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Washington Capitals Hoist First Stanley Cup After Dramatic Win Over Vegas

Alex Ovechkin celebrates on the ice after the Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights to win the Stanley Cup. Ovechkin was awarded the Conn Smythe trophy as the best player in this year's playoffs. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption

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Washington Capitals Hoist First Stanley Cup After Dramatic Win Over Vegas

The championship is the first by a D.C. team in one of the big four U.S. sports leagues in a quarter century and prevents a fairy-tale ending to the Las Vegas hockey team's first season.

'I've Waited 44 Years': Capitals' First Radio Voice Finally Calls A Stanley Cup Final

Washington Capitals center Mike Ridley celebrates his teammate Rod Langway's game-winning overtime goal against the New York Rangers in 1990. Later in the series, the Capitals would win again in overtime to take series and go to the Eastern Conference finals — and announcer Ron Weber was there for the famous call. Ron Edmonds/AP hide caption

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'I've Waited 44 Years': Capitals' First Radio Voice Finally Calls A Stanley Cup Final

Ron Weber, 84, called 1,936 games from their inception in 1974 to 1997. But he retired before they made their first (and for a long time, only) final. Now, he and the team have a second chance.

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