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Washington Capitals. The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The Capitals compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference and is owned by Ted Leonsis through Monumental Sports & Entertainment. The team ...
The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) [4] [5] are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference, [6] and are one of the Original Six teams of the league. [7] Founded in 1926, the team was known as ...
1982–1986. Coaching career. 1988–present. John Tortorella [1] (born June 24, 1958) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Tortorella was previously the head coach of the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers, Tampa Bay ...
In the first round of the 2014 playoffs, the Sharks were matched with rivals and eventual Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings. Although the Sharks took a 3–0 series lead, the Kings came back to tie the series before advancing with a 5–1 win in game seven (only the fourth time in the 97-year history of the NHL where a team lost a best-of ...
With their Stanley Cup wins in 2016 and 2017, the Penguins became the first back-to-back champions in the salary cap era. Several of the team's former members have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame , including co-owner Mario Lemieux , who purchased the Penguins in 1999 and brought the club out of bankruptcy.
Beagle, who won the Kelly Cup title wtih Idaho in 2007, became first person to ever win a Kelly Cup, Calder Cup and Stanley Cup championship during his career. Eighteen former ECHL players played their first NHL game, bringing the total number of players to have played in the NHL after the ECHL to 641, including 385 in the last 13 seasons.
Jared Bednar, who won three Kelly Cup titles with South Carolina (1997, 2001 and 2009) is head coach of the Colorado Avalanche, and led the team to the 2022 Stanley Cup title; Spencer Carbery, who won a Kelly Cup title as a player with South Carolina in 2009, is head coach of the Washington Capitals; Brent Thompson, who led Alaska to the 2011 ...
