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Dylan McIlrath lands huge open ice hit, crumples Keegan Kolesar in fight

Dylan McIlrath made his physical presence felt in the first period against the Vegas Golden Knights, Tuesday.

Making his season debut for the Capitals, McIlrath leveled Jonas Rondbjerg with a huge shoulder-to-shoulder hit as the Golden Knights forward turned to the center of the ice.

McIlrath was, of course, immediately challenged to fight seconds later, but won the bout with Keegan Kolesar emphatically.

It was a throwback physical play reminiscent of Scott Stevens.

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By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago

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TJ Oshie’s big hit on Adam Fantilli is prospect’s ‘Welcome to NHL’ moment

TJ Oshie made his presence known physically in the Capitals’ final tune-up of the preseason, Saturday.

Oshie pulverized Columbus Blue Jackets top forward prospect Adam Fantilli with a big hit in the second period.

The kabong sent Fantilli’s stick flying high into the air and turned the temperature up in what had previously been a sleepy game.

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By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago

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Expected high draft pick, David Reinbacher, reportedly sent to hospital after Rasmus Sandin hip check in World Championship game

Washington Capitals defenseman Rasmus Sandin delivered one of the biggest hits of his career as a member of Sweden’s World Championship team. Sandin was named to the senior Tre Kronor team for the first time in his career in April.

Sandin (no. 38 in blue) stepped up and nailed David Reinbacher (no. 64 in white) with a huge hip check as the Austrian defenseman skated the puck into the offensive zone. Sandin’s check, combined with contact from teammate Henrik Tommernes, sent Reinbacher spinning horizontally in the air before he crashed to the ice.

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By Ian Oland 7 months ago

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Beck Malenstyn breaks glass with huge hit behind the net

The Hershey Bears scuffled mightily in the first period of Game Four, generating only two shots on goal. But Beck Malenstyn did his best to get his teammates back into the game.

The six-foot-three, 200-pound forward landed three thundering hits in the period. His second, a hit on Charlotte Checkers’ defenseman Anthony Bitetto, broke the glass behind the goal.

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By Ian Oland 7 months ago

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Dmitry Orlov destroys Senators’ Parker Kelly with huge open-ice hit

With Christmas around the corner, Dmitry Orlov was in a giving mood. The Capitals defenseman first earned an assist on Sonny Milano’s second-period goal.

Then, in the third period, Orlov gave a metaphorical sack of coal to Senators’ forward Parker Kelly in the form of his concrete Russian body.

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By Ian Oland 12 months ago

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Nicolas Aube-Kubel ejected after headshot to Cal Foote

Nicolas Aube-Kubel was ejected early in the second period after a bad hit on Lightning defenseman Callan Foote.

The hit is indefensible and will likely earn a suspension from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety.

One player was going north-south and the other was going east-west.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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Ivan Miroshnichenko throws monster hit and scores goal in his third MHL game of the season

Ivan Miroshnichenko was back setting the highlight reel on fire again on Friday. The Washington Capitals’ 2022 first-round draft selection played in his third game with Avangard Omsk’s MHL team after being cleared for game action post-chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Just fifteen seconds into Friday’s game, the talented Russian forward threw an absolutely gigantic hit against Sputnik Almetievsk’s Riyaz Galiyev.

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By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago

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Alex Ovechkin’s big hit on Jan Rutta

Alex Ovechkin is an elite goal-scorer, but he sure is an accomplished body checker, too. Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta was the latest player to feel Ovi’s wrath.

As Rutta tried to skate the puck out from behind the Penguins’ net, he was not aware of the Great 8 barreling down the left wing.

He paid the consequences.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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Nicolas Aube-Kubel’s big, open-ice hit on Evander Kane

Lost in what was an absolutely thrilling showcase of supreme, superstar talent in Monday’s Capitals vs Oilers matchup was a big kabong from debuting Caps forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel.

Aube-Kubel, plucked off waivers from Toronto on Saturday, caught everyone’s least favorite forward Evander Kane with an open-ice hit that sent the Oilers winger flying. Welcome to DC.

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By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago

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Nic Dowd lands the biggest hit of the preseason… on Alex Ovechkin?

The Washington Capitals held another intense Training Camp session on Saturday – their third day back on the ice since officially returning from the offseason.

Saturday, Group A started practice with a two-on-two battle drill sometimes called “Off The Wall.” Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov teamed up to take on Nic Dowd and Dmitry Orlov during their rotation. You might think Dowd covering Ovechkin would be a physical mismatch, but, you guys, it totally was not.

While making a move and turning back up the ice with the puck, Dowd ran into Ovechkin… and absolutely trucked the Capitals captain.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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