Mid-Day Memories: Not Working or Playing Well With Others

In today’s Mid-Day Memory, we take a look at those Washington Capitals who did not work or play well with others, those instances in which a Capital recorded 25 or more minutes in penalties in a single game. It is, as you might expect, a colorful history. For example, did you know…

The first instance of a Capitals player accumulating 25 or more penalty minutes took place on March 20, 1977, in what would be the 234th game in franchise history. Perhaps fittingly, the first instance was recorded by Yvon Labre, by that time team captain and the player who would be the first to have his number retired by the club. He compiled 29 penalty minutes in a 6-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres at Capital…