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Professional Women’s Hockey Is Coming to the D.C. Area

“Being able to finally see a group that represents not just me, but other young women, is incredible.”

Riley Chadwick grew up in Annapolis with little exposure to women’s hockey outside of the Olympics. And even though Chadwick competed as a goalie for the women’s club hockey team at the University of Maryland, she never saw herself represented on the ice. This weekend, the 24-year-old Chadwick will finally get that chance.  From March…

by Sammi Silber

Capitals Near Full Strength for First Time All Season as Team Makes Playoff Push

“Still a lot of question marks out there, but it was nice to get everybody out there and practice.”

At a Presidents’ Day skate following the weekend off, the Washington Capitals displayed something fans have yet to see this season: a full lineup. For the first time during the 2021-22 season, the Caps had all of their skaters on the ice for practice. Though all players aren’t completely healthy, it was a major step…

by Sammi Silber

The Capitals Have a Power Play Problem

The Capitals’ power play percentage of 15.3 ranks as the fourth-worst in the league. Over their last 10 games, they are just 4-for-30 on the man advantage.

Over the past month and a half, inconsistency and frustration have risen at both ends of the ice for the Washington Capitals. The team has lost more games than it has won, and it’s clear the Capitals power play needs a lot of work. The players know there’s a problem, and are turning to each…

by Sammi Silber

Nicklas Bäckström Is Starting to Find His Rhythm With the Capitals

The 34-year-old has only played 11 total games this season due to injury and illness, but is back at a much-needed time for the Caps.

After the Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators in overtime Saturday at Capital One Arena, Garnet Hathaway couldn’t stop talking about his teammate, Nicklas Bäckström. Bäckström had just scored the decisive goal in the 3-2 overtime win. “Yeah, you’re just seeing Nicklas Bäckström, right? What an unbelievable player,” Hathaway said. The game marked for another…

by Sammi Silber

Howard Men’s Basketball Becomes Latest Local Team to Pause Activities Due to COVID-19

Rising COVID-19 cases and the omicron variant have forced sports teams to reschedule or cancel games, reminiscent of the outbreaks that happened throughout last year.

This post has been updated with new information from the NHL and the Maryland and American University men’s basketball teams. On Wednesday, the Howard University men’s basketball program became the latest local team to cancel or postpone activities due a surge of positive COVID-19 cases. In a press release, the athletics department announced that all…

by Kelyn Soong

Capitals Rookies Step Up As Team Deals With Multiple Injuries

Five rookies have made their NHL debuts for Washington this season, with all the skaters except one finding the scoresheet so far.

For the Washington Capitals, the kids are more than all right. Prior to this season, there weren’t many vacancies on the Capitals roster. The lineup seemed set, with rookies Connor McMichael and Martin Fehérváry expected to work toward making the NHL jump. Fast forward a few months, and the Capitals are dealing with injuries and…

by Sammi Silber

At Age 36, Alex Ovechkin Is Off to the Best Start of His Career

“It’s unbelievable. I think he just gets hungrier and hungrier, honestly.”

No matter how much time goes by, Alex Ovechkin seems to remain in classic form. Still sporting his signature yellow laces and missing-tooth smile, the Washington Capitals captain is continuing to defy expectations and, in a way, time itself. Ovechkin, who proclaimed at the start of the season that he was “still young,” is playing…

by Sammi Silber

Capitals Rookie Hendrix Lapierre Quickly Proving He Belongs in the NHL

Lapierre, 19, scored a goal in his NHL debut, helping the Caps beat the New York Rangers, 5-1, on the team’s opening night.

For a split second Wednesday night, Washington Capitals rookie Hendrix Lapierre lay flat on his back on the ice before T.J. Oshie forcefully yanked him up by his jersey onto his skates. Neither could stop smiling. Lapierre, in his NHL debut, had just scored his first NHL goal, and the 18,000-plus fans inside Capital One…

by Kelyn Soong

For Capitals’ Lars Eller, the Offseason Involves Playing Plenty of Tennis

“I usually play maybe like once a week or so here in the offseason,” said Eller, who met Rafael Nadal at the Citi Open.

Lars Eller is a serious tennis fan. The 32-year-old Washington Capitals center tries to watch all of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments on TV, and back when he played for the Montreal Canadiens, Eller and his wife, Julie, attended the ATP Tour event the city hosts a few times. Eller also played tennis growing up…

by Kelyn Soong

With New Contract, Alex Ovechkin Can Stake His Claim as the Greatest Pro Athlete in D.C. Sports History

By signing a longer than expected five-year extension, he is signaling to the world at large that he is serious about making a run at Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record.

When Alex Ovechkin signed his 5-year, $47.5 million contract extension on July 21, it all but guaranteed that he will retire having spent his entire NHL career with the Washington Capitals. Ovechkin, 35, will have played 21 seasons by then, and even if he never wins another Stanley Cup, he will likely have cemented his…

by Jason Rogers

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