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Published April 7, 2011 at 3:51PM | Updated April 7, 2011 at 4:12PM

The joint ACFD/ACPD team beat Montgomery County Fire (score: 5-1), D.C. Fire (score: 7-0) and Baltimore City Fire (twice) to win their division at the annual D.C. Firefighters Burn Foundation hockey tournament in Laurel, Md. They won 5-4 in overtime in the championship game against Baltimore City on Sunday.

Team organizer Sean Spencer says the 30-man roster contains people who have been playing ice hockey since they were kids and people who just took up the sport in the past couple of years. They had great chemistry on the ice, he said, despite only playing together as a team one time prior to the tournament.

Events

Caps Kick Off New Season Tonight

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Published October 8, 2010 at 12:05PM

The Washington Capitals will take on the Thrashers in Atlanta starting at 7:30 p.m.

A number of local bars are showing the game, but The Front Page in Ballston (4201 Wilson Blvd) is going all out. They’re hosting a Rock the Red Season Opening Party starting at 5:00. The event will feature a raffle for a pair of tickets to Saturday’s home opener at the Verizon Center.

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Police Investigate Death at Kettler Capitals Iceplex

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Published September 23, 2010 at 12:36PM | Updated September 23, 2010 at 5:40PM

Police are investigating a death that occurred at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Ballston just before noon today.

A man in his 20s or 30s suffered some sort of a medical emergency in the complex. Paramedics performed CPR on the man, believed to be a youth hockey coach, and took him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Caps Donate Hockey Gear to Injured Vets

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Published July 23, 2010 at 3:33PM

Two dozen injured veterans took to the ice for a clinic at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Ballston yesterday, part of an event that also featured a donation of hockey equipment to the USA Warriors Ice Hockey Program.

Hall of Fame goalie Grant Fuhr and Capitals assistant coach Bob Woods were among the team representatives on hand. The donation was sponsored by the Caps, the NHL and Verizon Wireless.

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Washington Capitals and Inova Beat Blood Drive Record

By Alex

Published March 31, 2010 at 2:01PM | Updated March 31, 2010 at 11:22PM

The Washington Capitals and Inova partnered for a very successful blood drive, with 609 units of blood donated by 642 fans. The event, held at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Ballston on Saturday, was the highest yielding blood drive hosted by a D.C. sports team to date.

Donors received various gifts including a limited edition Alexander Semin T-shirt, a bobblehead doll, and the possibility of winning a 22″ Sharp TV with built-in DVD player.

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DC Broomball Team Heading to National Tourney

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Published March 25, 2010 at 3:08AM | Updated March 25, 2010 at 3:33AM

To answer your second question, the game is especially popular in Canada and the upper midwest, but yes, DC has an active broomball league. The league has four local teams that play and practice at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Ballston.

Then there’s the travel team, made up of the most hardcore players from each team.