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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 2 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 5 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 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months 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 8 months ago

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Tom Wilson threw a hit that almost made Barrett Hayton video game double jump into the Capitals bench

Much of Friday night’s game between the Washington Capitals and Arizona Coyotes was about as entertaining as staring at a ceiling fan. One moment that sparked at least a little bit of joy came from Tom Wilson.

Wilson cracked Vegas forward Evgenii Dadonov into next week a couple of days ago and followed it up with something similar to Coyotes forward Barrett Hayton.

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By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago

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Tom Wilson hit Evgenii Dadonov so hard that he made his body do a horizontal single axel

Lost in Alex Ovechkin’s historic 50th goal was a big bop by Tom Wilson that also should be on every highlight-reel.

Wilson landed one of the better bodychecks of his career late in the third period of the Capitals-Golden Knights game. The Capitals’ first-line forward nailed Evgenii Dadonov in the defensive zone as he cut to the middle of the ice.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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