Speaking of Olie, check out this picture of him circa 1991. He looks like a white Donald Faison with a mullet (thanks TARobeck for the pointer).
Lastly, there's a profile of Chris Bourque currently up at NHL.com. It's nothing that's going to get Caps fans too excited, but it is likely a valid assesment of where one of the team's top prospects stands.
Elsewhere 'round the rinks (and beyond):
- Good news for Lindsay Czarniak fans (I can't be the only one): it looks like she'll be a Sports Desk reporter for NBC's Olympic coverage. Not only that, she's blogging while she's over there as well. Kudos to NBC for recognizing talent when they see it.
- James Mirtle has a good recap of the Tocchet Scandal: Day 3, for those of you who can't get enough.
- On this day in 1907 Hall of Famer Aubrey Victor "Dit" Clapper was born. I obviously never saw the late Clapper play, but I always thought that his name sounded a bit like a venereal disease, as in, "I was in Bangkok not too long ago and came back with a nasty case of Dit Clapper. But it wasn't nearly as bad as when I went to Spring Break in Rio and got Darius Kasparaitis."
- Other former NHLers celebrating a birthday: Chris Nilan (48), former Cap Neil Sheehy (46) and "Moose" Goheen (112, but very much dead).
- Detroit outshot the Predators 28-9 through the first two periods (including 20-2 in the second period) of last night's game and outscored them 4-0 en route to a 6-0 win. Think the Wings were upset after getting swept in back-to-back home games two weeks ago? The ball's in your court, Nashville, as the home-and-home heads to Music City for a Thursday night matchup.
- Hart: Jaromir Jagr (Goal, 2 assists, +3, 5 SOG, 3 takeaways, 0 giveaways)
- Ross: Jaromir Jagr, Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk, Keith Tkachuk (3 points each)
- Norris: Brad Stuart (2 goals, including game-winner, 5 SOG, 2 blocked shots)
- Vezina: Henrik Lundqvist (W, 24 saves on 25 shots against)
- Richard: Mike Richards (3 goals)
- Calder: Mike Richards (3 goals, +3)
- Aiken, Pt. I: Mathieu Garon (L, 6 goals against on 34 shots in 50:22 before getting the hook)
- Aiken, Pt. II: Zdeno Chara (-4, 2 giveaways, 0 takeaways, on ice for all four even strength goals against in 5-1 loss)
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That road trip beats my simple Caps/Pens game plans for Saturday night.
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