Washington Capitals

Founded:	1974	GM:	Brian MacLellan
Owned By:	Ted Leonsis	Coach:	Spencer Carbery
Home Rink:	Capital One Arena	Captain:	Alexander Ovechkin
AHL Affiliate:	Hershey Bears	ECHL Affiliate:	South Carolina Stingrays

The Capitals were founded in 1974 as an expansion franchise, alongside the Kansas City Scouts. The 2009–10 Capitals won the franchise’s first Presidents’ Trophy for being the team with the most points at the end of the regular season. They won it a second time in 2015–16, and did so for a third time the following season in 2016–17. In addition to 12 division titles and three Presidents’ Trophies, the Capitals have reached the Stanley Cup Final in 1998 and 2018, winning in the latter.

Deeper Dive

• The Latest Washington Capitals News at The Hockey Writers
• Current Players, Salaries and Cap Info
• Washington Capitals’ 50-Goal Scorers
• Top 3 All-Time Capitals Goalies
• Washington Capitals’ 10 Most Memorable Teams

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Jersey History

And yet, there was a glimmer of hope from that dreadful first campaign, as the Capitals introduced the NHL – and the world – to one of the great sweater designs in hockey history… For a team based in Washington, D.C. and known as the “Capitals,” it’s only fitting the Caps debuted in red, white and blue. Also fitting for a team based in a nation’s capital, it looks decidedly like it was designed by committee. Read more…

The Players

• Alex Ovechkin Has Become an Elite Leader
• Ovechkin, His Milestone Goals & the Goalies He Beat
• Alex Ovechkin’s Milestones Through the Years
• First Half of the Ovechkin Era
• 7 Cool Things About Alexander Ovechkin
• Mike Gartner: Revisiting a True Hall of Fame Career
• Olaf Kolzig’s Life and Career With Capitals
• Sergei Gonchar: Washington’s Most Underrated Defenseman

More Capitals History

• Cup-Winning Capitals: Where Are They Now?
• Washington Capitals and the White House
• 1974-75, the Capitals’ First (and Worst) Season
• Capitals Don’t Win 2018 Cup Without Former GM McPhee
• Best & Worst Trades in Capitals History

HIstorically Rough Start

On June 7, 2018, after 44 years of trying, the Washington Capitals finally lifted the Stanley Cup. In Oakland, California, 43 years, 2 months, and 10 days earlier, the same team took turns lifting a trash can around the ice in mock jubilation. The achievement they were celebrating? A regular-season road win. It would turn out to be their only one that year. Read More…

Sources

• Wikipedia