Editing Washington Capitals (section)

===Honored members===

====Hall of Fame honorees====
The Washington Capitals hold an affiliation with a number of inductees to the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]], including eight inductees from the players category and one from the builders category, five of whom have played at least five seasons with the club (Gartner, Oates, Stevens, Langway, and Murphy). [[Sergei Fedorov]] and [[Phil Housley]] were the most recently inducted Capitals players to the Hall of Fame in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/hhof-class-of-2015-player-accomplishments-lidstrom-pronger-federov-housley/|last=Johnston|first=Mike|date=June 29, 2015|title=Lidstrom, Pronger, Fedorov, Housley nominated to HHOF|work=Sportsnet.ca|publisher=Rogers Digital Media|access-date=May 9, 2018}}</ref>

In addition to players, members of the local [[sports media]] have been honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2007, Dave Fay, a sports journalist for ''[[The Washington Times]]'', was a recipient of the [[Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_writers.shtml|title=Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award Winners|access-date=May 9, 2018|year=2018|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum|archive-date=February 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208004534/http://www.hhof.com/html/leg_writers.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, [[play-by-play]] radio broadcaster [[Ron Weber]] was awarded the [[Foster Hewitt Memorial Award]] from the Hall of Fame for his contributions to hockey broadcasting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_broadcasters.shtml|title=Foster Hewitt Memorial Award Winners|access-date=May 8, 2018|year=2018|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142146/https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_broadcasters.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''Players'''
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* [[Dino Ciccarelli]]
* [[Sergei Fedorov]]
* [[Mike Gartner]]
* [[Phil Housley]]
* [[Rod Langway]]
* [[Larry Murphy (ice hockey)|Larry Murphy]]
* [[Adam Oates]]
* [[Scott Stevens]]
}}
'''Builders'''
{{Columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* [[David Poile]]
}}

====Retired numbers====
[[File:Washington Capitals retired numbers red.jpg|thumb|right|The Capitals honor the retired numbers of [[Rod Langway]], [[Yvon Labre]], [[Mike Gartner]], and [[Dale Hunter]] with banners in Capital One Arena.]]
The Capitals have [[Retired number (NHL)|retired]] four numbers: 5, 7, 11, and 32. Although not officially retired, the team has not issued [[Olaf Kolzig]]'s number 37 since his retirement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All-Time Jersey Listing |url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/team/all-time-jerseys |website=Washington Capitals}}</ref> The NHL retired [[Wayne Gretzky]]'s No. 99 for all its member teams at the [[50th National Hockey League All-Star Game|2000 NHL All-Star Game]].<ref>{{cite web |date=February 6, 2000 |title=Perfect setting: Gretzky's number retired before All-Star Game |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/nhl_allstar/news/2000/02/06/gretsky_99/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112022319/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/nhl_allstar/news/2000/02/06/gretsky_99/ |archive-date=November 12, 2013 |access-date=June 9, 2014 |website=CNN Sports Illustrated |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#C8102E 5px solid; border-bottom:#041E42 5px solid;" |Washington Capitals retired numbers
|-
! style="width:40px;" |No.
! style="width:150px;" |Player
! style="width:40px;" |Position
! style="width:100px;" |Career
! style="width:150px;" |No. retirement
|-
| 5 || [[Rod Langway]] || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1982–1993 || November 26, 1997
|-
| 7 || [[Yvon Labre]] || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1974–1980 || November 7, 1981<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/team/7-yvon-labre |website=Washington Capitals NHL|title=Retired Numbers – 7 – Yvon Labre}}</ref>
|-
| 11 || [[Mike Gartner]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]] || 1979–1989 || December 28, 2008
|-
| 32 || [[Dale Hunter]] || [[Centre (ice hockey)|C]] || 1987–1999 || March 11, 2000
|}