Laviolette gives Capitals players of the game 'Cobra Kai'-inspired gifts

If the Washington Capitals are making sure of one thing this season, it's that Cobra Kai Never Dies.

Head coach Peter Laviolette had the idea to hand out some postgame awards that are a nod to the popular Netflix series "Cobra Kai," an updated continuation of the "Karate Kid" movie series.
Laviolette mentioned he had a window in the calendar recently.
"I was off for a whole year and I watched every show out there. Every series out there," Laviolette said in the locker room after the Capitals 6-4 win against the Buffalo Sabres in the season opener on Thursday. "And the best series by far was 'Cobra Kai.'"

So, the coach came up with the idea to get headbands from the fictional Cobra Kai and Miyagi Do dojos and hand them out after each game.
For those not familiar, the Cobra Kai dojo had a strike first philosophy, so that headband would go to the Capitals offensive player of the game. On Thursday that was forward T.J. Oshie.
Miyagi Do was more of a defense first philosophy. That headband went to defenseman Brenden Dillon.
The unique postgame gifts caught the attention of "Cobra Kai" series creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald on Twitter.
Hurwitz even said that he picked up a new favorite hockey team after seeing the clip and used the hashtag "#GoodCoaching."

Oshie and Dillon were all smiles as they struck some Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence poses their newly-earned headgear.