For the first time, Brett Connolly and the Washington Capitals will get to raise a banner tonight.
The Stanley Cup champions will be saluted in a special ceremony prior to their home opener against the Boston Bruins.
The Cup will be on the ice for the banner ceremony.
The 26-year-old Connolly of Prince George is expected to replace the suspended Tom Wilson on the Caps top line with Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Connolly is playing for a new head coach as assistant Todd Reirden moved up after Barry Trotz left to coach the New York Islanders.
Speechless!!! Thank you to my teammates, staff @Capitals @TedLeonsis #stanleycupchamps pic.twitter.com/4ZmpPWyKMz
— Brett Connolly (@bconnolly8) October 2, 2018
We got a really big team and they got some really big Rings. #ALLCAPS https://t.co/cqrt1xyjCu pic.twitter.com/eYVVGTZyhJ
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 2, 2018