{"id":458453,"date":"2018-06-12T22:13:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T22:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=458453"},"modified":"2025-07-18T05:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:14:31","slug":"stanley-cup-bender-continues-as-capitals-parade-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=458453","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Cup bender continues as Capitals parade in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WASHINGTON \u2014 Hundreds of thousands of fans lined Constitution Avenue and filled the National Mall on Tuesday to celebrate the Washington Capitals\u2019 first Stanley Cup championship. <\/p>\n

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Nicklas Backstrom with the line of the rally. \ud83e\udd23 #ALLCAPS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xnhra9XuI3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tarik El-Bashir\u2328\ufe0f\ud83c\udf99\ud83c\udfd2 (@TarikNBCS) June 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The parade and rally midway between the U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument commemorated the first D.C. title in the major four professional sports since the Redskins in 1992 and the first Cup in the Capitals\u2019 44-year history. <\/p>\n

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Vrana still living his best life pic.twitter.com\/EyWfejEebL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) June 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fans clad in red were 20 deep on either side of Constitution chanting \u201cLet\u2019s Go Caps!\u201d as more than three dozen buses and convertibles made the trip along the mile-long route. <\/p>\n

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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!! #ALLCAPS<\/a> #STANLEYCUP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/KANysP7VeM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Washington Capitals (@Capitals) June 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Conn Smythe Trophy-winning Alex Ovechkin, alternate captains Nicklas Backstrom and Brooks Orpik, owner Ted Leonsis and team president Dick Patrick took up the most prominent place in the parade on the last bus with the Stanley Cup. Chants of \u201cOvi! Ovi!\u201d alternated with pleas of \u201cRaise the Cup!\u201d which Ovechkin, Backstrom and Orpik did for hours while sipping from beer bottles. <\/p>\n

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TJ Oshie demonstrating Adidas\u2019 breathable hockey jerseys pic.twitter.com\/nbNW32dCXg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) June 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the rally, winger T.J. Oshie led fans to chant, \u201cback-to-back,\u201d and Ovechkin and his teammates sang Queen\u2019s \u201cWe Are The Champions\u201d on stage to wrap up one of the biggest sports celebrations in the history of the nation\u2019s capital. <\/p>\n

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Ovechkin closes out the rally in fitting fashion pic.twitter.com\/8LiOHjLnoB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) June 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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