Howie Kendrick, a veteran utility infielder who led the Nationals to their first-ever World Series, re-signed with the team on Friday.
Kendrick signed a one-year $6.25 million deal that carries a mutual option for 2021. The deal is pending a physical.
By Cara Bahniuk 2 months ago
The Hershey Bears held their annual Teddy Bear Toss Game Sunday night at Giant Center. 45,650 stuffed animals rained down onto the ice, breaking the world record they set last season of 34,798.
Stanley Cup champion Christian Djoos, who was sent down to the AHL earlier in the day by the Capitals, scored the historic Teddy Bear Toss goal.
By Ian Oland and Cara Bahniuk 2 months ago
ARLINGTON, VA — The best day of the Washington Capitals season, in this author’s humble opinion, occurred Monday when Caps players participated in its annual dog calendar photoshoot. Partnering with Homeward Trails Animal Rescue, the boys spent the afternoon posing (and hugging and cuddling) with dogs up for adoption as well as their own pups from home. This year, the Capitals modeled in front of vintage cars or their own vehicles.
While the Homeward Trail dogs stole everyone’s heart (please return it soon please, I’m having trouble functioning), the day started out with an appearance by the Capitals new dog, Captain.
Captain posed in a vintage silver car and wore silly hats, loving the attention he got throughout.
Meanwhile, Capitals players John Carlson, Nic Dowd, TJ Oshie, Alex Ovechkin, Chandler Stephenson, Garnet Hathaway, and Nick Jensen all posed with their own dogs. Tom Wilson, Nicklas Backstrom, Lars Eller, Tyler Lewington, Jakub Vrana, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, Michal Kempny, Radko Gudas, Carl Hagelin, Richard Panik, Jonas Siegenthaler, Brendan Leipsic, and Ilya Samsonov took their photos with dogs available for adoption through Homeward Trails.
Since the calendar began in 2014, the Caps have raised more than $250,000 for Homeward Trails. A limited number of calendars will be available for $20 beginning Nov. 27 when the Capitals host the Florida Panthers. The calendar will also be sold online and in the team stores at Capital One Arena and MedStar Capitals Iceplex. Details will be announced at a later date.
While the official photos won’t be seen until the release, we hope these adorable photos will tide you over until then.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 months ago
ARLINGTON, VA — The Washington Capitals held their annual Canine Calendar photoshoot at MedStar Capitals Iceplex on Monday. And there was one fashion statement we had to investigate further. The team’s fourth-line center, Nic Dowd, wore custom-made boots that had tiny messages and illustrations on them.
“They were a gift from Paige for our anniversary,” Dowd said to RMNB.
“I gave them to him early,” Paige added. “I am horrible at giving gifts.”
Nic then shared the heartfelt meanings behind each message.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 months ago
We have some sad news to share. The Iron Horse Tap Room will close its doors on October 26.
The news, confirmed by PoPville on October 3, comes after a sale of the bar to new owners.
Iron Horse opened in January 2010 as a motorcycle themed, arcade game bar. In 2017, the Iron Horse hosted one of the most epic RMNB parties of all time.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 months ago
The Capitals have dodged another bullet. The team’s former backup goaltender, Pheonix Copley, has cleared waivers and loaned to the American Hockey League’s Hersey Bears.
Copley was put on waivers on Wednesday afternoon as the Capitals announced their 2019-20 roster. Goaltender Ilya Samsonov was awarded the backup position.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 months ago
Hockey season officially started on Wednesday evening. While celebrating the banner raising ceremony, the St. Louis Blues broke tradition and wore a Stanley Cup patch on their jerseys.
While teams sell jerseys with Stanley cup champion patches, no team has worn a Stanley Cup-esque patch on a jersey during a banner raising ceremony. The Blues’ white patch was immediately noticeable on their bright blue jerseys.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 months ago
Hockey players have their own struggles when it comes to finding pants that fit.
According to Dylan Larkin, hockey players have “relatively small waists, and big quads, big thighs, and big butt.” He’s struggled to find dress pants that fit and are comfortable for his whole career…that is until now!
Larkin addresses his pants problems and reveals his solution in this 30-second commercial.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 months ago
After years of choking in the playoffs, the Washington Nationals won the NL Wild Card game after some clutch heroics by Juan Soto (and a very spin-y baseball). The comeback win, aided also by veterans Ryan Zimmerman and Stephen Strasburg, started a wild celebration at Nationals Park.
“The [Capitals] are very inspirational to us. They show what a bond of brothers, guys coming together as one can do in this city,” Adam Eaton said recently. “And the way they partied afterward, I think everyone in this clubhouse would like to do as well. We’re not quite hockey players. I don’t know if we’re going to go swimming in fountains or anything but hopefully, that’ll inspire us to get there.”
The Nats didn’t go swimming, but they sure did have a wild celebration last night that even the Caps would be proud of.
Here are the best moments.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 months ago
YOU GUYS.
THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS HAVE WON AN ELIMINATION GAME!
By Cara Bahniuk 4 months ago
