#Carlzner

[msmargaretmurry]

did you go to alzners? how was it?

i did and it was so fun and lovely! everyone involved was clearly having such a good time hanging out playing this silly little softball game. the weather was perfect and the event was sold out but the field it was held at was small enough that it still felt super intimate, and the crowd was just full of people with so much pure dc sports love. it was so, so nice to see so many players who played here and then decided to make dc their permanent home, or who loved their time in the city enough to want to come back just for this charity event.

here are the lineups for the softball teams if anyone is interested!

tom was a last minute addition, i assume because he couldn't commit to the event until his wife gave birth to their child 😂

the game was so entertaining and charming. everyone was taking it just the right amount of serious while clearly having a great time and chirping and joking with each other! some highlights include:

joe b and locker, the caps' broadcast team, did the pxp and color commentary for the event, and alexa from monumental sports mc'ed from the field. caleb green and bob mcdonald, who do the anthem at caps games, also did the anthem for this! i was so tickled to see so much of the extended caps family turn out!!

when alexa grabbed zim after his home run derby turn to ask him what advice he had for his team before the game started he was like "no more than two high noons before the first inning 😐"

whenever tj came up to bat they used country roads as his walkup music and every time the crowd sang along super loud. also in true tj fashion he did eat it while running the bases at one point

when dsp was introduced there was a big D-S-P chant and also chants for each of his at-bats ❤

when noted usnwt player scamurra came up for her first at-bat someone in the crowd yelled, BE CAREFUL WE NEED YOU NEXT YEAR 😭

annie mae and natalie are two of our local news reporters (and annie mae is an in-game host for the caps!); they are very petite and were clearly at a huge disadvantage compared to all the huge pro athletes they were surrounded by but were SUCH good sports about it, and also the umpire kept calling them safe at first even when they were clearly out 😂 everyone decided this was just part of the game until things came down to the wire in the tied last inning and when the ump did this again tom ran all the way in from left field to jokingly argue with him about it 😭

so many beautiful bare calves. the event was very wholesome but something about hockey men with their bare calves and ankles out awakens a nineteenth century pervert in me like nothing else

looking at braden holtby's beautiful face 😌

seeing backy and greenie hanging out in the year of our lord 2024 😭 seeing carlzner hanging out in the year of our lord 2024 😭 friendship is magic 😭😭😭😭

i finally got my dsp jersey signed!!! he was so nice about it!

taylor showed up with her and tom's new teeny tiny baby!!!!!!!!!

but don't worry. having a new baby didn't stop tom and tj from being weird and horny about each other constantly either

anyway i had such a good time and honestly emerged feeling so refreshed and invigorated about why i love hockey so much. it's something i really love about my hometown team, what a great community we have, how many guys come here via draft or trade and then never want to leave. guys who didn't even end their careers in dc moving back to the area once they retire to be part of the community and give back to the community. i am still in my feelings about it!!!

[thornescratch]

sending this comment for the In Chinatown fic here because my internet won’t let me post it on the fic itself

“Ive read this fic like twenty times every year since it was originally posted. Something about the way Alex and Sasha know each other so well, the Caps ensemble, the heartache and longing and eventually happy ending has captured my brain. Truly one of the all time caps fics for me.

(Shout out to my two favorite moments beyond in this: JC and Alzy’s prank war, Sasha first time shifting on purpose with Alex.)”

I kept this in my inbox for some extra days because rereading it makes me so happy. Thank you, kind anon.

I too miss the incredible weirdness that Sasha Semin brought to everything during his tenure with the Caps; honestly if you told me he really WAS a werewolf I would not blink an eye. I hope he's living his best life in retirement. And no matter what, I'll always be a big fan of Carlzner. (Unless, like they go on a public killing spree or something. That would harsh the buzz a bit.)

...that reminds me how I have a goddamn 120 page Ovi/Sasha fic that I keep thinking "man, just scrap it for parts, no one's ever going to care about this, the main plot point revolves around the goddamn Guardian Project which has essentially been wiped from the internet" and then I get something nice like this and I add another couple pages.

[holtbaest]

Washington Capitals as AO3 Tags Part 2

[andrebearakovsky]

Hockey asks: 5, 7, & 17? :)

5. favourite hockey best friends

oh god do i pick them?

or them?

or them??

no, in my heart, i know the answer is them

7. favourite line

8-19-77 UNTIL I FUCKING DIE

17. favourite underrated hockey player

i mean

i mean

i meeeeeeaaaaaaaan

i think that’s an obvious answer

[daddyoshie]

your choice + wine drunk

It was common knowledge that Carly was notoriously good at holding his liquor and that TJ was a notorious lightweight. Tonight, however, it was Carly that was somehow shitfaced drunk, and TJ that was unfortunately sober.

“Carly, get up off the floor,” TJ sighed, lightly kicking at Carly’s leg. “You’ve had way too much wine tonight.”

Carly giggled from his spot on the ground. “I love wine, wine’s the greatest. I don’t get it a lot, it’s like a treat.”

“Just my luck that you made the all star roster today and we just had to celebrate,” TJ muttered. “And just my luck that wine somehow gets you drunk faster than any other booze.” TJ sat down on the couch, only to realize there was something shoved under the cushion. He reached beneath him and pulled out an empty wine bottle. “Geez, Carly, did you drink this, too? How many bottles did you drink?”

Carly started giggling mercilessly. “I’ll never tell.” God, it was like he was a four-year-old.

TJ put his head in his hands. “God, I have no idea how Alzy dealt with you for all those years.”

Carly’s head snapped up, suddenly alert. “Alzy? Did you say Alzy?”

TJ stuttered. “I, uh-”

Carly’s head slumped back onto the floor. “God, I miss Alzy so much.” He paused. “I’m gonna call him.”

Alarm bells went off in TJ’s head. “I don’t think that’s such a good idea.”

But he had already pulled out his phone. “Yup, I’m gonna call him.”

“Don’t you dare!” TJ launched himself at Carly, who made an oomph sound as TJ landed on him. TJ reached for the phone, but Carly, the stubborn bitch, held it out of his reach and started rolling away. The next few minutes were an epic yet unmanly combination of rolling and wrestling as TJ tried to knock the phone away and Carly tried to press some buttons while wrestling and also drunk.

But the match ended abruptly when Carly kicked TJ in the ribs, and TJ had to let go and roll over onto his back, trying to catch his breath. Carly, victorious, had a big grin on his face as he held the phone to his ear.

“Aaaaallllllllllzzzyyyyyyyyyy,” he sing-songed, unable to stop giggling. “Alzy Alzy Alzy. I miss you Alzy, life’s no fun when you’re not around. I love you, Alzy. I looooooooooove you.” Carly sighed like a teenager in love, pausing presumably to listen to Karl say something on the other end. “Love you too, Alzy. I wish you’d come back. How’s Montreal? Have you learned French yet? J'aime ta bite, baise-moi…”

Carly wasn’t able to get out anything else before TJ, who’d regained his composure, slapped his phone away. Carly pouted like a hurt dog. “Why’d you do that?”

“You’re on a rampage. Alzy deserves better than you when you’re fucking drunk.”

Carly groaned and flopped over. “You’re mean and I hate you.”

“You’re going to hate me even more when I make you get into bed.”

[bulletproofwhale]

100% sure I found Carlzner’s wedding photo

[jaythebeagle]

We were robbed of the Carlzner wrestling content we deserved

[burracudaa-blog]

can you believe the nhl has the audacity to split them apart

[backybae215]

Carlzner tho 

[fourthlinewinger]

A list of things I’m not writing:

Super depressing fantasy 819 9092 8870 AU. Nicky lost his eye in the war, Ovi lost his arm, and Dima lost his voice, but that’s nothing compared to the people left behind or murdered. Now they’ve got a second chance to right old wrongs, save old teammates, and get their revenge. Too good to be true is usually too good to be true, though, and if they want to survive, they’re going to have to rewrite the rules so that this time, they can’t lose. I was really sad after Mojo got traded, OK?

819 Bingo!fic, wherein Ovi takes Nicky on a date, and the team plays bingo. Ovi’s goal is to prove that romance doesn’t have to be cliche, Nicky’s goal is to get through this without any realizations about being in love with your closest (not best, shut up, Ovi, Greenie is clearly my best friend, and after him is Jojo, and -) friend, and Mojo and Burky’s goals are to sample every single wine available at redacted while refereeing what’s shaping up to be the most interesting game of ‘Nicky on a Date’ Bingo, ever.

That One Bodyswap Fic I Refuse to Talk About

Mass Effect fusion with Krogan Battlemaster Ovi and Asari Matriach Nicky and their merc band. They survived the Krogan rebellions and the genophage, but now Ovi’s heard about an exploration/colonization mission in another galaxy. Will they survive Andromeda? Spoiler alert: yes. Also, guess who finally finished the newest Mass Effect game?

A list of things I might be writing:

Two (2) #worlds fics: 1) Carlzner explains ‘Nicky On A Date’ Bingo to the Caps who haven’t played before. Possibly synchronous to the original Bingo fic, itself; 2) William Nylander dates Nicklas Backstrom, and also the Washington Capitals. Nobody said dating Nicky meant you got the entire team - Ovi’s partners don’t have to date the entire team, do they? This would be in the next section if I could decide who the hell Ovi is dating.

The story of Nicky and Ovi’s adoption of two Russian orphans, featuring: an emergency wedding, Nicky getting into a fight with a four year old over Ovi’s affection, questions about appropriate Patronymics, hockey players actually being glad that there is a lockout, fussy infants, a lot of paperwork, Tatiana Ovechkina, and, eventually, a happy ending.

5 times Nicky almost lets Ovi kiss him, one time Ovi doesn’t try at all, and how Nicky fixes it. What it says on the tin, only I forgot to mention that Nicky has the gift of foresight. It would be a pretty useless gift (it works for about 1-5 seconds advanced notice) except it’s great for hockey and also for finding a natural and completely authentic way of throwing up walls to avoid emotional and physical intimacy with the guy you’re in love with. 

What I actually am writing:

Alex is a witch, Nicky is a hockey player, together they fight crime! Slow burn urban fantasy with demons, dogs, secrets, and maybe even an actual 819 kiss, if I can ever get them there.

[nomtxas]

totally underrated jay beagle moment: the second part of the carlzner caps roomies segment where karl asks if jay is going to dinner that their old pal eric fehr is paying for and he says, “yeah, if it’s free, it’s for me”

[yahoo-puck-daddy-blog]

Jersey Fouls of the Week: Niederreiter of America; 'Carlzner' of the Capitals

Jersey Foul

A ‘Frankenjersey’ is an interesting concept.

Generally it consists of two different jerseys that become one. This style of jersey is also one of the most frequent fouls we see.

The two ‘Frankenjerseys’ that are a part of this edition of Jersey Fouls of the Week are more fascinating than others we’ve seen before. This is because they were worn at playoff games where the teams used in the making of the ‘Frankenjerseys’ were playing each other.

The above foul is a Nashville Predators, Chicago Blackhawks ‘Frankenjersey’ that was tweeted during Game 3 of their first-round series. Supposedly the person wearing this foul is from Chicago but has been living in Nashville for a while. Her boyfriend also apparently has this jersey. 

Thanks to Jones4Johansen for posting this.

If you want to submit, make sure to email us at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or tweet to the hashtag #jerseyfoul. We’ll pick them up, and try to give credit where credit is due. If you want to see more fouls, check out our Tumblr page and Instagram page!

5. Crosby Good

 Our favorite ‘Crosby Sucks’ Islanders fan has come around. (IslesRW)

Jersey Foul

4. J Hockey 

Johnny Hockey is not No. 50 for the Calgary Flames.

Jersey Foul

3. Carlzner

Karl Alzner wears No. 27 for the Washington Capitals. John Carlson wears No. 74. (NYCCapsCrew)

Jersey Foul

2. Nino Niederreiter, American Hero

Minnesota Wild forward Nino Niederreiter is from Switzerland. (Bob Wilson)

Jersey Foul

1. A confused fan in Washington

Seen going to a playoff game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Capitals. The Washington Post got the story behind this jersey. (dcsportsbog)

Jersey Foul

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[thornescratch]

Ohhhh my god, I thought I’d never get another piece of Carlzner content for as long as I lived, and Samantha Pell has gone and delivered some right to my dashboard. This is an excellent day.

I KNOW. I always feel kinda alone on my Carlzner island now that Alzner’s on the down-swing of his career, and Carlson and Kempny is the hot new thing (which is not my thing but I do not begrudge, as they have an excellent rapport and are both professionally handsome) but this REVIVED ME.

This is the article in question for anyone who doesn’t read the WaPo, by the way. Relevant Carlzner bits:

Eight years ago, Washington Capitals defensemen John Carlson and Karl Alzner would drive home from games together and laugh. Then one of the youngest defensive pairings in the NHL, Carlson and Alzner would go back and forth about “how cool the game was” that night, the big play that changed it or something memorable one of their more famous teammates did.

Their careers mostly ahead of them, they were “just living the dream,” they always joked…

***

“Just seeing the transformation from always being a good defenseman to being a top-five defenseman in the league, it is cool to see it all pay off because it’s been a journey,” Alzner said. “But it’s been a fun journey, I think, too.”

***

Carlson is now one of the longest-tenured players on the team, and he has two sons: 4-year-old Lucca and 1-year-old Rudy. Starting a family and having the chance to bring his kids to the rink had long been a dream. During multiple television interviews, Carlson made sure to close with a simple, “Hi, Lucca!”

“I remember Mike Knuble had the oldest kids when I was young, and just seeing them around the rink, you know, me personally, you think of it as a young guy,” Carlson said. “You’re like, ‘Oh, wow, that would be cool.’ That was me.”

Carlson’s softer side comes out when he talks about his kids — his face lights up with every question. The same goes for when he starts talking about Alzner and other former teammates.

“Once he is in your corner, he’s willing to bend over backwards to help you with stuff and be there for you,” Alzner said…

[holtbaest]

They just did an Alzner tribute video and they used a Carlzner pic as the last frame and he got a standing O and it looked like he was tearing up and now I am E M O T I O N A L

[andrebearakovsky]

Remember when Nisky and Alzner were put together as a d pairing and Nisky literally went to Carly and asked if he and Alzy could be friends

[daddyoshie]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Men's Hockey RPF Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Nicklas Backstrom/Alexander Ovechkin, Karl Alzner/John Carlson Characters: Nicklas Backstrom, Alexander Ovechkin, Mike Green, Alexander Semin, Marcus Johansson, John Carlson, Karl Alzner, Dmitry Orlov, Washington Capitals Ensemble Additional Tags: Washington Capitals, 2010-2011 NHL Season, 2011-2012 NHL Season, Pining, Friends to Lovers, intervening friends, soft, nicke being mad at himself for having feelings, Humor, bc everything i write has to be funny that's just who i am, background carlzner Summary:

“Why aren’t you answering him?” Marcus asked.

Scowling, Nicky crossed his arms. “I’m still mad at him.”

Marcus scoffed. “Okay. Sure. ‘Mad.’”

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