[Dem] varje mottagna på plats tatueringar av logoen, något, som tjänade som som underhållning till något, och spänningen för huvudstäder den nya till para som har varit long-time locksupportrar. Greene, who cut a deal with Leonsis that if the team ever changed their logo, he would get a tattoo of it, was thrilled for the opportunity to take the Caps chairman and majority owner up on his word. Thankfully, the logo was something that he really enjoyed. [1]

Ink Junkeez Body Piercing & Tattoos of White Plains, Maryland, were there to do the honors. Ted Leonsis even came over to review his (indirect) handiwork. Here are some photos of  to repurpose a Neil Young song â€â€Ã‚ the needle and the damage done:

Uni - Neck Tattoo

 

Uni - Ted Observes the Tattooing
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Uni - Tattoo Two
Uni - Neck Tattoo Closeup

Perhaps inspired by this show of Capital fandom, my friend’s four-year-old son decided he wanted to get a tattoo of his own. After Brennan skated a few laps with his dad, I walked him over to the young woman at the face painting table. There, when she asked what he wanted, he seemed nonplused. After a moment, he silently pointed to a blob of green paint. ”Green? A green what?” the painter inquired. Brennan paused for a moment before answering, “A mouse.”

“Um… a green mouse?” the painter confirmed. “Yes,” Brennan replied, suddenly quite certain. She proceeded to render a little work of art, and added in a wedge of cheese with stink-lines emanating from it for good measure. As you can see from the photo, he clearly liked the final result.

Uni - Brennan Tattoo

Uni - Chris ClarkUni - Autograph Session with Chris Clark and othersAs for the uniforms themselves? Well, they’re growing on me. I, like most, love the return to RW&B. The logo is a neat callback to the old one, but much smoother-looking. Personally, I would have liked the Eagle logo as a crest â€â€Ã‚ with the three stars between its wings and no “Washington” on the front  and the retro logo on the shoulders. Perhaps that could be a blue third jersey in a couple years.

But these are still pretty neat jerseys, and they look even better on the players kitted out in full uniform. Chris Clark & company skating around with the new blue pants, striped socks, and sweaters looked better than the jersey standalone. Plus it’s wonderful to be able to read player numbers and names again. So, if asked for a grade, I give the jerseys a “B” and the full uniform an “A-”. As you can see from the photos, the uniforms are more form-fitting than their predecessors, but are by no means the Spider-Man sweaters prototyped a few years ago (thank god for that).

The current and former players sat for extended autograph sessions, with many fans clutching just-purchased shirts and hats to have signed right out of the bag.

Family-friendly entertainment was ample: the aforementioned face painter was next to several caricature artists, and just outside were two moon-bounce jumpy carnival rides. Families crowded onto the Kettler blue rink for free skating; kids and adults alike tested their slapshots against a radar gun.

Once the draft began, we stayed until Cherepanov went to the Rangers (blech), then headed home after a very enjoyable visit.

Welcome back, red white & blue! We’ve missed you.

Uni - A packed house

 

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7 Comments

  1. Fred wrote:

    I was reading early this morning, not knowing he was in there. As I scrolled down I thought “Hey, that’s Bren.” I woke him up with the news, and he was half-asleep and talking about the photos. When he saw himself he said, “What the heck! That’s crazy.” Stinky cheese!

    Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 10:19 am | Permalink
  2. CapitalGoodie wrote:

    Thankz for the story, love this kind of stuff as a fan from outside DC who never gets to be part of Caps’ events.

    Awesome coverage, really appreciate it.

    BTW, did that guy really have to get the Caps logo on his neck! That had to sting.

    Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 10:54 am | Permalink
  3. usiel wrote:

    The uni unveiling was pretty cool…watched on the multitude of plasmas on the mezzanine level. Watching the draft was painful though. Only sound was coming from large PA speakers at one end and they would cut the audio from the draft and have audio from joe b’s interviews which was god awful annoying and drove my bro and I to wander around till we found a small wall mounted lcd that had the draft audio.

    Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 11:28 am | Permalink
  4. sk84fun wrote:

    Here’s a link to more about the tattoo guys…

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/22/AR2007062202077.html

    Thanks for the pics; I enjoyed the tour, but fun to see some pics, too; did you take one of the young Olie and his pencil mustache - LOL?

    For someone actually trying to watch the draft, it was less than ideal, but that wasn’t the main audience.

    It was nice to see the players (current and former) participate in the event. And not sure if you spotted him, but Andre Nikolishin was there.

    Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 1:31 pm | Permalink
  5. Justin wrote:

    Nice tats! Just gonna tell you, when you write new blog posts, go over to BeTheRef.com and post a link to your story, and hopefully get a few extra readers for your blog.

    Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 10:24 pm | Permalink
  6. Doobie wrote:

    BTW, I love that Denis Maruk card with him in his North Stars “jersey”. I’m sure the conversation at Topps that year went something like this.

    Art guy #1: Maruk got traded again. He’s with the Capitals now.
    Art guy #2: Are you kidding me? Thats, like, the third team in two years. Do we have a picture of him in the Caps jersey.
    Art guy #1: Nah. We gotta air brush it on him again.
    Art guy #2: F&ck that! You know how long it took me to paint him green last year?? Just put a G#ddamn disclaimer on the bottom that he’s with the frigging Capitals this year! No one will care!

    Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 10:35 pm | Permalink
  7. usiel wrote:

    Coming from a guy that has lots of tatoos..the name ink junkeez doesn’t inspire confidence in me.

    Friday, June 29, 2007 at 1:19 am | Permalink

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