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The Washington Capitals, including Alex Ovechkin, from Russia, front left, cheer as they celebrate winning the hockey Stanley Cup during a victory rally for the Washington Capitals, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The Washington Capitals, including Alex Ovechkin, from Russia, front left, cheer as they celebrate winning the hockey Stanley Cup during a victory rally for the Washington Capitals, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press

Capitals Parade 2018: Twitter Reaction, Photos, Videos, GIFs and More

Timothy Rapp
Jun 12, 2018

The Washington Capitals celebrated their Stanley Cup title with a parade through Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, and no player enjoyed himself more than Alex Ovechkin.

Seriously, he was living his best life:

The crowd enjoyed Ovechkin, too, in all his "not safe for work" splendor (seriously, very NSFWโ€”you've been warned):

"You thought it was gonna be crazy, but it's basically nuts," Ovechkin told the crowd, per the Washington Post. "You guys [are] killing it."

Who could blame Ovechkin for letting it all hang out? In a career that will end with a berth in the Hall of Fame, the only thing missing from his resume before this season was a Stanley Cup title. Now he's checked off that final box, and he's been celebrating ever since.

Live it up, Oviโ€”you earned it.

Of course, the rest of Capitals were having an amazing time, too. There was a lot of beer.

Like, a lot:

Throughout the parade route, Brooks Orpik tossed beers into the crowd, while Evgeny Kuznetsov carried around a case of Bud Light, according to Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post.

"Finally, we started playing hockey like we party," Nicklas Backstrom said, per Isabelle Khurshudyanโ€ of the Washington Post.

An enormous crowd in Washington joined the celebration:

Owner Ted Leonsis said the Capitals "put the unity in the community. We all agree on one thing: We have the greatest fans in the world, and now we have the greatest hockey team in the world. Now we have something that united us: a Stanley Cup championship."

Head coach Barry Trotz, looking around at the monuments in the city, referenced the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech:

"We had a dream. And we did it."

Indeed they did. Washington will never forget the party that followed.