Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin says he will be returning to the DMV for small group workouts on June 24.
The Ovechkins have been staying at their Miami area beach home since late April for the birth of their second child, Ilya.
Last week, Ovechkin was captured skating at a Pembroke Pines ice rink with several other NHL players.
Monumental Sports and Entertainment announced on Monday that they are holding a Pride Month auction that will benefit SMYAL, a local nonprofit that has empowers LGBTQ youth. The auction begins on June 18, 2020, at 12 PM and ends on June 26, 2020, at 3 PM.
The Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards, and Washington Mystics all contributed items.
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman is reporting that the NHL is telling players who need visa extensions to play in the postseason to return to their home cities by June 21. This would require certain foreign players to return to North America 19 days before the potential start of Phase 3, training camps, on July 10.
Most player visas expire on June – the final day of NHL contracts and the end of the league’s calendar year.
By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago
TJ Oshie and Tom Wilson may never win an individual NHL award, but together, they have created history.
Oshie and Wilson’s butt taps, where they whack each other in the derrière with their hockey sticks, has won the NHL’s Fans Choice Award as the Best Pregame Ritual.
I’m not sure if I should offer them congratulations or buy them each a bottle of Blu Emu numbing cream.
By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago
Want to re-watch the Washington Capitals win the Stanley Cup again?
NBCSN is re-airing the Games One and Five of the Stanley Cup Final beginning at 8 PM tonight. Capitals center Lars Eller, who scored the Cup-winning goal, will join during the Game 5 broadcast.
The Arizona Coyotes announced on Saturday that one of their staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
According to the Coyotes, the staff member “is asymptomatic and feeling well, and is in isolation at his home. Individuals who had close contact with the staff member have been notified.”
The Washington Capitals introduced us to Captain, their ridiculously adorable new puppy, on October 5, 2019. 48,000 Twitter followers and 26 RMNB stories later, Captain has been voted the NHL’s Best Team Dog in the 2020 Fan Choice Awards.
Captain won with 22 percent of the vote defeating nine other dogs including Montreal’s Flambo (16.4%) and the NY Islanders’ Tori (12.7%).
By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago
Not only is Alex Ovechkin the Maurice “Rocket” Richard winner, but the future Hall of Famer has also won NHL’s GIF of the Year in the league’s 2020 Fans Choice Awards.
The GIF is entitled “Surprise Ovi.”
By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago
Heather Zimmerman, the wife of Washington Nationals’ first baseman and amateur NHL goaltender Ryan Zimmerman, took to Twitter on Saturday to announce the birth of the couple’s third child. It’s their first boy.
“How we’ve spent the last 2 weeks 🥰,” Heather wrote on Twitter.
That time frame would place the birth date of Baby Boy Zim at or around May 30.
Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston is reporting that Las Vegas will be one of the hub cities selected to host the NHL’s 24-team playoff.
T-Mobile Arena is the site where the Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup in 2018.
By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago
