Capitals' Schmidt interjects himself into random snowball fight

By foxsports
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With Mother Nature putting his team on ice this past weekend, Washington Capitals defenseman Nate Schmidt opted to mix it up in the elements.

Schmidt capped brunch with a friend by making a few new ones in an unconventional manner - by involving himself in an impromptu snowball fight in Clarendon, Va.. The 29-year-old Minnesota native told NHL.com's Katie Brown that he had no issue interjecting himself into the fray.

Via Russian Machine Never Breaks:

"We had a snowball game, a miniature one. We went out to brunch and people were throwing some stuff around. It wasn't really our fight, I think we kinda just jumped in on one for a second. I just wanted to get a couple in there because we were sitting there making snowballs for a couple minutes, so I was like 'Okay, let’s go do this.'"

Schmidt eventually left the fight in his rear-view mirror and later found his way up a massive snowbank.

Hey, a little exercise after a meal never hurt anyone.

Schmidt will be back in a more traditional setting - a hockey rink - on Wednesday when the NHL-leading Capitals (35-8-3) host the Metropolitan Division-rival Philadelphia Flyers (20-18-8). Washington is vying to win its 13th consecutive home game to match the longest such streak in franchise history.