Comments on: Catching Up with Capitals Great Olie Kolzig http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/02/03/catching-up-with-capitals-great-olie-kolzig/ A cheerfully demented Washington Capitals site with a healthy fixation on Alex Ovechkin and his Russian bros. CRASH THE NET! Sat, 18 May 2013 13:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Iceman http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/02/03/catching-up-with-capitals-great-olie-kolzig/#comment-13533 Iceman Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:58:39 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=13461#comment-13533 I had to play wing in a game of deck hockey against Olie. Jesus that guy is tall. I also had Hunter teaching me how to take face offs. Whata blast!

]]> By: capsrus http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/02/03/catching-up-with-capitals-great-olie-kolzig/#comment-13529 capsrus Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:58:52 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=13461#comment-13529 If not for Olie, baseball would probably still be my favorite sport.
Thanks for the interview!

]]> By: Chris Gordon http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/02/03/catching-up-with-capitals-great-olie-kolzig/#comment-13490 Chris Gordon Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:06:37 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=13461#comment-13490 Nice stuff, Ian! *high five*

]]> By: Livia http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/02/03/catching-up-with-capitals-great-olie-kolzig/#comment-13478 Livia Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:53:36 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=13461#comment-13478 What a nice interview, Ian. You’re a natural–well prepared and well informed and with a decidedly conversational manner. I felt that way about your interview with Andrew Gordon earlier in the season, too, but never got around to saying it.

One small thing: Olie is quoted as saying, “I thought we were a better team than them,” meaning Detroit in the 1998 Stanley Cup finals. From the video, it sounds as if he said, “I thought we were a better team than that,” meaning better than the team that was swept by Detroit. The latter sounds a little more humble, I think.

]]> By: breaklance http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/02/03/catching-up-with-capitals-great-olie-kolzig/#comment-13474 breaklance Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:12:50 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=13461#comment-13474 Olie was such a great guy. Met him once as a kid at a autograph signing but my best memory of his time will forever be Game 3 of the Finals. Sure we lost that game, but I just remember being so close to the ice and seeing the Caps score and the crowd just go Bonzai(a wee bit of pun), it was a breif moment but to have all 18,000 or so fans and players in unison of thought and excitement was something to behold.

For being such a well articulated and emotional guy I think he’d make a great color commentator somewhere.

]]> By: Ben Sumner http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/02/03/catching-up-with-capitals-great-olie-kolzig/#comment-13471 Ben Sumner Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:58:08 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=13461#comment-13471 Excellent post. Always glad to read Olie interviews.

]]> By: Nour http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/02/03/catching-up-with-capitals-great-olie-kolzig/#comment-13468 Nour Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:38:51 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=13461#comment-13468 wooot! good job, Ian!

]]> By: CapsFan http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/02/03/catching-up-with-capitals-great-olie-kolzig/#comment-13467 CapsFan Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:26:48 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=13461#comment-13467 I had my picture taken with Olie at the Caps Convention last fall. What a thrill. I look forward to the day the Caps retire his number.

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