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Defense man Shaone Morrisonn scored the overtime goal against the New York Rangers on December 23rd, 2008, the same day as his 26th birthday.
On December 23rd, 2008, the Capitals played the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In the first period, the Rangers were leading 4-0, but the Capitals did not lose hope. Alex Ovechkin scored in the second period to start off the scoring. Tomas Fleischmann and Viktor Kozlov both scored in the third period along with Alex Ovechkin again, to tie it at 4-4. The game went into overtime, and 59 seconds in, Shaone Morrisonn scored the winning goal. Ironically enough, it was also Morrisonn's 26th birthday! What a great present to himself and the whole team! Well done, Caps! This just shows that you can't lose hope in your team, and that anything is possible in the world of hockey.
Here are Alex Ovechkin's comments on this game: "They stopped playing hockey, they probably believed 4-0 they'd win the game. They tried to play conservative, but we play a different way. We play a hard, physical game and take lots of shots. You see the results."
Merry Christmas!
Pic of the DayKarl Alzner scored his first ever NHL goal in his 6th ever NHL game. They were playing at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. He scored at 1:41 of the second period, and his goal was unassisted.
Pic of the DaySome of the Capitals at practice playing a game called "Juice Boy", which they almost always conclude practice doing (see end of entry for details).Because of the recent injuries to mainly defense men, the coach of the Capitals, Bruce Boudreau, decided to put Brooks Laich on defense for the game against the Los Angeles Kings on November 20th. Brooks played extremely well for it not being his usual role on the team. He blocked not only one shot, but two, which aided the goalie Brent Johnson. The first was a wrist shot from Jarrett Stoll, which he blocked with his shin while sliding, and the other from Drew Doughty, which he was forced to block with his left hand because he was without a stick.
When he got back to the bench, a few of his teammates, including Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin and Donald Brashear, took turns praising Laich on a job well done defending the net. Here is what Captain Chris Clark had to say about Laich: "We need that type of player. To sacrifice your body to block the puck is the hardest thing you can do. I think in any sport to sacrifice your body like that is the hardest thing you can do. It's great."
Continued information on the Pic of the Day- "Juice Boy" is a skills competition the capitals play at practice. The last player to hit the corners of the net inside the sticks must serve Gatorade to the rest of the team, and face some not-serious teasing.
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