Photos by Caps Outsider
As part of Hockey is for Everyone Month, the Capitals on Tuesday hosted an auction which supports You Can Play, an organization dedicated to helping the LGBTQ hockey community.
This consisted of using rainbow-colored ‘Pride Tape’ on their sticks during warm-ups. The sticks and other items were then auctioned off, with the proceeds going to benefit You Can Play, which ensures “equality, respect and safety for all athletes, coaches and fans, without regard to sexual orientation and/or gender identity.”
Caps Pride Night is underway! #RockTheRainbow #HockeyIsForEveryone #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/0uZbE7LODB
— Slapshot (@Caps_Slapshot) February 28, 2018
Here are some photos of the players who had Pride Tape, and what they sold for in the auction:
- Braden Holtby stick: $1000
- T.J. Oshie stick:$550
- Nicklas Backstrom stick:$500
- Tom Wilson stick:$450
- Philipp Grubauer stick: $425
- John Carlson stick: $375
- Jakub Vrana stick: $375
- Lars Eller stick: $350
- Andre Burakovsky stick:$325
- Jakub Jerabek stick:$325
- Chandler Stephenson stick: $325
- Christian Djoos stick: $325
- Travis Boyd stick: $325
- Brett Connolly stick: $300
- Braden Holtby Rock the Rainbow T-shirt: $300
- Braden Holtby puck: $300
- Devante Smith-Pelly stick: $300
- Tom Wilson puck: $300
- Brooks Orpik stick: $275
- Madison Bowey stick: $250
- Michal Kempny stick: $250
- Alex Chiasson stick: $225
- T.J. Oshie Puck: $225
- Nicklas Backstrom puck: $200
- Lars Eller puck: $200
- Andre Burakovsky puck: $200
- Philipp Grubauer puck: $200
- Chandler Stephenson puck: $175
- Jakub Vrana puck: $150
- Barry Trotz puck: $150
- John Carlson puck: $150
- Devante Smith-Pelly puck: $125
- Jakub Jerabek puck: $125
- Michal Kempny puck: $125
- Christian Djoos puck: $125
- Madison Bowey puck: $100
- Brooks Orpik puck: $100
- Brett Connolly puck: $100
- Travis Boyd puck: $75
- Alex Chiasson puck: $75
