The second scrimmage of Development Camp 2014 for the
Washington Capitals held on Friday was a rout. Team Red
scored a touchdown and added a two-point conversion, while Team White managed
only a field goal in an 8-3 win for the Redsters.
They are not yet Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin, but
Andre Burakovsky and Jakub Vrana did a passable impression of the prolific pair
on the parent club. This week might be
remembered as being Burakovsky’s in large part.
In his second straight day playing at center – a new position for the
drafted winger – he looked entirely comfortable distributing the puck when he
wasn’t firing it himself. He would finish this scrimmage with a goal and two assists.
We did not have a chance to see all eight goals for Team Red (the sick
bug consumed us after Team Red went up, 5-1, mid-way in the second period), but
what we saw was impressive enough.
Burakovsky had two assists in the first period, and Vrana picked a top
corner with a one timer (from Burakovsky), and one could see this pair being a
productive second line partnership (ok, probably in 2016 or 2017).
Team White had their moments, but they were of the “coulda
woulda shoulda” variety. For instance,
Austin Wuthrich hit a pipe early on in the first period, the puck staying
out. Red scored the game’s first goal on
the ensuring rush. It was not the only
pipe that Team White hit in the first period, getting another chance when the
game was still 1-0.
That, and a nice finish by Chandler Stephenson of a
spin-a-rama pass from Riley Barber, would pretty much do it for the Team White
highlights, the deeper offensive skill of Team Red taking over in the first
half of the game we had a chance to see.
We did get some pics, though…
Gentlemen...start your engines.
waiting waiting waiting
skating skating skating
Three Amigos
"let's score eight on two....ready...BREAK!"
Garrett Haar in the shootout interlude
The jury renders the verdict.... 8-3
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