Comments on: 5 Year-old William Shannon Becomes a Capital For a Day http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/04/01/5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day/ A cheerfully demented Washington Capitals site with a healthy fixation on Alex Ovechkin and his Russian bros. CRASH THE NET! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: William’s Dad Shares Their Experience of Day Two of Will’s Wish http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/04/01/5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day/#comment-16756 William’s Dad Shares Their Experience of Day Two of Will’s Wish Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:40:48 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=16548#comment-16756 [...] Editor’s Note: By now, you’ve probably heard of William Shannon. He is five years old, has acute lymphoblastic leukemia and is everyone’s favorite little Capital. Thanks to the make a Wish-A-Wish foundation and the Caps, William had his dream realized and took the ice with Mike Green, Jason Chimera, D.J. King and Semyon…. [...]

]]> By: Beth Smith http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/04/01/5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day/#comment-16725 Beth Smith Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:50:55 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=16548#comment-16725 What an amazing story and an amazing young man. Super hockey player, too!!

]]> By: Brian http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/04/01/5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day/#comment-16685 Brian Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:32:22 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=16548#comment-16685 My favorite part is in a video left by an above commenter. After little William gets a breakaway attempt he HUSTLES back to the blue line for another try. Further proof of the young man’s obviously excellent attitude. I love everything about this.

]]> By: Ian http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/04/01/5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day/#comment-16657 Ian Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:41:15 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=16548#comment-16657 Just saw this:

5 year old William was awesome today on the ice with us at practice. Sick dangles.less than a minute ago via TwittelatorMike Green
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]]> By: Nancy McManus http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/04/01/5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day/#comment-16655 Nancy McManus Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:16:22 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=16548#comment-16655 This story brought me to tears. I know personally how much this experience with the CAPS meant to Will and his family! Way to go, Will and the CAPS of course!

]]> By: DarkStranger44 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/04/01/5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day/#comment-16650 DarkStranger44 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:41:36 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=16548#comment-16650 And now more highlights for William. During the “Shirt off the Back” ceremony, after Semin gave William his jersey (and autographed it), he then lifted William up in the air for all the fans to see. (There are pictures on websites.)

Aww!

]]> By: Barb Spencers http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/04/01/5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day/#comment-16643 Barb Spencers Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:51:24 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=16548#comment-16643 Very touching. Thanks Capitals for making a special boy’s dream come true! Thanks for sharing the story.

]]> By: Joe http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/04/01/5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day/#comment-16641 Joe Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:32:58 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=16548#comment-16641 Make-a-Wish Foundation — now get the NHL to modify the draft rules just a bit. Give the Caps an extra draft choice so they can draft a five-year-old.

]]> By: Ian http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/04/01/5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day/#comment-16623 Ian Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:41:50 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=16548#comment-16623 From all of us at RMNB, we wanted to say thank you to Ted Leonsis for this blog post linking to us.

http://www.tedstake.com/2011/04/02/touching-2/

]]> By: Video: Alex Ovechkin’s Dance After His OTGWG Against Buffalo http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/04/01/5-year-old-william-shannon-becomes-a-capital-for-a-day/#comment-16595 Video: Alex Ovechkin’s Dance After His OTGWG Against Buffalo Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:51:22 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=16548#comment-16595 [...] Brilliant. That one’s for you, William! [...]

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