This past November, Caps center Nicklas Backstrom played host to 12-year old Sam Becker for the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Sam, who we’re happy to report is cancer free, is preparing for his Bar Mitzvah in December.
We’ve actually got a nice story about this. After the Nov. 28, 2014 game, when Becker and Backstrom met, the Caps didn’t publicly disclose their Honest Abe player of the game, something they always did after victories.
Caps Outsider couldn’t find out who it was. Caps media relations didn’t know, Washington Post beat reporter Alex Prewitt didn’t know, and even through the process of elimination, we couldn’t narrow it down to find out who won it.