TJ Oshie and Nicklas Backstrom have a superstition where they slide and hop into each other on the bench to start a new period of hockey.
It’s a wonderfully dumb superstition and two new Capitals players joined in on the fun Thursday against the Devils: Brendan Leipsic and Radko Gudas.
As part of a league wide initiative, the Washington Capitals will be hosting Hockey Talks night on January 16th at Capital One Arena, in partnership with MedStar Health, to raise awareness and help end the stigma around mental health.
Other teams around the NHL that have pledged to take part or hosted their own Hockey Talks night are the Arizona Coyotes, Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames, Winnipeg Jets, Minnesota Wild, Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, and the Ottawa Senators.
As the Capitals host the New Jersey Devils tonight, fans will be able to find activations related to mental health, including PSAs and an AFSP informational table on the 200-level concourse.
By Donya Abramo 1 week ago
Suddenly beloved Caps icon Radko “Dadko” Gudas put his monster one-timer to work, giving Washington the lead in Tuesday’s game against Ottawa.
One Capitals player has decided to be well-kempt for the New Year.
Radko Gudas showed up to the Washington Capitals first practice of 2020 without his customary furry beard. This Very Important news was first shared by Miranda Rosenfelt on Twitter.
The NHL has a bug going around, and now it’s hit the defense of the Washington Capitals. The team announced Friday that defenders Michal Kempny and Radko Gudas will not skate this morning and will be game-time decisions for tonight’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
In case they cannot play, the team has called up defender Christian Djoos from the Hershey Bears.
By Peter Hassett 4 weeks ago
Capitals season-ticket holder Charlie McManus is T-Shirt Guy. Using the Yoshirt app, McManus creates shirts of his favorite players or moments covering the tee from top to bottom and back to front.
Monday, ahead of the Capitals-Blue Jackets game, McManus took up shop along the glass during warmups, rocking a shirt of Radko Gudas’s face. “I stationed myself right behind where he bangs into the glass,” McManus said.
I’m happy to report, Radko saw the shirt.
When the Washington Capitals first met the Anaheim Ducks this season on November 18, the game went off the rails. During an especially spirited second period, Garnet Hathaway spit on Erik Gudbranson after the Ducks defenseman landed a sucker punch as the two were separated by an official. An angry Gudbranson, afterward, said the spitting “was something you just don’t do in a game – and he did it.” Hathaway, who was ejected, expressed regret. The Capitals forward was later suspended three games by the NHL.
Coming into Friday’s rematch, both teams said all the right things and downplayed what happened in November. They were more interested in the “big two points on the line.” But the Ducks later revealed that was bologna after the game was over.
From cup checks to biting, the Washington Capitals lead the league in weird pregame rituals.
And Friday, before the Capitals took on the Anaheim Ducks, NBC Sports Washington captured Carl Hagelin and Tom Wilson playing their imaginary woodwind instruments and jamming to a song only they could hear. Radko Gudas looked on with both intrigue and befuddlement.
NBC Sports Washington put a jazz song overtop the video and it’s pure magic.
Late in Tuesday’s road game in San Jose, Sharks forward Evander Kane put a high hit on Caps defender Radko Gudas. Gudas appeared woozy afterwards, and Kane was eventually ejected from the game.
Update, 11:40 AM: Kane has been fined for elbowing.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
Radko Gudas will make his grand return to Philadelphia on Wednesday and play the Flyers for the first time since being traded in June for Matt Niskanen.
Despite playing four years in Philadelphia, the Czech defenseman does not expect to be warmly received.
I’m “pretty sure I’m going to get booed the first time I lay a lock on one of their top guys,” Gudas said to NHL.com’s Tom Gulitti.
