2018 Stanley Cup champion Brett Connolly now knows where he’ll be playing his hockey during the 2022-23 season.
Monday, HC Lugano from the National League in Switzerland announced that they have signed Connolly to a one-year contract. It’s Connolly’s first contract signed outside of North America.
By Chris Cerullo 3 weeks ago
Incredibly polarizing professional wrestler CM Punk won the AEW World Championship at 2022 All Out on Sunday night. The former WWE star and shortlived UFC fighter met with members of the media in a scrum after his win that sent ripples through the entire wrestling landscape.
After publicly lambasting some of his co-workers and airing some real-life dirty laundry, Punk took some time to let a reporter wearing some Pittsburgh Penguins merch know what he thinks about the Pens.
By Chris Cerullo 3 weeks ago
It appears we know when Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin will be back in the United States before Training Camp begins on September 22.
While speaking with a correspondent from Sport-Express, Ovechkin’s Russian agent Gleb Chistyakov was asked when Ovi is expected to leave Russia.
By Chris Cerullo 3 weeks ago
New starting Capitals goaltender and 2022 Stanley Cup champion, Darcy Kuemper, signed a five-year, $26.25 million contract with the Caps this offseason, leaving the Colorado Avalanche — the team he won that championship with.
Kuemper hasn’t been on the ice yet in Caps colors but he now has the equipment to play the part. Saturday, Kuemper’s longtime mask designer, David Gunnarsson, released the design of his first mask.
By Chris Cerullo 3 weeks ago
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin was back out with his former KHL team Dynamo Moscow on Saturday. This time he brought his son Sergei to join in the fun.
Before Dynamo’s regular season opener against Ak Bars Kazan, Ovi and Ovi Jr took part in a ceremonial faceoff to kick off the team’s 2022-23 campaign. Dynamo’s Andrei Mironov and AK Bars’ Vadim Shipachyov took the pregame draw.
By Chris Cerullo 3 weeks ago
Friday, we got some more data via Hockey Twitter that says the Washington Capitals may be in need of a bit of a brand refresh. JFresh, advanced analytics writer and visualization guru, posted a poll with the objective being to grade every NHL team’s home jersey.
The results of that poll match up with the results from his previous poll regarding team logos. The Caps’ current home jersey finished third worst in the entire league. Oof.
By Chris Cerullo 3 weeks ago
The Washington Capitals are continuing to host informal skates at MedStar Capitals Iceplex as players prepare for the upcoming Rookie Camp and main Training Camp.
Thursday, The Athletic’s Tarik El-Bashir published another practice update on Twitter. Caps center Evgeny Kuznetsov was a notable participant as the talented, offensive forward seemed focused on anything but offense.
By Chris Cerullo 3 weeks ago
Alex Ovechkin is one of the greatest hockey players to ever lace skates. With every goal, he’s inching towards breaking a record once thought unbreakable.
In the world of sports trading cards, when you’re that good and that legendary, the prices of your cards will reflect that.
By Chris Cerullo 3 weeks ago
The Washington Nationals are struggling mightily this season. They are by far the worst team in the MLB (league-worst 43 wins) and controversially traded away superstar Juan Soto at the trade deadline. They need all pick-me-ups they can get.
Tuesday, they received one. Nationals players hung out with puppies from Wolf Trap Animal Rescue before kicking their series off against the Oakland Athletics.
By Chris Cerullo and Ian Oland 4 weeks ago
Monumental Sports & Entertainment chairman, Ted Leonsis, is in the process of creating an empire unrivaled across the sports landscape.
Leonsis, who already owns the Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards, Washington Mystics, and Capital City Go-Go franchises, is looking into making a serious bid to land the Washington Nationals along with partner David Rubenstein. MSE is also in the process of fully purchasing NBC Sports Washington with the intention of creating a one-of-a-kind streaming platform in the future.
If the former America Online senior executive is successful in his bid to buy the Nats, he’ll become the only sports owner to own three ‘Big Four’ (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL) teams in one city.
By Chris Cerullo 4 weeks ago
