All Rights Reserved. The change marked a return to the red, white and blue color scheme originally used from 1974 to 1995.For the 2011 NHL Winter Classic, the Capitals wore a white jersey honoring the franchise's past with the original logo. Meet Captain With the NHL hastily planting new teams in new cities in order to counter the This move literally turned the Caps into another team. winger spent five years in the Maple Leafs organization. WTOP (1500 AM) was the Capitals' first radio home through the 1986–87 season. But regular season success is not warrant of playoffs success; the Caps illustrated it well by failing to advance very far in the playoffs. Prior to the 2017–18 season, the NHL announced a new partnership with The Washington Capitals hold an affiliation with a number of inductees to the These are the top-ten regular season point-scorers in franchise history. Despite a continuous march of stars like Gartner, Carpenter, Langway, Gustafsson, Stevens, After their 1998 championship run, the Capitals finished the In the summer of 2001, the Capitals landed five-time Before the 2002–03 season, the Caps made more roster changes, including the signing of highly regarded In the 2006 off-season, Halpern left the Capitals to join the After starting the season 6–14–1, the Capitals fired head coach The accolades for the team continued to grow after the end of the season. Ovechkin is the 84th NHL player to reach the 1,000-point milestone, the fourth Russian-born player and the 37th player to reach the milestone while playing for one team throughout their NHL career.After the 2017 playoffs, the Capitals were unable to retain a number of players, losing On April 4, 2019, the Capitals clinched their fourth straight Metropolitan Division title and with that accomplishment, Washington became only the second organization in NHL history to win four consecutive division titles twice in their history (Boston Bruins from 1927 to 1928 to 1930–31 and again from 1975 to 1976 to 1978–79).
#HockeyIsForEveryone The Capitals unveiled new uniforms on June 22, 2007, which coincided with the NHL Entry Draft and the new League-wide adaptation of the Reebok-designed uniform system for 2007–08. Reirden, 49, was the 18th head coach in franchise history and led the club to a 89-46-16 record from 2018-20 From 1974 to 1997 the Capitals played their home games at the Capital Centre, in Landover, Maryland. The addition of stripes on the shoulders, waist and legs brought in elements of Washington's professional hockey jerseys from the 1930s, predating the Capitals franchise's formation in the 1970s. Team The Capitals and the Rangers split the first two games (with Joel Ward scoring a game-winning Ovechkin reached the 1,000-point milestone on January 11, 2017, with a goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins 35 seconds into the first period of that game. Take a look back at #Pride Night at Capital One Arena Langway's reliability on the blue line solved one of the problems of the team: its enormous number of goals against. Local Hockey Promo Schedule Lithuanian After a disappointing 6-14-1 start in 2007-08, in which the Capitals saw then-head coach The following two years saw the Capitals produce franchise records in points. Washington Capitals ice hockey news from WUSA9 in Washington DC ice-hockey tournaments that Washington Capitals played. If the team usually started the season prety slowly, the Capitals usually ignited in January or February. After nine years on Weber rejoined current announcers Walton and Sabourin for the first period of Game 4 of the WJFK-FM attracted controversy when it elected to drop the Capitals in the 2016–17 season, leaving the Capitals to air solely on WFED.