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2 weeks ago | 
nhl.com | William G. Douglas
'Ovi effect' has seen huge growth in programs, players since his rookie season April 07, 2025
WASHINGTON -- Haley Skarupa grew up Ovechkin. The 31-year-old Rockville, Maryland, native, who won a gold medal with the U.S. women's hockey team at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, took up the sport around the same time Alex Ovechkin was playing his rookie season with the Washington Capitals in 2005-06. "I grew up idolizing him.
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2 weeks ago | 
nhl.com | William G. Douglas |Dustin Byfuglien
Bailey, Hinds, Warren team up for Ducks' affiliate in what could be 1st in league annals April 07, 2025
William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he has a roundup of news and notes, led by three players who combined for a rare feat in the American Hockey League.
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2 weeks ago | 
nhl.com | William G. Douglas
12-year-old Madison Smith gets puck from captain, feels like 'the star today' April 05, 2025
Madison Smith, a normally chatty 12-year-old, said she was at a loss for words when Alex Ovechkin handed her a puck on Friday before the Washington Capitals faced the Chicago Blackhawks at Capital One Arena. "I didn't even think," Madison said.
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3 weeks ago | 
nhl.com | William G. Douglas
Forward calls decision to join 1st Division I team to represent HBCU 'a no-brainer' March 31, 2025
William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport.
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3 weeks ago | 
nhl.com | William G. Douglas
The Nashville Predators failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second time in three seasons. The Predators (27-37-8) were eliminated from contention when they lost 3-2 to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. Nashville, which lost in six games to the Vancouver Canucks in the 2024 Western Conference First Round, has not won a playoff series since defeating the Colorado Avalanche in six games in the first round in 2018.
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3 weeks ago | 
nhl.com | William G. Douglas
Annual event has raised more than $1.5 million for NHL Foundation, other organizations March 26, 2025
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Nick Lewis didn't quite know what to do. The captain of the Washington, D.C., Lobbyists stood near center ice after his squad defeated a team of Lawmakers 8-2 to win the Congressional Hockey Challenge on Tuesday for the first time in six years.
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4 weeks ago | 
nhl.com | William G. Douglas
William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he profiles Sarah Nurse, a forward for Toronto of the Professional Women’s Hockey League and two-time Olympic medalist. She hosts “Nursey Night” at Toronto home games, an initiative to help attract more girls to hockey and make the sport more inclusive. Sarah Nurse jokes that it started with two tickets and a dream.
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1 month ago | 
nhl.com | William G. Douglas
Maryland native got start in game as 7-year-old in Capitals learn to play program March 17, 2025
William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he profiles River Yearwood, a 26-year-old forward/defenseman from Baltimore, Maryland, a rookie playing professionally in Estonia.
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1 month ago | 
nhl.com | William G. Douglas
William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he take a look at the 2025 Amerigol LATAM Cup Spring Classic, which will be hosted by the Vegas Golden Knights from March 19-22 at America First Center in Henderson, Nevada. Juan Carlos Otero doesn’t want the saying “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” to apply to the 2025 Amerigol LATAM Cup Spring Classic.
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1 month ago | 
nhl.com | William G. Douglas
Olympic champions Eruzione, Schneider, Verchota, McClanahan joined by Stanley Cup at annual Hockey Day March 05, 2025
WASHINGTON --The “Miracle Men” came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Four members of the 1980 U.S. Olympics men’s hockey team that defeated the Soviet Union in the "Miracle on Ice" at Lake Placid, New York on Feb.
