1.   Both captains were sent off for unsportsmanlike conduct.

2.   He switched defensemen with Washington, sending captain Mark Tinordi to the Capitals for talented Kevin Hatcher.

3.   Montreal sent its captain, Kirk Muller, Mathieu Schneider and Craig Darby for Turgeon and defenseman Vladimir Malakhov.

4.   Almost immediately, the tanker slammed into the Starbound, blowing in the wheelhouse door and sending the captain down a set of steps.

5.   At one point, the Canucks were said to have sent captain Trevor Linden to Toronto for Mats Sundin.

6.   It was the first meeting between the teams since a four-player deal in which the Thrashers sent captain Kelly Buchberger to Los Angeles.

7.   Last week, for example, he sent his captains out for the coin toss with hopes of starting the game on defense.

8.   Penrith was broken when captain Steve Carter was sent to the sin-bin during the second half.

9.   The tourists responded by sending out captain Wasim Akram ahead of Inzamam-Ul-Haq in an attempt to increase their scoring rate.

10.   Their frustration boiled over when captain Rafael Marquez was sent off for headbutting Cobi Jones in an aerial challenge at the end of a bad-tempered match.