{"id":622471,"date":"2026-07-14T15:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/622471\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:48:15","slug":"future-hockey-stars-wanted-caps-offer-free-program-for-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/622471\/","title":{"rendered":"Future hockey stars wanted: Caps offer free program for girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Washington Capitals<\/a> are looking to introduce ice hockey to girls ages 4-9 in Montgomery County at no cost.<\/p>\n

DMV Girls Holiday Weekend<\/a> is part of USA Hockey\u2019s Try Hockey for Free program, giving local girls the chance to experience hockey during a free one- to two-hour ice session. All required equipment is provided by the local youth hockey organization.<\/p>\n

The Montgomery Ice Devils<\/a> at Rockville Ice Arena are one of the participating clubs hosting the free event on Sept. 12-13.<\/p>\n

This event is for players who have never tried hockey before to gear up and give it a shot in a fun and safe environment.<\/p>\n

There has also been significant growth in hockey participation in the Washington, D.C., area since Alex Ovechkin\u202fwas drafted, according to USA Hockey. Ovechkin was the first overall pick in the 2004 NHL Draft. The total number of USA Hockey-registered youth and adult players in D.C. has climbed by more than 220% from 2005-06 through 2025-26. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Capitals are looking to introduce ice hockey to girls ages 4-9 in Montgomery County at no…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5114],"tags":[191,68508,5,68509,4,64267,422,190,109,5222],"class_list":["post-622471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-capitals","tag-capitals","tag-dmv-girls-holiday-weekend","tag-hockey","tag-montgomery-ice-devils","tag-nhl","tag-rockville-ice-arena","tag-usa-hockey","tag-washington","tag-washington-capitals","tag-washingtoncapitals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116919121222118929","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}