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Article: On Schoenfeld's Spirit Capitals Can Build
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 11, 1994
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That Washington Capitals Coach Jim Schoenfeld would be right
there on the ice with the rest of his team after their playoff
ouster Monday was fitting. The New York Rangers and Capitals were
partaking in one of hockey's quaintest rituals - the series-closing
handshake among men who've just bloodied, stick-butted and belted
each other around for a week or two - and Schoenfeld was right there
in the line with the rest of the crooked-nose guys and stitched-up
grinders, trading compliments and pats on the back for a job well
done.
He's an involved coach, the kind whose stomach flops along
with the players. He managed a weak smile when someone mentioned the
first-period Kevin Hatcher goal ...