Washington Capitals introduction
The Washington Capitals (conversationally known as the Covers) are an expert ice hockey group situated in Washington, D.C. The group contends in the Public Hockey Association (NHL) as an individual from the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Meeting and is claimed by Fantastic Games and Diversion, headed by Ted Leonsis. The Capitals at first played their home games at the Capital Place in Landover, Maryland, before moving to the Capital One Field in Washington, D.C., in 1997.
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Early years (1974-1982)
The NHL granted an extension establishment to the city of Washington on June 8, 1972, and the Capitals joined the NHL as a development group for the 1974-75 season alongside the Kansas City Scouts. The Capitals were claimed by Abe Pollin (likewise the proprietor of the Public B-ball Affiliation's Washington Shots/Wizards). Pollin had fabricated the Capital Place in rural Landover, Maryland, to house both the Shots (who previously played in Baltimore) and the Capitals. His most memorable go about as proprietor was to recruit Corridor of Famer Milt Schmidt as head supervisor.
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With a joined 30 groups between the NHL and the World Hockey Affiliation (WHA), the accessibility ability was extended meager. The Capitals had not many players with proficient experience and were in a difficult situation against the well-established groups that were supplied with veteran players.
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NBC Sports Washington (NBCSW) has conveyed Capitals games locally since its establishment as Host Group activities (HTS) in 1984.[26] NBC Sports Washington was known as Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (CSN) from 2001 through 2017. NBCSW's analysts are Joe Beninati, Craig Laughlin, "Inside-the-Glass" correspondent Alan May, and rinkside columnist Al Koken.
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The Capitals' leader radio broadcast is WJFK-FM (106.7 FM); pundits are John Walton and Ken Sabourin. The group's radio organization comprises stations in Washington, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.[27]
Mike Vogel has been covering the group online for the Washington Capitals on its site since the 1995-96 season, composing everyday game stories and investigations. Vogel, who additionally partakes in web recordings and in-arena video introductions as well as guesting on different Washington DC radio and TV programs, has been portrayed as "the most fascinating man with regards to Covers media".[28]
This is a halfway rundown of the last five seasons finished by the Capitals. For the full season-via-season history, see the Rundown of the Washington Capitals' seasons
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Misfortunes, OTL = Additional time Misfortunes/SOL = Shootout Misfortunes, Pts = Focuses, GF = Objectives for, GA = Objectives against
Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2017-18 82 49 26 7 105 259 239 1st, Metropolitan Stanley Cup champions, 4-1 (Brilliant Knights)
2018-19 82 48 26 8 104 278 249 1st, Metropolitan Lost in First Cycle, 3-4 (Tropical storms)
2019-20 69 41 20 8 90 240 215 1st, Metropolitan Lost in First Cycle, 1-4 (Islanders)
2020-21 56 36 15 5 77 191 163 2nd, East Lost in First Cycle, 1-4 (Bruins)
2021-22 82 44 26 12 100 275 245 4th, Metro
Current list
Refreshed February 10, 2023[48][49]
No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
27 Russia Alexander Alexeyev D L 23 2018 St. Petersburg, Russia
96 Canada Nicolas Aube-Kubel RW R 26 2022 Sorel, Quebec
19 Sweden Nicklas Backstrom (A) C L 35 2006 Gävle, Sweden
28 Canada Connor Brown Harmed Reserve RW R 29 2022 Etobicoke, Ontario
74 United States John Carlson (A) Harmed Reserve D R 33 2008 Natick, Massachusetts
26 United States Nic Dowd Harmed Reserve C R 32 2018 Huntsville, Alabama
20 Denmark Lars Eller C L 33 2016 Rødovre, Denmark
42 Slovakia Martin Fehervary D L 23 2018 Bratislava, Slovakia
56 Sweden Erik Gustafsson D L 30 2022 Nynäshamn, Sweden
62 Sweden Carl Hagelin Harmed Reserve LW L 34 2019 Nykvarn, Sweden
21 United States Garnet Hathaway RW R 31 2019 Naples, Florida
52 Canada Matt Irwin D L 35 2021 Victoria, English Columbia
3 United States Nick Jensen D R 32 2019 Rogers, Minnesota
90 Sweden Marcus Johansson C L 32 2022 Landskrona, Sweden
35 Canada Darcy Kuemper G L 32 2022 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
92 Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov C L 30 2010 Chelyabinsk, Russia
79 United States Charlie Lindgren G R 29 2022 Lakeville, Minnesota
39 Canada Anthony Mantha RW L 28 2021 Longueuil, Quebec
15 United States Sonny Milano LW L 26 2022 Massapequa, New York
9 Russia Dmitry Orlov D L 31 2009 Novokuznetsk, Soviet Association
77 United States T. J. Oshie RW R 36 2015 Mount Vernon, Washington
8 Russia Alexander Ovechkin (C) LW R 37 2004 Moscow, Soviet Association
59 Belarus Aliaksei Protas C L 22 2019 Vitebsk, Belarus
73 United States Conor Sheary LW L 30 2020 Winchester, Massachusetts
17 Canada Dylan Strome C L 25 2022 Mississauga, Ontario
57 United States Trevor van Riemsdyk D R 31 2020 Middletown, New Jersey
43 Canada Tom Wilson RW R 28 2012 Toronto, Ontario
The Washington Capitals hold an association with a few inductees to the Hockey Lobby of Popularity. Eight inductees from the player's classification of the Corridor of Notoriety are subsidiaries of the Capitals. In 2015, two previous Capital players, Sergei Fedorov, and Phil Housley were the most recent Capitals players to be enlisted into the Corridor of Notoriety, with five out of the eight (Gartner, Oates, Stevens, Langway, and Murphy) having played somewhere around five seasons with the club.[53]
Association and group respects
Notwithstanding players, individuals from the nearby games media that cover the Capitals, and the NHL, were regarded by the Hockey Lobby of Distinction. In 2007, Dave Fay, a games writer for the Washington Times was a beneficiary of the Elmer Ferguson Remembrance Award. In 2010, in-depth radio telecaster, Ron Weber was granted the Cultivate Hewitt Dedication Grant from the Lobby of Popularity for his commitments to hockey broadcasting.