Whether you were packed on the National Mall, along Constitution Avenue, or you are your couch, the glorious Capitals Stanley Cup parade delivered a smile — and a chugged Bud Light — a minute. Earlier in the day, I also captured the team’s official photo with the Cup. If you don’t mind, let’s get lit all over again and relive the sublime day through my photos.
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By Chris Gordon 5 years ago
Sunday during the Capitals’ final preseason game, bottom-six forward Tom Wilson received a five-minute major and a game misconduct for boarding Blues forward Samuel Blais.
Blues head coach Mike Yeo called the hit “predatory.”
“It’s a predatory hit with a guy that apparently didn’t learn his lesson from the first suspension,” Yeo said. “Maybe coming down a little bit harder on him will make him think a little bit about about it. It’s tough going after vulnerable people.”
Because neither of the team’s right-holders televised the game, video of the hit has been unavailable… until now.
Late Monday night, a source sent RMNB the video.
Road America is one of America’s premier race tracks, with massive amounts of horsepower bellowing through lush Wisconsin hills.
On Saturday one of our very own will be there, as RMNB reader Ryan Ellis takes to the circuit in the SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevrolet Camaro in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. It will be Ryan’s first race of the season. He will be turning both left and right, sponsored by Superlite Cars and Bachtel Excavating. You can see it all on NBC at 3 PM on Sunday.
“I’m probably more excited for this race than just about other race in my career,” Ellis said. “I almost didn’t even’t have time to get excited because it all came together so quickly.”
Ryan will be wearing a helmet featuring a Deadguins sticker — a nod to the Capitals’ hated rival, the Pittsburgh Penguins. The bucket is also signed by Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who is retiring after this season.
By Chris Gordon 6 years ago
Every year after the playoffs end, Caps players reveal a myriad of injuries that they’ve been playing through. Usually, they’re brutal.
For instance, during his season-ending presser, Alex Ovechkin announced that he was unable to participate in the World Championship — something he does almost every year — due to two injuries he suffered during the NHL postseason.
The Washington Capitals have won the Presidents’ Trophy in consecutive seasons, sporting one of the deepest rosters in professional sports. Behind the scenes, the players are supported by significant others whose talent matches or surpasses their athletes’ on-ice ability.
If you’ve been to Capitals playoff games, you’ve likely walked by or seen someone wearing a jean jacket, repping a look straight from the early 90s.
If it has a number on the back and some patches, that’s either one of the Capitals wives, girlfriends, or children.
Thursday, Capitals goaltending prospect Ilya Samsonov posted a picture of himself in a hospital bed at an orthopedic clinic in Rome, Italy. Samsonov described himself as “feeling in great shape” after “everything went as well as possible,” without giving any details about the procedure he underwent.
By Graham Dumas 6 years ago
A few days after three Caps fans showed up to Maple Leaf Square in Toronto, two girls followed suit on Sunday. In a sea of blue, they were among a handful of Caps fans celebrating Marcus Johansson’s series-ending overtime tally.
By Cara Bahniuk 6 years ago
On Monday, TJ Oshie was reunited with his Wish Kid, eight-year-old Addy Flint, during Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic’s Wish Upon a Par charity event organized by Erin Orpik. TJ and Addy first met in November when the Capitals hosted Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Night. The two have remained close friends ever since.
On Monday, we gave Addy an opportunity to interview TJ and it turned out about as adorable as you could imagine.
Monday afternoon, Andre Burakovsky attended Wish Upon A Par, a charity event held at Topgolf. During the event’s meet-and-greet, I asked the injured Swede about his viral Uber incident that happened a week and a half before.
Burakovsky went into a car that wasn’t his Uber, but got driven home by the Caps fans anyway.
After the Washington Capitals played the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night, Nicklas Backstrom took time to meet with a family who has been through a tragedy. The father, Bryan K., explains.
In late December, tragedy struck my family suddenly, and unexpectedly when my beloved 15-year-old son Jake took his own life. He had been struggling with anxiety and depression for the previous three months since entering high school and we were actively working with doctors, therapists, and the Loudoun County Public School system to try and help him. But sadly, we lost him.
Jake loved playing and watching hockey. On December 7, 2016, Jake and I went to our last hockey game together. The Capitals played the Bruins. Here’s a photo of Jake from the game.
