On Wednesday night, Nic Dowd, Chandler Stephenson, Brett Connolly, and Pheonix Copley hosted a holiday party at Medstar Capitals Iceplex for local families.
The party was held in conjunction with Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation’s Family-to-Family program. The program was created by the Washington Wizards 22 years ago to spread holiday happiness to underserved families in the DC area.
By Cara Bahniuk 5 years ago
Brett Connolly now has points in four-straight games after scoring via The Kuzy Move.
Using his filthy mitts, Connolly dangled former Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky out of position for the tuck-in goal.
The tally gave the Caps a 1-0 lead 1:42 into the game. The Caps would take a 3-0 lead into the first intermission.John Tortorella would pull Bobrovsky to jumpstart his team in the second period.
By Ian Oland 5 years ago
Jakub Vrana has scored his seventh goal of the season with a speedy sequence set up by linemate Brett Connolly.
This is about as pretty and as fast as Caps hockey gets.
Before the season began, the Capitals were challenged to draw the Weagle logo during Media Day.
While in their full gear, players such as Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, and Andre Burakovsky, were given a marker and tried to recreate the team’s shoulder patch from memory on a whiteboard.
Despite the fact that the players are exposed to the logo multiple times a day and it was literally on the gear they were wearing, the results were terrible. Maybe even concerning.
By Alex Hayes 5 years ago
Last season’s NHL GIF Of The Year just happened again.
Friday night, after Jakub Vrana found Brett Connolly wide open in front of the net for a second-period goal, the two teammates went back to the bench. Vrana wanted a fist bump and… oh no.
It happened again.
We were a bit preoccupied this summer with Stanley Cup celebrations, and we missed a second, nearly-as-important award.
NHL fans voted and Capitals forwards Evgeny Kuznetsov and Brett Connolly as the Fan Choice GIF of the Year for their failed fist bump.
By Brennin Weiswerda 5 years ago
The Capitals have changed their lines following Thursday’s 6-0 shellacking by the New Jersey Devils. Chandler Stephenson replaces Brett Connolly on the first line alongside Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov. Connolly reunites with Lars Eller and Andre Burakovsky on the third line, as the trio looks to bounce back from a down 2017-2018 season.
The rest of the line-up remains the same.
By Alex Hayes 5 years ago
The happiest day of the Capitals regular season happened on Saturday when they participated in the annual canine calendar photoshoot. Partnering with Homeward Trails Animal Rescue, the guys posed with dogs up for adoption, as well as their own family-owned pups.
This year’s shoot was more relaxed, with each Caps player sporting their own style with a special guest: the STANLEY CUP! And what’s better than tiny puppies in the Cup? Not much.
Capitals players John Carlson, Brett Connolly, Nic Dowd, Lars Eller, TJ Oshie, Alex Ovechkin, Matt Niskanen, and Chandler Stephenson all posed with their own dogs. Nicklas Backstrom, Madison Bowey, Travis Boyd, Andre Burakovsky, Pheonix Copley, Christian Djoos, Braden Holtby, Dmitrij Jaskin, Michal Kempny, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, Devante Smith-Pelly, Jakub Vrana, Nathan Walker, and Tom Wilson took their photos with dogs available for adoption through Homeward Trails.
Since the calendar began in 2014, the Caps have raised almost $250,000 for Homeward Trails. A limited number of calendars will be available for $20 at the November 21 game against the Chicago Blackhawks. The calendar will be sold online and details will be announced at a later date.
While the official photos won’t be seen until the release, we hope these adorable photos will hold you over until then.
By Cara Bahniuk 5 years ago
After the shortest offseason in franchise history, the Capitals got back to business on Wednesday.
Before their banner raising and 7-0 beatdown on the Boston Bruins, Capitals players walked a red carpet outside Capital One Arena. There was a remarkable turnout from fans who crowded F street in anticipation.
As Lexuses dropped the guys off at the corner of 6th and F, they were escorted down the rug with fans chosen by the team. The Caps spent time signing autographs and taking quick selfies with the fans. Some of them, including Craig Laughlin, Alex Ovechkin, and TJ Oshie, were even wearing their Stanley Cup championship ring.
Last season, TJ Oshie brought in the most cheers as his arrival was announced. He brought on the same excitement this season but Lars Eller also received a massive reception from the crowd. The scorer of the game-winning Stanley Cup Final may be one of the most popular players on the team, for good reason of course.
Nothing has changed with this well-dressed group of weirdos — some players wore custom suits (we’ll have more on John Carlson’s ditty later). Ovechkin also wore another classic blue suit. Never change, Ovi.
Check out all the photos from the event below.
By Cara Bahniuk 5 years ago
With Redskins football on TV and most of the Bruins stars playing an exhibition in China, the Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins played a sleepy preseason game on Sunday featuring mostly prospects. In fact, the Capitals sent only five players that could be considered regulars from last season.
The result was the Capitals ended up having the most demure of alternate captains.
Andre Burakovsky, for what I can only assume is a career first, wore an A on his jersey along with Brett Connolly and Christian Djoos. No one wore the captain’s C out of respect to Alex Ovechkin (who ironically was at the Redskins game).
The three Caps have a combined 661 games of experience in the NHL.
