{"id":631,"date":"2005-10-06T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-06T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/10\/631.html"},"modified":"2005-10-06T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-06T10:08:00","slug":"631-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/10\/631-2\/","title":{"rendered":"OVECHKIN!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Capitals 3 Blue Jackets 2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/10\/05\/AR2005100502192.html\"><b>Ovechkin Starts Off With a Bang<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 <\/strong>What a debut for <b>Alex Ovechkin<\/b>! He scored two goals (right after Columbus scores too) and hit a Blue Jacket into the boards hard enough to damage them (20 seconds into the game). Said one long-time Caps season ticketholder: &#8220;Ovechkin is the best player the Caps have ever had.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goaltender <b>Olie Kolzig<\/b> had 35 saves in a stellar effort. Team captain <b>Jeff Halpern<\/b> had three assists too. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/10\/05\/AR2005100502387.html\"><b>Caps Pass the Test In League&#8217;s Return<\/b><\/a> even has a column about it too, as does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20051005-115659-2168r.htm\"><b>Dan Daly<\/b><\/a> at <i>The Wash. Times<\/i> A good opening night!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erica and I went to the game last night and had a great time, more on that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More from <i>The Wash. Times<\/i>: <a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/10\/05\/AR2005100502387.html\"><b>Ovechkin stars in opener<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"smhead\" href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/nhl\/boxscore?gameId=251005023\"><b>Boxscore<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>ESPN.com<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Ovechkin&#8217;s NHL debut, a 3-2 win for his Washington Capitals over the Columbus Blue Jackets. 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