Washington Capitals 2018 Stanley Cup Champions

According to Brooks Orpik, a Stanley Cup celebration in Vegas fueled Capitals’ Game Five comeback in third period

Brooks Orpik played his last season of hockey in the NHL during the 2018-19 campaign with the Washington Capitals. A year prior, he was part of the first-ever Caps team to bring home a Stanley Cup championship to DC.

Orpik talked about winning with that Caps team with former NHL player Cam Janssen and St. Louis Blues reporter Andy Strickland on the Cam & Strick Podcast on Tuesday. The rugged blueliner discussed particularly what inspired the Caps to do their best to overcome a third-period deficit in Game Five against the Vegas Golden Knights to win the Cup.

Celebrating in Vegas.

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By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago

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Where are the 2018 Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals players now?

Five years ago this week, the Washington Capitals won Game Five against the Vegas Golden Knights to take home the Stanley Cup. The win marked the franchise’s first-ever Cup victory and permanently enshrined the team in DC Sports history.

In the intervening years, the players on that Cup-winning roster have largely gone their separate ways, leaving Washington via trades, signings, or retirement. Of the 20 players who suited up for Game Five, only six remain on the team today: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov, TJ Oshie, and Tom Wilson.

The 14 former players have gone on to have a wide variety of careers. Many continue to play elsewhere in the NHL, some have taken their talents abroad, while others have decided to hang up their skates.

As we celebrate five years since the Caps won it all, let’s take some time to see what the Stanley Cup Champs are up to now.

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By Katie Adler 4 months ago

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Happy Cupiversary! Today is the five-year anniversary of the Capitals winning the Stanley Cup.

Five years ago to the day, the Washington Capitals won the franchise’s first Stanley Cup championship. A journey that at best seemed improbable if not impossible was suddenly not. Cue the tears.

To mark Wednesday’s Cupiversary, the Capitals posted a photo on their social media accounts of the stars from that team still remaining on today’s roster hoisting Lord Stanley including Evgeny Kuznetsov, TJ Oshie, Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson, and Tom Wilson.

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By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago

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Keeper of the Cup says Capitals ignored precedent after winning championship in Vegas: ‘You don’t celebrate in visitors’ towns’

NBC Sports Washington published an insightful interview on the Capitals’ four-year Cupiversary on Tuesday.

Speaking with Philip Pritchard, the Keeper of the Cup went behind the scenes of how the Capitals celebrated its first championship in the hours immediately after winning.

According to Pritchard, the Capitals did something that prior teams did not do: celebrate in the visitor’s city. The Caps won the Stanley Cup at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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Where are they now? The Washington Capitals’ 2018 Stanley Cup championship team.

The Washington Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights four games to one to win the Stanley Cup four years ago this week.

Since then, the Capitals have not won a playoff series since, getting first-rounded four consecutive times. While the Caps’ core and identity have largely stayed the same, the 2018 team’s supporting cast has moved on. Only nine of those 27 players are still on the team while two others, Shane Gersich and Pheonix Copley, remain in the organization.

Some key members of the 2018 championship team have flourished elsewhere. Others have wound down their careers or retired in different organizations or leagues.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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Today is the four-year anniversary of the Capitals’ 2018 Stanley Cup championship <3

Four years ago to the day, the Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup championship. It seemed impossible for the longest time and then out of nowhere, it totally wasn’t anymore.

To celebrate their Cupiversary on Tuesday, the Capitals posted a photo of Alex Ovechkin holding and hugging the NHL’s championship trophy with the tagline 𝟬𝟲/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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The Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup three years ago today

After missing the playoffs during his first two seasons in the NHL, Alex Ovechkin helped lead the Washington Capitals to the postseason in nine of the next 10 years. Despite having teams built to go deep, the Capitals were first-rounded three times and eliminated in the second round six times, including consecutive losses to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016 and 2017. Washington won the Presidents’ Trophy as regular-season champions both years. The Ovi Era, much like the Dale Hunter Era, felt hopeless and destined to go Stanley Cup-less.

But all that heartbreak, frustration, and pain was ultimately rewarded on June 7, 2018. The Capitals, buoyed by huge performances by their stars Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Braden Holtby, and John Carlson, finally got over the hump.

During Game Five of the Stanley Cup Final, Washington got big goals from their supporting cast including Jakub Vrana (opening goal of the game), Devante Smith-Pelly (GTW), and Lars Eller (GWG) to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 and win its first championship in franchise history. Ovi went buckwild on the bench. Vegas Golden Knights GM George McPhee, who drafted Ovechkin and built the core of the team, was on the losing end for Vegas.

For many fans and supporters like myself, it was worth the wait.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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Stanley Cup champion Capitals’ team makes New York Times crossword puzzle

The Washington Capitals’ 2018 Stanley Cup team is getting more love in a national crossword puzzle a month after Lars Eller got some dap in the Wall Street Journal.

CAPS was the answer for 5 across to the New York Times’ question 2018 Stanley Cup champs, to fans.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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TJ Oshie got chills re-watching this Capitals’ Stanley Cup video from 2018

TJ Oshie recently took two Twitter to reminisce about the Washington Capitals’ Stanley Cup championship. Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of the Caps’ Game Five victory over the Vegas Golden Knights.

Oshie re-posted the video that the team made and published the morning of Game Five.

“#Chills,” Oshie wrote.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Your photos and videos from the moment the Washington Capitals became Stanley Cup champions

To celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Capitals’ winning the Stanley Cup, I asked our followers on Twitter if they could share their first reaction as the buzzer hit zero at T-Mobile Arena. The thread turned out so amazing I had to post it.

Some of you were in Las Vegas for the actual game while others were inside and outside Capital One Arena watching the NBC telecast on video screens. There was so much happiness from jubilant screams to tears of joy.

In a world where things feel so anxious, your photos and videos from that night are a great reminder of how great life and hockey can be when we share it together.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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