YISE Youth Hockey Night!

YISE Youth most definitely rocked the red as we took over our section in the Verizon Center. In addition to having a great view of the entire arena, every person in our group also got a great Washington Capitals red t-shirt to take home.

With the Capitals in first place in the entire NHL and on pace to have the best record in the history of the game, it was truly a treat to watch a team with 4 all star players take the home ice. From the drop of the puck, the Capitals were skating fiercely and went up 2-0 pretty quickly. After Ottawa got a goal to bring the score to 2-1, the Caps did not let up again. The next 5 goals were scored by the Capitals in a 7-1 blow out win!

Not only did this make for a ton of action in a sport that is not known for its high scores, but we got to witness history. Alex Ovechkin became the 6th fastest player in the history of the NHL to score 500 goals! This was a tremendous milestone, and the game was stopped as fans threw their hats onto the ice, the Capitals emptied their bench to congratulate Ovi, and both teams paid their respect to him by tapping their sticks on the ice. Large signs flashed with Alex Ovechkin and 500 goals sprawled across the jumbotron.

All in all, this was a wonderful shul event that was well attended! We look forward to seeing everyone out for our Shaimos or Shame On Us event in February and our joint YISE and KMS Purim Carnival which will be hosted this year by Shomrai on March 20th.

Brett