Joe Pelletier at Greatest Hockey Legends is up to #3 in his 20 Greatest Photos In Hockey History series. While some might debate the rankings, the photos are undoubtedly are terrific representations of the sport we love and its incredible history. Check them out here, and be sure to scroll down for the whole list (note #19 features a newly-minted Washington Capital).
In the spirit of Joe’s idea, I’d posit that this photo ‚Äî while nowhere near the grand scope of the photos in Joe’s history-spanning effort ‚Äî is a great photo in the Washington Capitals’ history. The joyous celebration capping the team’s incredible run to the playoffs last season . . . Alex Ovechkin realizing he’s about to get his first taste of the NHL postseason . . . and a hungry, high-energy team rallying around its leader.¬† It’s a recent photo of recent history, but hopefully this moment will one day be considered the genesis of the team’s journey to the Cup.
The Playoffs, At Last (photo courtesy of the Washington Capitals)
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Cool photo, and I too hope it’s the start of great things to come.
Dave
I cant find a pic, but my greatest Caps image is Joe Juneau scoring on Hasek, to send the Caps to the ’98 Finals. Greatest moment in team history….so far.
Agreed Sparty — though despite my searching I couldn’t find any quality images of that moment. We do, however, have the video from that wonderful moment:
http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2008/06/04/june-4-1998-washington-seriously-parties-over-hockey-into-the-wee-hours/
@ Sparty…
OFB posted some YouTube footage of this glorious moment over the summer I believe, just look under the Juneau category and it’ll probably be one of the first things listed. If only someone could convince the NHL to create more highlight reel collectibles on DVD for more teams? Unless you’re a Rangers, Flyers or Habs fan, you’re iffy on being able to find merch like that. The NFL cranks out video highlights of even their WORST teams every season so that Seahawks fans like me can feel like our team’s important, LOL…
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