Over the summer, two farms in the DC area designed Capitals corn mazes inspired by the team’s Stanley Cup.
Thursday, Meadows Farms 7 Corners, located in Falls Church, Virginia, posted photos in a tweet featuring their new Caps tribute: a 20-foot tall Stanley Cup scarecrow.
By Elizabeth Kong 3 years ago
On Saturday, the Capitals took to the ice at Medstar Capitals Iceplex for the second day of training camp. With the camp roster and invites split into three group, each group spent time doing on-ice practice, off-ice training, and video review.
Although the roster has gone through their first cuts, such as sending first-round draft pick Alexander Alexeyev back to his junior league team, Saturday’s practice featured everyone. Alexeyev, who had an impressive training camp, was in Group White with Caps vets Braden Holtby, Nicklas Backstrom, and TJ Oshie. Group Red paired goalies Pheonix Copley and Ilya Samsonov, both of whom are in the running to be number two in the net behind Holtby this season. Group Blue featured Alex Ovechkin and the Caps’ Russians, who along with Tom Wilson were on the celebratory end of a competitive two-on-two drill–Ovi was jumping up and down on his skates celebrating the win.
By Elizabeth Kong 3 years ago
On Monday, Capital One Arena built the ice surface for the Capitals’ 2018-19 season. The ice, when finished, will be maintained for the rest of the rest of the hockey season, which begins with Tuesday night’s preseason game against the Bruins.
I was on the scene along with RMNB’s Cara Bahniuk for a sneak peek of the ice.
By Elizabeth Kong 3 years ago
The gang is back together!
TJ Oshie, Andre Burakovsky, and Dmitry Orlov were the last of the Stanley Cup winning squad to arrive in DC over the weekend.
On Monday the three joined their teammates on the ice for the informal skates being held at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.
By Elizabeth Kong 3 years ago
The Summer of Stanley has been wild and glorious.
We’ve seen Barry Trotz fire a rifle and ride a horse, Nicklas Backstrom go on a boat ride in the Baltic Sea, Brooks Orpik dish up a massive ice cream sundae, and Alex Ovechkin eat caviar out of the Stanley Cup. We’ve seen parties and Cup stands which damaged the NHL’s championship trophy.
But which Capital had the best Cup celebration? Tom Wilson and Devante Smith-Pelly spoke with Yahoo Sports during Biosteel Camp and and revealed their favs.
By Elizabeth Kong 3 years ago
The ice at MedStar Capitals Iceplex is getting crowded.
On Thursday, two more members of the Stanley Cup champion team from last season —Tom Wilson and Brett Connolly–joined the informal practices run by strength and conditioning coach Mark Nemish.
Tom was especially happy to be back.
By Elizabeth Kong 3 years ago
Four more Capitals players returned to MedStar Capitals Iceplex on Wednesday with rookie camp and training camp nearing.
Jakub Vrana, Christian Djoos, Axel Jonsson-Fjällby, and Vitek Vanecek joined 22 other teammates on the ice for the team’s informal skates led by strength and conditioning coach Mark Nemish.
By Elizabeth Kong 3 years ago
On Sunday, former Capital Alex Chiasson celebrated his day with the Stanley Cup. In an sentimental gesture, he returned to his high school, Séminaire Saint-François in Quebec City, with the Cup in tow.
“I grew up here and spent my childhood at the Seminary participating in football camps, playing hockey in the ranks,” Chiasson said on Sunday to TVA Sports’ Richard Boutin. “It’s also here that I met some of my best friends. It’s a very special day and it’s touching that there are so many people [here].”
Chiasson shared the day with Vegas Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault, who also attended Séminaire Saint-François.
By Elizabeth Kong 3 years ago
Editor’s Note: RMNB is bringing new energy to the site for the 2018-19 season. Meet our newest contributor.
Hi, I’m Elizabeth Kong. I was born and raised in the DMV area, but didn’t follow DC sports until six years ago, when I was bitten by a radioactive spider and became a rabid Caps fan.
During the day, I work as a tax consultant at a firm in DC, where I am lucky enough to be just a few blocks away from Capital One Arena. I’ve also been shooting concert photography for nearly ten years, most recently with local radio station DC101.
By Elizabeth Kong 3 years ago
