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Graphic By: Andrew "Shaggy" Kinback

I shall use this article to give out information on the Caps: how they are doing, my thoughts on what they should be doing, and any other interesting news.  While I will also be mentioning other hockey teams and the whole sport of hockey in general, this is a column for the Caps, about the Caps, following the Caps, and if you didn't get the idea before: This is a section for the Washington Capitals.  DC teams get a lot of crap from sporting fans everywhere.  While I agree our basketball team is a complete joke, there is a parade of monkeys over on our football team, and no one pays too much attention to soccer, the Caps are DC's strongest sports team.  Mark my words; the time is coming when the Caps will turn up and bite everyone on the ass.  I can¹t wait.   But let's go to the article, shall we?

Washington Capitals and New York Rangers hitting the ice.

The game started, and not even 51 seconds into the game did a fight break out and gave the Rangers a five minute power play.  However, the Rangers could not capitalize on the four on five man advantage.  A little later on a Caps power play, Robert Lang plugged in the first goal of the day for the Caps.  After that, it was all she wrote for the Rangers.  The Rangers seemingly never got their game together and soon it became a shooting gallery for the Caps.  By the end of the first period, it was 2-0 Capitals, thanks to a Calle Johansson goal, and only seconds into the second quarter Kip Miller scored another goal on a power play to make it 3-0.  The Rangers then rallied together and actually played like a solid hockey team for the rest of the second quarter, nearly dominating the Caps, but they could only get one shot past Washington goalie Olie Kolzig. By the end of the second quarter it was 3-1.  The final period started and any hope the Rangers had was destroyed as the Capitals came out and slaughtered New York.  Another goal by Lang followed by Jaromir Jagr, Peter Bondra, and Sergei Gonchar sealed the deal for the Caps and made them winners 7- 2 over the New York Rangers.  The win puts the Caps five points over Tampa Bay and continues to keep the Caps on top of the Southeast Division.

The legendary Olaf Kolig, ladies and gentleman. "Godzilla" was in the net and made some great saves.

The Capitals played all around great hockey.  I was very impressed with right wing Mike Grier.  He was acquired from the Edmonton Oilers in October of '02 and has slowly been improving.  He is a bit timid out on the ice right now but with a little more confidence, aggressiveness, and better puck handling, he could really break out.  Interesting note about Grier: He is one of two African American Washington Capitals.  The other African American player on the Caps is Jason Doig, who is also a rising player on the team and tough as nails as he was in many of the fights during the game. Take a look below to see how the Caps fared this past week and also take a look at the pics that I took during the game.  I would love all your input, questions, comments, and Caps love.  Just put it in the feedback below.  Until next time, keep watching the Caps give Capital Punishment to the rest of those pansy hockey teams.  GO CAPS!

Date/Time        Opponent        W/L        Score
Sun Jan 26 1:00 PM ET        NY Rangers W        7 - 2
Sat Jan 25 2:00 PM ET        @Montreal T        1 - 1
Wed Jan 22 7:00 PM ET        Carolina W        5 - 3
Mon Jan 20 1:00 PM ET        @Boston T        3 - 3
   

MCI Center, Washington D.C. The battleground of the greats.	One of the many brawls the Caps and Rangers had. This one put 3 Rangers in the box.
Some old lady was throwing peanut shells right next to my drink.	The doofiest caps fan in the world.
Check out these Ranger penalty minutes! It was insane!