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...Alex Ovechkin was called for roughing at 6:43. Rookie Jay Beagle got his first NHL goal to put Washington up 3-1 in the second after Chris Clark and Brendan Morrison scored in the first. Varlamov stopped 33 shots for the injury-ravaged...

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...his 50th birthday. He had initially wanted to build his first arena in downtown Washington, but could not work out a deal in time to satisfy his commitment to the NHL to put the Capitals on the ice by 1974. The Landover arena was a...

In this article: Abe Pollin, Washington, Verizon Center, Wizards, Raymond A. "Chip" Mason, NBA, Marion Barry, and Susan O'Malley

...Alex Ovechkin was called for roughing at 6:43. Rookie Jay Beagle got his first NHL goal to put Washington up, 3-1, in the second after Chris Clark and Brendan Morrison scored in the first. "You score to win," Beagle said. "It's a tough...

In this article: Washington, Jay Beagle, Mike Fisher, Ottawa, Brendan Morrison, Northeast Division, Brian Elliott, Peter Regin, and NHL

...Sharks game while I'm visiting," Obama said. In Moscow in July, Obama offered thanks to Russia for "contributing" to D.C. with Washington Capitals left wing NHL MVP Alexander Ovechkin. We clipped the whole town hall. Of course he...

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...in 2005, and the city's Major League Soccer team is popular. The Washington Capitals, led by Alex Ovechkin--one of the NHL's brightest stars--have also siphoned away fans. "The Capitals are the only team here where you can go watch them...

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...game. Ottawa scored twice in the third to tie and Mike Fisher, the NHL's No. 3 star of the week last week, batted home a centering pass from Chris Phillips past Semyon Varlamov (33 saves) in overtime to seal Washington's fate. The...

In this article: Jay Beagle, Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals, NHL, Ottawa, Washington, Bruce Boudreau, Eastern Conference, Milan Jurcina, and Ottawa Senators

...sports empire that began when Pollin purchased the Baltimore Bullets in 1964. Leonsis previously bought two of Pollin's teams -- the NHL's Capitals in 1999 and the WNBA's Mystics in 2005 -- and secured the right of first refusal to buy...

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...unavailable to you." There may be other opportunities for Leonsis's group as well: Control of an NBA, NHL and WNBA franchise in the Washington region presents numerous media possibilities, including enough programming to get more leverage...

In this article: Ted Leonsis, Abe Pollin, Washington Wizards, Revenue, Washington Capitals, Verizon Center, WNBA, Ticketmaster, and NBA