With the success of the Washington Capitals of late – local youth hockey has boomed.
There are more rinks; more interest; we have opened and manage Kettler Capitals Iceplex; we sell out every game.
We are in a virtuous cycle right now.
Thank you hockey mom and dads for getting up early and for investing in your sons and daughters hard work and love of hockey.
Read this one in the Washington Post.
We are in this together. Go Youth Hockey – Go Caps!
Really fantastic. Read this one and I am grateful and proud.
We sell out preseason games in Baltimore.
We sell out preseason games at Verizon Center. I hear there are still some tickets left for Monday night’s game. Come on out and enjoy Caps hockey for the first time at home this Monday.
We will sell out all games at Verizon Center during the regular season; click here for your single game tickets now; we keep some single tickets available to introduce people to the game or who can’t commit to season tickets; this is the right thing for us to do and I hope you will act now to buy your single game tickets.
We sold out the Caps Convention – starting tomorrow; We sold out tonight’s Alumni game at Kettler.
Thank you Caps fans; I am forever in your debt. Your passion and commitment to us and the team is over whelming. Go Caps, indeed.
September 23rd; Mark it down.
A fun event.
Lots of our alumni will return; and they have promised to bring their A game.
Click here for info and thanks for the interest here.
Quite an impressive turn out.
In middle of the summer.
Sold out. Or “free out” I should say!
To watch a rookie scrimmage.
We have repainted the Kettler Capitals Iceplex. Guess what color? Red!
We have such great and caring fans and bloggers, too. Thank you so much. Go Caps! Read this one. Check out the photos too.
And now we rest.
Kettler Capitals Iceplex is a mash up of young players and veteran players this week.
We have rookie developmental camp. Come on out and enjoy. It is free for all.
We have been welcoming in players such as Joel Ward. Olie is back in the house! Troy Brouwer was also here. There is a nice and calm anticipation about the upcoming season.
Click here to read this interview with Joel Ward. What a positive outlook and attitude.
Go Caps! Thank you.
Did we deliver on our promise to shake up the team so far this off season? A veteran goalie; a center; a wing; another wing; and a D man plus a first round and second round pick all this off season plus Brooks Laich re-signed with us as well. Very productive, don’t you think?
Isn’t cap management a good thing to handle well and to be able to do just about whatever we wanted this off season? I am also pleased that I basically told you all what we were going to do on my blog. Transparency is a good thing too! Who are you going to believe by the way in the future?
Note that every one of our signings was for a player that took a bit less money to come and play with us because of their respect for our fan base and our constant ability to qualify for the playoffs and be considered a contender for a Stanley Cup.
Players want to be comfortable in a stable and high quality environment and play with teammates that are committed to winning and to play for a loud and proud fan base and within a stable franchise. Real winners want to compete for a Cup and aren’t afraid to play on a team that is deep with talent.
I credit our great fans; the buzz around Kettler Capitals Iceplex; and the understanding that we want to win and we are focused on doing the right things the right way here in Washington with making us a have a team that can retain and attract top talent now. Thank you. I credit our fans with this great evolution of our franchise.
Read these blog posts from Capitals Insider. Read the quotes from these great players and why they wanted to come to DC. Then pat yourself on the back. You are fantastically supportive and we are very grateful. Go Caps!
As the playoffs begin, we want all of our players to have a singular focus – the pursuit of the Stanley Cup. For a lot of teams, that means closing practices to the public in the playoffs. I don’t believe in that, and I’ve promised that all practices at Kettler Capitals Iceplex will be open and free. We do, however, want to make it easier for our players to go to and from practice. With that in mind we are establishing a secure area for players to park their cars that will be off-limits to the public.
I know many of our fans enjoy getting autographs from the players as they leave the rink; I know there have been many days that I’ve looked out my window and smiled at the sight of so many people in red in the parking lot. But at times, especially recently, the crowds have been overwhelming.
I hope our fans understand why we feel we need to do this to create a more focused work environment for our players. And please keep in mind that this is by no means a permanent move.
Thanks as always for your support, and we look forward to seeing you at Verizon Center, Kettler Capitals Iceplex and around D.C. during what we hope are an exciting few months ahead.
We lost a family member today from our local hockey community.
Here is the note for you all to read and sympathize.
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It was great to see so many fans out at Kettler Capitals Iceplex yesterday.
We all saw a fun and fast game between our rookie team and the Flyers rookie team.
The good guys won 4-3 and it was fun to see so many of our pros back at the game rooting our rookies on. That is a great Caps tradition.
I saw Alex Ovechkin yesterday. He looks tight, tough and ready. He was smiling and he seems happy about being back with his friends and teammates. He is just a joy to be around. He lifts the energy level of any room he enters.
Camp is closed today as the pros take physicals but on Saturday you can come out and get reintroduced to the team. See you then and there. Go Caps!