Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals | |
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founding | June 11, 1974 |
history |
Washington Capitals since 1974 |
Stadion | Capital One Arena |
Location | Washington, DC |
Team colors | Red, navy blue, white |
league | National Hockey League |
Conference | Eastern Conference |
division | Metropolitan Division |
Head coach | vacant |
Team captain | Alexander Ovechkin |
General manager | Brian MacLellan |
owner | Ted Leonsis |
Cooperations |
Hershey Bears ( AHL ) South Carolina Stingrays ( ECHL ) |
Stanley Cups | 2018 |
Conference title | 1997/98 , 2017/18 |
Division title |
1988/89 , 1999/00 , 2000/01 , 2007/08 , 2008/09 , 2009/10 , 2010/11 , 2012/13 , 2015/16 , 2016/17 , 2017/18 , 2018/19 , 2019 / 20th |
The Washington Capitals ( IPA : [ˈwɒʃɪŋtən kæp.ɪ.təls] ) are an American ice hockey franchise of the National Hockey League from Washington, DC It was founded on June 11, 1974 and started playing at the beginning of the 1974/75 season . The team colors are red, navy blue and white.
The Capitals play their home games in the Capital One Arena and emerged from the league expansion of the late 1960s and early 1970s. After the team started with a negative NHL record of 67 defeats in 80 season games in the league, the team stabilized in the 1980s and was always represented in the playoffs. At the beginning of the new millennium, there was another low, although the team advanced to the final series for the prestigious Stanley Cup in the 1997/98 season , but missed the first title win there. 20 years later, the team finally won the first title in franchise history in the 2018 playoffs .
history
1970s
Together with the Kansas City Scouts , the Washington Capitals were added to the NHL in 1974 as expansion teams . Since the competition league World Hockey Association had existed for two years and thus there were 30 highly professional teams, the roster of the Capitals consisted of only a few experienced players. Accordingly, they completed their first season and set a new record with 67 defeats in 80 games. However, the Kansas City Scouts started their first year in the NHL only marginally better.
1980s
Things did not go much better in the other seasons of the 1970s and the downward slide for the Capitals continued at the beginning of the next decade. After the Kansas City Scouts were relocated to Colorado in 1976 and only six years later to New Jersey , the owners of the Capitals came up with the idea of relocating the team to another region in the summer of 1982. This led to a campaign by fans eager to keep the franchise in the capital. But the problem was solved by two things.
On the one hand, David Poile was hired as General Manager, on the other hand, one of his first official acts was a spectacular transfer. He gave the established players Ryan Walter and Rick Green to the Montréal Canadiens in exchange for Rod Langway , Brian Engblom , Doug Jarvis and Craig Laughlin . Supported by the new players and by Dennis Maruk , Mike Gartner and Bobby Carpenter , who were already part of the team , the Capitals were able to reach the playoffs for the first time in the 1982/83 season and thus keep the team in Washington.
In the following 14 years, the Capitals could always qualify for the playoffs. But despite this success, the team has often disappointed fans over the years. In the regular season they often presented themselves very well and often went into the playoffs as one of the competitors for the Stanley Cup , but only once could they survive the second round. These were shaped by Langway, Gartner, Carpenter, Larry Murphy , Kevin Hatcher , Dino Ciccarelli and a few more.
1990s
In the mid-1990s they had rising stars in their ranks with Joé Juneau , Peter Bondra , Sergei Gonchar and the German goalkeeper Olaf Kölzig , but in 1997 they missed the playoffs again for the first time in a long time. But the following year should be the most successful so far. As the fifth best team they qualified for the playoffs and threw the Boston Bruins out in the first round . The second round was followed by a relatively one-sided series of five games against the Ottawa Senators , which the Capitals won. In the final of the Eastern Conference they faced the Buffalo Sabers , who they defeated 4-2. This was followed by the Stanley Cup final against defending champion Detroit Red Wings . Led by Dale Hunter , they tried to beat the big-name team, but they couldn't. They only narrowly lost their first two games in Detroit, but after the Capitals lost their first home game with 1-2, their backs were against the wall. In the fourth game Washington couldn't hold back and lost the fourth game, this time relatively clearly with 1-4. Detroit had defended its title, giving Washington a great opportunity.
1998/99 was again a disillusionment, because you did not make it into the playoffs. The following two years you could move back to the finals by two first places in the Southeast Division, but failed both times because of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round.
2000 to 2004
In the summer of 2001, the Capitals achieved a coup when they signed superstar Jaromír Jágr . However, you missed the playoffs. In 2002 the Capitals signed the veteran Robert Lang as reinforcement and reached the playoffs again. The series started with two wins for Washington, but this one was lost 2-4.
During the 2003/04 season , the Capitals gave up some of their stars. Jágr went to the New York Rangers , Peter Bondra to Ottawa, Sergei Gontschar to the Dallas Stars and Robert Lang was transferred to the Detroit Red Wings . Lang's transfer was unique in the history of the NHL, as the player who led the league in points has never been transferred during a season. The team finished the season with only 59 points. This was the worst result in 26 years.
New start with young talents
In the 2004 NHL Entry Draft , the Capitals were the first team to choose a player and decided on Alexander Ovetschkin . But in the coming season, the young Russian could not be used because the 2004/05 season was canceled due to the lockout . Ovechkin played in his home country with Alexander Syomin , who had been selected by the Capitals in the Entry Draft two years earlier .
The 2005/06 season ended for the Capitals again in last place in the Southeast Division and thus far from the playoffs. But the team's performance showed up. There were a lot of tight games and some players even saw the year as their best season in terms of numbers. Dainius Zubrus achieved a personal best with 57 points, Jeff Halpern prepared 33 goals and thus more than in any other year and Matt Pettinger was able to reach the 20-goal mark for the first time.
But the player who overshadowed everyone was Alexander Ovechkin, who played his first year in Washington. He scored 52 times and set up 54 goals, bringing him to 106 points, a figure only two rookies could beat in NHL history. Ovechkin was the league's third top scorer and scorer in the season and was also nominated for the Lester B. Pearson Award , which is given to the best player in the NHL. The Calder Memorial Trophy as the best league newcomer but he could decide for himself and stabbed while Sidney Crosby and Dion Phaneuf made.
In the summer of 2006, team captain Jeff Halpern left the Capitals. Alexander Sjomin, who played in Russia in 2005/06, returned to Washington and Richard Zedník rejoined the Capitals after five and a half years in Montréal. In the 2006/07 season the team's performance stagnated and the playoffs were missed again. Young star Alexander Ovetschkin started the season strong and formed a very good attacking duo with compatriot Alexander Sjomin, but later he no longer played consistently enough, in the end he still scored 46 goals and 46 assists. In general, the team was not set up well enough across the board. Ovechkin with 92 points and Syomin with 73 lived up to expectations, but behind them only team captain Chris Clark scored more than 40 points scorer.
The general management of the Capitals hopes to sign some good players without a contract by the 2007/08 season in order to expand the team's base. In addition, the Swedish talent Nicklas Bäckström selected in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft will join the team. During the summer break, the Capitals signed three experienced NHL professionals: defender Tom Poti , center Michael Nylander and Russian winger Viktor Koslow . Through these commitments and the reinforcement by the Swedish talent Nicklas Bäckström, the Capitals achieved their first participation in the play-offs since the 2003/04 season after a curious catch-up, combined with a change of coach, and Sergei Fjodorow of the Columbus Blue Jackets also switched shortly before the end of the transfer window another seasoned NHL player in the capital. In the play-offs they failed in the first round with 3: 4 games against the Philadelphia Flyers , but the decisive goal for the Flyers in the seventh game fell in extra time. Alexander Ovetschkin was top scorer in the regular season with 112 points and top scorer in the NHL with 65 hits, which also meant the best mark for a left winger. Ovechkin got 4 coveted trophies this season and was voted MVP .
Establishment as a top team
As in the previous season, the Washington Capitals concluded the 2008/09 regular season as the winner of the Southeast Division . After the Capitals had eliminated the New York Rangers in seven games in the first round of the play-offs, the two superstars Alexander Ovetschkin and Sidney Crosby met in the conference semifinals in a duel with the Pittsburgh Penguins . Washington failed 3: 4 after seven games against the eventual Stanley Cup winner.
In the 2009/10 season , the Capitals made a new attempt at the Stanley Cup. In the regular season, the Capitals had an outstanding year, qualified as the first team for the play-offs and with 121 points they won the Eastern Conference and won the President's Trophy as the team with the highest points of the regular season. The result of 121 points is the third best result since the award was awarded in 1986, only the Detroit Red Wings managed to achieve even more points in 1996 and 2006. With Alexander Ovetschkin and Nicklas Bäckström, the Capitals also had two players in the top four of the top scorer list. In the playoffs, the Capitals failed despite the successes in the regular season 3: 4 to the Montréal Canadiens in the first round. In the following years, the Capitals failed, despite the good regular season, in the second playoff round at the latest. A particular rivalry developed with the Pittsburgh Penguins and their superstar Sidney Crosby , who were the final destination in 2016 and 2017.
This “Pittsburgh Curse” was defeated for the first time in the 2018 playoffs . After a 4-3 win over Tampa Bay , the Capitals reached their first Stanley Cup final against the Vegas Golden Knights . The final series was won 4: 1 after an opening defeat and gave the Capitals the first Stanley Cup. Alexander Owetschkin was also awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy .
Venues
The Capitals have played their home games since 1997 in the Capital One Arena , a multifunctional arena that can hold 18,277 spectators . The hall was built and opened under the name MCI Center, which it carried from 1997 to 2006. From 2006 to 2017, the telecommunications company Verizon was the namesake (Verizon Center) before the naming rights were transferred to Capital One in August 2017 .
From 1974 to 1997 the club played in the Capital Center , which opened in 1973 and has a capacity of 18,130 for ice hockey events. The Capital Center, often referred to as the US Airways Arena or USAir Arena, was located in Largo , Maryland , just outside Washington, DC . From the beginning, the Capitals shared the hall with the Washington Bullets (now: Washington Wizards ), a basketball team of the National Basketball Association .
Farm teams
The Capitals, like all other NHL teams, also include teams in lower-class leagues , so-called farm teams . In the case of the Capitals, these have been the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League since 2005 and the South Carolina Stingrays from the ECHL since 2004 . The farm teams are often used in the NHL to prepare the young players and rookies for the NHL games. Like the other clubs, the Capitals draw their offspring primarily through the NHL Entry Draft , which brings the most promising young players into the league every year.
The Washington Capitals farm teams since 1974:
Period | team | league |
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1974-1976 | Richmond Robins | AHL |
1974-1977 | Dayton Gems | IHL |
1974-1977 | Philadelphia Firebirds | NEAR |
1975-1976 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL |
1975-1976 | Greensboro Generals | SHL |
1976-1977 | Springfield Indians | AHL |
1976-1977 | Johnstown Jets | NEAR |
Period | team | league |
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1977-1984 | Hershey Bears | AHL |
1977-1981 | Port Huron flags | IHL |
1981-1990 | Fort Wayne Comet | IHL |
1984-1988 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL |
1988-1993 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL |
1993-1999 | Hampton Roads Admirals | ECHL |
1993-2005 | Portland Pirates | AHL |
Period | team | league |
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1998-2001 | Quad City Mallards | UHL |
2000-2003 | Richmond Renegades | ECHL |
2004-2005 | Quad City Mallards | UHL |
since 2004 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL |
since 2005 | Hershey Bears | AHL |
Miscellaneous
Current jersey design
In addition to a change of equipment supplier for all clubs in the league, the 2007/08 season also saw the Capitals return to the old team logo and the old club colors red, white and blue. In 1996 these traditional colors were changed to black, blue and bronze and a new logo was introduced. According to the regulations of the NHL, the home jersey has to be designed in a dark basic color and the away jersey in a light basic color since 2003 . For the equipment of the Capitals, this means that the team plays in red jerseys for home games and white jerseys for away games. The other team colors are used as secondary colors for both jerseys.
The chest area of the NHL jerseys is traditionally determined by the team logos, on the shoulders the capitals also wear the alternative logo, which represents an eagle.
Achievements and honors
Sporting successes
Stanley Cup | |
season | |
2018 | |
Presidents' Trophies | |
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2009/10 , 2015/16 , 2016/17 | |
Conference Championships | season |
Prince of Wales Trophy | 1997/98 , 2017/18 |
Division Championships | season |
Patrick Division | 1988/89 |
Southeast Division |
1999/00 , 2000/01 , 2007/08 , 2008/09 , 2009/10 , 2010/11 , 2012/13 |
Metropolitan Division | 2015/16 , 2016/17 , 2017/18 , 2018/19 , 2019/20 |
It had taken a long time for the Capitals, founded in 1974, to end a season as the first in their division. The Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Islanders were too dominant until they succeeded for the first time in the 1988/89 season .
Nine years later, Washington reached the Stanley Cup finals as a representative of the Eastern Conference . For this they received the Prince of Wales Trophy . Against the Detroit Red Wings they had no chance in the final series and lost the series in four games. In the following years, the Capitals won the division title of the Southeast Division six more times . In 2018, the first Stanley Cup success followed with a 4-1 win in the final series against the Vegas Golden Knights .
Individual awards
Art Ross Trophy : In 2008, Alexander Ovechkin became the first Capitals player to win the trophy for the NHL's best scorer.
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy : In 2010, José Théodore became the first Capitals player to win the trophy for perseverance, dedication and fairness in and for ice hockey.
Calder Memorial Trophy : As the best rookie in the league in 2006, Alexander Ovechkin was the first player from Washington to be honored.
Conn Smythe Trophy : When the team won their first title, Alexander Ovetschkin was honored as MVP of the playoffs.
Frank J. Selke Trophy : Doug Jarvis received the award for the best defensive attacker in 1984.
Hart Memorial Trophy : Alexander Ovechkin became the first player toreceivethe Professional Hockey Writers' Association 's Most Valuable Player Award for the Regular Season.
- 2008 - Alexander Ovechkin
- 2009 - Alexander Ovechkin
- 2013 - Alexander Ovechkin
Jack Adams Award : Bryan Murray made the Washington team from whipping boy to playoff participant. In 1984 he was voted the best coach for this. Something similar succeeded almost a quarter of a century later Bruce Boudreau, who led the team from 15th place in the conference to the division title. After winning the President's Trophy, Barry Wahr received the Jack Adams Award in 2016.
James Norris Memorial Trophy : The club leadership had brought Rod Langway from Montréal and his strength in defense heralded the upward trend of the Capitals. In 1983 and 1984 he was the best defender in the NHL.
King Clancy Memorial Trophy :Olaf Kölzig was honored in 2006for his social commitment, especially in research into autism and the treatment of autistic children.
Lester B. Pearson Award / Ted Lindsay Award : Alexander Ovetschkin was the first player to receive this award from the players' union.
- 2008 - Alexander Ovechkin
- 2009 - Alexander Ovechkin
- 2010 - Alexander Ovechkin
Maurice Richard Trophy : In 2008 Alexander Ovetschkin became the first player in the franchise to win the trophy for the NHL's top scorer, which has been awarded since 1999. Since then, the Russian winger has led the league seven times in terms of hits. Even before the trophy was introduced, Peter Bondra , a Capitals player, was the league's top scorer in 1995 and 1998.
- 2008 - Alexander Ovechkin
- 2009 - Alexander Ovechkin
- 2013 - Alexander Ovechkin
- 2014 - Alexander Ovechkin
- 2015 - Alexander Ovechkin
- 2016 - Alexander Ovechkin
- 2018 - Alexander Ovechkin
- 2019 - Alexander Ovechkin
- 2020 - Alexander Ovechkin
Vezina Trophy : In his second season, Jim Carey was named the best goalkeeper in the NHL. The talented goalkeeper could not save this performance consistently in the future. The long-term success of Olaf Kölzig, who was voted best goalkeeper in 2000. After setting Martin Brodeur's record with 48 wins in the 2015/16 season, Braden Holtby received the award.
William M. Jennings Trophy : In the third year in which the NHL awarded this trophy to the goalkeepers with the fewest goals conceded, the team from Washington was an award winner.
- 1984 - Al Jensen , Pat Riggin
- 2017 - Braden Holtby
NHL All-Rookie Team : The first award a Washington player received was when Scott Stevens was called to the All-Rookie Team in 1983.
NHL All-Star Game Nominations
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists,
Pts = points
Surname | from ... to | GP | G | A. | Pts |
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Alexander Ovechkin | 2007-2018 | 7th | 7th | 8th | 15th |
Peter Bondra | 1993-1999 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 5 |
Mike Gartner | 1981-1988 | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Rod Langway | 1983-1986 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kevin Hatcher | 1990-1992 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Sergei Gonchar | 2001-2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Scott Stevens | 1985-1989 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Al Iafrate | 1993-1994 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Olaf Koelzig | 1998-2000 | 2 | - | - | - |
With 15 points, Alexander Ovetschkin is the most successful scorer and with seven goals also the best goalscorer. He also took part in an All-Star Game seven times, the most frequently.
In the 1975 All-Star Game , Denis Dupéré was the first player to participate for Washington. He succeeded in making a template in this game. It was not until the All-Star Game in 1985 that Mike Gartner scored the first hit in an All-Star Game. A Capitals coach has never looked after an all-star team.
With Brian Sutherby (2004) a player of the Capitals was once the most valuable player in the Young Stars Games.
In addition to the All-Star Games, there were other occasions when the NHL provided an All-Star team. At the 1979 Challenge Cup , Robert Picard, a Capitals player, was nominated, but he was not used. For the rendez-vous '87 , in which the NHL team again played against the Soviet national team, Rod Langway was a player from the Capitals. He was used in both games.
Franchise records
Selected player records of the franchise over the entire career as well as over individual seasons are listed below.
Career
Surname | number | |
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Most games | Alexander Ovechkin * | 1152 (in 15 seasons) |
Most consecutive games | Karl Alzner | 540 (October 8, 2010 to April 9, 2017) |
Most goals | Alexander Ovechkin * | 706 |
Most templates | Nicklas Bäckström * | 684 |
Most of the points | Alexander Ovechkin * | 1278 (706 goals + 572 assists) |
Most penalty minutes | Dale Hunter | 2.003 |
Most shutouts |
Olaf Koelzig Braden Holtby * |
35 |
* active player of the Capitals; Status: after the 2019/20 season
season
Surname | number | season | |
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Most goals | Alexander Ovechkin | 65 | 2007/08 |
Most templates | Dennis Maruk | 76 | 1981/82 |
Most of the points | Dennis Maruk | 136 (60 goals + 76 assists) | 1981/82 |
Most points as a rookie | Alexander Ovechkin | 106 (52 goals + 54 assists) | 2005/06 |
Most points as a defender | Larry Murphy | 81 (23 goals + 58 assists) | 1986/87 |
Most penalty minutes | Alan May | 339 | 1989/90 |
Most wins as a goalkeeper | Braden Holtby | 48 | 2015/16 |
Trainer
Abbreviations: GC = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after
overtime , Pts = points, Pts% = point quota
Surname | season | Regular season | Play-offs | ||||||||
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GC | W. | L. | T | OTL | Pts | Pts% | GC | W. | L. | ||
Jim Anderson | 1974/75 * | 54 | 4th | 45 | 5 | - | 13 | .074 | - | - | - |
George Sullivan | 1974/75 * | 18th | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | 4th | .111 | - | - | - |
Milt Schmidt | 1974/75 * –1975 / 76 * | 44 | 5 | 34 | 5 | - | 15th | .114 | - | - | - |
Tom McVie | 1975/76 * -1977 / 78 | 204 | 49 | 122 | 33 | - | 131 | .240 | - | - | - |
Danny Belisle | 1978 / 79–1979 / 80 * | 96 | 28 | 51 | 17th | - | 73 | .292 | - | - | - |
Gary Green | 1979/80 * –1981 / 82 * | 157 | 50 | 78 | 29 | - | 129 | .318 | - | - | - |
Roger Crozier | 1981/82 * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | .000 | - | - | - |
Bryan Murray | 1981/82 * –1989 / 90 * | 672 | 343 | 246 | 83 | - | 769 | .510 | 53 | 24 | 29 |
Terry Murray | 1989/90 * –1993 / 94 * | 325 | 163 | 134 | 28 | - | 354 | .502 | 39 | 18th | 21st |
Jim Schoenfeld | 1993/94 * -1996 / 97 | 249 | 113 | 102 | 34 | - | 260 | .454 | 24 | 10 | 14th |
Ron Wilson | 1997 / 98-2001 / 02 | 410 | 192 | 159 | 51 | 8th | 443 | .468 | 32 | 15th | 17th |
Bruce Cassidy | 2002 / 03–2003 / 04 * | 110 | 47 | 47 | 9 | 7th | 110 | .428 | 6th | 2 | 4th |
Glen Hanlon | 2003/04 * - 2007/08 * | 239 | 78 | 122 | 9 | 30th | 195 | .326 | - | - | - |
Bruce Boudreau | 2007/08 * –2011 / 12 * | 329 | 201 | 88 | - | 40 | 442 | .672 | 37 | 17th | 20th |
Dale Hunter | 2011/12 * | 60 | 30th | 23 | - | 7th | 67 | .558 | 14th | 7th | 7th |
Adam Oates | 2012 / 13–2013 / 14 | 130 | 65 | 48 | - | 17th | 147 | .565 | 7th | 3 | 4th |
Barry defiance | 2014 / 15–2017 / 18 | 328 | 205 | 89 | - | 34 | 444 | .677 | 63 | 36 | 27 |
Todd Reirden | 2018 / 19–2019 / 20 | 151 | 89 | 46 | - | 16 | 194 | 642 | 15th | 5 | 10 |
* Change during the current season
The first coach of the Capitals, Jim Anderson looked back on seven games in the NHL and several years as a coach in the minor leagues before his engagement in the capital . The team was not suitable for the NHL and after he achieved only four wins under Anderson in the first 54 games, George Sullivan was a coach who had led an NHL team for two seasons. The club management gave him 18 games, of which he played two victoriously, after which they separated. General Manager Milt Schmitt took over the team himself. In the course of the following season he signed a new coach with Tom McVie . He looked after the team for two more seasons this season. Like most of his predecessors, Danny Belisle had no coaching experience in the NHL before joining the Capitals. After an average season, they parted with him after a weak start to the season. His successor Gary Green had previously been coach of the year in the Ontario Hockey Association's junior league, but he could not lead the Capitals into the play-offs either. When Green was fired, the Capitals were in upheaval. Roger Crozier took over the coaching position as assistant to the general manager for a game before a coach with Bryan Murray who had a long-term future in Washington was signed.
Murray was the first coach to lead the team into the play-offs. His successes kept him in office for nine years. His successor Terry Murray moved to the Capitals in the last year of his career. After finishing his active career, he was initially an assistant coach in Washington and later took over the farm team in Baltimore. After Bryan Murray was fired, Terry Murray took over the team. He stayed with the Capitals until the beginning of 1994. He was replaced by Jim Schoenfeld , who had previously trained the Buffalo Sabers and New Jersey Devils in the NHL. After he had missed participation in the play-offs for the first time in the fourth year, he had to leave Washington. The Capitals signed Ron Wilson , who had previously performed well in Anaheim. Wilson reached the play-offs three times in the five seasons that he remained in office and led the capitals in his first year to the final series for the Stanley Cup .
After Wilson, the Capitals were only represented once in the finals under the direction of Bruce Cassidy , but failed in the first round. Under the unsuccessful Glen Hanlon , who was dismissed without notice after a weak start to the 2007/08 season, they did not reach the playoffs. His successor Bruce Boudreau led the team to the first division title since 2001 and in every season of his tenure in the play-offs. Boudreau was fired in November 2011 after a poor start to the season and replaced by Dale Hunter . Hunter only ended the 2011/12 season and announced in May 2012 that he would no longer be available as head coach as a result.
Adam Oates succeeded Dale Hunter, but was dismissed after the 2013/14 season because the Capitals had not qualified for the play-offs for the first time since 2007. As his successor Barry Despite was introduced, who had previously coached the Nashville Predators for 15 seasons . Despite looking after the Capitals for four years and leading them to their first Stanley Cup, resigned after this success. His successor was his previous assistant coach Todd Reirden , who was released after two years.
General manager
Surname | season |
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Milt Schmidt | 1974 / 75–1975 / 76 * |
Max McNab | 1975/76 * –1981 / 82 * |
Roger Crozier | 1981/82 * |
David Poile | 1982 / 83-1996 / 97 |
George McPhee | 1997 / 98–2013 / 14 |
Brian MacLellan | since 2014/15 |
* Change during the current season
Milt Schmidt was the first general manager of the Capitals and accompanied the team in its first years, but in the course of the second season he was replaced by Max McNab . David Poile , the fourth general manager, held this position for fifteen years. Prior to that, he had several years of experience with the Atlanta Flames . Under Poile the first successes came with the Capitals. For the 1997/98 season George McPhee took over this position. The former assistant to Pat Quinn at the Vancouver Canucks completely turned the team inside out and reached the Stanley Cup finals in his first year with the Capitals . In the following years he had varying success in Washington. After the 2013/14 season, in which the Capitals had missed the play-offs for the first time since 2007, McPhee's contract was not renewed in the wake of the dismissal of head coach Adam Oates.
player
Squad for the 2019/20 season
Status: end of the 2019/20 season
No. | Nat. | player | Item | Date of birth | in org. since | place of birth |
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70 | Braden Holtby | G | September 16, 1989 | 2009 | Lloydminster , Saskatchewan , Canada | |
30th | Ilya Samsonov | G | February 22, 1997 | 2018 | Magnitogorsk , Russia | |
74 | John Carlson - A | D. | January 10, 1990 | 2009 | Natick , Massachusetts , USA | |
4th | Brenden Dillon | D. | November 13, 1990 | 2020 | Surrey , British Columbia , Canada | |
33 | Radko Gudas | D. | June 5th 1990 | 2019 | Kladno , Czechoslovakia | |
3 | Nick Jensen | D. | September 21, 1990 | 2019 | Saint Paul , Minnesota , USA | |
6th | Michal Kempný | D. | September 8, 1990 | 2018 | Hodonín , Czechoslovakia | |
9 | Dmitri Orlov | D. | July 23, 1991 | 2011 | Novokuznetsk , Russian SFSR | |
34 | Jonas Siegenthaler | D. | May 6, 1997 | 2015 | Zurich , Switzerland | |
19th | Nicklas Bäckström - A. | C. | November 23, 1987 | 2007 | Gävle , Sweden | |
72 | Travis Boyd | C. | September 14, 1993 | 2015 | Hopkins , Minnesota , USA | |
26th | Nic Dowd | C. | May 27, 1990 | 2018 | Huntsville , Alabama , USA | |
20th | Lars Eller | C. | May 8, 1989 | 2016 | Rødovre , Denmark | |
62 | Carl Hagelin | LW | 23rd August 1988 | 2019 | Södertälje , Sweden | |
21st | Garnet Hathaway | RW | November 23, 1991 | 2019 | Naples , Florida , USA | |
17th | Ilya Kovalchuk | LW | April 15, 1983 | 2020 | Kalinin , Russian SFSR | |
92 | Yevgeny Kuznetsov | C. | May 19, 1992 | 2014 | Chelyabinsk , Russia | |
77 | TJ Oshie | RW | December 23, 1986 | 2015 | Mount Vernon , Washington , USA | |
8th | Alexander Ovechkin - C. | LW | 17th September 1985 | 2005 | Moscow , Russian SFSR | |
14th | Richard Pánik | RW | February 7, 1991 | 2019 | Martin , Czechoslovakia | |
13 | Jakub Vrána | LW | February 28, 1996 | 2014 | Prague , Czech Republic | |
43 | Tom Wilson | RW | March 29, 1994 | 2012 | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |
Team captains
year | Surname |
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1999-2001 | Adam Oates |
2001-2002 | Steve Konowalchuk |
Brendan Witt | |
2002-2003 | Steve Konowalchuk |
2003-2005 | no captain |
2005-2006 | Jeff Halpern |
2006-2009 | Chris Clark |
since 2010 | Alexander Ovechkin |
year | Surname |
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1974-1975 | Doug Poppies |
1975-1976 | Bill Clement |
1976-1988 | Yvon Labre |
1978-1979 | Guy Charron |
1979-1982 | Ryan Walter |
1982-1993 | Rod Langway |
1993-1994 | Kevin Hatcher |
1994-1999 | Dale Hunter |
In the history of the Washington Capitals, there have been 13 different players who have held the office of team captain.
At 40, Doug Mohns was by far the oldest player in the squad with which the Capitals started their first season. With his experience from over 1,200 games, he was predestined for the position of team captain. After the end of the season, he retired from his career and Bill Clement took office for 46 games before he left the team. Yvon Labre followed him and led the team with heart and soul for almost three years. Ryan Walter was only 21 years old when he took on the task. When he was delivered to Montreal, Rod Langway was a leading player in return. He was head of the defense and led the previously unsuccessful team into better times. He wore the "C" on his jersey for eleven years until he ended his career in 1993. This makes him the captain of the Capitals who has been in office for the longest time. His successor Kevin Hatcher was given up after a season and Dale Hunter took over the position for five years. Another veteran captain was Adam Oates . After Steve Konowalchuk and Brendan Witt , the team remained without a captain until Jeff Halpern took over the post after the lockout . From 2006 on, Chris Clark wore the "C" on his jersey despite many injuries until he had to leave the club at the end of December 2009 due to a transfer deal. At the beginning of January 2010, Alexander Ovechkin was appointed the new captain.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame
Surname | Recording date | position |
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Dino Ciccarelli | November 8, 2010 | player |
Sergei Fyodorov | 2015 | player |
Mike Gartner | November 12, 2001 | player |
Rod Langway | November 4, 2002 | player |
Larry Murphy | November 8, 2004 | player |
Adam Oates | November 12, 2012 | player |
Scott Stevens | November 12, 2007 | player |
So far, seven players of the Washington Capitals were in Toronto located Fame Hockey Hall of added. These were striker Mike Gartner , who was the first Capitals player to be included in the 2001 class, defenders Rod Langway , Larry Murphy and Scott Stevens in 2001, 2004 and 2007, and Dino Ciccarelli in the 2010 class. Last was Sergei Feodorov in the year In 2015 inducted into the Hall of Fame.
A Washington Capitals official has not yet been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Blocked jersey numbers
No. | Surname | Blocking date |
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5 | Rod Langway | November 26, 1997 |
7th | Yvon Labre | November 7, 1981 |
11 | Mike Gartner | December 28, 2008 |
32 | Dale Hunter | March 11, 2000 |
99 | Wayne Gretzky | February 6, 2000 (league-wide) |
In its franchise history, the Washington Capitals have so far officially banned four jersey numbers, most recently in December 2008. In addition, another one is no longer officially awarded.
For the first time, Yvon Labre's jersey number 7 was officially blocked by the Washington Capitals on November 7, 1981. It wasn't until 16 years later, on November 26, 1997, that the team hung another banner with Rod Langway's jersey number 5 on the ceiling of the Capital Center , the venue at that time. After moving to today's Verizon Center in December 1997, Dale Hunter's jersey number 32 was also blocked on March 11, 2000 . Another blocking took place on December 28, 2008 with the number 11 by Mike Gartner .
Furthermore, the famous 99 of the Canadian Wayne Gretzky will no longer be awarded to a player, as it has been officially banned by the league since February 6, 2000.
Top 10 voting rights in the NHL Entry Draft
Surname | year | Draft position |
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Greg Joly | 1974 | 1. |
Rick Green | 1976 | 1. |
Robert Picard | 1977 | 3. |
Ryan Walter | 1978 | 2. |
Mike Gartner | 1979 | 4th |
Darren Veitch | 1980 | 5. |
Bobby Carpenter | 1981 | 3. |
Scott Stevens | 1982 | 5. |
Surname | year | Draft position |
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John Slaney | 1990 | 9. |
Nolan Baumgartner | 1994 | 10. |
Alexander Wolchkov | 1996 | 4th |
Nick Boynton | 1997 | 9. |
Kris Beech | 1999 | 7th |
Alexander Ovechkin | 2004 | 1. |
Nicklas Bäckström | 2006 | 4th |
Karl Alzner | 2007 | 5. |
So far, the Washington Capitals have been able to choose 16 players among the top ten rights since the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft , including the first player in the entire draft in 1974, 1976 and 2004.
Greg Joly and Rick Green were players drawn as first-overall draft picks in 1974 and 1976. Later, the Capitals selected Robert Picard , Ryan Walter and Mike Gartner from several players who earned a regular place in Washington. Mike Gartner, who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001, had a share in the performance of the Capitals with his scorer qualities, who made it into the playoffs seven times in a row. Center Bobby Carpenter and defender Scott Stevens were also outstanding individual players, who later each won the Stanley Cup three times with the New Jersey Devils . John Slaney and Nolan Baumgartner did not live up to expectations and could not prevail at the Capitals.
Alexander Woltschkow , who was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1996, only played three games in the NHL. In the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Alexander Ovetschkin was selected as a later leader who is now one of the top players in the NHL. The Swede Nicklas Bäckström, who was selected in 2006, also quickly fought for a regular place in the team and scored over 100 points for the first time in the 2009/10 season.
Franchise top point collector
The ten best point collectors in the history of the franchise by the end of the 2019/20 regular season and the 2020 playoffs .
Abbreviations: Pos = position, GP = games, G = goals, A = assists, Pts = points, P / G = points per game
Surname | Item | season | GP | G | A. | Pts | P / G |
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Alexander Ovechkin | LW | since 2005/06 | 1152 | 706 | 572 | 1278 | 1.11 |
Nicklas Bäckström | C. | since 2007/08 | 956 | 243 | 642 | 927 | 0.97 |
Peter Bondra | RW | 1990 / 91-2003 / 04 | 961 | 472 | 353 | 825 | 0.85 |
Mike Gartner | RW | 1979 / 80-1988 / 89 | 758 | 397 | 392 | 789 | 1.04 |
Michal Pivoňka | C. | 1986 / 87-1998 / 99 | 825 | 181 | 418 | 599 | 0.72 |
Dale Hunter | C. | 1987 / 88-1998 / 99 | 872 | 181 | 375 | 556 | 0.63 |
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson | F. | 1979 / 80-1988 / 89 | 629 | 196 | 359 | 555 | 0.88 |
Mike Ridley | C. | 1986 / 87-1993 / 94 | 588 | 218 | 329 | 547 | 0.93 |
John Carlson | D. | since 2009/10 | 757 | 105 | 373 | 478 | 0.63 |
Calle Johansson | D. | 1988 / 89-2002 / 03 | 983 | 113 | 361 | 474 | 0.48 |
Surname | Item | GP | G | A. | Pts | P / G |
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Alexander Ovechkin | LW | 136 | 69 | 62 | 131 | 0.96 |
Nicklas Bäckström | C. | 128 | 36 | 71 | 107 | 0.84 |
Dale Hunter | C. | 100 | 25th | 47 | 72 | 0.72 |
John Carlson | D. | 112 | 18th | 48 | 66 | 0.59 |
Yevgeny Kuznetsov | C. | 78 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 0.79 |
Mike Ridley | C. | 76 | 19th | 41 | 60 | 0.78 |
Peter Bondra | RW | 73 | 30th | 26th | 56 | 0.76 |
Michal Pivoňka | C. | 95 | 19th | 36 | 55 | 0.57 |
Calle Johansson | D. | 95 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 0.56 |
Scott Stevens | D. | 67 | 9 | 44 | 53 | 0.79 |
Web links
- The Washington Capitals official website (English).
- Washington Capitals on hockey-reference.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Hockeydb.com, Washington Capitals farm team list