Annual rookie dinner and "The Goal"

 dump 'n chase, Nov. 17, 2008:

Tonight is the team’s annual rookie dinner. Although the Caps are officially without any rookies on the team at the moment, the criteria for rookie dinner is a bit different than the criteria for qualification for the Calder Trophy. The two members of the Caps who will be pulling out their wallets at the end of the night are right wing Eric Fehr and defenseman Tyler Sloan.

Fehr has played parts of three seasons in the league, but for one reason or another he hasn’t been with the team at the time of the rookie dinner during those three seasons. Sloan made his NHL debut on the team’s last lengthy trip, one that started in his hometown of Calgary on Oct. 21. So Fehr and Sloan will be treating their teammates to a lavish repast this evening. Many appetizers, steaks and pricey bottles of fine wine will be consumed, and a good time will be had by all.

It has been nearly three years since we’ve been out this way. Jan. 13, 2006 to be exact. The Caps downed the Ducks in a 3-2 overtime affair that night, a game that was noteworthy for Alex Ovechkin’s first career hat trick. The next night in Phoenix, Ovechkin, Shaone Morrisonn, Nolan Yonkman and Brooks Laich picked up the tab for that season’s rookie dinner. And two days after that, of course, Ovechkin scored “The Goal.”

Just another prove that wine, especially a fine wine, is good for your heart, health, conditioning and scoring while sliding on your back.

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