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Caps attempt to identify their teammates in Stanley Cup day guessing game, mostly fail

The Washington Capitals celebrated their Stanley Cup win in epic style. While many of the players joined their teammates to celebrate their Cup days together, not all of the Capitals kept up on each others’ activities – despite a chattier than usual team chat room, according to Tom Wilson.

Darren Haynes, a sportscaster with WUSA9, visited the Capitals during Training Camp and played a guessing game with Alex Ovechkin, TJ Oshie, and Braden Holtby. The premise was this. Haynes showed the players pictures of their teammates, obscured and silhouetted, with the Stanley Cup and asked them to identify who was in the photo.

The result was local sports TV magic.

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Braden Holtby heaves Carolina player’s stick down the ice after getting bumped in crease

Alex Ovechkin’s slap shot is already in midseason form and so is Braden Holtby’s fiery temper.

Friday night in Carolina, the snarl of the Holtbeast made its return after the formerly-furry goaltender got bumped in the crease.

It was the third time in the first period that Holtby had a visitor in his den and he had an ingenious solution to solve the problem.

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By Ian Oland On September 21, 2018 0 Comment

Braden Holtby’s face is devoid of its Holtbeard

When Braden Holtby took to the ice for training camp on Thursday, there was one jarring change to his face.

You guys, Holtby’s clean-shaven.

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By Donya Abramo On September 20, 2018 0 Comment

Hockey is back! Photos from the first week of Capitals training camp

On Saturday, the Capitals took to the ice at Medstar Capitals Iceplex for the second day of training camp. With the camp roster and invites split into three group, each group spent time doing on-ice practice, off-ice training, and video review.

Although the roster has gone through their first cuts, such as sending first-round draft pick Alexander Alexeyev back to his junior league team, Saturday’s practice featured everyone. Alexeyev, who had an impressive training camp, was in Group White with Caps vets Braden Holtby, Nicklas Backstrom, and TJ Oshie. Group Red paired goalies Pheonix Copley and Ilya Samsonov, both of whom are in the running to be number two in the net behind Holtby this season. Group Blue featured Alex Ovechkin and the Caps’ Russians, who along with Tom Wilson were on the celebratory end of a competitive two-on-two drill–Ovi was jumping up and down on his skates celebrating the win.

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By Elizabeth Kong On September 20, 2018 0 Comment

Braden Holtby’s full speech at the HRC National Dinner

Braden Holtby, Vezina-winner and Stanley Cup champion, was invited to speak at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner on September 13.

Braden and his wife Brandi have been LGBTQ advocates and HRC supporters for many years. In his speech, Braden shared the story of how his family came to support the cause, and what it meant for him and for his team to join the fight for equality.

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By Brennin Weiswerda On September 19, 2018 0 Comment

Braden Holtby, Nicklas Backstrom, and TJ Oshie will play in Capitals’ first game at Capital One Arena since winning Stanley Cup

In their first game back at Capital One Arena since winning the Stanley Cup, the Capitals will take on the Boston Bruins for their second preseason game.

Braden Holtby will get his first start in net, Ilya Samsonov will come in for relief duties, and TJ Oshie and Nicklas Backstrom start on the top line featuring Axel Jonsson-Fjällby, who’s looking to make the team out of camp.

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By Julia Karron On September 18, 2018 1 Comment

Local tennis star Denis Kudla meets Alex Ovechkin at training camp, gets signed stick from Tom Wilson

Monday morning, the Washington Capitals were graced by the 66th ranked tennis player in the world, Denis Kudla.

The local tennis star posted several photos on his Instagram account, including photos with Alex Ovechkin and Braden Holtby.

He also showed off a signed stick from Tom Wilson.

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By Ian Oland On September 17, 2018 0 Comment

Braden Holtby spoke at the Human Rights Campaign’s National Dinner, and several teammates joined him

Braden Holtby, the Capitals’ Stanley Cup winning goalie and their You Can Play Ambassador, was a surprise guest at the Human Rights Campaign’s 22nd Annual National Dinner. The event helps to raise money and awareness to advocate for LGBTQ equality.

In Holtby’s speech, he said that the Capitals are “proof that supporting LGBTQ equality is a winning decision, and we’re honored to stand with you in this fight.”

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By Brennin Weiswerda On September 15, 2018 1 Comment