Latest Eric McErlain Stories

• The Ice Sheet: Instigator Won't Sideline Malkin for Game 3
• By Eric McErlain 6/01/2009 12:35 AM ET
• Late in Sunday night's 3-1 Detroit Red Wings victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, Pittsburgh forward Maxime Talbot helped set off a melee that could have very well ... More »
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• Capitals Strike Back on Steroid Report
• By Eric McErlain 5/27/2009 3:30 PM ET
• Wednesday afternoon, the NHL and the Washington Capitals issued statements in response to allegations made Tuesday night by a man arrested for possession of steroids that he had sold ... More »
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• Suspect in Florida Steroids Bust Implicates Capitals and Nationals
• By Eric McErlain 5/27/2009 1:19 AM ET
• Late on Tuesday night in Florida, law enforcement authorities announced the arrest of a suburban Tampa couple on multiple counts of possession with intent to distribute illegal steroids. But the news ... More »
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• Viktor Kozlov to Russia?
• By Eric McErlain 5/26/2009 2:20 PM ET
• Overnight, we got the news that Washington Capitals center Sergei Fedorov had been offered a contract with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL, and now RDS.ca and Octagon Sports agent Allan Walsh ...
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• Report: Fedorov to Return to Russia
• By Eric McErlain 5/26/2009 9:55 AM ET
• As was relayed late last night by Sean Leahy at Puck Daddy, Russia's Sport Express is reporting that Washington Capitals free agent center Sergei Fedorov won't re-sign with the club, and will instead ... More »
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• The Ice Sheet: NHL May Adjust Finals Schedule
• By Eric McErlain 5/25/2009 11:00 AM ET
• Just a few hours after the league announced its tentative schedule for the Stanley Cup Finals on May 22, it's safe to say a number of hockey fans weren't exactly happy. Why? Thanks to the demands of ... More »
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• The Ice Sheet: Return of 'Cane Season
• By Eric McErlain 5/18/2009 10:00 AM ET
• It must be tough to be a Carolina Hurricanes fan. Consider this for a moment: twice in the last seven years the franchise formerly known as the Hartford Whalers has fought its way to the Stanley Cup ... More »
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• Caps Implode, Penguins Advance to Eastern Conference Finals
• By Eric McErlain 5/13/2009 11:38 PM ET
• WASHINGTON -- After watching the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals play six of the most tightly-contested playoff games in recent memory, just about every last one of the 18,277 fans ... More »
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• Penguins Rout Capitals in Game 7
• By Eric McErlain 5/13/2009 8:40 PM ET
• WASHINGTON -- Here in Washington what was a hotly anticipated Game 7 has turned into a rout, as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Washington Capitals 6-2. Pittsburgh jumped to a 2-0 lead in the ... More »
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• The Ice Sheet: I've Been Here Before
• By Eric McErlain 5/11/2009 10:00 AM ET
• As the puck squirted past goalie Simeon Varlamov, giving the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 overtime victory over the Washington Capitals in Game 5 of their second round playoff series on Saturday night, ... More »
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• Malkin Overtime Winner Gives Pittsburgh 3-2 Series Lead
• By Eric McErlain 5/09/2009 11:32 PM ET
• Just a few minutes ago as he sat at a podium following his team's 4-3 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, it was obvious that Washington Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau was more angry than ... More »
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• Cablevision to Explore Sale of Garden, Knicks, Rangers and Liberty
• By Eric McErlain 5/08/2009 12:28 AM ET
• Credit Ken Belson at the New York Times for digging an interesting nugget from the depths of the latest earnings report from Cablevision: the entertainment conglomerate is exploring a spinoff of ... More »
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• Caps Irate Over Locker Room Footage
• By Eric McErlain 5/07/2009 7:35 PM ET
• As was first reported by Dan Steinberg at DC Sports Bog last night, both the CBC and Versus aired some video footage last night during the pre-game show before Game 3 of the Caps-Penguins series that ... More »
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• Police Investigate Ovechkin Death Threat
• By Eric McErlain 5/07/2009 4:36 PM ET
• Is it possible for a playoff series to become overheated? We may very well have reached that point in the second round clash between the Capitals and the Penguins, now that a local television station ... More »
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• Kris Letang Gives Pens New Life in OT
• By Eric McErlain 5/06/2009 10:25 PM ET
• When most of us got out of bed Wednesday morning, we probably didn't expect to see Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang in the lineup for the Penguins that night, not after the way he left the ... More »
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• Caps and Penguins Head to Overtime
• By Eric McErlain 5/06/2009 9:35 PM ET
• After 60 tense and agonizing minutes, the Caps and Penguins are tied 2-2 at the end of regulation in Pittsburgh. What are tonight's storylines? For the Pens, it's been the reawakening of Evgeni ...
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• Kovalchuk: Caps Will Make the Finals
• By Eric McErlain 5/05/2009 3:40 PM ET
• Here's Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers holding forth on why the Washington Capitals are going to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals. Kovalchuk is currently in Switzerland playing with the ...
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• Ovechkin's Trick Tops Crosby's, Pens
• By Eric McErlain 5/04/2009 11:45 PM ET
• WASHINGTON -- For those of you who are tired of all they hype around the Alex Ovechkin-Sidney Crosby clash in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, I have bad news. You better get ready for ... More »
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• The Ice Sheet: The Playoff Agony of the Long Distance Driver
• By Eric McErlain 5/04/2009 10:00 AM ET
• Normally, I would have spent last Saturday afternoon sitting in the press box at Verizon Center to cover Game 1 of the semifinal series between the Capitals and the Penguins. To say this game has been ... More »
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• King James Hooks Up Alex Ovechkin
• By Eric McErlain 5/01/2009 8:14 PM ET
• Early last week when ESPN's E:60 aired a segment on the fast life of Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin, it was hard not to be struck by a brief and absolutely incongruous appearance by LeBron ...
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