After 15 years, Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik, a two-time Stanley Cup champion, calls it a career originally appeared on nbcsportswashington.com Brooks Orpik wanted to wait. A few days after a ...

Forwards around the NHL will have one less bruising defenseman to worry about heading into next season. On Tuesday morning, Washington Capitals blueliner Brooks Orpik announced his retirement from the ...

Nineteen years ago yesterday, Brooks Orpik began his NHL journey when the Pittsburgh Penguins called out his name in the first round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft in Calgary. The Pens used the No. 18 ...

Why the trade for Radko Gudas could signal the end of Brooks Orpiks tenure with the Caps originally appeared on nbcsportswashington.com The Carolina Hurricanes ended the Capitals' season in the first ...

ARLINGTON, Va. --Brooks Orpik prefers to avoid the spotlight. But the 38-year-old defenseman grudgingly accepts that it will shine brightly on him when he plays in his 1,000th NHL game with the ...

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Brooks Orpik, left, sends Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, flying during the third period of Game 3 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series in Pittsburgh, ...

Defenseman Brooks Orpik scored 1:48 into sudden-death overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 4-3 victory over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 of an Eastern Conference first-round series ...