Washington Post · Sep 12, 2015
Washington Capitals’ rookie camp opens in Florida
Capitals coach Barry Trotz is happy that rookie camp has moved to Florida. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)ESTERO, Fla. — There was a strange backdrop to the first whiff of hockey for the Washington Capitals this fall, between the palm trees swaying outside Germain Arena and the steaming heat, thick enough to fog their helmet visors on the trek to the locker room. There were zero shots on goal for the first nine minutes of the 2015 Lightning Prospect Tournament, no stoppage whistles for the first 10 and a scoreboard that, after defenseman Connor Hobbs’ second-period strike, read 199-0.