The Washington Capitals named local hockey legend Haley Skarupa as one of the team’s official hockey ambassadors Monday.
According to the team, the Olympic gold medalist will help to drive growth within the local youth hockey community across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. She’ll also serve as the team’s core liaison with USA hockey.
Tuesday afternoon, I had the pleasure of representing RMNB at the Capitals Media Fantasy Camp from the practice home of the Caps, Medstar Capitals Iceplex. Representatives from all of your favorite local media outlets were hosted by the team and its staff to a day of all things hockey.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
Gritty is an inexorable force of chaos and Capitol Hill got to witness the full breadth of the mascot’s antics on Wednesday morning.
From tying up a Penguins fan with an extension cord, to yanking the shirt over the head of a congressman, Gritty was anything but predictable at the 2019 Hockey Day on the Hill event.
Gritty, the manic, bright orange, dead-eyed Philadelphia Flyers mascot who took the hockey world by storm last September, had no mercy for any taunting Penguins fans that were at the event.
By Elizabeth Kong 2 years ago
On Monday evening, the Capitals held the 13th annual Hockey ‘N Heels event. The event, which is exclusive to members of the Scarlet Caps, is a special evening dedicated to the team’s female fans.
The evening featured instructional sessions from a handful of Capitals and off-ice presentations, including a question and answer session with USA gold medal-winning Olympian Haley Skarupa.
By Cara Bahniuk 2 years ago
US women’s hockey team member Haley Skarupa was honored Saturday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Rockville, Maryland native, who won gold in PyeongChang, South Korea, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Baltimore Orioles took on the Minnesota Twins.
Skarupa won gold for the first time after Team USA defeated Canada 3-2 in a shootout. Skarupa is the first woman from the Washington metro area ever named to a US Hockey Olympic roster.
There’s a lot to look forward to for tonight’s Caps-Rangers game at Capital One Arena. Rookie Shane Gersich is making his NHL debut and the Caps could clinch a playoff spot with some help from the Flyers.
On top of that, some hockey royalty will be in the building. 2018 Olympic gold medalist Haley Skarupa, a member of the United States women’s national team, will be in attendance along with Noah Grove, a member of the 2018 gold medal-winning Paralympic sled hockey team.
Skarupa grew up in Rockville, Maryland, and was a member of the Washington Pride, while Grove is from RMNB’s hometown of Frederick, Maryland. Skarupa held up a Maryland flag after winning gold in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
On the 38th anniversary of the Miracle On Ice, Team USA defeated Team Canada 3-2 in a shootout to give the US women’s team its first goal medal in 20 years.
Rockville, Maryland native and Washington Pride alum Haley Skarupa was the first woman from the Washington metro area ever named to a US Hockey Olympic roster. During the medal ceremony, one of her friends held up a Maryland flag along the glass at Gangneung Hockey Centre.
Matt Mendelsohn, who writes below, has been a photographer and journalist for the last thirty-three years. He worked at UPI and USA Today during the 80’s and 90’s and is now primarily a portrait photographer. His daughter Alexandra plays hockey at MYHA in the U14 girls travel team.
Like most local rinks, the walls around the Rockville Ice Arena are crammed with banners of championships and teams long gone by — a 2003 U14 win here, a 2013 Silver Stick runner-up there. But Rockville might have do a bit of reorganizing in the coming weeks to make room for its biggest banner yet.
This one will read simply: “Home of Haley Skarupa, US Olympian.”
