Caps' Witt Wins Arbitration
Washington Capitals defenseman Brendan Witt was awarded $2.2 million for the 2004-05 season in his arbitration hearing on Tuesday.
View ArticleNHL Needs Face Lift
Hockey winters are meant to be cold, but there are signs that this winter will be colder than usual. And we're not talking about the weather.
View ArticleNHL Locks Players Out
The NHL locked out its players Thursday, starting a work stoppage that threatens to keep the sport off the ice for the 2004-05 season.
View ArticleCaps Look Down Road
From veteran players who won't collect their paychecks to young prospects who had hoped to earn a roster spot, the NHL lockout will touch everyone in the organization.
View ArticleNHLers Hit Europe
With an NHL lockout in place, more than 150 of the league's players have signed to play for European teams.
View ArticleHome Games Scrapped
The Capitals join several teams in announcing the cancellation of preseason and some regular season games on Tuesday.
View ArticleKolzig Heads West
Capitals goalie Olaf Kolzig will stay close to his home during the lockout, taking a position as goaltenders coach with his former junior team, the Tri-City Americans.
View ArticleCaps Suspend Semin
The Washington Capitals suspend touted prospect Alexander Semin indefinitely on Tuesday for failing to report to the club's minor league affiliate in Portland.
View ArticleHalpern Signs Overseas
Twenty-four days into the NHL lockout, Capitals center Jeff Halern signs with a Swiss League team.
View ArticleNHL's Allure Melting Fast
Nobody seems to care that the NHL season was supposed to have started last week in Washington and 29 other North American cities.
View ArticleLockout Grips MCI
With the NHL mired in a lockout, MCI Center, home to the Capitals, is dealing with plenty of dark nights while the business community is feeling the chill.
View ArticlePractice Rink Plans Set
A $42.8 million training facility for the Capitals receives approval from the Arlington County Board on Tuesday and will be built at the Ballston Common Mall.
View ArticleWitt Heads to England
With the season in serious doubt, Caps defenseman Brendan Witt agrees to play for the Bracknell Bees of the British National League.
View ArticleHalpern Goes to Europe
Capitals center Jeff Halpern has decided to give Europe another try. He is leaving Saturday for Switzerland, where he will play for Kloten of the Swiss Elite League.
View ArticleOvechkin Hurts Shoulder
Alexander Ovechkin, the Team Russia winger and No. 1 overall draft pick of the Caps last June, suffered a shoulder injury while playing in the World Junior Hockey Championship title game.
View ArticleHunter Suspended
Former NHL tough guy and longtime Capital Dale Hunter is suspended indefinitely as coach of the Ontario Hockey League's London Knights for mocking a referee.
View ArticleHalpern Loses Mother
The mother of Capitals center Jeff Halpern was killed in a tragic car accident in Davie, Fla., on Friday.
View ArticleNHL Season Put on Ice
With the cancellation of the 2004-05 NHL season Wednesday, there is speculation about where the 88-year-old league goes from here and whether it can survive.
View ArticleHopeful About Future
Although the cancellation of the season left players, owners and fans disappointed, it may work to the Capitals' advantage in time.
View ArticleBroadcasters Adjust
With the NHL season cancelled, Caps announcers Steve Kolbe and Mike Vogel will call the championship games of the Northern Virginia and Maryland Scholastic Hockey Leagues.
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