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Article: Kolzig Up After Being Sent Down and Out

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January 5, 1993
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It's one thing to get sent to the minors. It's another thing to get sent to somebody else's minors.

Goalie Olie Kolzig was the Washington Capitals' first-round draft pick in 1989 and made the squad for a short time that fall. But the success has been sparse since then. The Capitals lent Kolzig to the Buffalo Sabres' American Hockey League team in Rochester earlier this season. It's not unheard of, but it's not standard for a No. 1 pick.

"To be honest with you, I was really disappointed," Kolzig said yesterday after practice with the Capitals, who called in the loan and recalled Kolzig after Don Beaupre pulled a groin muscle Saturday. "I was set on being in Baltimore and putting together a ...

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