{"id":507928,"date":"2026-01-11T06:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/507928\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T06:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:38:11","slug":"murray-mcmichael-wandered-into-the-wrong-suite-at-united-center-and-celebrated-his-sons-goal-with-blackhawks-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/507928\/","title":{"rendered":"Murray McMichael wandered into the wrong suite at United Center and celebrated his son\u2019s goal with Blackhawks fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Connor McMichael<\/strong> scored his first goal since December 11 and ended a 13-game goalless drought in the Washington Capitals\u2019 5-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>McMichael lit the lamp in the Capitals\u2019 three-goal first period, converting on a breakaway after being sprung by rookie Ryan Leonard.<\/p>\n<p>McMichael beat Blackhawks goaltender Drew Commesso five-hole, sliding the puck into the net on his forehand before even making a move. The tally gave the Capitals a 2-0 lead with 4:53 remaining in the opening stanza.<\/p>\n<p>The goal came in the opening game of the Capitals\u2019 2026 Mentors\u2019 Trip, which annually brings together the players\u2019 fathers, brothers, and in-laws to bond with the team.<\/p>\n<p>McMichael\u2019s dad, Murray, was in attendance to cheer his son on at United Center and was proud of his Connor\u2019s goal \u2014 though he admitted he almost missed it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Capitals\/status\/2010094252043223383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a \u201cMcStory\u201d he shared with the Capitals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, it was amazing that he scored last night,\u201d Murray said, beginning to recount the moment. \u201cThe funny story was I was actually out of the box when that was happening, and I ran into another box, which was a Chicago box, and they\u2019re like, \u2018What are you doing in here?\u2019 I said, \u2018That\u2019s my son. He\u2019s about to score.\u2019 And sure enough, he scored. So, they actually cheered for me. They told me to get out after.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the game, McMichael gave props to the mentors, believing their presence had lifted the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could just tell the vibes were up; everyone was having fun, enjoying their time,\u201d McMichael said. \u201cI think we carried that into [today\u2019s game], and a lot of credit goes to the dads and the mentors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McMichael\u2019s two-point game (1g, 1a) gave him eight points (1g, 7a) in his last six appearances.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Connor McMichael scored his first goal since December 11 and ended a 13-game goalless drought in the Washington&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":507929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-507928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115875093105452952","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}