Cody Eakin

With 39 points in 30 Western League games this season, Swift Current’s Cody Eakin is expected to play more of a third-line role on a skilled Canadian team at the world juniors Here is the original post: VIDEO: Capitals prospect Cody Eakin showcases work ethic with Team CanadaRead Full Story

In honor of Mathieu Perreault’s hat trick Tuesday against the Boston Bruins, we wanted to take a quick trip down memory lane. Here is an excerpt from an OFB post that introduced what we called the “Matty Diaries,” where Perreault chronicled for us the days and uncertainty leading up to last year’s Winter Classic: We first learned of Mathieu Perreault’s deep-rooted love affair with playing hockey outdoors when we interviewed him after an outdoor Hershey Bears’ practice last season. Other...Read Full Story

Just a little clarification to a post I had Sunday on the Capitals’ roster situation heading into the holiday roster freeze. There are 22 players on the active roster, including defenseman Mike Green, who is still fighting the right groin injury and saw a specialist last week. He skated at practice on Monday for about 30 minutes on his own, watched from the bench when his teammates began drills a little after 10:30 a.m. and left shortly thereafter. Safe to assume he isn’t close to returning...Read Full Story

The Capitals have recalled forward Cody Eakin from Hershey, the team announced this morning. No one has hit the ice here at KCI yet, but the move could be connected to the injury to Alexander Semin, who missed Thursday’s . Semin, the team's second leading scorer, is day-to-day with a lower body and hasn’t skated in two days. Read moreRead Full Story

The writing had been on the wall for Capitals rookie forward Cody Eakin for a while now. In the six games played since Dec. 3 he had topped 10 minutes of ice time just once. He had just one point – a goal – in Washington’s last 10 games. Eakin was a minus-3 in those contests with just nine shots on goal. And on Saturday he was a healthy scratch against the Colorado Avalanche in Denver. Since his promotion on Nov. 1, Eakin was a scratch just three times – Nov. 5 against the Islanders, Nov. 26...Read Full Story