The Ontario Provincial Police announced that former Capitals defenseman John Erskine has been charged in his role in a collision on Highway 401 last May. Erskine, driving a black Ford pickup truck, hit a transport truck while driving west in the eastbound lanes of Highway 401.
The crash left Erskine with critical injuries, according to his agent Pat Morris.
TSN is reporting that former Washington Capitals defenseman John Erskine was severely injured in a highway accident on Wednesday morning. The Ontario Provincial Police confirmed in a statement that a pickup truck was driving the wrong way in the eastbound lanes when the truck collided with a transport truck.
Erskine’s former agent, Pat Morris, confirmed Erskine was severely injured and hospitalized after the accident. He did not share any more details.
By Elyse Bailey 6 months ago
Floyd Mayweather TKO’d UFC double champion Conor McGregor in the 10th round Saturday night, pushing his undefeated record to 50-0. According to Sportsnet Stats, Mayweather made at least $59,347.18 per second during the victory.
Many NHL players watched the fight or attended it live in Vegas. Former Capital Daniel Winnik was at T-Mobile Arena for the event along with NHL stars Brent Burns, Joe Thornton and Evander Kane. Burns draped himself in an Irish flag.
Players, especially NHL enforcer, had strong opinions about the fight, including former Hurricanes forward Anthony Stewart who tweeted an Alex Semin bongos GIF to describe McGregor’s fading punch power late in the fight.
Last week, former Capitals forward Brooks Laich congratulated Nicklas Backstrom on his 500th career assist. Wednesday night, Laich had even kinder words for his former captain, Alex Ovechkin, after the Russian machine hit 1,000 points.
After blanking the Bolts and celebrating TJ Oshie’s Dirty 30 Friday night, the Capitals dispersed across the country to celebrate the NHL’s three-day holiday break. Here’s what your favorite past, current, and future Caps were up to for Christmas.
One of Jimmy Fallon’s go-to bits is Superlatives, where he takes an awkward bio photo of an athlete and then gives them a funny superlative like you’d find in a high school yearbook. Last night, he did some for the NHL again (NBC channels are airing all NHL playoff games) and Fallon mentioned three Caps players: Alex Ovechkin, Curtis Glencross, and John Erskine.
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On Saturday, while taking part in an autograph signing in Laurel, Troy Brouwer made some news. Talking to the DC Sports Bog’s Ben Sumner, Brouwer revealed that Evgeny Kuznetsov‘s wife Nastia is pregnant.
Photo: Greg Fiume
John Erskine suited up 37 times for the Caps last season. Rumor has it he was playing through injury for most of them. Erskine had already lost his spot in the starting six this season before suffering an upper-body injury during a recent practice.
It was a “little bit of an older injury that sort of got irritated so we left him [in DC], had it looked at right now,” Barry Trotz said to The Washington Post’s Alex Prewitt on Tuesday. “[It] could get aggravated more as he keeps going, if he doesn’t take care of it now. [Trainer Greg Smith] said we’ll take a look at it.”
Now, the Caps tell us Erskine underwent surgery on Wednesday to repair a disk in his neck.
By Peter Hassett 5 years ago
Old pic, but so good. (Photo: Mitchell Layton)
If you’re looking for ransom, Big John Erskine can tell you he doesn’t have money. But what he does have is a very particular set of skills, skills he has acquired over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people like you.
| 37 | Games played |
| 15.3 | Average time on ice per game |
| 1 | Goals |
| 3 | Assists |
| 45.7% | Shot attempt percentage during 5v5 |
| 44.7% | Goal percentage during 5v5 |
| 9.5% | On-ice shooting percentage during 5v5 |
| 90.3% | On-ice saving percentage during 5v5 |
By Peter Hassett 5 years ago
Photo: Patrick Smith
When the Washington Capitals gave up two straight breakaways to the Dallas Stars while on their own power play last night, I thought that was rock bottom.
Nope.
Rock bottom was Dustin Jeffrey‘s second period goal. The tally, which came 34 seconds after Ryan Whitney’s 2-on-0 goal on a botched Capitals line change, gave the Dallas Stars a 3-0 lead. It essentially ended the game.
The defense on the goal was atrocious. I’d waste my time or yours with a description. The screenshots and video say everything.
