Tuesday was longtime Capitals equipment manager Craig “Woody” Leydig’s day with the Stanley Cup. After last Thursday’s horrific shooting at the Capital Gazette left five people dead, Leydig, an Annapolis resident, made a point of bringing the trophy to the newspaper’s temporary office.
Read the Capital Gazette story here.
“When you get a day with it, sometimes I think it’s just good to do good to people, and boost morale and bring up some spirits,” Leydig told Capital Gazette reporter Bill Wagner in a video shared by Baltimore Sun videographer Ulysses Muñoz. “I know it doesn’t replace the victims, but hopefully this is a shot in the arm for people to start a little healing process to make you guys feel better.