The Washington Football Team will keep its burgundy and gold color scheme when it chooses its new nickname, but there are some things it definitely won’t do.
WFT president Jason Wright did an interview with 106.7 The Fan’s Grant Paulsen and Danny Rouhier on Friday and shared a strong opinion he had about a potential new mascot.
Thursday morning at Fort Dupont Ice Arena, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, and advisor to and daughter of the President, Ivanka Trump, presented the Trump Administration’s National Youth Sports Strategy.
According to Azar, the strategy will give “$6.7 million in grants to 18 organizations in 13 states as part of [their] youth in sports initiative.”
Azar then thanked the NHL and Monumental Sports and Entertainment for their support of youth programs. The Nationals’ youth baseball academy and Fort Dupont Ice Arena, both of which support underserved youth in the D.C. area, will be two of the strategy’s financial recipients.
In attendance from the Capitals’ organization were players Tom Wilson and John Carlson, mascot Slapshot, former Capital and current color analyst Craig Laughlin. Neal Henderson, co-founder of the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club and recent US Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, was also present.
By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago
Evgeny Kuznetsov has always had a special relationship with his hockey teams’ mascots. For instance, when Kuzy played in the KHL, the Traktor Chelyabinsk mascot, Mikey The Polar Bear, attended his wedding.
Sunday after the Capitals’ 2-0 loss to the Florida Panthers, Kuznetsov participated in the team’s Jersey Off Their Backs ceremony. While he waited to give away his sweater, Kuznetsov messed with Slapshot. Things got physical.
The Washington Capitals hosted Caps Kids Day on Saturday and had some special guests in the house for the Ducks game: Louie from the St. Louis Blues, Bernie The Saint Bernard from the Colorado Avalanche, Poe from the Baltimore Raves, Screech from the Nationals, The Oriole Bird, and G-Wiz from the Washington Wizards.
The mascots first engaged in a dance off in the lower bowl.
On Monday, the Washington Capitals jumped head first into some messy political humor, releasing a video detailing their mascot’s summer break.
In the video, local news media including Jim Vantz and Doreen Gentzler detail Slapshot’s tumultuous summer, which included an on and off again relationship with Pennsylvania native Taylor Swift. At one point, there is video of Slapshot’s plan to build a wall around the Pennsylvania state line, playing off Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policy. There’s also a clip of Slapshot passing out and being carried out of an event, reminiscent of Hillary Clinton’s health scare at a 9/11 commemoration ceremony.
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This morning, the NHL released a series of tweets promoting this weekend’s All-Star Game in Nashville. Each tweet included a graphic to get to know each team’s mascot. Slapshot, the Caps mascot, said his (its?) favorite country artist is Luke Bryan, which makes me wonder if Slapshot is secretly Karl Alzner, but that’s a topic for another day.
Then there was Slapshot’s favorite comfort food. Slapshot named Carolina pulled pork, and put Stormy in parentheses. Stormy is the Hurricanes mascot. Stormy says he is a pig, but he looks more like a mouse to me.
Eating another mascot is pretty hardcore answer. Is that even possible? RMNB investigates!
I hate feeling my own feels. The Caps just turned my insides to mush with this two-minute video dedicated to Bensten “Bman” Schone. As you’ll recall, Bensten is the six-year-old Caps fan who was struck by a car after accidentally sledding into the road. He’s been slowly recovering from a brain injury ever since.
In a new commercial for Scotiabank, we find Washington Capitals mascot Slapshot hanging out with his homies SJ Sharkie, Stinger, Carlton the Bear, Sparky the Dragon, and Fin the Whale. They are at a diner having a nice breakfast, but problems arise when the mascots have to pay for the bill. Instead of going dutch, they curiously decide to play roulette with their credit cards.
The National Hockey League just released a two minute video they produced commemorating the official end of the lockout. It features cameos by Alex Ovechkin, Jason Chimera, and Sidney Crosby… crying. Liev Schreiber, the voice behind 24/7, also narrates. “Hockey is back,” the video claims. No, that never really left. Just you, NHL. Just you.
For whatever reason, this video feels hollow to me, but I encourage you all to watch it for yourself and come to your own conclusions.
Have you heard of Dogshaming? It’s the popular new tumblelog all about shaming naughty dogs for their transgressions. Georgia the fridge-raiding bulldog will be up there eventually, but for now I want to direct your attention to Willie, who nommed down on a certain feathered hockey mascot you may recognize.
By Peter Hassett 11 years ago
