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Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson is on the verge of reaching the milestone of 1,000 NHL video games, and pop singer Vanessa Carlton is a part of the celebration.
WASHINGTON: Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson is on the verge of reaching the milestone of 1,000 NHL video games, and pop singer Vanessa Carlton is a part of the celebration.
Carlton remixed her hit music “A Thousand Miles” with Carlson-themed lyrics as a part of a collaboration between the group and the manufacturing firm Fresh Tape Media.
On Saturday night time in opposition to the Boston Bruins, Carlson is about to develop into the 128th defenseman in league historical past to skate in 1,000 regular-season video games. The 34-year-old has performed the Forty first-most minutes of any participant within the league since ice time began being tracked formally in 1997-98, totaling slightly below 24,000 minutes — plus 3,005 extra within the playoffs.
“He’s not just a point producer that is just playing the top of the power play and able to play that for 20 years,” coach Spencer Carbery stated. “He’s playing that, plus he’s playing penalty kill, plus he’s playing 5 on 5 when you need to defend a lead and when you need to score a goal. That ability and uniqueness, there’s very few that log minutes in all those situations like he has throughout his career.”
Carlson, who’s initially from Natick, Massachusetts, however a lot of his childhood in New Jersey, has taken greater than 26,000 regular-season shifts, all with Washington, since making his debut in 2009.
“You try not to think about it like that,” Carlson stated Saturday morning when instructed that stat.
Carlton’s music remix was launched after the participant with the same sounding final title spoke to reporters following the group’s morning skate.
Carlson is the eightieth participant to decorate in 1,000 video games with one group. His milestone comes a few weeks after teammate T.J. Oshie hit 1,000, and going by that helped put together Carlson for what to anticipate not solely Saturday night time however subsequent weekend when the Capitals maintain a ceremony to honor him.
“You got so much going on now, in the now, in this league and where we are and just worrying about what’s at stake all the time,” Carlson stated. “Just trying not to be a distraction to what we have on our plate right now and where we are.”
The Capitals try to return to the playoffs after lacking final 12 months for the primary time in Carlson’s professional profession.
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