From becoming Eastern Conference Champions to winning the Stanley Cup, we’ve highlighted the big anniversary moments of the Capitals’ 2018 Stanley Cup run including the epic fountain swimming and partying.
One year ago today, nearly a million Capitals fans gathered in the streets of Washington DC to witness the Capitals Championship Parade.
It’s a day I’ll never, ever forget. I’ll tell you my story.
On Monday, DC’s Mayor Muriel Bowser called in to The Sports Junkies’ show ahead of the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby at Nationals Park. During the call, Mayor Bowser estimated that at least 500,000 people attended the Capitals’ Championship parade to celebrate their first ever Stanley Cup win.
With the sheer volume of Caps fans that turned out to line the streets as the buses carrying the players drove by, as well as crowded the stage at the National Mall, it wouldn’t be shocking if that number was accurate.
By Donya Abramo 12 months ago
Ahead of the Capitals Championship Parade, NBC4 gave Jakub Vrana a GoPro to document his experience. For anyone that followed Vrana’s drunken adventures from the night the Capitals won the Stanley Cup, through to the day of the parade, you can imagine why NBC4 handed over a camera.
NBC4 released the “Behind the Scenes” segment Monday, of the footage Vrana captured at the parade, and it is definitely not disappointing.
By Donya Abramo 1 year ago
Twelve-year-old Sophia Michnick, like many other Capitals fans, made her way into downtown DC with her family to watch the Capitals Championship parade on Tuesday. Her Dad and brother wanted to stake out space at the rally, while Sophia stopped along the parade route, wanting to watch the Capitals pass by on the buses.
Disaster almost struck when Michnick couldn’t reunite with her family, due to poor cell service, and the sheer volume of people making it impossible to find them. She was freaking out, and in tears, but luckily Lt. Scott Brecht and Detective Robert Freeman of the U.S. Park Police found her and took her to a safe place…
Right next to the Stanley Cup.
By Donya Abramo 1 year ago
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is living his best life and that continued at the Capitals Stanley Cup Parade on Tuesday.
At some point during the chaos, Ovechkin somehow ended up with an intercom from the US Park Police Radio and had a special message to deliver.
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 1 year ago
On Tuesday, the Capitals held their Championship parade and rally in downtown DC. Whether you experienced it in person, or followed along online, it might be difficult to imagine what it would look like from the perspective of the team.
Thanks to Instagram stories, you don’t have to imagine. Several members of the Capitals organization, and their families, posted video throughout the day, and we’ve compiled them so you can experience everything through their eyes.
By Donya Abramo 1 year ago
The Washington Capitals celebrated their Stanley Cup win with a Championship parade and rally in DC on Tuesday. It had everything, from an F-16 flyover, to a “hot lap,” to iconic quotes, and so, so much more.
Keeping track of everything that happened is an almost impossible task, but we’ve collected as many videos as we possibly could of the day, so you can live, and relive it, over again.
By Donya Abramo 1 year ago
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin made a promise at the beginning of the 2017-18 season: “We’re not going to be suck this year.” We made the shirt, Ovi wore it, and it became a mantra to carry the team through the season.
On Tuesday, at the rally following the Championship parade celebrating the Capitals’ historic win, Ovechkin repeated it one final time. With a little bit more… colorful language.
By Donya Abramo 1 year ago
The Capitals are celebrating their Stanley Cup win with a Championship parade on Tuesday. However, they also wanted to pay tribute to their opponent from the Final, the Vegas Golden Knights, on their incredibly successful inaugural season.
Per ESPN senior writer Arash Markazi, the Capitals took out a full page ad in the Las Vegas Review-Journal to congratulate them and say what an honor is was to compete against the Knights in the Final.
By Donya Abramo 1 year ago
