After petitioning NHL, Capitals players to take Presidents' Trophy to hometowns

After petitioning NHL, Capitals players to take Presidents' Trophy to hometowns

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Coming off their team's second straight Presidents' Trophy win, Capitals players will begin a summer of celebration by showing off the team's newest hardware in the coming weeks.

Captain Alex Ovechkin took the trophy to a Baltimore Orioles game last week, and is set to leave for his hometown of Moscow, Russia this week to share the occasion with family and friends.

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Cardboard cutout of Brooks Orpik found in Pittsburgh dumpster; Game 5 replacement not yet named

Cardboard cutout of Brooks Orpik found in Pittsburgh dumpster; Game 5 replacement not yet named

PITTSBURGH, PA – Capitals blueliner Brooks Orpik has been spotted in a dumpster not far from the PPG Paints Arena on the morning of his team's game five contest against the Penguins.

The lifeless, rain-soaked cardboard cutout, who has played in all but three games for his team this season, was reportedly found by a waste management employee on Friday.

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Ovechkin plans on releasing Russian bed bugs in Penguins locker room

Ovechkin plans on releasing Russian bed bugs in Penguins locker room

PITTSBURGH, PA – With his teammates working hard on the ice in the lead-up to the World Cup of Hockey later this month, Alex Ovechkin is preparing for a different kind of battle off of it.

According to an anonymous team source, Ovechkin smuggled genetically engineered "super" Russian bed bugs into the U.S. with the intention of releasing them in the Penguins locker room.

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