So I am happy to report for those who do not know (and for the vast majority who do not care) that the National Hockey League (NHL) will in fact have a hockey season for 2012-13.
Well, 2013 anyway, consisting of 48 games, 24 at home. The article about the Capitals schedule is here, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capitals-insider/wp/2013/01/12/capitals-schedule-released/.
A story about the Capitals being ready to play this shorter, more compressed schedule is here, http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/washington-capitals-are-ready-for-nhl-season-to-be-an-intense-sprint/2013/01/12/d4fccf02-5d16-11e2-beee-6e38f5215402_story.html.
I, of course, started the season off right by attending a Season Ticket Holder (STH) event last week at Union Jack’s in Bethesda. It originally, I suspect, was organized as were a number of similar events to make the STH feel that the club cared about them but instead became a celebration of the annouinced settlement between the NHL and the union, the National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA).
They served wings and mozzarella sticks, all of the fried food you could ever want. When Slapshot, pictured below came by, I asked him if he would like some of my wings, to which he acted horrified (as any self-respecting avian mascot should). Thank goodness my daughters were not present …
