After spending the first part of his day in Warroad, TJ Oshie flew to Minneapolis and concluded his Stanley Cup day with a private party.
He invited two Caps rookies for the celebration: Shane Gersich and Travis Boyd.
Gersich became the latest Capital to do a Cup stand.
By Ian Oland 5 years ago
According to the Grand Forks Herald, TJ Oshie will have his day with the Stanley Cup on July 24 in North Dakota.
Shane Gersich, who signed a two-year, entry-level deal with the Capitals in March, and made his debut during the 2017-18 regular season, will share the day with Oshie.
By Donya Abramo 5 years ago
During the final week of June 2018, Capitals prospects arrived from around the globe to participate in the team’s annual Development Camp at Kettler Capitals Iceplex. Doing everything from drills, team-bonding, training, and scrimmaging, the week is a great way for the prospects to start to learn what it takes to make it in the NHL.
On Saturday, the 31 prospects, which include Shane Gersich and future goaltender Ilya Samsonov, took on each other in a friendly scrimmage. Check out our photos below.
By Cara Bahniuk 5 years ago
Shane Gersich signed an entry-level contract with the Washington Capitals on March 23, 2018, leaving the University of North Dakota after his junior year.
In a whirlwind three months, the rookie forward played in his first NHL game, tallied his first NHL point, and suited up in two NHL playoff games as the Capitals went on to capture their franchise’s first ever Stanley Cup.
After the Championship Parade was done and the celebrating in DC ended, Gersich returned back to UND area where he was greeted with a problem. His truck, not operated in nearly 90 days, would not start.
That’s when UND Police came to the rescue.
Fresh off the franchise’s first Stanley Cup and and a day after a Championship Parade, the Capitals cleaned out their lockers and met with the media one final time before heading home for the summer.
Instead of talking about what went wrong, Capitals players talked about everything that went right and realizing a dream they had as a kid.
Gone were depressing images. This year, the Caps had ALL the smiles.
Don’t believe us? Check out these photos I took below.
By Cara Bahniuk 5 years ago
Before the Capitals won their first ever Stanley Cup Final game on home ice, the team took a skate at Kettler Capitals Iceplex.
With a full house packed with fans, the Capitals looked loose and were having maybe the most fun they have had all season. The looseness might have gone the wrong way, when a Dmitry Orlov snapshot deflected up into the Capitals office windows. No one was hurt by the falling glass, but I am sure the window has been better days.
By Cara Bahniuk 5 years ago
Wednesday night, the Capitals’ top six suffered a major blow when the NHL’s Department of Player Safety suspended forward Tom Wilson for three games.
In the regular season, Wilson was the team’s most improved and chaotic player, registering career highs in goals, assists, and points. In the playoffs, Wilson built on his stellar #rego play, tallying seven points (2g, 5a) in nine games. The burly winger has created time and space for Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin.
Thursday morning, Barry Trotz adjusted the Capitals lines ahead of Game Four and chose to promote grinder Devante Smith-Pelly (2g, 1a) to the top line. Jakub Vrana was bumped from the fourth line to the third.
Capitals rookie Shane Gersich just recorded his first NHL point to give Washington a 3-1 lead over the New Jersey Devils.
After several impressive outings, Gersich’s milestone point happened in his third career NHL game.
Barry Trotz has called Gersich a “possible candidate for the playoffs.”
On March 23, the Washington Capitals signed prospect Shane Gersich to a two-year, entry-level contract. He played his NHL debut against the New York Rangers days later.
Wednesday, Capitals head coach Barry Trotz shared some insight on how he feels Gersich fits into the team’s future plans with the Sport Junkies on 106.7 The Fan.
By Donya Abramo 5 years ago
A few days after his NHL debut and being given the “rookie treatment” during warmups, Shane Gersich is the center of another Washington Capitals prank.
By Cara Bahniuk 5 years ago
