On Thursday, the Toronto Maple Leafs held their annual community outdoor practice at Toronto City Hall. While you might usually think, “Oh, that’s cool. Their annual outdoor practice. Neat.” I’m here to let you know it was even cooler than you think.
By Elyse Bailey 4 months ago
Prior to Games Three and Four of the Capitals’ Stanley Cup Final, TJ Oshie and Matt Niskanen were spotted taking the Metro to Capital One Arena. Oshie hit a bit of a snafu en route to Game Four however, when he learned upon exiting that his farecard was 35 cents short.
By Rachel Cohen 12 months ago
After the viewing party for Game Five sold out in just minutes, the Metro has announced that the system will stay open one hour later than normal when the Capitals have the chance to win it all on Thursday night.
The deal with Monumental Sports and Entertainment marks the first time that the Metro has ever extended its hours for an away game.
By Madeline Dement 12 months ago
Capitals star forward TJ Oshie rode Metro to Games Three and Four of the Stanley Cup Final with Caps fans. That transportation decision proved to be one of the most viral storylines of the Stanley Cup Final, especially on Monday when Oshie needed help getting through the gates of the Gallery Place stop because he was 35 cents short on exit fare. After generously being helped by Metro staff, Oshie exited the station and would later score a goal in the first period of Game Four. You can’t make this stuff up.
Tuesday morning, Metro announced through its Twitter account that if the Caps win the Stanley Cup, the company will honor Oshie in a spectacular way. WMATA will make a commemorative smartrip card in Oshie’s honor.
Capitals forward TJ Oshie rode the Metro again for Game Four. But this time he ran into a special problem when he got out at the Gallery Place stop.
According to Twitter user @CDLori, Oshie was 35 cents short on his fare card. Metro staff had to let him through.
Oshie signed an eight-year, $46 million contract over the offseason.
By Ian Oland 12 months ago
With all the DC road closures, it seems that TJ Oshie and Matt Niskanen will be taking the Metro into DC again tomorrow evening. After a generous donation from Xfinity, the Metro will now stay open one hour later to make sure everyone gets home after Game Four.
By Cara Bahniuk 12 months ago
Ahead of Game Three, Washington DC shut down streets surrounding Capital One Arena to accommodate a watch party and pregame concert featuring Sting and Shaggy.
This move may have created an unintended consequence: a travel nightmare for players trying to gain access to the arena’s underground parking garage. It appears a few of them got creative.
Caps skaters TJ Oshie and Matt Niskanen were spotted riding a metro car with fans to Capital One Arena.
By Ian Oland 12 months ago
Remember the ordeal before Game Four about Metro staying open, and the Middle Eastern country of Qatar was somehow involved?
Well, thankfully, Caps fans don’t have to worry about oil-rich nation states stepping in this time. The ride-sharing app Uber is footing the $100,000 bill to extend Metro service.
By Brendan Doyle 1 year ago
In the nation’s capital, Metro rail service ends around 11 PM on weekdays, a schedule that creates challenges for sports fans attending late games such as Thursday night’s 8 PM Eastern Conference Final Game Four.
On Tuesday, reports indicated that Qatar — as in the country — would pony up the $100,000 Metro requires to keep trains running an extra hour for Game Four. But then reports on Wednesday indicated that the deal had fallen through because of issues with the contract.
Well, it’s back on.
On Tuesday, ahead of the Capitals Game Three clash with the Lightning at Capital One Arena, it was announced that Qatar had agreed to foot a $100,000 bill in order to keep the Metro open one hour longer on Thursday for Game Four.
That deal now appears to be off, according to NBC Washington’s Adam Tuss, who spoke to a Metro source.
According to that source, no money had been exchanged to facilitate the hour-long extension to the Metro service.
By Donya Abramo 1 year ago
