After practice on Sunday, the Capitals hosted a Hockey Fights Cancer skate with children and families from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Make-A-Wish® Mid-Atlantic and Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
The players were paired up with a child who was either battling cancer or in remission. They hung out, chatted, went out onto the ice and posed for photos, and many went home with autographed sticks.
Goalie Charlie Lindgren hung out with Grant, a 7-year-old who is in second grade. “It was super cool. Grant was a great kid. Had a lot of fun with him.