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.
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.
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.
We’re connecting some dots here (so if we’re wrong, please forgive us 🙏), but it appears both of the Capitals’ first-round picks from the 2018 and 2019 Drafts will be black aces for Washington during the NHL’s 24-team playoff.
Saturday, Russian defenseman Alex Alexeyev posted on Instagram from the Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg with the caption, “It’s been awesome time, but now it’s time to go back to work 🏋🏻♂️.”
Work for Alexeyev is hockey and his employer is the Washington Capitals. The NHL is also the only hockey league trying to resume right now. So that was clue number one.
Clue number two: Connor McMichael responded to Alexeyev’s post with the following comment.
The Hershey Bears held their annual Teddy Bear Toss Game Sunday night at Giant Center. 45,650 stuffed animals rained down onto the ice, breaking the world record they set last season of 34,798.
Stanley Cup champion Christian Djoos, who was sent down to the AHL earlier in the day by the Capitals, scored the historic Teddy Bear Toss goal.
By Ian Oland and Cara Bahniuk 8 months ago
Caps prospect Alex Alexeyev has now waded into the controversial waters of misconduct and abuse by authority figures in the hockey world. Alexeyev played three season for the Red Deer Rebels under head coach and GM Brent Sutter. After a recent statement by ex-Flyers player Daniel Carcillo, Sutter has become the subject of scrutiny regarding alleged hazing and abuse on his team.
In his statement, Alexeyev disagrees with those accusations.
By Peter Hassett 9 months ago
Every Batman needs his Robin and on Saturday, during what appears to be a Hershey Bears Halloween Party, we found out which minor-league teammates consider themselves a superhero tandem.
Russian defenseman Alex Alexeyev dressed up as Batman while Canadian forward Brett Leason was Robin. The Capitals selected Alexeyev in the first round of the 2018 NHL Draft and Leason in the second round of this past year’s draft.
The Hershey Bears played their second game of the preseason Saturday, taking on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Giant Center. Hershey won in overtime 2-1.
Capitals 2018 first-round pick Alex Alexeyev was cleared to play and skated on the Bears’ first defensive pairing with Erik Burgdoerfer.
By Elyse Bailey 11 months ago
Alex Alexeyev’s goal coming into Capitals Training Camp was to make the team.
Wednesday morning, that dream ended. The Washington Capitals loaned their 2018 first-round pick to the American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears.
The transaction ends Alexeyev’s time in Arlington without playing a single preseason game with the team.
The DC United defeated the Seattle Sounders 2-0 in front of a raucous crowd at Audi Field, Sunday night. And by raucous I mean, many members of the Washington Capitals were there to cheer on their favorite MLS team.
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin was joined by Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jakub Vrana, Dmitry Orlov, Ilya Samsonov, Vitek Vanecek, and Alex Alexeyev in field-side seats to root on the United and help #UniteTheDsistrict ahead of the soccer team’s playoff push.
The best part was Ovi had another encounter with soccer legend Wayne Rooney after the game.
