Hockey Nerd Tuesday is a feature on NHL FanHouse that chronicles the stat-heads, gear geeks and fanboys (and girls) who spend an uncomfortable amount of time putting the "fan" in fanatic. Have a hockey nerd you'd like to see featured? E-mail Greg Wyshynski with the details. If I attempted to draw a caricature of Nicklas Backstrom of the Washington Capitals, it would look like a post-bender Owen Wilson stuffed into a Pepsi can. Which is to say that it wouldn't look nearly as good as Paul Nichols's awesome work pictured here.
Nichols has a new blog called Capitals Art where he appears to be slowly cartooning his way through the Washington roster, having already drawn players like Donald Brashear and Olie Kolzig. (I'm hoping Olie doesn't get around to discovering his caricature, because his forehead is about a 27-head. The guy's got a temper.)
Nichols's other cartooning site doesn't exactly appeal to my Blue State sensibilities, but one of the great things about hockey fandom is the way ideology and politics usually stay out of the rink. He's got an eye for these Washington players, and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does next. In fact, he's looking for fans to select which former Capital he'll take a crack at: Rod Langway, Dale Hunter, Mike Gartner or Dennis Maruk. Might I suggest Option B, with a goofy drawing of Pierre Turgeon in celebratory anguish crumbled on the ice next to him?
Previously on FanHouse's Hockey Nerd Tuesday:
Bubble Trick Shots
O Canada, the Toronto Maple Leafs Suck
