Capitals’ annual fathers’ trip brings fond memories, rare bonding time

There were Vladimir Orlov, Aleksei Samsonsov and Evgeny Kuznetsov, all going back and forth in Russian as their sons did the same. There was Karel Vrana, giving out quick nods of hello as his son, Jakub, routinely does. There was John Hathaway, the epitome of a gleeful, proud father watching from afar. There was Alan Dowd, who had worn his son’s college hockey hat on the plane ride over for the start of the two-game road trip.