Article: Kolzig Likes Morning Routine; Goalie Thrives After Bypassing Pregame Skates

Article: It Was Extra Sweet For Hershey's Laing, Woods ; Quintin ...
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  June 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Bears, it was just a bit sweeter for its grittiest player and the team's head coach. This season was Hershey left wing Quintin Laing's ninth pro hockey season. With the Washington Capitals and Hershey Bears heading toward the regular-season finish line ...

Article: 3'S A Charm For Bears ; The Trio Of Andrew Gordon, Kyle Wilson ...
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  December 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... lineup depleted due to callups by NHL affiliate Washington, Hershey coach Bob Woods threw Andrew Gordon, Kyle Wilson and Quintin Laing together as a forward line. The grouping was brief, but Woods reassembled it a couple of games ago. Now, he may not want ...

Article: WHAT IT FEELS LIKE . . . to block a slap shot Instead of turning ...
The Washington Post;  December 24, 2007 ;     450 words ...It actually feels great when you get hit. When I go down, I want the puck to hit me. Then there's the couple of seconds where it hurts -- not all the time, but maybe 10 percent of the time -- that it really hurts. When that happens, you just have to gut it out, bite your lip and do whatever it

Article: Kolzig Up After Being Sent Down and Out
The Washington Post;  January 5, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... somebody else's minors. Goalie Olie Kolzig was the Washington Capitals' first ... sparse since then. The Capitals lent Kolzig to the Buffalo Sabres' American Hockey ... with you, I was really disappointed," Kolzig said yesterday after practice with the ...

Article: Kolzig Labors as Workhorse; Caps' Goalie Seeks Groove ...
The Washington Post;  November 7, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Sunday night, Washington Capitals goalie Olaf Kolzig shook his head in frustration, upset at ... a routine shot from the blueline--Kolzig whipped the puck out of the net in disgust. Kolzig, like the rest of his weary teammates ...

Article: Kolzig could call it a career; Goalie weighing retirement ...
The Washington Times;  February 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... decades. But something was amiss for Olie Kolzig, and he winced after the puck hit his ... real problem. For the 38-year-old Kolzig, his first season away from the Washington ... personally and for his Tampa Bay Lightning. Kolzig eventually was diagnosed with a torn tendon ...

Article: Kolzig hopes minor success breeds something major
AP Online;  May 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... AP) _ In less than a year, Olaf Kolzig has gone from anonymous backup to starter ... the Calder Cup in the minors,'' said Kolzig, who helped Portland take the AHL's ... Until last fall, virtually all of Kolzig's big moments came in the minors. His ...