The Washington Capitals lost to the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Monday, but it was a special game for two Caps dads in particular.
Sergei Ovechkin and Kirill Orlov attended their first hockey game with mom!
The Washington Capitals lost their second straight game Tuesday night. And practice did not bring much better news.
According to the Washington Post’s Samantha Pell, Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov left practice early and did not return.
ARLINGTON, VA — The best day of the Washington Capitals season, in this author’s humble opinion, occurred Monday when Caps players participated in its annual dog calendar photoshoot. Partnering with Homeward Trails Animal Rescue, the boys spent the afternoon posing (and hugging and cuddling) with dogs up for adoption as well as their own pups from home. This year, the Capitals modeled in front of vintage cars or their own vehicles.
While the Homeward Trail dogs stole everyone’s heart (please return it soon please, I’m having trouble functioning), the day started out with an appearance by the Capitals new dog, Captain.
Captain posed in a vintage silver car and wore silly hats, loving the attention he got throughout.
Meanwhile, Capitals players John Carlson, Nic Dowd, TJ Oshie, Alex Ovechkin, Chandler Stephenson, Garnet Hathaway, and Nick Jensen all posed with their own dogs. Tom Wilson, Nicklas Backstrom, Lars Eller, Tyler Lewington, Jakub Vrana, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, Michal Kempny, Radko Gudas, Carl Hagelin, Richard Panik, Jonas Siegenthaler, Brendan Leipsic, and Ilya Samsonov took their photos with dogs available for adoption through Homeward Trails.
Since the calendar began in 2014, the Caps have raised more than $250,000 for Homeward Trails. A limited number of calendars will be available for $20 beginning Nov. 27 when the Capitals host the Florida Panthers. The calendar will also be sold online and in the team stores at Capital One Arena and MedStar Capitals Iceplex. 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 tide you over until then.
By Cara Bahniuk 1 year ago
Dmitry Orlov has joined the scoring in the season’s first game with an absolute weapon of a slapshot. Tying the game 2-2, Orlov took a feisty cross-ice pass from Nick Jensen and slapped into actual hell.
The DC United defeated the Seattle Sounders 2-0 in front of a raucous crowd at Audi Field, Sunday night. And by raucous I mean, many members of the Washington Capitals were there to cheer on their favorite MLS team.
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin was joined by Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jakub Vrana, Dmitry Orlov, Ilya Samsonov, Vitek Vanecek, and Alex Alexeyev in field-side seats to root on the United and help #UniteTheDsistrict ahead of the soccer team’s playoff push.
The best part was Ovi had another encounter with soccer legend Wayne Rooney after the game.
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin turned 34 years-old on Tuesday but celebrated his birthday with his family, friends, and teammates the very next night.
Ovechkin had a large private dinner after the Capitals defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-2 in a very nice win at Capital One Arena. Ovechkin and his wife Nastya posted videos to their Instagram Story of the moment when Ovi was given a birthday cake. He smiled sheepishly as everyone sang him Happy Birthday in Russian.
Alex Ovechkin kept up his yearly tradition of attending the Redskins’ home opener on Sunday.
Ovechkin attended the game with fellow Russian and Capital Dmitry Orlov, as well as his wife, Nastya. The group sat in luxury box seats.
By Donya Abramo 1 year ago
Dmitry Orlov has returned to Washington DC and is one of the final players back this year.
The Russian defenseman was spotted out on the ice by RMNB reader Miranda, taking part in the team’s informal practice Tuesday morning.
Dmitry Orlov and Varvara Orlova became parents on June 29 when they welcomed their first child, a son named Kirill.
Varvara posted the first photograph of Kirill on her Instagram, with the baby resting in her lap, captioning it “Mommy’s joy.” She also shared adorable behind the scenes footage of the photoshoot to her Instagram story.
By Brennin Weiswerda 1 year ago
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin spent last night hanging out with his wife Nastya Ovechkina, teammate Dmitry Orlov and his wife Varvara Orlova, and former teammate Dmitrij Jaskin and his wife Nadiya.
The crew gathered together for some karaoke performances, which Nadiya documented on her Instagram. She captioned a photo of the group with “sending the boys off to Washington.”
By Brennin Weiswerda 1 year ago
