Photo credit: Tri City Eagles
Between making internets and blogging the hockey blogs, I rarely get an off day. But when I do, I am the epitome of laziness: couch, TV, channel-surfing until I find something trashy.
For Dmitry Orlov, an off-day means the opposite. On Wednesday, the Washington Capitals defenseman did some more driving, but (thankfully) not up Route 15 to Hershey. Instead he went to The Gardens Ice House in Laurel to practice with the Tri-City Eagles. The Eagles’ mite squad is a co-ed youth hockey team consisting of 30 or so adorable children. The surprise visit thrilled them.
Judging from the photos and video, Orlov led some shooting drills (I feel sorry for that goalie) and talked to the kids after practice. Also, there were photo ops. Did we mention there were photo ops?
Photo credit: Tri City Eagles
Photo credit: @CapsYouthHockey
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Here’s some of the reaction I found on Twitter for Orlov’s surprise visit.
#Caps #81 Orlov on the ice tonight with my daughter's #mites practice. Pretty awesome.
— WeWantTheCup! (@elizqueenmama) December 11, 2013
https://twitter.com/TheGreatJimboni/status/410912794893369344
Of course I get injured and the one practice I don't go to Orlov is there. Of course.
— matt (@matthurand) December 12, 2013
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