{"id":216374,"date":"2025-10-11T08:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T08:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/216374\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T08:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T08:42:12","slug":"logan-thompsons-goalie-mask-for-road-games-features-the-numbers-of-every-capitals-defenseman-i-dont-always-say-anything-but-im-thinking-of-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/216374\/","title":{"rendered":"Logan Thompson\u2019s goalie mask for road games features the numbers of every Capitals defenseman: \u2018I don\u2019t always say anything, but I\u2019m thinking of them\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Logan Thompson sported a new bucket during Capitals\u2019 practice on Friday morning, and it has a nice tribute to his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>The back plate features the number of every Capitals defenseman on the team: #3 Matt Roy, #6 Jakob Chychrun, #38 Rasmus Sandin, #42 Martin Fehervary, #47 Declan Chisholm, #52 Dylan McIlrath, #57 Trevor van Riemsdyk, and #74 John Carlson.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width size-full wp-image-559610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/file-logan-thompson-mask-back-2-updated-wb-101025.jpg\" alt=\"Back plate of Logan Thompson's new mask\" width=\"1342\" height=\"895\"  \/>\ud83d\udcf8: Katie Adler\/RMNB<\/p>\n<p>Well, almost everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am going to put Vinny (Vincent Iorio) on there as well,\u201d Thompson said after practice. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll be able to get it painted, but I\u2019ll throw his number up back there for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson explained that he came up with the idea over the summer, making the gesture so the team\u2019s rearguards knew how much he appreciated them, especially as someone who doesn\u2019t always express his gratitude out loud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, (those) guys go out there every day and block shots for me, get in lanes, and bail me out quite a bit,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cSo I just wanted to get their numbers on my back plate, just knowing that I don\u2019t always say anything, but I\u2019m thinking of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the defenseman felt the love, Thompson admitted there were some who felt left out, with Capitals forwards chirping Thompson for the design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA little bit, yeah,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cSo I didn\u2019t think it all the way through, maybe I\u2019ve got to just throw the whole team on there eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The back plate is part of Thompson\u2019s new mask for away games. Mostly white and light blue in color to match his away gear, the netminder\u2019s new bucket also features the Capitol dome at the top, a screaming eagle on the left and right of the shell, and Thompson\u2019s number \u201948\u2019 beneath on the chin.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/2025\/09\/19\/logan-thompson-new-capitals-mask-night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">debuted another new mask<\/a> earlier in training camp themed after \u2018Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.\u2019 That mask is mostly red to match his goalie gear and jersey for home games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like to carry a three masks in a season: a home, away, and then alternate,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cSo yeah, first day with the away set.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width size-full wp-image-559614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/file-logan-thompson-mask-front-updated-wb-101025.jpg\" alt=\"Front of Logan Thompson's new mask\" width=\"1342\" height=\"895\"  \/>\ud83d\udcf8: Katie Adler\/RMNB<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width size-full wp-image-559626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/file-logan-thompson-mask-left-updated-wb-101025.jpg\" alt=\"Left side of Logan Thompson's new mask\" width=\"1342\" height=\"895\"  \/>\ud83d\udcf8: Katie Adler\/RMNB<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width size-full wp-image-559629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/file-logan-thompson-mask-3-101025-katiea.jpg\" alt=\"Right side and front of Logan Thompson's new mask\" width=\"1342\" height=\"895\"  \/>\ud83d\udcf8: Katie Adler\/RMNB<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width size-full wp-image-559632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/file-logan-thompson-mask-4-101025-katiea.jpg\" alt=\"Back and right side of Logan Thompson's new mask\" width=\"1342\" height=\"895\"  \/>\ud83d\udcf8: Katie Adler\/RMNB<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width size-full wp-image-559598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/file-logan-thompson-mask-back-updated-wb-101025.jpg\" alt=\"Back plate of Logan Thompson's new mask\" width=\"1342\" height=\"895\"  \/>\ud83d\udcf8: Katie Adler\/RMNB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Logan Thompson sported a new bucket during Capitals\u2019 practice on Friday morning, and it has a nice tribute&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-216374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}