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Two for Two This Weekend

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Another two points; another sellout crowd; and another productive day of work.

We have so many things to work on. We need to get better but we do have 68 points right now playing mostly against teams NOT in our division. I am pleased with where we are and that we have gained 5 of 6 points available since the All-Star break.

Alex Ovechkin leads the NHL in goals and Mike Green leads all D men in goals and points. That is a powerful one–two punch, isn’t it?

It is amazing to consider that Alex isn’t even finished with his fourth year as a pro - he has 30 or so games left in the regular season - and already has 199 goals scored, one more to get to 200. That is astounding. He is averaging 50 goals per year for 4 years. Yikes! :-) I think he will be number 4 on the Caps all time goal scoring lead by season’s end too…in just 4 seasons!

We now have the second most points in the East and we play NJ on Tuesday in NJ. That will be a very tough and very competitive game.

Beating Ottawa today felt good as well. I remember a game where they put up 11 goals on us. They were scary good. The tables have tuned now and we play with a lot of confidence against them. Go Caps!

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Sunday, February 1st, 2009

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Just a Quick Word on Detroit Fans

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

We didn’t sell any group tickets to any fan clubs from Detroit. We didn’t sell any tickets to any travel agencies from Detroit either.
We didn’t have to since we were sold out with fans from our own community. My goal is to start next season with 14,000 season tickets sold!

What I do see happening though now is this: Many season ticket holders are now selling off some key games against big rivals on ticket exchange services. They get a huge markup on their tickets that helps defray the cost of tickets for the rest of the season.

There were about 5 rows in front of me where there are usually a large group of season ticket holders that had sold their tickets to local Detroit fans. I may have to find a way to get first right of refusal on resell of our seats. :-)

Many fans that were rooting for Detroit are actually our season ticket holders. They are happy Caps fans and loyal customers and they root for the Caps always except when we play Detroit. When we sell out the bottom and top bowl, the club seats go on sale via Washington Sports and some of those tickets get sold as groups or online to Detroit fans.

It is obvious that we have made progress. Perhaps ten percent of the arena was rooting for Detroit at yesterday’s game. I won’t rest until we have 100 percent Caps fans in our building but I admire what Detroit has built in terms of fan loyalty. Thank you Caps fans for being loud and proud. We are building a Hockeytown right here in DC.

Big and Important Film

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

I am so honored to be able to blog about this documentary on SnagFilms, the Oscar winning The Times of Harvey Milk.

The new film “Milk” is truly a great movie but this documentary is spot on. It tells the real story and is worth your valuable time to watch. I am so pleased to be able to bring you these important films from the long tail of film libraries on SnagFilms.com.

Watch this film.

Jobs. Kapor. Gates.

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

1983: The Macintosh Software Dating Game.

And I was in that audience as a member of the Mac rollout team. Gosh, I am getting old. Check this out.

A Big Win in Front of a Great Crowd

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Thanks Caps fans. You were loud and proud! That was a nice win; a much needed 2 points; and a statement win by our team.

We have now garnered 3 of 4 points over Boston and Detroit in the last two games we have played. We seem to play the good teams quite well. Our penalty kill played well yesterday and I thought the game plan looked like a playoff game. The intensity was high and both teams were afraid to make mistakes.

Now onto today’s game which is just as important as yesterday’s game. Two points is two points. It also felt good to see our team healthy again and able to ice a starting lineup that looked like the opening night lineup too.

I know there are things to complain about but frankly I will enjoy the win and just get ready for today’s game. Enjoy the win and the ride while it lasts. :-) Go Caps! 

The Mystics Needed a Point Guard

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

So we got a point guard and one who is well known to our new coach and GM.Lindsey Harding is a player who makes everyone around her play better. She can bring the ball up court; plays good D; and she loves to run and gun.

She is experienced but still young so check one of our list of deliverables.

Now onto the draft where we need a big forward or center to add to our line up too via the draft or trade.

Rome wasn’t built in a day but I feel good about this move for our team.