New Caps Announcer Blog: Action On The Ice

Unlike This Guy, A typical Capitals game involves me turning on the television around 7:07 (For a 7:00 Game).  I am usually just in time for the opening faceoff, although sometimes I do miss the first few seconds of the period.  

During each intermission I find something to do.  My favorites include running out to Taco Bell, taking a shower, or getting in a few minutes of Zelda or Call of Duty.  I put NHL game center on my computer and use that to tell me when the period starts up again.

When the Caps game is over I waste no time firing up the DVR to watch whatever shows I missed during the game.  While the postgame conference with the coach is happening I am usually already well into an episode of Parks & Rec or the previous night's Workaholics.

All in all I catch about 0 seconds of Comcast Sportsnet's coverage of the game.  However, there is another person who is the complete opposite of me.

This guy turns on the TV at 6:30 sharp to watch all the pregame coverage.  At 7:07 while I am turning on my TV he is firing up NHL Gamecenter so he can do other things while he waits for his favorite moment of the night.  The intermissions.  When gamecenter shows 0.00 left in the game he puts the TV back on and watches his final period of the game, the postgame show...

To him, hockey is boring sportscasters and boring sportscasters are the real game...

Obviously both of those stories are complete exaggerations.  Many of us fans keep the TV on for the entire broadcast and see Smokin' Al's iterviews, the terrible Comcast around the league highlights, and Alan May yelling at the Caps.  We catch Chick Hernandez  and whatever chick is next to him trying to pull of some comedy bit based on puns.

But we also miss a lot of good stuff that is going on if we aren't paying full attention to the TV.  That's where Action On The Ice comes in.  Action On The Ice is a new blog that takes a look at all the people who cover the Caps each night on TV.  Check It Out!

"This blog is going to be all about the Comcast Sportsnet crew who keep us company through the intermission breaks and after the game. They keep us level headed when we are winning and and stop us from crying when we are losing."


Check Out The Other Caps Heroes From This Season...

New Caps Fashion Guru: Tyra Skanks

This is an excerpt from Wear, What, Puck?, a Caps blog written by a fashionista. A hockey blog with a fashion twist from a Caps fan.

And guys... you're not off the hook either, fashion is becoming much more important to you all as well. Just recently the Matt Hendricks, Mike Knuble, Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson, and Michal Neuvirth served as models with Capitol File for a look at men's fall fashion. And if the Caps care, guys so should you...

You can also read about this insane experience she had at a Caps game earlier this year when someone had the nerve to call her a Buffalo Bills fan.

"During the game the lady next to me spilled her ENTIRE beer into my marc jacobs bag, and all over my Tory Burchs."

Oh no! Life is over! So check it out, and stop dressing like crap!

New Caps Super Hero: Fearless Hockey Journo

This is an excerpt from Capital Connection, A Caps blog written by a Super Hero. It's another blog that isn't all about stats so it's cool.

"By day: an awkward school girl, who always forgets to do her French homework. By night: An ass kicking hockey journalist; ready to write analysis’, breaking news, and summaries"

You can also read about her prom problems, as earlier this year she was not allowed to watch the Caps because she wouldn't go to a dance or something.

"I then proceeded to say (more like roar), I quote, “How long do I have to go to the fucking dance before I can come home!?” Apparently the F-bomb doesn’t get you anywhere when trying to reason. Who knew? So then my dad told me the pleasant news, I wasn’t going to be able to watch hockey regardless."

So check it out as it is always nice to read some humanized stories about Caps fans.