Dick Patrick - Vice Chairman and Partner Monumental Sports & Entertainment; and Chairman, Washington Capitals

Dick Patrick has been part of the Washington Capitals organization since 1982 and was one of Ted Leonsis’s original partners when Monumental Sports & Entertainment was formed in June 2010. Mr. Patrick is Chairman of the Capitals and Vice Chairman of Monumental Sports & Entertainment. For the first five years of MSE’s existence, Mr. Patrick also assumed initial responsibility as Chief Operating Officer and was involved in all facets of operating three professional sports franchises – the Capitals, Washington Wizards and the Washington Mystics – and Capital One Arena.

For four generations the family name of Patrick has been synonymous with the sport of hockey and the National Hockey League. Mr. Patrick’s grandfather, Lester Patrick, was the longtime coach and general manager of the New York Rangers. In his honor, the Lester Patrick Trophy is awarded annually for “outstanding service to hockey in the United States.” It was Lester who instilled in his family the desire to remain active in the advancement of the sport of hockey and the National Hockey League. Mr. Patrick’s father, Muzz, and uncle, Lynn, both played on the 1940 New York Rangers team that captured the Stanley Cup. In October 2012, Dick Patrick was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy for his contributions to hockey in the United States. Mr. Patrick and his son, Chris, who is the Capitals associate general manager, became the sixth and seventh members of the Patrick family to win the Stanley Cup in 2018, a tradition that goes back 100 years in their legendary family.

Brian MacLellan - President of Hockey Operations

The 2024-25 season will mark Brian MacLellan’s 24th with the Capitals and his second as president of hockey operations. MacLellan, who served as general manager from 2014-15 to 2023-24, oversees and is responsible for all aspects of Washington’s hockey operations.

During MacLellan's tenure as general manager, the Capitals won their first Stanley Cup (2018), two Presidents' Trophies (2016, 2017) and a franchise-record five consecutive Metropolitan Division titles from 2015-16 to 2019-20. The Capitals compiled a record of 449-244-88 (.631 point percentage) in MacLellan’s 10 years as GM, the third-most wins in the NHL in that span. In addition, the Capitals reached the 100-point mark six times with MacLellan at the helm and were on pace for 100-plus points in the shortened 2019-20 season and abbreviated 2020-21 season. MacLellan finished his run as general manager with the third-highest point percentage in NHL history among GMs with at least 500 games of experience, trailing only Sam Pollock (Montreal Canadiens, 1964-1978: .685) and Don Sweeney (Boston Bruins, 2015-present: .665). MacLellan, 65, was named the sixth general manager in the franchise’s history on May 26, 2014 after previously serving as the team’s assistant general manager, director of player personnel and as a professional scout.

Of the 19 players to take the ice during the Capitals’ Cup-clinching win in Game 5 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final, eight were either signed, traded for, or drafted by MacLellan, including three of the four players that scored in the game (Jakub Vrana, Devante Smith- Pelly and Lars Eller). The Capitals tied an NHL record with 10 road wins during the run and joined the 1991 Pittsburgh Penguins as the only teams to win the Stanley Cup despite trailing in all four series.

Chris Patrick - Senior Vice President & General Manager

Chris Patrick was named the seventh general manger in franchise history on July 8, 2024. Patrick, 48, recently completed his 16th season with the club and first as associate general manager. Patrick, who joined the Capitals in 2008-09 in a player development and scouting role, has served as a pro scout, director of player personnel, assistant general manager and associate general manager. As associate general manager, Patrick oversaw the team’s analytics department, player contract negotiations, hockey operations staff, player personnel, and budget and team scheduling matters. In addition, Patrick managed the club’s professional scouting staff and worked closely with the Hershey Bears, Washington’s AHL affiliate, who have won consecutive Calder Cup championships. During his tenure, the Bears have won two Calder Cups, two Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophies as the AHL’s top regular-season team and have reached three Calder Cup Finals. Patrick has also played a crucial role in the development of numerous Capitals prospects to the NHL level. Patrick hired two head coaches, Spencer Carbery and Todd Nelson, who have won AHL Coach of the Year awards with Hershey. In his previous positions, Patrick was responsible for scouting drafted players at the collegiate and junior levels.

Patrick graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science in politics and economics in 1998 and earned a Master of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia in 2006. Patrick grew up playing hockey in the Washington, D.C. area in the Capital Beltway Hockey League and for the Little Caps. He attended and played hockey at the Kent School in Connecticut before playing four seasons at Princeton University, winning the ECAC Championship in 1998. Patrick was selected by the Capitals in the eighth round (197th overall) of the 1994 NHL Draft. He and his father, Dick Patrick, became the sixth and seventh members of the Patrick family to win the Stanley Cup in 2018.

Ross Mahoney - Assistant General Manager

Ross Mahoney is entering his 10th season as assistant general manager with Washington. Mahoney served as the Capitals’ director of amateur scouting for the prior 16 seasons. As assistant general manager, Mahoney is responsible for the NHL Entry Draft, the club’s developmental programs, evaluations of opposing teams’ prospects and oversees the organization’s amateur scouting staff. In Game 5 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final, 12 players that were drafted during Mahoney’s tenure were in the lineup.

Prior to joining the Capitals, Mahoney was a scout with the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks. He has coaching experience with the University of Regina, the Western Hockey League’s Regina Pats and at the international level. He twice coached Team Western in the World Under-17 Challenge. In 1995, he coached Team Saskatchewan to the gold medal at the Canadian Winter Games.

Mahoney earned a degree in education from the University of Regina, where he played hockey for the Cougars. After graduating, he spent 17 years as a teacher.

Mahoney played junior hockey for the Tier II Regina Pat Blues and the Regina Pats in the WHL. He also played four years at the University of Regina, helping lead his team to two national finals. Mahoney was inducted as a player in the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997 and in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

Mahoney and his wife, Traci, reside in Regina, Saskatchewan. He has a son, Michael, and a daughter, Catie.

Don Fishman - Assistant General Manager & Director of Legal Affairs

Don Fishman is entering his 19th season with the Washington Capitals and 17th as assistant general manager and director of legal affairs.  Fishman leads the club’s salary cap and contract decisions as well as advises the team president on policy and strategic decisions and real estate matters.  Fishman regularly represents the club in speaking to season ticket members, sponsors and other club stakeholders.     He handles player contract negotiations, player contract research and analysis, the club’s day-to-day salary cap position, team salary cap strategic planning, the salary arbitration process, NHL and team salary cap analysis, and interpretation of NHL/NHLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) issues.  Fishman also assists the club’s general manager with the day-to-day operations of the Capitals hockey operations department such as roster issues, player movement, preseason and regular season scheduling, budgeting, and training camp planning. 

Fishman, who spent two seasons as director of legal affairs and hockey administration before his appointment to assistant general manager, also helped lead the organization’s efforts on a number of other special projects, including attracting two World Cup of Hockey exhibition games to Washington in 2016, bringing the United States Men’s Olympic Hockey Team Orientation Camp to the Capitals’ training facility in 2013, and bringing American Hockey League hockey games to Washington in 2012 and 2014. Fishman was also involved with the planning for the Capitals’ four outdoor games, which have been played at a baseball stadium as well as pro and college football stadiums.  Finally, Fishman serves as legal counsel for the Capitals organization generally. 

Prior to joining the Capitals, Fishman served as general counsel of two Washington, D.C. city government agencies.  In his role with District government, he worked as part of the local host committee that successfully bid for the NCAA Men’s Hockey Frozen Four, held in Washington, D.C. in 2009.  Fishman also worked as a corporate and communications lawyer in Washington and Los Angeles with Latham & Watkins and Ervin, Cohen & Jessup.  Fishman, a native Washingtonian, graduated with an economics degree from Harvard College, where he also served as the radio voice of Harvard Hockey, and a law degree from UCLA School of Law.  In fall 2023, Fishman is being inducted into the Greater Washington Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.