On Thursday the Washington Capitals officially dropped the best calendar of the new year. That’s right folks, the Canine Calendar is back! Last year was kind of a weird one but still cool but now the puppies are back and each purchase goes toward charity.
Picking up one of these for the holidays costs $20 and 100 percent of the proceeds go toward the Wolf Trap Animal Rescue as well as the Monumental Sports and Entertainment Foundation. You can get one at the team store at either MedStar Capitals Iceplex or Capital One Arena. If you can’t make it out there or live out of the area, don’t worry! Calendars are available to purchase online by clicking the link here.
Here’s Tom Wilson with his dogs including Halle, who he adopted in the beginning of the pandemic. Wow she has grown!
Proud to be a part of the @Capitals 2022 #CapsCanineCalendar supporting @WTARescue – where we adopted Halle! Get your copy before it’s too late at https://t.co/Lgegbp1tit, @ShopMedStarCaps or @TeamShopAtCOA pic.twitter.com/9pHtPZn4Tj
— Tom Wilson (@tom_wilso) December 3, 2021
Of course no Caps Canine Calendar is complete without Alex Ovechkin and Blake!
The 2022 #CapsCanineCalendar is Ovi and Blake approved!!! Get your copy today at https://t.co/UNNXR0Ex7J<https://t.co/fgZyeKhwWh> or at @ShopMedStarCaps or @TeamShopAtCOA – join us in supporting @WTARescue and @MSEFndn pic.twitter.com/88D04jW0oV
— Alex Ovechkin (@ovi8) December 2, 2021
Nicklas Backstrom and Biscuit have gotten along really well. Of course he’s the star in this Canine Calendar!
Got to show @CapsPup the ropes for the @capitals 2022 #CapsCanineCalendar – don’t worry, he was a natural! Get your copy tomorrow online or at @ShopMedStarCaps and @TeamShopAtCOA – proceeds benefit @WTARescue and @MSEFndn pic.twitter.com/wqjHuGnB9v
— Nicklas Backstrom (@backstrom19) December 2, 2021
Here’s T.J. Oshie with his pups Sandy and Charlie.
We’re back! Always fun to share the spotlight with Sandy and Charlie in the @capitals #CapsCanineCalendar and excited to support @WTARescue and MSEFndn this year. Get your copy today at https://t.co/ZkTaYJPuDz, @ShopMedStarCaps or @TeamShopAtCOA pic.twitter.com/pi5wGqtNpt
— TJ Oshie (@TJOshie77) December 4, 2021
Other players featured in the calendar include John Carlson, Nic Dowd, Lars Eller, Garnet Hathaway, Nick Jensen, Anthony Mantha, Conor Sheary, Justin Schultz, Trevor van Riemsdyk with their dogs. Other players such as Dennis Cholowski, Martin Fehervary, Carl Hagelin, Matt Irwin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Hendrix Lapierre, Connor McMichael, Dmitry Orlov, Ilya Samsonov, Daniel Sprong, and Vitek Vanecek posed with dogs from the Wolf Trap Animal Rescue.
The photography was provided by Virgil Ocampo Photography, with Paige Dowd, Taylor Pischke and Annie van Riemsdyk serving as art directors.
Wolf Trap Animal Rescue was founded in 2015 and it’s a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the primary mission to operate a life saving animal rescue transport and adoption program. The transports operate weekly, where hundreds of homeless puppies and kittens are relocated from Mississippi to awaiting foster homes in Northern Virginia.
Since the start of Canine Calendars in 2012, the Caps and the MSE Foundation have raised nearly $570,000 for local animal shelters. It makes a fantastic holiday gift for any Caps fan!