Day 2 of Development Camp 2015 was dominated by testing. You know the drill by now... those spidery timers set up on the ice and the prospects going through a number of courses to time their skating over a number of courses. Maybe it was a product of being the first item of business in the morning, but some of the skaters had their troubles keeping their skates under them. Two of them -- Riley Barber and Liam O'Brien -- were particularly adventurous. Barber lost his skates on several occasions, while O'Brien seemed to have a beef with the "giant plungers" that served as pilons for some of the skating tests, knocking a number of them over on his routes. Perhaps it was his own practice for getting under the skin of opponents for the upcoming season. While the skaters were undergoing skating tests, goalie coach Mitch Korn was working with the prospect netminders on the Capitals Rink.
The testing sessions for Team White and Team Red lasted about an hour, after which they crossed the hall from the Arlington Ice Rink to the Capitals Ice Rink for another hour or so of a more traditional drills session. The day included a couple of Caps alumni -- Jeff Halpern on the ice again assisting in conducting the drills, and Brian Sutherby, now a pro scout with the club, looking on from the balcony in each session. With testing followed by drills of two-man rushes, five-man breakouts, shooting off the rush, we got some pictures of today's activity...
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