Ted Leonsis

Alex Ovechkin requested the Capitals open their championship ring boxes together as a team

The Washington Capitals are Stanley Cup Champions and they have the rings to remember it by. At a lavish private ceremony held at the Palm Restaurant, the players and staff, and their families were presented with spectacular rings and necklaces to commemorate their championship.

While each player was presented the ring box individually, captain Alex Ovechkin requested that the team open the boxes together and in unison.

“He wanted to see it so much,” Ted Leonsis said to NHL.com’s Tom Gulitti. “[H]e said, ‘Look, we’re a team. We’re going to give these out individually, but we’re all going to open them at the same time.’ And that’s a sound I’ll remember because it was like, ‘OK, open.’ They all opened them and you heard a ‘Haaaah.’ So, I walked over and said, ‘What do you think?'”

A stunned Ovechkin embraced Leonsis.

“He was just looking at it and that was a real hug,” Leonsis said. “And his wife (Nastya) was really moved by it, too.”

Many players and staff, Leonsis included, were moved to tears during the ceremony, which included speeches and highlight reel videos.

Here are some of the best moments from the behind the scenes video.

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