Captain, the Capitals’ adopted puppy, was at practice on Friday.

He got a lot of special attention from Jakub Vrana.

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The puppy and Vrana spent several minutes together. Vrana gave him lots of rubs. And then showed off the pup’s big ears.

V went back to the locker room and got his gear on for practice. He came back and spent several more minutes with Captain.

Jakub Vrana and @CapsPup – a love story (Video: @KuzyBeCackling) pic.twitter.com/w3lNAQAj7R

— Ian Oland (@ianoland) January 10, 2020

Captain eventually got the bug to play hockey himself, stealing Carl Hagelin’s glove, and trying to go out on the ice with his hockey dad Alex Ovechkin.

Later he did with Garnet Hathaway.

ice time with garnyyyy workin on my skating pic.twitter.com/GOS4KTqax6

— Captain (@CapsPup) January 10, 2020

What a good, good doggo.

The goodest boy… 😭😱 first time seeing Captain in person… #Caps @russianmachine @Capitals pic.twitter.com/vg0f8aKBOK

— julia (@casadoresdean) January 10, 2020