This is new to me, so I’m thinking it’ll be new for many of you.
Alex Ovechkin — a future Hall of Famer, respected captain of your Washington Capitals, and perhaps soon the NHL’s new Goals King — once had a weigh-off with Pat Maroon.
This revelation is via two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Alex Killorn, and from a Spittin’ Chiclets interview in late 2020.
Sam Anas is one of the greatest Maryland born hockey players of all time and this week, he will celebrate the biggest accomplishment of his career in his home state.
Anas is bringing the Calder Cup to his childhood rink, the Rockville Ice Arena, on Saturday for part of his day with the Cup.
The Potomac, MD native was one of the Hershey Bears’ best players en route to their 12th Calder Cup in June. Anas finished fifth on the Bears in postseason scoring, tallying 12 points (4g, 8a) in 20 games as he formed a dangerous trio with Aliaksei Protas and Hendrix Lapierre on the third line.
The Washington Capitals’ retro Screaming Eagle logo is wildly popular amongst fans. It was also a part of the team’s biggest moment of the 2022-23 season: Alex Ovechkin passing Gordie Howe for second on the NHL’s all-time goals list.
But according to The Athletic’s Tarik El-Bashir, neither the Screagle or the team’s black Reverse Retro 2.0 jerseys will be returning next season despite pleas from fans and Ovechkin to bring it back.
The team will continue wearing its navy blue alternate jersey as its third jersey/alternate.
TJ Oshie and his family traveled out to Lake Tahoe, Nevada, last week for the American Century Championship, a golf tournament that brings together some of the biggest athletes and celebrities across the nation.
“Favorite week of the year at the @acchampionship!” an excited Oshie said on his personal Instagram account.
Oshie’s had many fun highlights at the event over the years, such as sinking a putt while sipping from a beer-guzzling helmet, draining a three pointer from the putting green, and becoming the long drive leader of the 2021 edition of the event after hitting a ball 369 yards.
Oshie had a good showing at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in 2023, finishing 30th out of 93 total participants. The Capitals forward was an impressive tenth overall in Round 1 after tallying five birdies in the first 18 holes, finishing the day three over par.
When the Hershey Bears won their twelfth Calder Cup championship in June, Shane Gersich accomplished something that no other player who was drafted by and played for the Washington Capitals had ever done – at least, as far as publicly available stats tell us.
Gersich completed a rare Beaglian trifecta, winning the Calder Cup, the Stanley Cup, and an NCAA Division I championship. And he did so in a span of seven years.
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The NHL’s first overall pick from the 2023 NHL Draft is officially signed.
Connor Bedard, billed to be the NHL’s next generational talent, signed his three year, entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks on July 17, 2023 — his 18th birthday.
Bedard put pen to paper at Chicago’s Fifth Third Arena, the Blackhawks’ practice facility.
Former Capitals forward Brendan Leipsic is going the route of Edward Snowden and Steven Seagal.
According to SKA St. Petersburg head coach and vice president, Roman Rotenberg, the Winnipeg native is applying to become a Russian citizen.
Leipsic left the NHL after making misogynistic messages that later became public. The veteran of four NHL seasons made a personal appeal to Russian president Vladimir Putin through a letter.
Former Capitals forward Joel Ward is back in the NHL, this time as an assistant coach.
The Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights announced on Wednesday that they promoted Ward to serve as an assistant coach on Bruce Cassidy’s staff beginning next season.
The 42-year-old Ward has spent the last three years with the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights since retiring as a player in April 2020.
The Hershey Bears and the 31 other American Hockey League teams released their schedules for the 2023-24 season.
The 2023 Calder Cup champion Bears will open the franchise’s 86th season at home on Saturday, October 14 against the Belleville Senators for their banner-raising night. The next day they will conclude their opening weekend when they host the Cleveland Monsters at 5 pm.
Hershey will play a total of 14 home games on Saturday night and 10 on Sunday. Their longest homestand of the season runs from December 9 through December 17, as the Bears will play five straight games at Giant Center during a period of nine days.
The Bears will have only four “three-in-threes” this season, where they play three consecutive nights – a staple of the AHL.
In wrestling parlance, turning heel means abandoning your heroic babyface role and embracing a villainous heel character. And while Lars Eller still seems to be the same kind, thoughtful guy he always has been, his signing with the Pittsburgh Penguins represents a turn to the dark side for Capitals fans.
Eller, who spent the last seven seasons in Washington and scored the team’s Stanley Cup-winning goal in 2018, will now play for The Other Team in the NHL’s biggest rivalry since Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby debuted during the 2005-06 season. On July 1, the first day of NHL free agency, Eller signed a two-year deal with new Penguins’ president of hockey operations, Kyle Dubas, worth $2.45 million per season.
Tuesday, Eller’s “turn” continued as he met with Penguins media for the first time. Eller explained his reasoning for choosing Pittsburgh and even referred to the Pens as “we.” *Gasp*
