Hundreds of thousands of fans lined Constitution Avenue and filled the National Mall on Tuesday to celebrate the Washington Capitalssa国际传媒� first Stanley Cup championship.

The parade and rally midway between the U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument commemorated the first D.C. title in the major four professional sports since the Redskins in 1992 and the first Cup in the Capitalssa国际传媒� 44-year history.

Fans clad in red were 20 deep on either side of Constitution chanting sa国际传媒淟etsa国际传媒檚 Go Caps!sa国际传媒� as more than three dozen buses and convertibles made the trip along the mile-long route.

Conn Smythe Trophy-winning Alex Ovechkin, alternate captains Nicklas Backstrom and Brooks Orpik, owner Ted Leonsis and team president Dick Patrick took up the most prominent place in the parade on the last bus with the Stanley Cup. Chants of sa国际传媒淥vi! Ovi!sa国际传媒� alternated with pleas of sa国际传媒淩aise the Cup!sa国际传媒� which Ovechkin, Backstrom and Orpik did for hours while sipping from beer bottles.

At the rally, winger T.J. Oshie led fans to chant, sa国际传媒渂ack-to-back,sa国际传媒� and Ovechkin and his teammates sang Queensa国际传媒檚 sa国际传媒淲e Are The Championssa国际传媒� on stage to wrap up one of the biggest sports celebrations in the history of the nationsa国际传媒檚 capital.

Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press

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