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Capitals team dog, Captain, completes training and matched with local US veteran

The Washington Capitals’ team pup, Captain, has spent the last two years accepting your pets and putting smiles on faces at Capital One Arena and MedStar Capitals Iceplex. But that was all training for a bigger purpose.

On Wednesday, the Capitals announced that Captain officially completed his schooling and has been paired with a local US veteran, retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Mark Gwathmey.

The two were recently introduced at the team’s practice facility and took pictures together.

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By Ian Oland 3 months ago

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Capitals pup, Captain, attends final game as team dog

Captain, the Capitals’ adorable adopted puppy, attended his final game as team dog on Saturday.

“what an amazing last 17 months of being a hockey dog !!” Captain wrote on his personal dog phone. “from my debut, developing my skills and meeting all my best hockey pals, ive had the bestest time with the caps ! but its almost time for me to go off and do what ive been training for my whole life! i’ll still be posting here as i go to training camp in a few days so keep following along !! and today im seeing my buds for the last time as a member of team.”

The Capitals and Captain documented the day and it was pawesome.

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By Ian Oland 7 months ago

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Watch the Caps’ dogs and National Zoo pandas playing in the snow

The Washington DC area was blanketed with several inches of snow on Sunday and Monday as two storms converged off the east coast.

Not only was the snowfall beautiful to look at, but it was also fun to play in.

Here are some of our favorite doggos and pandas playing in the snow.

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By Ian Oland 8 months ago

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The Washington Nationals will be at the Capitals’ home opener… well, kinda!

The Washington Capitals will have fans in the building for their home opener tonight at Capital One Arena – kinda, sorta. Okay, not really.

The Capitals have placed cardboard cutouts of fans and some famous people around the 100 and 200 levels.

Here are some of team’s special cardboard guests.

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By Ian Oland 8 months ago

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How the Capitals spent their snow day ❄️

A nor’easter dumped snow in DC Wednesday and Thursday for the first time this season. For many Capitals, the flakes were a welcome sight as many of them spent their childhoods in much colder climates.

Here’s a look at how they spent their snow day.

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By Ian Oland 9 months ago

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Capitals dog, Captain, featured in first hockey card with Alex Ovechkin

Upper Deck released its latest series of hockey cards on November 18. Entitled 2020-21 Upper Deck Series 1, the set is highlighted by Alexis Lafreniere’s Young Guns rookie card. But it also features a furry friend Capitals fans love.

Captain, the Washington Capitals’ adopted team pup, has a rookie card in the set, too.

Well, sort of.

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By Ian Oland 10 months ago

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Happy Birthday to very good doggo Captain who is one-year-old today

The Capitals’ team pup, Captain, celebrated his first birthday on Wednesday.

And the Caps went all out for their furriest friend.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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The Washington Capitals’ adorable puppy, Captain, voted NHL’s Best Team Dog

The Washington Capitals introduced us to Captain, their ridiculously adorable new puppy, on October 5, 2019. 48,000 Twitter followers and 26 RMNB stories later, Captain has been voted the NHL’s Best Team Dog in the 2020 Fan Choice Awards.

Captain won with 22 percent of the vote defeating nine other dogs including Montreal’s Flambo (16.4%) and the NY Islanders’ Tori (12.7%).

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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Captain the Caps Pup needs your help, are you going to let him down? How could you do that to him? He’s a good dog!

You might remember that last year the Caps, because of our urging, got a dog. Captain is that dog and he is perfect. We are close, personal friends who have never met.

Today, Captain (my friend) needs your help. This is important.

Please vote for Captain as the NHL’s best team dog in the NHL Fan Choice Awards.

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By Peter Hassett 1 year ago

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Captain ‘facetiming’ Alex Ovechkin is great quarantine content

A dog facetiming one of its hooman friends is fun enough. When that dog is Captain and the person is Alex Ovechkin, that’s when the magic happens.

Saturday, Captain’s Twitter account posted a video of the Caps’ pup contacting his “best bud.”

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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