food.
So what’s all this mean? Not much until you put it to the test.
Behold what free toppings can amount to:
That’s right. 10 toppings of double-ham, double-pineapple, double-pepperoni, quadruple-cheese deliciousness.
8
Feb
The good, bad, and ugly of Bears/Baby Pens
In lieu of a full-fledged Hershey recap today – how’s this?
Take almost any summary of yesterday’s Capitals/Penguins match-up. Then, substitute Verizon Center with Giant Center, Capitals with Bears, Pittsburgh with Wilkes Barre – Scranton, 4 to 1 lead with 3 to 1 lead, Ovechkin with Perreault – and you pretty much know how it went in Hershey.
The Bears extended their winning streak to 10 games, have now won 17 straight home games and have secured victories in 22 of their last 23 games. Hershey leads the AHL with 80 points in 50 games played with a record of 39-9-0-2.
Read the good, the bad, and the ugly of this match-up after the jump.
Sean Simmers/The Patriot-News
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Tags: Hershey Bears, Perreault, Varlamov
Wonder what the Verizon Center looked like after Alex Ovechkin netted his third goal yesterday? Wonder no more…
Video footage of the Washington Capitals first hat trick of the season, sent in by RTR reader Scott Lee. Remember, if you have anything you think we should know about, shoot us an email.
Please try to keep it PG rated though, Matt has sensitive eyes.
7
Feb
2.8 Million Dollar Man: Capitals 5, Penguins 4 (OT)
AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez
After a pair of first period goals from Sidney Crosby and another set from Jordan “Bathroom” Staal in the second, the Washington Capitals found themselves facing a 4-1 deficit to the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins. With the outcome looking bleak, Alex Ovechkin shouldered his team, and lead them to victory with his three-goal performance. While DC was also able to benefit from a beauty of a goal from hard working Eric Fehr, the tally of the night went to Mike Knuble who was able to send the flightless foul packing. Although Knoobs was not named as one of the Three Stars of the game for his GWG, he definitely deserves a tip of the hat for his assist on the game tying goal – and his willingness to stick up for his homie when he was sent into the boards by Craig Adams.
While every win in the Caps current 14-game streak has been a plus, performances like this afternoon’s is why I feel better and better about our chances in June. Numbers to follow…
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Tags: Adams, Chimera, Crosby, Fehr, Knuble, Ovechkin, Penguins, Staal, Theodore
