If all goes according to plan in the next hour, two of the crew from over at On Frozen Blog will be boarding a plane out of JFK bound for Moscow. Their mission: Bring their blogging skills to bear on covering the 2007 IIHF World Championships.
The bloggers that the rest of the world knows as OrderedChaos and pucksandbooks are the two lucky winners of Washington Caps owner Ted Leonsis' latest blog lottery. For the next two weeks, our buddies are going to get an opportunity few U.S.-based hockey writers could ever dream of -- a chance to cover a real live international competition from one of the most exciting cities in the world. And they'll do it as guests of the team.
Also headed to Russia today are two Caps employees: reporter Mike Vogel and tech wiz Sean "Spike" Parker.
This story has been banging around the Caps blogosphere for a couple of weeks now, but in deference to my friends, I thought it was prudent to keep quiet until they were just about wheels up. From what I hear, we ought to have some more details from the Caps momentarily.
Here's what I feel comfortable passing along right now: I was on the phone with an excited and nervous P&B last night, and what he filled me in on was a real credit to both the Caps and the league.
More later this afternoon.
UPDATE: Yeah, looks like they're pulling out all the stops:
Exciting stuff.
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To me, this is the graetest thing since sliced bread. I've rarely been this excited about hockey and the web. Go boys!
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at May 4, 2007 11:54 AM
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