28 Monday Mar 2011
Posted in RH Sports Pub Video Blog, Social Media, Washington Capitals
Hello everyone:
I was called out earlier today for preaching video is essential for social media, but never having produced any for my own blog.
This is far from production value worthy, but you’ve always got to take a first step.
Here is mine.
23 Wednesday Mar 2011
Posted in NHL/Ice Hockey, Washington Capitals
In one of the more vile and destructive Photoshop-esque attacks ever known to offices or sports, my soul has been tarnished.
Okay, maybe it’s not that bad, and even a little funny.
Based on my passionate following of the Washington Capitals, and a certain someone in my office having Pittsburgh ties, a digital image of my smiling face was electronically drawn and quartered.
Caps and Pens fans alike might enjoy this so I had to share, but be certain there will be retribution towards the guilty party.
And hopefully it will be Alex Ovechkin and his red #8 jersey that will be parading the authentic version of that lovely piece of hardware around the streets of Washington, D.C. later this summer.
Let’s Go Caps! (and I hate that guy in the picture)
17 Thursday Mar 2011
Posted in NHL/Ice Hockey, Washington Capitals
Happy St. Patrick's Day
I celebrated the Washington Capitals (and Vancouver Canucks) by rocking the green during St. Patrick’s Day 2011.
The holiday complete with tradition of wearing green didn’t always hold great significance to me. Ever since I purchased this shamrock Alexander Ovechkin Caps shirt about 3 years ago I haven’t missed wearing it on the big Jameson and Guinness holiday.
It’s fun having strangers ask where it came from, or walking past a friendly pack of buzzing, casual hockey fans who slur “that’s the coolest shirt I’ve seen today.”
As for the Canucks hat, I’m a big fan of USA Hockey product Ryan Kesler, but actually picked this up as a souvenir when my wife and I flew there for the Caps @ Canucks game in 2009.
Unfortunately, the home team won 3-2, but it was only a momentary downer during an otherwise incredible first visit to Vancouver for me.
Canucks fans were so excited to talk about Ovechkin whenever they saw my red “The Franchise” Caps hat,
O'vechkin
that I felt like an extra special guest by distant association.
If I have a Western Conference team it is the Canucks. And if you haven’t been to Vancouver, do yourself a favor and look into it.
The NHL and NHL.com celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a video using Washington’s biggest on-ice hero, who I was convinced was Russian. Watch it here (and its worth sitting through the pre-roll ad).
If you celebrated the holiday and rocked the Capitals green I’d love to see pics as well and share with anyone who also checks out this post – so let me know via a comment/image link.
And if you weren’t prepared with green this year get ready SPD 2012 with your own Capitals St Patrick’s Day gear.
Enjoy and be safe tonight.
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