Caps on Cars - Take 6

Ed Note: This new segment will put a spotlight on those who devote their car to the Caps. Be it with a vanity plate or extreme bumper sticker usage, Caps on Cars will showcase it weekly. I've got some pictures waiting in the wings, but if you want to help me out, send your Caps on Cars picture(s) my way. Plan on voting in an epic poll at the end of summer to choose the best plate/bumper stickers.


Make/Model -Honda Civic
Color - Unknown
Location - Annandale, VA
Description - Nostalgic

Olaf Kolzig's time has come and gone in D.C., but his departure did not stop Bob from enshrining - if you will - Kolzig on his car.

I like this one for a few reasons:

• Does NOT include a member of the Young Guns (still waiting on a pro-Semin plate).
• The expired tags in the upper right (which are a bitch to get pulled over for) subtly symbolize Kolzig's time here has done the same...Actually no, that's a complete coincidence.
• It's slightly punny.

Thanks Bob B.!

Programming Note: The plates are piling up so expect a two to three plate week here at Simply Sensational!. Yup, exciting news!

Caps on Cars - Take 5

Ed Note: This new segment will put a spotlight on those who devote their car to the Caps. Be it with a vanity plate or extreme bumper sticker usage, Caps on Cars will showcase it weekly. I've got some pictures waiting in the wings, but if you want to help me out, send your Caps on Cars picture(s) my way. Plan on voting in an epic poll at the end of summer to choose the best plate/bumper stickers.



Make/Model -Honda Accord
Color - Gray
Location - Aldie, VA (I don't know where that is either)...But this car will most likely be spotted in the Vienna Metro parking garage.
Description - B-e-a-utiful.

Whether it was done intentionally or not, the touches of red on the cardinal, the license plate, and plate holder really give some aesthetic cred to a seemingly straight-forward tag.

It might not be the most original or creative tag, but... so what.

You don't need to go into your room, lock the door, and stay there until you have thought of a seven-letter Capitals license plate masterpiece.

Ovie love is always great and so is this plate.

On a side note, we all have fan favorites who don't score 60 goals a year, but enough to dedicate your license plate?

We've seen Ovechkin (x2), Varlamov, some bumper stickers, and a general fan, so what's in store for the next few tags?

Think: fan favorite from the '90s and a fan favorite currently with the team.

Thanks Raina K!

Caps on Cars - Take 4

Ed Note: This new segment will put a spotlight on those who devote their car to the Caps. Be it with a vanity plate or extreme bumper sticker usage, Caps on Cars will showcase it weekly. I've got some pictures waiting in the wings, but if you want to help me out, send your Caps on Cars picture(s) my way. Plan on voting in an epic poll at the end of summer to choose the best plate/bumper stickers.



Model -Unknown
Color - Unknown
Location - Falls Church, VA
Description - Awesome, but misrepresented?

First and foremost, this plate will give TSAR 40 a run for its money at the end-of-summer poll we have coming up.

Looking at this tag, characters are limited to six because of the Hokie logo, and seeing how OVCHKN is taken, this Tech grad showed some ingenuity in making a clever tag.

I am not a Virginia Tech fanatic, so I'm not too high on having Alex's name being associated with the fake birds of Blacksburg, Virginia.

Not saying people will think Ovechkin went to Virgina Tech (those people can't exist, can they?), but the fact that Alex has nothing to do with VT bugs me here.

All random correlations aside, this is a pretty sick custom plate.

Caps on Cars - Take 3

Ed Note: This new segment will put a spotlight on those who devote their car to the Caps. Be it with a vanity plate or extreme bumper sticker usage, Caps on Cars will showcase it weekly. I've got some pictures waiting in the wings, but if you want to help me out, send your Caps on Cars picture(s) my way. Plan on voting in an epic poll at the end of summer to choose the best plate/bumper stickers.

Model -Hundai Elantra GT
Color - Blue
Location - Springfield, VA
Description - Creative yet esoteric

The Capitals only need a few hundred more applications for their decal to be on Virginia license plates and my guess is that this guy is on the list. This one is my favorite so far based on pure creativity and use of the allotted number of letters and numbers.

Some casual fans might not completely understand what's going on here, but (starting?) goalie Semyon Varlamov is out to prove he really is the ruler of the Capitals. But what if Jose Theodore wins the starting job (and hell freezes over)? In that case, this plate will look really silly. He might have to revert back to his "H8TE SYD" plate he had before the playoffs.

Thanks Keith!

Roller Hockey on VERSUS? You Betcha!

From MLRH.com

Major League Roller Hockey (MLRH) has announced an agreement with the VERSUS Network to broadcast an MLRH Roller Hockey Special featuring the MLRH Pro Tour Championship game and the CO-ED Slamm Hockey Championships. The program is set to air Saturday, August 29 at 3:00 PM EST. The telecast marks the first time in over ten years that roller hockey will be seen on Network TV.

The Championships were played at the Pepsi Center in Buffalo and will be packaged into a one hour special. The games were produced with an experienced crew that works the Buffalo Sabres NHL games and Don Stevens, the long time announcer of the AHL Rochester Americans, will handle the play by play. Buffalo's Steve Wright adds the color commentary alongside Stevens for the broadcast.

Brock Konkle and Laura Weintraub will host the Studio broadcast. Konkle covered the MLRH games on the Roller Hockey NET. Weintraub, a model and actress, is a former player in the league. The content mix is 25% Slamm Hockey and 75% pro championships with both leagues playing full contact hockey. "We look at this show as a way of reintroducing the sport to a larger audience and we wanted to showcase these highly skilled women players. It can only be a plus for the game," said MLRH President Bill Raue.

The Slamm Hockey final features the Quebec Mistral and the New York Flash while the Buffalo Wings and the Florida Fusion meet for the Pro Tour title.

"This is a big deal for roller hockey," said Raue. "While the sport has continued to grow at the grassroots level, we need TV exposure if we are going to establish our game as a spectator sport. That is why we added the studio show. A first time hockey viewer is going to be seriously confused by a game with no blue lines played in four quarters."

Now in more than 74 million homes, the VERSUS Network is the national cable home of the National Hockey league (NHL) and the Stanley Cup Playoffs as well as best-in-class events such as the Tour de France, Davis Cup tennis, the Indy Racing League and collegiate sports featuring nationally ranked teams from the Pac-10, Big 12, Mountain West and the Ivy League.

Roller hockey may be down 15% in the last year, but I encourage all to tune in and support Major League Roller Hockey and Bill Raue.

I've had the pleasure of knowing Bill for over five years and he has always had a positive attitude and great outlook on his labor of love.

In addition to being the President of MLRH, he also runs recreational leagues in Alexandria, VA (Go Misconduct!).