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Martin Fehervary models his game after Michal Kempny, is ‘close’ to being NHL-ready

Capitals fans will have a chance to see Martin Fehervary in action in Wednesday night’s preseason game between the Capitals and the St. Louis Blues. The 19-year-old defenseman is considered by the Capitals front office as having a good shot at cracking the Capitals roster this season.

During July’s Development Camp, Capitals’ Director of Player Development Steve Richmond pointed out Fehervary as being very close to making the team soon.

“We’re all big fans of [Fehervary]. I think he has a chance to play in the NHL this year,” said Richmond. “He does everything well. He’s a great skater. […] He’s smart. He’s really close.”

Head Coach Todd Reirden called Fehervary a “sharp kid” and sang his praises after the first day of Training Camp. “He’s a guy who we’ve liked since we got him,” Reirden said. “With his ability to skate, he’s really today’s style of defenseman.”

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Alex Ovechkin surprises local children and grocery shoppers with boxes of Ovi O’s cereal

Alex Ovechkin went on a surprise promotional tour on Tuesday to promote his new cereal, Ovi O’s. The cereal will be exclusively sold at Giant Food stores in Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, and Delaware on September 17th – Ovi’s birthday.

But on this day, the future Hall of Famer gave local elementary schoolers, children at Georgetown University Hospital, and lucky shoppers at a DC Giant the opportunity to try the honey-nut cereal for the first time.

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Alex Ovechkin takes son Sergei on a tour of Capitals training rink, points out poster of ‘Papa, Backy, and Stanley Cup’

After an eventful Monday morning practice which featured an apparent injury, then a machine-like recovery, Alex Ovechkin proved he was feeling fine by returning to the rink just a few hours later to do some off-ice workouts with his personal trainer, Pavel.

He also brought along his one-year-old son, Sergei, for a tour of MedStar Capitals Iceplex. As documented by wife Nastya, Alex stopped and pointed at a photo of himself and Nicklas Backstrom holding up the Stanley Cup.

“Papa, Backy, and Stanley Cup,” Ovechkin said as he twirled his son towards the poster

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Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Wilson, and Braden Holtby surprise DC elementary school with new gym

Last year, Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Wilson, and Braden Holtby delivered laptops and tablets to the students of Hendley Elementary, a public school in DC’s Ward 8, on behalf of So Kids Can. But that wasn’t the end of their visit to the school.

On Friday, the trio returned to Hendley to surprise the students with something that will have a vital impact on its young students: a completely renovated gym.

Prior to this year, the school’s gym was an empty room with no speakers, scoreboard, or bleachers. They weren’t able to host sporting events and the school’s basketball team had to play every game on the road. But now, with their new gym, the Hendley basketball team can feel what it’s like to have home court advantage and to have a home crowd cheering for them.

“It wasn’t really a gym before,” said one of the young students. “Now I see you can turn nothing into something.”

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Washington Spirit sets new franchise record for attendance at sold-out Audi Field

After the USWNT’s gold-medal triumph during the 2019 World Cup, the question that remained was whether women’s soccer would be able to capitalize on the huge popularity it saw this summer. On Saturday, August 24, the Washington Spirit answered the question of what that success could look like in the NWSL.

The Washington Spirit sold out every seat in DC’s Audi Field, with 19,871 in attendance, smashing their previous franchise record for attendance (7,976) by over double. The team’s usual home stadium, Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland, tops out at around 5,500.

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Braden Holtby’s new mask features the Weagle logo

Braden Holtby returned to DC last week to start gearing up early for the upcoming hockey season, and that includes getting some new art on his goalie mask.

On Wednesday, the Capitals posted photos from the Capitals’ informal practice, which contained a sneak peek at Braden’s new bucket.

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Capitals’ Alex Alexeyev scores twice in NHLPA Rookie Showcase scrimmage alongside the NHL’s next generation of stars

On Sunday, MedStar Capitals Iceplex played host to 27 of the NHL’s top rookies and prospects for the eleventh annual NHLPA Rookie Showcase. It made for a strange scene, with future Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers players skating on the Capitals practice rink alongside Capitals prospect Alex Alexeyev.

The future stars, which included 2019 first-overall draft pick Jack Hughes, spent the day shooting promotional photos, videos, and interviews. Trading card company Upper Deck uses the event to take the photos for the players’ collectible rookie cards.

“It’s fun, actually, I’m really happy,” Alexeyev said of the jam-packed day and the impressive caliber of his fellow prospects at the event. “There’s all these players, some I played with, some against. One Russian guy [Rangers’ Igor Shesterkin], he played in KHL already and won a Gagarin Cup. It’s amazing to be here.”

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Evgeny Kuznetsov receives four year suspension by IIHF after testing positive for cocaine

On Friday morning, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced that Evgeny Kuznetsov will be banned from international play for a period of four years after Kuznetsov tested positive for a banned substance, cocaine.

According to the IIHF, Kuznetsov was tested on May 26, during the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. He was provisionally suspended on June 13.

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A nacho pizza, inspired by Alex Ovechkin’s love of concession stand food, will be sold by Papa John’s Russia

Alex Ovechkin is back at it again. He’s been a pizza delivery guy, a pizza chef, and now he’s a pizza muse.

Papa John’s Russia will be adding a brand new pizza to their menu, and according to the company, this cheesy, crunchy concoction is inspired by Ovechkin’s love of nachos. Ovechkin’s first signed an endorsement deal with Papa John’s in 2015 and has been hawking pizzas for Papa John’s Russia since 2017.

Ovechkin recently made the new nacho pizza for himself at a Papa John’s kitchen in Russia.

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Dmitry Orlov attends Vladimir Tarasenko’s Stanley Cup day celebration

Dmitry Orlov lived the life of a jet-setting partygoer on Sunday, first attending a birthday party thrown for Alex Ovechkin’s son in Moscow, before then traveling over 2,000 miles to Novosibirsk to attend an evening party being thrown on Vladimir Tarasenko‘s Day with the Stanley Cup.

Just one year ago, Orlov celebrated his own Day with the Stanley Cup. Ironically, Orlov’s time with the Cup last year was cut short when a travel snafu accidentally sent the Cup to Novosibirsk instead of Orlov’s hometown of Novokuznetsk.

With the Cup correctly in Novosibirsk this time, Orlov had the opportunity to reacquaint himself with his old friend, Stanley.

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