By Joe Pohoryles BOSTON — Only three Washington Capitals prospects currently play college hockey. All three made the NCAA tournament. Two of them scored in this year’s tourney, and the other is a goaltender – Harvard’s Mitchell Gibson (2018 4th round). North Dakota’s Brent Johnson (2021 3rd round) scored in the Fighting Hawks’ first-round lossContinue reading “Caps prospect Benton Maass, Minnesota State looking to win program’s first Frozen Four championship”
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Chasing Gretzky XIII: Lowering the Average
By Joe Pohoryles Entering the first season of Alex Ovechkin’s new five-year contract, 33 was the magic number. To break Wayne Gretzky’s record in five seasons, Ovechkin would have to average 33 goals across each of those seasons. He’s now at 34 this season. For every goal he scores above 33 this year, the lowerContinue reading “Chasing Gretzky XIII: Lowering the Average”
Chasing Gretzky XII: C(OVI)D Strikes Again
By Joe Pohoryles By Feb. 1, Alex Ovechkin was the only Washington Capital to play in every single game this season. On Feb, 2, that came to an end. A positive test put Ovechkin into COVID protocols, forcing him to miss Washington’s 5-3 loss to Edmonton. Ovi entering protocol was always a possibility, but theContinue reading “Chasing Gretzky XII: C(OVI)D Strikes Again”
Chasing Gretzky XI: Power Play GOAT + What’s Ahead
By Joe Pohoryles 275. Despite playing on what’s been the Washington Capitals’ worst power play in recent memory, Alex Ovechkin passed Dave Andreychuk to move into sole possession of first on the all-time power play goals list, with 275 in his career. Last April, I predicted Ovechkin would break that record 34 games into theContinue reading “Chasing Gretzky XI: Power Play GOAT + What’s Ahead”
Chasing Gretzky 10: Capitals Insiders Special
By Joe Pohoryles 10 editions of Chasing Gretzky; what a milestone. I expect 30-40+ of these when all is said and done, but by finally reaching double-digits, I decided to do something special. As part of a separate project for my college sports journalism class, I had the opportunity to speak to two Caps reportersContinue reading “Chasing Gretzky 10: Capitals Insiders Special”
Chasing Gretzky IX: A First Star-Level First Month
By Joe Pohoryles Between two lockouts and two other seasons shortened by the pandemic, every obstacle has been thrown in Alex Ovechkin’s path for the all-time NHL goal record. After injuries and a stint on the COVID list last season combined for one of his worst scoring seasons in recent memory (even with fewer gamesContinue reading “Chasing Gretzky IX: A First Star-Level First Month”
Chasing Gretzky 8: The Final Countdown
By Joe Pohoryles Alex Ovechkin is here to stay! The Great 8 signed a five-year/$47.5 million deal that will pay him $9.5 million per year until the 2025-26 season. He’ll be nearly 41 years old by the end of the deal, which is a lot of term and money to dedicate to a player ofContinue reading “Chasing Gretzky 8: The Final Countdown”
Unpacking the Caps Protected List for the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft
By Joe Pohoryles The 2021 NHL Expansion Draft is coming in two days, and the Seattle Kraken will soon have their first roster of players. The protection list deadline for the rest of the league (minus Vegas, who is entirely exempt from the draft since being an expansion team themselves just four years ago) recentlyContinue reading “Unpacking the Caps Protected List for the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft”
What to look for in Caps-Bruins series after Game 1
By Joe Pohoryles The Capitals opened the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Boston Bruins last night, where goals from Tom Wilson, Brenden Dillon and Nic Dowd pushed the Caps to a 1-0 series lead. Despite the positive start, a tough series lies ahead. The biggest concern comes in net, as Vitek Vanecek had toContinue reading “What to look for in Caps-Bruins series after Game 1”
Chasing Gretzky VII: The Russian Machine Broke
By: Joe Pohoryles After a year of so many setbacks in the chase to 894 career goals, the seemingly unfathomable happened to make the road even more difficult: Alex Ovechkin got injured. Not including a 39-second shift on May 3 that was more of a test run than anything else, Ovechkin has not played sinceContinue reading “Chasing Gretzky VII: The Russian Machine Broke”
The Wildcard 