In today’s Mid-Day Memory, we take a look at those Washington Capitals who did not work or play well with others, those instances in which a Capital recorded 25 or more minutes in penalties in a single game. It is, as you might expect, a colorful history. For example, did you know…
Yowza.
By that time, the Devils had gone out to a 9-4 lead. Ten seconds after the Devils recorded their ninth goal at the 9:47 mark, Hunter went off, taking a slashing penalty, an unsportsmanlike conduct, a game misconduct, and a gross misconduct, the last of those penalties for giving referee Denis Morel a “choke” sign as Hunter was leaving the ice. It brought Hunter’s penalty minute total to 32. For the Caps it was, and remains the playoff game in which they allowed the most goals in team history, losing to the Devils by a 10-4 margin.