Category: Monumental Sports Network
Alex Ovechkin texted a thumbs-up emoji to Brian MacLellan after the Pierre-Luc Dubois trade đ
Alex OvechkinAlex Ovechkin is a fan of at least one of Brian MacLellanâs offseason moves this summer. Wednesday, during Development Camp, the Capitals GM met with reporters and was asked if anyone in the leadership group had give their thoughts about the retooled roster. âNo, not yet,â MacLellan said. âOvi check...
Read moreEthen Frank likely to return for Game 1 of Calder Cup Finals, Vincent Iorio is out
Hershey BearsAfter becoming Eastern Conference champions on Wednesday, the Hershey Bears will have a quick turnaround for the start of the Calder Cup Finals. Puck drop for Game 1 is set for Friday night at Giant Center. The Bears, who have been dealing with significant injuries throughout the postseason, will ge...
Read moreOpen Thread: Hershey Bears vs Cleveland Monsters â Round 4, Game 1
Hershey BearsThe Hershey Bears will take on the Cleveland Monsters in the first game of the AHLâs Eastern Conference Finals tonight. Hershey eliminated the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and Hartford Wolf Pack in seven combined games to host Cleveland in this round. The Monsters also only needed seven games to take out...
Read moreOpen Thread: Hershey Bears vs Lehigh Valley Phantoms â Round 2, Game 1
Monumental Sports NetworkThe Hershey Bears will play their first game of the 2024 AHL postseason against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms tonight. Hershey secured a first-round bye by taking home the Atlantic Division with an impressive 53-14-5 regular season record. Lehigh Valley swept the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a bes...
Read moreMonumental Sports Network to air all of Hershey Bearsâ playoff games starting tonight against Lehigh Valley Phantoms
HersheyFor those wishing to follow along with the Hershey Bearsâ attempt to repeat as Calder Cup champions, youâre in luck. Monumental Sports Network, in conjunction with WPMT FOX43, will be airing all of the teamâs playoff games starting tonight against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. The Game One matchup is...
Read moreCapitals-Flyers game that determined playoff berth was most watched Caps game locally in more than two years
Monumental Sports NetworkThe Washington Capitals played for huge stakes on Tuesday and a big local audience tuned in. According to a Monumental Sports Network press release, the Capitals-Flyers game was the âmost watched single-game regular season broadcastâ since the network rebranded from NBC Sports Washington and the mos...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin scores twice against Hurricanes, now has 851 career goals
PenguinsAlex Ovechkin has goals in two straight games after scoring twice in the Washington Capitalsâ 4-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes, Friday. Both of Ovechkinâs goals came in the first period, utilizing his big body like he was a Russian Mike Knuble. âI think we watch video from last game,â Ovechkin sa...
Read moreSeveral Capitals players get on the ice despite receiving day off from Spencer Carbery
Darcy KuemperThe Washington Capitals jetted their way up to Toronto on Wednesday before their matchup with the Maple Leafs on Thursday night. Before they did so, a handful of the team got in some work with skills coach Kenny McCudden despite being given the day off by head coach Spencer Carbery. Per Monumental S...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin becomes oldest player in NHL history to score 8 or more goals in a 5-game span
Alex OvechkinAlex Ovechkinâs recent hot streak continued against the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday as The Great Eight scored twice, securing his third multi-goal game in his last four games. The performance gave Ovechkin eight goals in a historic five-game run that led to him being awarded the NHLâs First Star of the...
Read moreWeâll forever remember this night as The Sonny Milano Hat Trick Game
Hendrix LapierreThe Washington Capitals, desperately in need of a win to keep their coin-flip playoff chances alive, played one of their most exciting and absurd regular-season games in what felt like a decade. âThat was probably the most fun Iâve ever had playing,â Hendrix Lapierre said perfectly summing up the ni...
Read moreTJ Oshie was almost traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins before he was acquired by the Capitals
Pittsburgh PenguinsTJ Oshie is set to play in his 1,000th career NHL game on Saturday when the Washington Capitals take on the Vancouver Canucks. In celebration of that milestone, Monumental Sports Networkâs Tarik El-Bashir took a fun look back at the move that originally brought Oshie to DC from the St. Louis Blues o...
Read moreLive blog: Capitals start five-game road trip in Winnipeg
Joe BeninatiThe Washington Capitals, 7-2-1 in their last 10, have played themselves back into playoff contention, but to get there, their superlative play must continue. Tonight, the team starts a difficult five-game road trip that begins in Winnipeg. The Capitals are already down a man â Tom Wilson is unable t...
Read moreMetropolitan Notes: Capitals, Konecny, Palat, Greaves
Pittsburgh PenguinsTaking the ice for practice this morning, Tarik El-Bashir of Monumental Sports Network provided several updates to injured members of the Washington Capitals. He reports that forward T.J. Oshie skated once again, but is still considered week-to-week, while Nic Dowd and Martin Fehervary both skated i...
Read moreTom Wilson and Garnet Hathaway basically fought each other before a faceoff
Joe BeninatiTom Wilson and Garnet Hathaway were teammates for the better part of four seasons (2019-2023) on the Washington Capitals, forming a one-two punch, sometimes literally, with their physicality on the ice. Friday, however, Wilson and Hathaway used their sandpapery-ness against each other, exchanging pu...
Read moreLive blog: Capitals take on Flyers in âtheir biggest game to dateâ
Joe BDays after an 8-3 shellacking from Detroit, the Washington Capitals are back in what is being presented as an important matchup against the Philadelphia Flyers. âItâs their biggest game to date,â Monumental Sports Networkâs Joe Beninati said in the telecastâs opening package. I personally donât have...
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