In the third of a series of era celebration nights at Capital One Arena on Friday, Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green, Karl Alzner and Brent Johnson got to drop the ceremonial puck to celebrate the Rock the Red Era of Caps hockey, which began in 2005 and coincides with Alex Ovechkin’s career.
Some of the players have also been on a promotional tour lately, like Backstrom, who made an appearance at the Rockville Verizon store.
During the game, Mike Green played the Top Shot Challenge, where a player has several pucks and has to hit nine boxes. Other alumni who have played it this season include Dennis Maruk, Troy Brouwer, and Peter Bondra.
Bondra holds the record among this group with just over 12 seconds, while Green started fast but ended up at 16 seconds.
