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Via raffle, Capitals raise over $155k for charity with championship ring, exclusive Stanley Cup items

The Washington Capitals hosted the Ottawa Senators on February 26th. After falling behind 2-0, the Capitals scored seven unanswered goals in an emphatic victory.

That night, the Caps won big off the ice too. The Capitals hosted the winner of the Stanley Cup Championship Ring raffle, Bob Brown, and his wife Kate. Brown, who has been a season ticket holder since 2007, was presented with the bling by Capitals owner Ted Leonsis himself.

The raffle ended up raising more than $155,000 for charity.

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By Elyse Bailey 3 months ago

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Capitals players host holiday party for DC families

On Wednesday night, Nic Dowd, Chandler Stephenson, Brett Connolly, and Pheonix Copley hosted a holiday party at Medstar Capitals Iceplex for local families.

The party was held in conjunction with Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation’s Family-to-Family program. The program was created by the Washington Wizards 22 years ago to spread holiday happiness to underserved families in the DC area.

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By Cara Bahniuk 5 months ago

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The Caps will be selling warm-up pucks from every home game this season

Tonight is the Caps’ first game of the 2016-17 season, a preseason tilt at Verizon Center against the Carolina Hurricanes.

One new wrinkle the Caps just unveiled for this season is that pucks from warm-ups will be sold during games. Now if Ovi doesn’t toss you that puck you so desperately wanted, you can buy it yourself.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Braden Holtby and Capitals raise over $17,500 with Rock The Rainbow campaign

The Washington Capitals announced today that they raised over $17,500 from their Rock The Rainbow t-shirt campaign. The shirts were sold for $20 each after Brandi and Braden Holtby sported them in June’s Capital Pride Parade. The money raised will go to support the You Can Play Project to help ensure equality, respect and safety for all athletes, coaches and fans, without regard to sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

Awesome news, awesome people, all around awesome. Way to go, everyone (especially if you purchased a shirt).

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By Elyse Bailey 3 years ago

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Photos: Tom Wilson, Andre Burakovsky, Nate Schmidt, and friends take over Nando’s PERi-PERi

On Saturday, September 17th a large contingent of the Caps organization took over the new Nando’s PERi-PERi in Arlington to help benefit Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation. The players that participated included Andre Burakovsky, Lars Eller, Stanislav Galiev, Nate Schmidt, and Tom Wilson. Additional members that helped out were Caps alumnus Paul Mulvey, PA Announcer Wes Johnson, the Red Rockers, Slapshot, Elliot In The Morning, and CSN’s Caps analysts Craig Laughlin and Courtney Laughlin.

It sure looks like everyone had a great time.

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By Elyse Bailey 3 years ago

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