Islanders coach Barry Trotz honored by Capitals fa from seestyle's blog

Washington Capitalsfans saw a familiar face on the visiting bench Friday night. Barry Trotz, who led the team to the franchise's first Stanley Cup championshiplast season, made hisreturn Johnny Gaudreau Jersey to D.C. with his new team, the New York Islanders.Despite the fact that the Capitals honored their former coach witha tribute video during the first period. Everyone in attendance, including the players, gave Trotz a standing ovation. The longtime coach kept his Josh Jooris Jersey emotions in check as he motioned thanks to the crowd. The video also thanked a sistants LaneLambert and MitchKorn, who moved with Trotz to the Islanders.To Barry, Lane and Mitch - THANK YOU! Washington Capitals (@Capitals) "My heart is full of good memories," . "I've worked with great people, we've had good teams, won a lot of games Byron Froese Jersey , and we did the ultimate, we won the Stanley Cup."This whole fan base is so pa sionate, to see theexcitement, it brought (back) all those memories, the parade, the winning, all the other stuff that goes along with it."I've had a smile on my face all day today.". just checking in with his old coach. NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) Trotz manned the Capitals bench for four seasonsand compiled a regular season record of 205-89-34, which was an NHL-best during that span. Along with the Cup, he collected two Presidents' Trophies and was the 2016 Vancouver Canucks Jersey Jack Adams Award winner. When he resigned, he became one of four coaches in the last 40 years to not return to their Jordan Oesterle Jersey team after winning the Stanley Cup.On Friday, Trotz's new squad came away with a 2-0 victory. In the third period, the Islanders' Josh Bailey and Cal Clutterbuck potted goals while Thomas Grei s picked up the shutout with 19 saves.