Alex Alexeyev

Capitals send Alex Alexeyev to Hershey Bears after Salavat Yulaev’s season ends in KHL

The Washington Capitals re-assigned Alex Alexeyev, one of the team’s best defensive prospects, to the American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears on Monday. The Capitals’ 2018 first-round pick spent the first part of his 2020-21 season on loan playing in Russia for the KHL’s Salavat Yulaev Ufa.

Alexeyev joins a stacked Hershey team that also features top prospects Connor McMichael (the Bears’ leading goalscorer), Martin Fehervary, and Aliaksei Protas.

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By Ian Oland 1 week ago

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Alex Alexeyev named KHL’s Rookie of the Month for January, will play for Team Russia at Beijer Hockey Games

Washington Capitals prospect Alex Alexeyev was honored by the KHL on Tuesday.

The Capitals’ 2018 first-round pick was named the KHL’s Rookie of the Month. Alexeyev scored four goals and tallied seven points during January 2021.

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By Ian Oland 2 months ago

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Capitals dog, Captain, featured in first hockey card with Alex Ovechkin

Upper Deck released its latest series of hockey cards on November 18. Entitled 2020-21 Upper Deck Series 1, the set is highlighted by Alexis Lafreniere’s Young Guns rookie card. But it also features a furry friend Capitals fans love.

Captain, the Washington Capitals’ adopted team pup, has a rookie card in the set, too.

Well, sort of.

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By Ian Oland 5 months ago

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Alex Alexeyev scores first KHL goal with Salavat Yulaev

Alex Alexeyev was loaned to the KHL for the start of the 2020-21 season and Monday, he scored his first goal.

In Salavat Yulaev’s 3-2 overtime loss, the Capitals 2018 first-round pick tallied at even-strength, 32:31 into the game, to give Salavat Yulaev a 2-0 lead.

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By Ian Oland 6 months ago

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Ross Mahoney is ‘really curious’ to see how Connor McMichael, Martin Fehervary, and Vitek Vanecek perform during training camp

Washington Capitals assistant general manager Ross Mahoney spoke to reporters on Zoom Wednesday a week ahead of the 2020 NHL Draft.

Mahoney, who described himself as a Zoomer due to all of the summer conference calls he’s done with draft-eligible prospects, said the Capitals will not focus on re-stocking any particular position and select the “best player available” when they pick 24th overall in the upcoming draft.

The longtime executive also spoke about several Capitals prospects he’s looking forward to watching during training camp to see if they’re ready to take the next step.

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By Ian Oland 7 months ago

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COVID-19 outbreak in KHL shows dangers for Capitals prospects playing overseas

Over the last month, the Washington Capitals loaned five prospects overseas as the NHL continues to grapple with how to conduct and start its 2020-21 season. Other NHL teams have followed suit.

Damien Riat and Tobias Geisser were loaned to Swiss National League teams; Axel Jonsson-Fjallby was returned to his native Sweden to play in the HockeyAllsvenskan; and Alex Alexeyev and Aliaksei Protas are playing in Russia’s KHL. All five are expected to be called back for Capitals’ training camp.

The tradeoff of the loans is simple: Caps prospects continue playing hockey, but they also assume varying degrees of risk of contracting the coronavirus outside a bubble system. The latter has become a concern as the KHL is suddenly enduring a COVID-19 outbreak.

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By Ian Oland 7 months ago

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Capitals loan Alex Alexeyev to KHL

The Washington Capitals announced that they’ve loaned defenseman Alex Alexeyev to Salavat Yulaev of the KHL.

The move will give Alexeyev, one of the team’s top prospects, a chance to continue to develop and play competitive hockey while there’s uncertainty surrounding the start of the 2020-21 season.

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By Ian Oland 7 months ago

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Ilya Samsonov still absent from Capitals training camp

Ilya Samsonov missed a seventh straight practice on Monday. The team’s talented backup goaltender has not taken the ice since Phase 3 Training Camp began Monday, July 13.

He’s the only player on the team’s 34-man roster who has been absent for every practice.

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By Ian Oland 9 months ago

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Capitals forward lines take shape as Ilya Samsonov misses fourth straight practice

Washington Capitals head coach Todd Reirden appears to have set his initial forward lines nine days before the team is scheduled to fly to Toronto for the 24-team playoff.

Reirden continues to group the 2018 Stanley Cup trio of Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Tom Wilson together on the first line while Nicklas Backstrom has been reunited with his normal partners on the second. And yes, the HEK line is back.

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By Ian Oland 9 months ago

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Ilya Samsonov, Michal Kempny, and Alex Alexeyev miss first day of Capitals’ training camp

The Washington Capitals were without Ilya Samsonov, Michal Kempny, and Alex Alexeyev during their first day of Phase 3 Training Camp on Monday. The reasons why are unknown. How long the players are out is unknown.

Due to an NHL and NHLPA agreement for the 2020 playoffs, medical issues of any kind will not be released. Players will either be present and skating or not.

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By Ian Oland 9 months ago

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