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Braden Holtby marches in Capital Pride Parade for third time: ‘If you can change one or two lives, it’s worth it’

Braden Holtby once again showed his support for equality in sports and the LGBTQ community on Saturday as he participated in the 2019 Capital Pride Parade in DC on Saturday. This is the third year that the Capitals starting goaltender has participated in the parade.

Hundreds of thousands of participants lined the streets of DC as the parade wound from Dupont Circle to U Street. Holtby tossed pride-themed Capitals shirts and beads from the Monumental Sports & Entertainment-sponsored float, joined by members of You Can Play and Monumental employees carrying rainbow-painted Weagles. Caps in-game announcer Wes Johnson and Caps anthem singer, Bob McDonald, also walked in the parade.

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By Elizabeth Kong 2 months ago

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Brooks Orpik and 100 Capitals fans team up to help spruce up Fort Dupont Ice Arena

Brooks Orpik’s contract with the Washington Capitals ends in July and his future with the organization is a virtual unknown. Will the unrestricted free agent re-sign, retire, or play next season elsewhere? Saturday morning, the defenseman showed he remained committed to the DC area despite all those lingering questions and put in some hard work to support a local rink.

Orpik and one hundred Capitals fans volunteered their time to help spruce up the historic Fort Dupont Ice Arena, the only public indoor ice arena located in Washington DC. This is the tenth consecutive year that the Capitals have organized this volunteer event at Fort Dupont.

“It’s been great, these volunteers come out consistently and we have both familiar faces and new faces and it’s really exciting to see a community that’s interested in helping other people get engaged in the sport,” said Brittany Greene, Community Outreach and Enrichment Coordinator for Friends of Fort Dupont.

The arena impacts the lives of over 3,000 kids in the area, many of them from under-served communities. Fort Dupont’s Kids on Ice program provides free and subsidized programs to teach children to skate.

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By Elizabeth Kong 3 months ago

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Lars Eller bows out of World Championship after lower-body injury flares up

Team Denmark announced on Wednesday that Lars Eller has been sent home from the 2019 World Championship tournament. According to Danish news outlet Ekstra Bladet, Eller entered the tournament with a leg injury which he had played through with the Washington Capitals.

This news comes just one day after Eller had a four-point performance as Denmark steamrolled Great Britain 9-0.

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By Elizabeth Kong 3 months ago

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Dmitry Orlov and Evgeny Kuznetsov record assists in Russia’s 5-0 win over Austria

Russia steamrolled Austria 5-0 on Sunday to win their second game of the 2019 IIHF World Championship tournament.

Two of the Caps’ Russians, Dmitry Orlov and Evgeny Kuznetsov, managed to record a point on the Ilya Kovalchuk goal which brought the score to 5-0.

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By Elizabeth Kong 3 months ago

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Carolina Hurricanes fan honors bet, gets tattoo of Hamilton the pig after Canes beat Capitals in Game Seven

The Carolina Hurricanes have had a good luck charm during their playoff run: a 90-pound miniature potbelly pig named Hamilton. Hamilton the pig, who is actually not named after Dougie Hamilton, lives on a farm near PNC Arena with his human dad, Kyle Eckenrode. Eckenrode first brought Hamilton to hang out at a tailgate outside of PNC Arena before the Canes’ Game Three against the Capitals. The Canes won that game.

In fact, the Canes have won all six games that Hamilton the pig has been in attendance, including Game Seven against the Capitals. During that big game in Hurricanes’ history, Hamilton the pig defied DC Health Department Code and made the road trip up to DC.

It was during Game Seven against the Capitals that Canes fan Leah Adams tweeted that she would get a tattoo of Hamilton the pig if the Canes beat the Capitals. According to Adams, the promise was her “offer to the Hockey Gods.”

The Hockey Gods listened and now Leah has a tattoo of a pig on her thigh.

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By Elizabeth Kong 3 months ago

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DC church adopts Alex Ovechkin’s ‘not going to be suck’ catchphrase

On the first day of training camp before the 2017-18 season, Alex Ovechkin uttered a phrase that would ultimately prove prophetic for the season. Seeking to quell doubts about the quality of the Capitals squad after the loss of several players, Ovechkin told the media, “We’re not going to be suck this year.”

Ovechkin would eventually repeat those words nine months later from the podium at the Capitals Stanley Cup Championship Parade.

Since then, Ovechkin’s catchphrase has spawned t-shirts, a beanie, and even a Jeep. Now, Ovechkin’s “Not Going to Be Suck” catchphrase has been adopted by a local church.

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By Elizabeth Kong 3 months ago

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Report: Capitals assistant GM Ross Mahoney believed to have interviewed for Oilers’ vacant GM position

After the Edmonton Oilers fired general manager Peter Chiarelli during the second intermission of a game in January 2019, Oilers CEO Bob Nicholson told the press that the organization would not rush to fill the position of GM.

“We are not in a rush, but as soon as we find a GM that we feel is right for the culture of the Oilers, we’ll name that person,” Nicholson said. “When that will be, there is no deadline on that. … We have to get the right one.”

But with the 2019 NHL Draft fast approaching and NHL free agency on the horizon, the Oilers need to make a decision soon. And, according to Elliotte Friedman’s 31 Thoughts column, one of the names being floated for the job is Capitals’ assistant GM Ross Mahoney.

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By Elizabeth Kong 4 months ago

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Nicklas Backstrom and Andre Burakovsky will not play for Team Sweden at the 2019 World Championship due to injury

Nicklas Backstrom and Andre Burakovsky will not represent Sweden at the upcoming IIHF World Championship tournament in Slovakia, the Swedish Ice Hockey Association announced on Tuesday.

In the Swedish national team’s release of their roster, both Backstrom and Burakovsky have “injury” listed as their reasons for declining the invitation.

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By Elizabeth Kong 4 months ago

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Asked if he was banged up in the playoffs, Evgeny Kuznetsov replies ‘Russian machine never breaks’

As the Capitals players faced the media for the final time this season, one of the common questions asked was if the players had been playing through injury during playoffs.

When Evgeny Kuznetsov was asked if he was banged up at all, he replied with a deadpan, “Russian machine never breaks.”

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By Elizabeth Kong 4 months ago

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Braden Holtby would love to sign a contract extension with the Capitals

Capitals’ starting goaltender Braden Holtby told the media at Friday’s breakdown day that he is hopeful that the Capitals will reach out this him this summer to begin talks on a contract extension.

Next season will be the final year of Holtby’s contract before he becomes an unrestricted free agent.

“I would love that,” Holtby said. “But that’s not something I’m going to try and dwell on. I’m pretty realistic about what goes on in the business and such.”

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By Elizabeth Kong 4 months ago

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