Washington Capitals are gearing up for another awesome canine calendar

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No I’m not talking about opening night, at least not yet, I’m talking about the Washington Capitals canine calendar photoshoot.

It’s an annual tradition and always the most popular holiday gift for your favorite Caps fan. They typically do these photoshoots in October and the calendar itself gets released in the holiday season.

This season the proceeds from all the canine calendar sales will benefit the Wolf Trap Animal Rescue as well as the Monumental Sports and Entertainment foundation.

Now it’s time for some canine calendar photo and video content. Credits go toward the Caps, Sammi Silber of Washington Hockey Now, Darren Haynes of WUSA 9, Scott Abraham of WDBJ 7, NBC Sports Washington, and NBC 4.

Here’s the Russian trio of Alex Ovechkin with his dog Blake, as well as Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov with their pups.

Tom Wilson with his dog Halle. Peep the drip that Willy has.

We heard that word on the street is that goaltenders Darcy Kuemper and Charlie Lindgren are friends already. Today their dogs met for the first time and became instant buds.

Tom Wilson again, featuring a puppy with shades.

Preseason and training camp stud Aliaksei Protas was LOVING his first canine calendar photoshoot.

More Alex Ovechkin and Blake content for your viewing pleasure.

We included the Russians but we can’t forget the Swedes. Also it’s good to see Nicklas Backstrom taking part in the photoshoot.

T.J. Oshie brought his dog along for the fun too.

Ovechkin and Kuznetsov are boys and it looks like their dogs are instant friends too.

Not only did Nicklas Backstrom participate in the photoshoot, his family did as well.

Finally more squad pics with their dogs. We also love how Kuzy’s dog is named Peppa.

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We’re very excited to see how these photos come out and we’ll keep you posted on the release date of the canine calendar!