roman had a falling out with dale hunter.ale hunter has scratched hammerlick and he threw him under the bus because of it. we know dale hunter spent a lot of time in the penalty box. we thought he was gone. he's still here. mike is still here. another guy he is helping scratch. after tonight, he'll be 6 out of 10 games. these are veterans that want to play somewhere. they don't have a long time left. they aren't happy that they are still here. you know, it's a tough situation in the locker room right now, but these guys are professionals and they haven't affected the way the locker room has worked, so that's a good thing. >> that's a good sign. and george mcafee saying there wasn't much out there, that they want, he was happy with what they had, but he had been mediocre. can this team, as it is, as it has been, make a push for the playoffs? >> the one thing they have to do, they have to play better on the road. they cannot win a team that plays 30% of their road games. dale hunter wasn't given the best hand when he came here.

. >> reporter: and we just met with the coach dale hunter who is still a game time decision.'re going to do is have him come out and do warm- ups and see how he feels after. that he's their iron man, though, played in 397 of their last 401 games. he's kind of the cal ripken her -- cal ripken here. >> and dale hunter probably knows murph but they won't tell us, right? until game time. >> and they're going to warm up jay beagle as l. i thought it was funny how the guys were teasing him. the minute he was talking to the media, they were hooting and hollering at him. he skated so well and there is no way you were that injured the other day. >> and thank you, we'll see you at 6:20. >>> shawn? >> thank you. >>> well, gary, loving this weather. keep it going. [ laughter ] >> no snow. >> incredibly a day-to-day decision like brookes there. >> yeah, really. >> yesterday was good and sue told me before i came up the stairs, 56 for a high today. >> how nice. >> officially. yeah. >> and we should be about 45 this time of the year. >> the teitory? >> there we go. >> and she listens, doesn

afterwards, dale hunter said not too much at all. lower body injury. game time decision, but being reported he is out. the caps enter tonight's game having won just three of their last ten games. pulled after just five minutes on monday will get to start tonight. national third baseman said if a contract extension can't be reached by friday, the time spring camp opens, it will have to wait until next season. he doesn't want to be a distraction to his team. he has two years remaining on his current deal. >> gary williams offers two cents in the on going maryland georgetown rivalry dilemma. he has been trying to schedule a series with the hoyas saying they won't play each other in any sport. and in an interview, gary williams expressed why a rekindling isn't such a bad idea. >> i think when they are reorganizing and losing the rivalries, play georgetown twice a year, there's room for a new rivalry there now. i haven't met anyone that wouldn't like to see that game take place. >> and football coach seems to have done an about face, lifting restrictions on

dale hunter says novert is gaining confidence. >> he played well tonight. the big stops when he had to. that's what you need from your goal tender. when we do break down, it happens. he came up large tonight. >> up next for the capitals, a home game against the islanders on tuesday. however, there could be new faces on the roster by then. the nhl trade deadline tomorrow at 4:00. >> thank you for being here. nightly news is next. we'll see you back here at 11:00. [ male announcer ] for some reason those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. the progresso chicken noodle you made is so good. it's got tender white meat chicken. the way i always made it for you. one more thing.... those pj's you like, i bought you five new pairs. love you. did you see the hockey game last night? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide r

here's what dale hunter had to say about that tough decision. >> as i a professional. -- he's a professional. it's one of those things where if anyone is standing on the side every night, no. it's always touched by how you may. >>> time to vote for our high -- play. >>> time to vote for our high school game of the week. watkins mill at churchill, go to our website to vote. >>> finally tonight this is from last night, the ohio state and minnesota game. andre hollins trying to inbound the ball. he didn't want another five second violation, so he just chucks the ball right into the midsection of his opponent, perfectly legal. >> but not so nice. >> ohio state went on to win. >> all right. sportsmanship i'm just saying. that's it. the cbs evening news is next. >> good night.

dale hunter and the cats are hosting the stanley cup champs. getting off to a hard start.ach with goals in the first period and they will get one more in the third to make it 3- 0 boston. then they send that out who gives them a chance, who did give it to marcus johansson and they finally get a score to pull within two and tim thomas and the bruins, just too much. capitals lost today, 4-1. >>> in the first period, they got a couple on us, but you know we had a breakaway with good chances around. again, he's a good goalie and he got the better of us tonight. >> we had some chances, we didn't get him in. we had a couple break ins again and they took advantage. >> they got too many goals here. it will be tough for you to fight through that. >>> that's like them in the second parent with the apparent leg injury. you can see them get checked up against the board. watch this. apparently around his knee like this. they needed to be held off the ice. he did return a little later tonight to test it out, but eventually left the good here for them at the field goal today. peyton/wash

mike's name was thrown around after a dismal season and rumors of discourse between hammerlick and dale hunterwhere. the capitals made no deals, sticking with the team currently in place. gm saying there wasn't anyone out there they wanted. >> i think our fan base, i think we have been doing this long enough that they ovens if -- we have terrific young players in our lineup right now. and we are going to have terrific young players going forward because we didn't give them away today. >> one move the caps did make today, placing nicholas backstrom on long-term injured reserve. the caps center hasn't played since taking an elbow to the head. >> starting to look like harper will play on saturday. the 19-year-old didn't start any games last season. they want to give him the chance to at least compete for a spot with the club. >> can you believe it? conference tournaments that started the big dance not too far off right now. georgetown has clinched a first round bye in next month's big east tournament, but a win in tonight's home finale against 20th ranked notre dame could give them a double bye t

dale hunter elected to mix things up as the winnipeg jets came to town. game was scoreless until 3rd period when things got a little crazy. caps on the power play, alex semin with the blast, alex ovechkin with the eye angled putback. caps break the ice and take a 1- 0 lead. not even a minute later caps on another marijuana and the alexs spoke up again. -- another power play and the alexs spoke up again. the jets would strike twice and send up april of shootout and in it -- a shootout. 3-want final. >> we lost a point -- 3-2 the final. >> we lost point and we had the chance and unfortunately we didn't. it was still 2-2. they scored 2. we only scored 1 in the shootout and that was the difference. >>> caps lead in the southeast short lived now tied with the panthers. >>> american university host l lehigh. first half it was the tony -- hosting lehigh. first half it was the tony leblicki show, his first career double double and au up by six at the half. now in the 2nd half simon mccormack to beat the shot clock. au beats lehigh 71-62. american improves to 7-2

here's dale hunter on the tough night for hopi between the pipes. >> he liked the first one back, bute made some good stops before that and the one that bounced over him definitely will rile you up a bit, but he doubled back and made some good stops. >>> howard winners of three of its last four hosting bethune cookman. 1st half the bison working around the perimeter to prince oku who hits his second consecutive three pointer, prince with 11 points, howard trailing by 5. later 1st half cookman inside to bryant. bethune cookman defeats howard 73-57. >>> rick patino sporting an all white suit. part of a 15-2 run gives louisville a 51-46 lead. two minutes left. the orange down one go inside to c.j.faher for the lay-in and a 52-51 lead. final seconds, louisville down one, but they turn the ball over. syracuse edges louisville 52-51 and improve to 13-1 in big east play. >>> don't go anywhere. when we return another departure from the maryland football program and this is the biggest name so far. brad, wherere we going? just a second. just, just one second. ♪ what are you looking at? don't l

dale hunter what do you have. >> reporter: going to see tomorrow, he is day today right now and so weing to wait and see. >> took a whack but he is one of these guys, he will do anything for the team, he just wants to help the team he is a team guy. >> caps host the florida panthers who they trail by a single point in the southeast division. >> brian. >> thanks, one last look at the forecast. >> still a lot of 50s on this forecast, next five days including tomorrow at 54 degrees, little day we have to watch is wednesday, clipper coming through might produce snow or rain around the area we think it would be light thursday back to sunshine, temperature of 50, looks like friday will also feature a lot of sunshine, 52 degrees trending cooler as we get closer to the weekend at 47. >> now you have the news edge, news is always on myfoxdc.com back here tonight at 10 news edge at 11 hope to see you then   . it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times, the picture would break up. for the amount of money that i am paying, my cable company should take care of me. [ male announ

caps have been able to muster a winning streak, dropping seven of their last 10 and a look on dale hunter'seaks volumes. tonight, carolina scoring within the first three and a half minutes and moments later, johansson turns the piceance over and they get the pass and then in the second, back to dennis weidman, can't stay on his feet, eric stall goes one on one and look at that. he had two goals tonight and look at your captain. this sums it up right here. awful, awful performance by the caps and they get shut out 5-0. >> wizards wrapping up their road trip out westin phoenix, randy whitman and gang looking to end a two game skid looking it up third quarter, back to trevor booker slamming it down but the suns go on a 31-6 runs in the third quarter and beat the wizards 104-88. >> as the nationals pitchers and catchers get in their first spring practice and as media flock to space coast stadium, it's hard to ignore the aura surrounding the team, but with the return of healthy jordan zimmerman and steven strossberg saying his arm feels better than it ever has it's hard not to be excited and add

here is coach dale hunter on the tough night for his new goalie. >> he made some good stops before thatthen the one that bounced over him definitely -- a veteran goalie would rideen a bit but he bobbled back and made some good stops. >>> maryland football has granted quarterback danny o'brien's request for a release from the program for play elsewhere. >> also being granted a release, two others. two other >> he told me that he still felt the same way and from another day when he told me that he wasn't committed to the program and it wasn't all in. if-- i just want to make sure i do what is best for owl of our players h

dale hunter calls it day to day. this morning the caps were back on the ice preparing for tomorrow's southeast division showdown against the first place panthers. the caps trail florida by pint and currently set 9th -- a point and currently sit ninth in the conference standings. the panthers are a legitimate threat. >> they've got a lot of good players. they play the game well. they play it hard, so they're a tough team. we've seen the video and the little areas where we can do things to get to them. we got to make sure come game time we have to keep it. it happens pretty fast out there and sometimes your mind goes crazy, so just being a little more focused usually helps you win. >> he's a redhead. he's very smart. >>> don't go anywhere, more sports. a super bowl mvp tradition continues at disney world. hello, eli. why are you looking up? ♪ get outta the car. get outta the car. ♪ are you ok? the... get in the car. get in the car! [ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. from spending time

dale hunter and the caps visiting tampa an exciting game overall, third period caps down 3-2 and tampa turns the piceance over and brower makes him pay and go into ot. they just made a great save but a minute later, steven somko gets his rebound scoring the 33 goal and winning 4-3 in overtime. >> the circus that is super bowl media day taking place in indianapolis, even tom brady taking some pictures, just tons of people, look it's media day brings out all sorts of characters. that's a reporter dressed up as superman. and very interesting. not very serious obviously as we can see. >> it does look like fun. coming up next round two of the wusa anchor bowl and dave and i take it to the driving range at top golf, see if he's got a better stroke. we'll be right back. >>> it's round two of anchor bowl, before i show you how this one goes, let me recap the score real quick. kristen burset one, dave owens zero. tonight we hit the link. >> we are here at top golf in alexandria, justin, our instructor knows a little bit about how top golf works. >> well top golf is an automated golf range and e

dale hunter and the caps visiting tampa an exciting game overall, third period caps down 3-2 and tampa turns the piceance over and brower makes him pay and go into ot. they just made a great save but a minute later, steven somko gets his rebound scoring the 33 goal and winning 4-3 in overtime. >> the circus that is super bowl media day taking place in indianapolis, even tom brady taking some pictures, just tons of people, look it's media day brings out all sorts of characters. that's a reporter dressed up as superman. and very interesting. not very serious obviously as we can see. >> it does look like fun. coming up next round two of the wusa anchor bowl and dave and i take it to the driving range at top golf, see if he's [ male announcer ] if you like action movies... ♪ ...romance... ♪ ...documentaries... or whatever else, then you'll love netflix. netflix lets you watch unlimited movies and tv episodes over the internet on your pc or tv via game console or other devices. and best of all, it's instant. watch as many movies and tv episodes as you want for only 8 bucks a month. start yo

dale hunter still trying to work out the kinks. three months after returning to d.c.ck it up in the third period. capitals down 3-1. they have the puck. and you don't see this very often. john carlson the slapper redirected past henrik lundqvist. he didn't see it. that makes it 3-2. and the caps are back in the game. or are they? under two minutes to go. jay beagle gets it to alex ovechkin. nice move right here, but he just can't finish it. take another look. ovie fools ryan mcdonagh. capitals fall 3-2. they are still ninth place in the conference. they host san jose tomorrow. then it's a four-game road trip. >>> mcgee and the wizards also on the road visiting detroit. top shelf tonight. second quarter, john wall to the aforementioned mcgee. he had 22 points and 11 boards, did mcgee. wall 15 assists. we are tied at 45 at the break. third quarter, wizards starting to pull away. wall to nick young in the corner. and nikolai buries it. 22 as well. part of a 28-4 wizards run. the wizards win big. 98-77. up next, a valentine's day trip to portland on tuesday. >>> college h

the doctors cleared him and it is up to dale hunter and now he is not talking.re on this coming about 6:00 p.m. the wizards through -- blew a lead. one reason why they are 5- 20. through his legs and a jump hook. he has now clue his team still has the ball. what to my defense. he gets knocked to the ground. does not go to the other end. it is 4 and 5. c'mon, get your head in the game. but go to new york. al horwitz owns smokin' al's restaurant. he was burning receipts and paying off his bets from the super bowl. he said if you buy $200 worth of food for me and if the giants win, it will be free. the giants won. $60,000 worth of food on the house. al says, i am still happy, i love the giants. our athlete of the week plays pinball. he cannot talk or walk but he can use his paddle. let's go across the pond. he started playing eight months ago. his parents are competitive players and started taking him to tournament. his dad is the coach and he said come on focus. mom plays for the czech republic. this got out and win virus. our future star. the athlete of the wind

the vip area packed with caps players including mike green, alex ovechkin and coach dale hunter who wereable for pictures, autographs and conversation. there was a gaming area with some blackjacks, craps, poker and signed sports memorabilia also up for auction, a night the sports organization is very proud of. >> it's good for everybody right now. we have a good time and we're going to make some money and we're going to help some people and kids who need some help. so it's always nice to be involved in this. >> reporter: it's the casino night. so what's your game of choice? >> probably i'm going to play blackjack. >> i'm kind of hoping to see some roulette. black 29 is my lucky number. i'm hoping to win a few dollars, see what i can do. >> reporter: are you frugal or will you put down some big bets? >> i'm going to go all in. >> i like to indulge. i usually have a cap and if i try and go over that, my wife gets mad at me. >> i prefer roulette because i lose slower. i just know cards and i don't get along. >> reporter: joe ward says he goes all in. >> yeah, yeah. they actually win. like i

dale hunter and the caps visiting tampa, an exciting game last night. third period caps down 3-2. tampa turns over the puck. troy makes them pay tying things up. own this ot, a great save but a minute later steven campos on the rebound. scores. lightning win 4-3 in overtime. a heartbreak. >>> super bowl media day yesterday. you can see why this is considered a spectacle. look at all those people. you can see the patriot players kind of mixed in a little bit. media day isn't so much about football. there's tom brady taking in the sights. took some time to take some pictures. they asked the players some stupid questions. one asked tom brady about his hairstyles over the years. >> that is twilight. that's tom brady twilight. that's sunshine from -- remember the titans, yeah, sunshine. that's great. >> having fun. the giants there posing for a team picture. eli manning has a chance to surpass his brother in a number of super bowl rings and do it in the city that peyton basically built. manning says that is the furthest thing from his mind this week. >> i'm not looking at the fact that

now in an effort to shape things up dale hunter is benched one of his team leaders alternate captain to be a healthy scratch for the third straight game tonight. >> we're all competitive. wouldn't be playing in the league if we weren't. you want to be out there every night especially this time of the year when the games matter a lot. you know, the best time of the year to play because you're winning and losing as a group, as a team and you're focusing and trying to get your team in the playoffs. it's always kind of -- it sucks, you know, quite frankly, to be sitting out and missing games and watching the team play. >> all right. wizards had a nice start to their longest trip of the road season a rare road trip in motown their first win there since '07 and their second win away from verizon center this season. surprisingly they did it with their best player john wahl only scoring nine points. it was a rough start for wahl shooting wise at least but he led the wizards to a big second half spurt. the wizards were down 61-59 in the third. wahl starts a 21-2 run but more importantly facil

coach dale hunter and the caps up 1-0 in the third period thanks to alex ovechkin's 23rd goal of theeason. later same skoal caps on the power play. ovechkin with it on the boards here. check this out. perfect pass to his buddy alexander semin and he beats andre pavlac his 14th of the seasons. with less than three minutes to play jets on a power play. brooks light goes down to block a shot and byfuglien's shot breaks a stick. you can't play with a broken stick. two guys in the penalty box and the jets score. seconds later jets strike again. byfuglien from center ice fires a shot. goes off carl alzer's stick and past tomas vokoun. game tied at two. we go to overtime. matthew pro trying to keep it alive from the shootout. the caps lose 3-2 in shootout. they pick up a point but this was a game the caps know they should have won. >> we thought we played a good game to that point. we were out shooting. we can take a lot of good things out of it. but, you know, against a divisional team it is just a tough way to lose especially when we needed a big two poinlts just a collapse. seemed to be

dale hunter and the capitals playing without alex ovechkin last night. been day to day with a lower body injury. in the first period sends up one and looking for more. michalek beats tomas vokoun and schools dennis wideman on this one. fifth time in the last six games the capitals have gone down 2-0. in the second period ottawa up 3-0. on the power play, chris phillips from the point. he fires and scores. it's 4-0 senators. for the second straight game, vokoun was pulled. the capitals lose their third straight and in the locker room there is certainly frustration but the capitals know their attitude is important right now. >> you can't dwell on it. if you dwell on it, it's going to cause a snowball effect and you run into losing games and that's not what we need right now. we need more of a complete team effort, you know, everybody on the same page. it seems like right now we're a little bit off and just need to reel it back in. it's not that hard. we just got to do it. >> i don't know. i've never made an excuse. we're not making an excuse for anything.

good news according to coach dale hunter the injury is not major.ews the caps have lost 5 of their last 7 games. coach hunter and the caps trailing 1-0 in the first period but here they come. marcus yohancen bottom of your screen. great pass to alexander semin. skates in but stoned by tim thomas. see it again. great chance for the caps but thomas comes up big. he had 35 saves. a minute later bruins have the puck in the caps zone. brad marchant sneaks it past tomas vokoun. take another look. marchant chips it by vokoun here. bruins in front, 2-0. second period, scary moment for the caps. brooks chasing after the puck gets hit into the boards by dennis seidenberg. see it again. crunches his left knee. ouch. he had to be helped off the ice as the capitals lose, 4-1. he will likely miss the caps' next game against the panthers which would be a huge loss for washington. >> well that's the thing is you don't try and replace him. everyone's got to bring a little more in their game so it is not like we can, you know, tell the player to be a brooks like anym

hunter point. eric wright grew up in this community right around here near third and oak dale. >> i had both my motherhey helped out tremendously throughout the course of my life. obviously. and they got me in a positive direction but you still have to deal with the element outside your own house. >>reporter: writ step program will match teenagers at the y with mentors like college graduate shawn tanner who help them navigate challenges. >> i just let them know education change opportunity that you cap benefit off of. >>reporter: he lend his name, his contacts and resources to offer college tour, guest speakers and other potentially life changing activity. mike is the mentoring coordinator. >> want to support the youth and focus on their strength and support their abilities to be successful and take the right step. >>reporter: perhaps some day be a role model. >> be a cool guy. >> yes i'm cool. >>reporter: his program is still recruiting mentors and has scheduled a kick off celebration april seventh. in san francisco, carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >>> lots of good things happening there. show those when w