Number Change

Vincent Iorio gives up his number 6 out of respect to new teammate Joel Edmundson

ARLINGTON, VA — When Vincent Iorio plays his next game for the Washington Capitals, he’ll do so with a new number and perhaps with even more respect from his teammates.

Iorio changed his number from 6 to 2 over the summer. The Coquitlam, British Columbia native made the change after the Capitals acquired rugged defenseman Joel Edmundson from the Montreal Canadiens for two draft picks.

Edmundson wore number 44 with the Habs, but preferred his old number 6 that he wore during previous stops with the St. Louis Blues (2015-2019) and Carolina Hurricanes (2019-2020). So Iorio, who made his NHL debut while wearing 6, showed respect to the veteran player and gave it up to be a good teammate.

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By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago

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Andre Burakovsky will wear number 95 with the Colorado Avalanche

Andre Burakovsky is shedding the number 65 he wore with Washington and getting new digits with the Colorado Avalanche.

The Avalanche announced on Sunday that the Swedish forward will wear number 95 next season.

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By Ian Oland 4 years ago

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Stan Galiev changes his number to 16

CSN Mid-Atlantic reported Monday that Stan Galiev has changed his number to 16, ditching the number 49 that he wore since 2010 Development Camp.

Galiev will be the first player to wear number 16 since Eric Fehr (2008-11, 2013-15) left for that other team we will not name.

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By Ian Oland 7 years ago

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Did Steve Oleksy Change His Number to 62?

Photo: Washington Capitals

Tuesday morning, the Washington Capitals published photos on their Facebook page of Steve Oleksy, Matt Niskanen, and Chris Brown getting in a skate at Kettler Capitals Iceplex. One of those photos seemed a bit odd to reader Matt, so he sent us a tweet.

@russianmachine Oleksy changed his number from 61 to 62? Looks that way from the pics on Caps FB page. Maybe we're signing Afinogenov 😉

— Matt O'Rourke (@MattORourke) August 27, 2014

Hmmm, yeah that’s not right.

With all the number changes happening recently, I went directly to the source to inquire if all those Binkaholics in the Maryland, Virginia, and DC-area needed to buy a new #62 sweater.

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By Ian Oland 9 years ago

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It Appears Dmitry Orlov Has Finally Changed His Jersey Number to His Childhood Favorite, #9

It definitely suits him. (Photoshop by me!)

Update 11:10 PM: A Caps spokesman has confirmed the number change.

After spending parts of four seasons in the Washington Capitals organization wearing a whole bunch of jersey numbers that add up to 9, it appears Russian defenseman Dmitry Orlov finally has his childhood number.

On Saturday, Caps hockey blog Rock The Red first noticed the change on the Caps’ website, where Dmitry Orlov’s name is next to the number 9. Later, reader Evan sent us a screenshot of his very own.

The change is live and can be seen on the Caps’ roster page.

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By Ian Oland 9 years ago

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Graphic by Ian Oland.

We have sad news to report out of Russia today. We can no longer refer to Evgeny Kuznetsov as EK92 because the 2010 Washington Capitals first-round pick has decided to change his jersey number to 84, per Traktor Chelyabinsk’s official website. Traktor has not provided any reasoning behind the decision.

Kuznetsov has always worn #92 with Traktor Chelyabinsk and Russia’s national team. On the junior national team, he wore #25.

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