The professional hockey team, boasting the NHL’s most impressive record this season with a franchise-best 51 wins and 114 points, has garnered another distinction as of April 5, 2010: The Presidents’ Trophy.
Although the Caps clinched the Eastern Conference regular season title last week, and their third straight Southeast Division crown and playoff berth a few weeks before that, their most recent achievement was not altogether a shoo-in.
With their Western Conference rivals Chicago and San Jose earning 100-plus point records each as well, and with Washington in a recent three-game slump, momentum could have shifted to any of the three teams in order to win the regular season accolade.
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