Washington Capitals defenseman Zdeno Chara turned 44 years young on Thursday.
Chara, playing in his 23rd season, now joins Chris Chelios, Doug Harvey, and Tim Horton as the only defensemen in NHL history to play in the league at that age or older.
Capitals forward TJ Oshie turned 34-years-old on Wednesday and his best bud Tom Wilson got him a gift. Several gifts, actually.
“Happy Birthday to the one and only @TJOshie77!!” Wilson wrote on Twitter. “I owe ya a couple birthday butt taps during game 1 this year.”
Michal Kempny turned 30 on Tuesday and celebrated his birthday with several Capitals teammates.
The father-to-be celebrated his dirty 30 in Prague with girlfriend Nicola, friends, Capitals teammates Jakub Vrana and Martin Fehervary, and, it appears *squints eyes* Bruins’ superstar David Pastrnak.
Alex Ovechkin wished his son Sergei a happy birthday 500 miles away from the Toronto bubble on Tuesday.
“Happy birthday to our life!” Ovechkin wrote on Instagram. “Mom @nastyashubskaya and I love you so much!!!!”
Ovi published the post around 8 AM before the team’s morning skate.
The Capitals’ team pup, Captain, celebrated his first birthday on Wednesday.
And the Caps went all out for their furriest friend.
Former Capitals forward Joel Ward took to Twitter to celebrate his son’s first birthday on Thursday.
“My Robinson turns 1!” Ward wrote. “#WeDidIt. Love my boy ❤️.”
Joel and wife Kitt celebrated Robinson turning one by throwing him a Sesame Street-themed birthday party. Happy Birthday, Robinson banners hang in the background featuring the heads of Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar The Grouch, and Elmo. Robinson’s cake features his name written out on a street sign with the number one.
Former Capitals goaltender Olie Kolzig celebrated his 50th birthday on Monday.
And one of his former teammates from those great 90’s Capitals teams wished him a happy birthday: Peter Bondra!
Tom Wilson and Taylor Pischke adopted rescue puppy, Halle, earlier this month.
Sunday, Halle spent her first birthday with her dad Tom and she made him a present: one of the cutest dog/athlete videos of all time.
I’ve been looking forward to March 20, 2020, over the last few months because it’s my son Ethan Wesley’s third birthday. Ethan’s started to have a better understanding of the world and that has made everything more fun recently. So we planned to throw him a big racecar and trucks themed birthday party this weekend to celebrate because those are his favorite things in the world.
“I can’t wait!! My… birf-day. I three!” he said when I reminded him the big day was approaching before bedtime last night. “PRESENTS. ME!” (We’re learning on being less selfish.)
Unfortunately, we had to cancel Ethan’s big birthday party a few weeks ago due to the COVID-19 outbreak. And we couldn’t attend the Capitals game on Friday, which we had gotten tickets for, to see Ethan’s namesake, Caps PA announcer Wes Johnson.
Despite these setbacks, we’ve tried our best to make things as normal as possible for Ethan while still practicing social distancing as the CDC recommends. We also got some incredible help from two of the most popular NASCAR drivers in the world, Denny Hamlin and Matt DiBenedetto, as well as first responders and Capitals fans to make Ethan’s third birthday very special.
Juan Soto became the first Major League Baseball player ever to start a World Series game while celebrating his 21st birthday. And Nationals fans made sure to make him feel special on his special day.
During the second inning, Nationals fans in left field sang Happy Birthday to the Childish Bambion as he warmed up.
