Monumental Sports and Entertainment founder Ted Leonsis was at Nationals Park on Sunday. Leonsis was there to accept the DC Hall of Fame nod on behalf of Washington Capitals’ 2018 Stanley Cup-winning team.
Before the start of the Braves-Nationals game, the Capitals championship team, as well as 10 other individuals, were officially inducted into the DC Sports Hall of Fame.
Leading up to the Capitals banner-raising ceremony on October 3, we’ll be sharing content from the summer that we never got around to publishing. This series is entitled Stanley Cup stories.
Three days after the Capitals won their first Stanley Cup, the team was honored at Nationals Park. That day, a beardy Alex Ovechkin threw out the ceremonial first pitch (which eventually turned into a second pitch) and the team took a photo on the field with the Stanley Cup and Nationals players. Eventually, the
Caps lumbered their way up to a private suite, where they drank some beers, danced, and took turns holding up the NHL’s championship trophy.
By the end of the game, a throng of Caps fans made their way up to the entrance of the suite level, hoping they’d get a glimpse of the Stanley Cup or a player filing out of the stadium.
Instead, they got something even better: a sweaty bear hug from one of the greatest hockey players of all-time.
Unless you live under a rock, you know that the Capitals are currently at Nationals Park celebrating their Stanley Cup victory from Thursday night. Well, that celebrating seems to involve a very famous track by Queen and about three infinity Bud Lights.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
As the Capitals stopped by Nationals Park to show off their new shiny trophy and have their captain throw out the ceremonial first and second pitches, they also did some quick media.
Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, and John Carlson did said media and Backstrom uttered quite the familiar phrase about Ovechkin’s continued partying since Thursday night.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
Winter Storm Toby dropped nearly a foot of snow in the Washington DC suburbs Tuesday and Wednesday, closing schools and causing havoc around the area. It also presented a peculiar site at Nationals Park – home of DC’s Major League Baseball team.
Despite MLB Spring Training beginning to wrap up and Tuesday marking the first day of spring, Nats Park was covered in snow.
By Cara Bahniuk 1 year ago
Well, where did you think it was going to be? Monday, news broke that the 2015 Winter Classic, hosted by the Washington Capitals, is all but certain to happen at Nationals Park. FedEx Field (ew) and RFK Stadium were also looked at by National Hockey League officials, according to a report by Pierre LeBrun and Scott Burnside of ESPN. Katie Carrera of The Washington Post confirmed the news.
By Chris Gordon 5 years ago
