Courage Caps

TJ Oshie, Nick Jensen, and Garnet Hathaway join families of fallen soldiers for Courage Caps skate

ARLINGTON, VA — On Thursday, Capitals TJ Oshie, Nick Jensen, and Garnet Hathaway hosted nearly 100 military family members at Medstar Capitals Iceplex for an hour-long skate, followed by a pizza party. The attendees were from the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) which provides services to military families who have experienced the loss of a loved one in the line of duty.

The event was part of the Capitals’ month-long Courage Caps campaign, which included the annual auction at Military Appreciation night and sale of Courage Caps gear to raise funds for TAPS.

The trio of Capitals skated with the TAPS families, autographed gear, and posed for plenty of photos. Hathaway said that the event was just a small way for the Capitals to show their thanks.

“We don’t know what it’s like to go through something like that, to lose a loved one protecting us and our freedoms,” Hathaway said. “For us, it’s a special way to show our appreciation, to try just for a second to say, ‘Thank you’ and to maybe help them forget for a little bit. To think about hockey and just skating around and getting their mind off it. Having fun.”

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By Elizabeth Kong 3 years ago

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Tom Wilson, TJ Oshie, and John Carlson model Capitals’ latest Courage Caps design

The Washington Capitals released their latest Courage Caps designs on Friday. The $25 hats appear to be a grey camouflage with courage stitched overtop in navy blue thread. The $20 ALL COURAGE shirts are black and have a distressed design. The Capitals are also offering a $30 ¾ Sleeve T-Shirt. The apparel is live on the Capitals website and can be purchased now while supplies last. Hats and shirts can also be purchased at Caps’ home games throughout November.

Tom Wilson, TJ Oshie, and John Carlson modeled the merch just in case you were on the fence about buying.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Courage Caps go on sale February 20

Wednesday morning the Capitals released their designs for this season’s Courage Caps and shirts. The outerwear will go on sale February 20, which is also the team’s Military Appreciation Night, and are available while supplies last. The hats and shirts will also be available at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, or you can order them online at WashCaps.com/courage.

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By Rachel Cohen 5 years ago

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Braden Holtby and Philipp Grubauer Get New Masks For Military Night (Photos)

Photos: @WashCaps

Thursday night against the Islanders, the Washington Capitals will be hosting Military Night at Verizon Center. The Caps will pay tribute to the military by wearing camouflage jerseys during warm-ups, which will be signed and auctioned off after the game. Braden Holtby and Philipp Grubauer will also be wearing specially designed masks. They both have a green, black, and white color scheme and have the Courage Caps logos on the side.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Here’s Tom Wilson Modeling the New Courage Caps T-Shirt and Hat (Photos)

Photos: Washington Capitals

Friday morning, the Capitals released the design of their new Courage Caps hats and t-shirts. 100% of the proceeds benefit TAPS, a national organization that provides care for the families of America’s fallen military heroes. The Caps say they’ve donated $486,261 to charity through the sale of more than 15,000 hats and nearly 7,000 T-shirts to fans. That’s awesome. Way to go, you.

What’s even cooler is that the team had a few players model some of the new gear this year, including Matt Niskanen, John Carlson, and Brooks Orpik. But I’m guessing – and this is just a hunch – that our readers are going to want to visually consume the Tom Wilson pixels.

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By Ian Oland 8 years ago

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Karl Alzner and Nicklas Backstrom Model Courage Caps Gear, Fail to Look Tough

This makes an excellent creepy wallpaper. Click to enlarge. (Photos by Patrick McDermott)

In 2008, the Washington Capitals launched Courage Caps, a program to benefit military charities through the sale of team-branded hats and shirts. This year the program will fund TAPS, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, which provides support for families of killed American solders.

This year’s Courage Caps promotion will formally launch on February 4, when the team will put the merchandise on sale online as well at Verizon Center and Kettler. The day before, Jack Hillen will skate with some families the program has helped.

On Wednesday, the Caps sent us some photos of the new gear. Now in its seventh year, Courage Caps is starting to run out of military themes, but I think winter digi-camo look is a good one.

The chosen models, however, is where we’ll have our fun. Everything starts off well with John Carlson, the team’s resident US Olympian. Next in the gallery are Karl Alzner and Nicklas Backstrom, two of Washington’s most docile heartthrobs and noted not-Americans. I would gone with maybe an angry Casey Wellman, a Californian, draped only in an American flag. Or maybe Connor Carrick, feeding a Nathan’s hot dog to a bald eagle. Either way, it’s all for a good cause.

Here are the images of this year’s edition:

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By Chris Gordon 9 years ago

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Washington Capitals Launch Courage Caps Program

Washington wore Courage Caps hats during warmups to support the cause. (Photo credit: @KCity65)

Sports teams may feel like glorified corporations these days. There still, however, is something more to them: the fans, the community, and the good the teams can do through charitable work. On Sunday, the Washington Capitals launched their annual Courage Caps program, which raised over $100,000 for TAPS, a military charity, last year.

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By Chris Gordon 10 years ago

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Washington Capitals Players Skate with Families of Fallen Soldiers

Photos by Chris Gordon

The past decade has seen the United States involved in two wars — one in Iraq, one in Afghanistan. We’re all aware of them, we’ve seen the headlines. But for most Americans, the country’s battles are an abstraction. It’s something on the news, not part of the stories of other human beings.

Some Americans, though, can’t remove themselves from them — the wars have taken members of their family. Husbands, wives, children, brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers: the all have loved ones who will never come home. This has unfolded thousands of times throughout the past 12 years.

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By Chris Gordon 10 years ago

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