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MEDIA FACILITIES – KETTLER CAPITALS ICEPLEX
Work Room
Kettler Capitals Iceplex features a media work room adjacent to the ice, near the
entrance of the Capitals locker room. The work room features ethernet cables
and wireless Internet access.
MEDIA ACCESS AND INTERVIEWS
Practice Sessions
The media has full access to all team practices at all practice facilities, including
game-day skates, in accordance with the NHL Media Regulations. The media is
allowed to enter the team locker room five minutes after the first regular player
who has participated in the entire practice leaves the ice. In the event of a team
meeting, the media will be allowed access immediately following the conclusion
of the meeting. The locker room is closed to the media prior to and during
practice.
Per NHL Media Regulations, media access at Kettler Capitals Iceplex is limited to
the team’s main locker room and the entrance to the locker room. All other areas
of the training center are off limits to media.
Capitals game-day skates are typically held at 10 a.m. at Kettler Capitals Iceplex.
Pregame
The Capitals locker room is closed prior to game time, although requested
players will be made available during a 30-minute window beginning two hours
prior to faceoff, with priority given to broadcast rightsholders.
Television networks, including rightsholders, requesting pregame interviews
with a player are asked to request these times prior to or during the morning
skate. Live television interviews on gamedays will be scheduled on a case-bycase
basis by the Capitals media relations staff.
Postgame
The Capitals locker room will be open to working media five minutes after the
conclusion of the game. Head coach Bruce Boudreau’s press conference will
follow approximately 15 minutes after the game in the Interview Room (adjacent
to the Press Room).
If the media wishes to interview a player who is not present in the locker room,
contact a Capitals media relations representative who will locate the player.
Video
All outlets are prohibited by the National Hockey League from shooting game
footage of any Capitals game being played at Verizon Center.
Television and online outlets are welcome to shoot Capitals practices, but are
restricted to broadcasting five minutes of on-ice video content from any one
practice. There is no limit to the length of interviews that outlets may broadcast.
Press Gate
Elevator to Parking Garage
Stairs to Parking Garage
6th Street
Press Room
Darkroom
Visitors’
Lockerroom
Wizards Practice Court
(Alternate Press Room & Press Conference/
Interview Site)
Studio C
Studio B
Studio A
Press Elevator
General Mgr./
Coaches' Offices
Visitors’
Bench
Caps’
Bench
Penalty Boxes
TV Trucks
Visiting Team Bus
Players’ Lounge
EVENT FLOOR
Medical Treatment
Changing Room
Capitals
Lockerroom
Zamboni Entrance
EVENT FLOOR MAP
Elevator
Stairs
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WASHINGTON CAPITALS OFFICIAL GUIDE
7th Street
Security Checkpoint
Closed to Media
Players’ Personal Telephone Numbers
At no time will a player’s home or mobile phone number be released to either
the media or the public unless the player specifically authorizes such release.
Members of the media attempting to reach players must do so through the
Capitals media relations staff; failure to do so, regardless of a media member's
existing relationship with a player, may result in forfeiture of credentials.
Team Medical Rooms
Team medical rooms located at Verizon Center, Kettler Capitals Iceplex or any
other practice facility are off limits to the media at all times.
Autographs
Media attending Capitals practices or games are strictly forbidden from
requesting autographs. Any person with a media pass observed asking players
for autographs will be asked to leave and may not be granted credentials in the
future.
DIRECTIONS TO VERIZON CENTER
From National Airport – Take I-395 North to 12th Street exit (stay left) ... right
onto Constitution Avenue, NW ... left onto 6th Street, NW
From BWI Airport – Take Baltimore/Washington Pkwy. (I-295 South) to US Rt.
50 ... US Rt. 50 West toward Washington (New York Avenue, NE) ... left on 6th
Street, NW
From Dulles Airport – Take Dulles Toll Road (Rt. 267 East) to I-66 East
(becomes Constitution Avenue, NW) ... left on 6th Street, NW
From Metrorail – Verizon Center is located at the Gallery Place/Chinatown stop
on the Red, Yellow and Green lines and just blocks from Metro Center on the
Orange and Blue lines
DIRECTIONS TO KETTLER CAPITALS ICEPLEX
From Washington, D.C. – Take Constitution Ave. west, toward the Lincoln
Memorial ... take I-66 West ... take exit 71/Glebe Rd. and take a left on to Glebe
Rd. ... pass Wilson Blvd. and the rink is on the eighth level of the parking garage
attached to Ballston Common Mall.
From National Airport – Take George Washington Parkway North toward
Arlington ... take I-66 West ... take exit 71/Glebe Rd. and take a left on to Glebe
Rd. ... pass Wilson Blvd. and the rink is on the eighth level of the parking garage
attached to Ballston Common Mall.
From Dulles Airport – Dulles Toll Road (Rt. 267 East) to I-66 ... take I-66 East ...
take exit 71/Glebe Rd. and take a right on to Glebe Rd. ... pass Wilson Blvd. and
the rink is on the eighth level of the parking garage attached to Ballston Common
Mall.
From BWI Airport – Take I-195 West to I-95 ... take I-95 South to the Capital
Beltway (I-495) ... take I-495 West into Virginia ... take George Washington
Parkway South ... take I-66 West ... take exit 71/Glebe Rd. and take a left on to
Glebe Rd. ... pass Wilson Blvd. and the rink is on the eighth level of the parking
garage attached to Ballston Common Mall.
From Metrorail – Kettler Capitals Iceplex is located two blocks from the
Ballston stop on the Orange line ... Follow Stuart Street (or take the skywalk) to
Ballston Common Mall and take the parking garage elevators to the eighth level.