In what feels like one of the most self-aware promotional pushes in Capitals’ social media history, the team published a video about its players talking golf on Tuesday.
In the video, the Capitals give their pick for this week’s Masters Tournament.
The Washington Capitals had the day off to frolic in California after defeating the San Jose Sharks 5-1, Thursday night.
That freedom produced one of the best selfies of the 2018-19 season.
TJ Oshie posted a photo of himself, John Carlson, Andre Burakovsky, Tom Wilson, and Nicklas Backstrom riding a helicopter.
“GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!” Oshie wrote in all caps. He appears to be the co-pilot.
In the 2004 comedy Napoleon Dynamite, there’s a character named Uncle Rico. Rico can’t quite let go of his past. “Back in ’82, I used to be able to toss a pigskin a quarter of a mile,” he would tell his nephew.
We know that’s not true, but in real life, Andre Burakovsky can basically hit a golf ball to the moon.
Don’t believe us? Check out this video.
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
Alex Ovechkin is one of the greatest goal scorers in NHL history and once hit a hole in one while golfing.
Thursday, Ovechkin went to a local golf course with the rest of his Capitals teammates. After missing on his first swing and chunking a large piece of dirt out of the earth, Ovechkin channeled his inner Happy Gilmore and drove the ball to the moon.
The summer months haven’t been too shabby for Caps players. Karl Alzner and his wife, Mandy, welcomed a baby boy in early June, while TJ and Lauren Oshie had their second girl about three weeks later. Ovi just got married. And, of course, there’s been a whole lot of golfing — a staple of the offseason.
Most recently, Tom Wilson hit the course with girlfriend Taylor Pischke, a Canadian volleyball player. Wilson captioned the photo: Newest member of the LPGA @taylor_pischke. While the message’s intention was to be cute, Andre Burakovsky, on the other hand, only saw a challenge, commenting: Yeah you need to practice buddy, I will beat you when I’m back.
By 7 years ago
Photo: @loshie17
This weekend, Washington Capitals winger TJ Oshie is participating in what is called the super bowl of celebrity sports: the American Century Championship. Held at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, Nevada, Oshie joined 80 pro athletes and Hollywood celebrities such as Charles Barkley, Aaron Rodgers, Justin Timberlake, Steph Curry, Larry The Cable Guy, Ray Romano, and Roger Clemens for the opportunity to win a share of the tournament’s $600,000 purse.
After the first round Friday, Oshie’s two points puts him in a tie for 46th place with former Orioles and Yankees pitcher David Wells. See the full leaderboard here. Oshie shot 14 over par, registering a birdie on holes three and eleven.
Monday was the NHL’s deadline for trades. Instead of being cooped up inside biting their fingernails and sweating about their futures, Tom Wilson and Andre Burakovsky went golfing.
“Golf in February,” Burakovsky wrote on Instagram. “Not bad #quick9 ☀️⛳️”
As a kid (and definitely definitely not as an adult), I was a collector of hockey cards. I took pride in my Capitals collection. Like, I have every Pat Peake card ever made, and I don’t even care what you think.
The other night I was cleaning up my office downstairs and I noticed the above card of still Capitals coach Adam Oates, which I had completely forgotten. Please note that’s not Oatesy swinging a hockey stick – that’s a golf club. And he’s also wearing those high-waisted jeans again.
This card was produced by Be A Player (now owned by In the Game), which was a wildly popular brand of trading cards back in the day because it included so many autographs in their sets. I thought Be A Player would become one of the titans in the industry, but I can tell you when things started to go very, very wrong: in 2002-03 when they produced these hideous golf card inserts.
