Dave Fay

In 1961, Warren Times-Mirror hired Fay as a journalist. While working for the Mirror, Fay toured Canada, the Soviet Union, and other parts of Europe.^[1] From there, he worked for various newspapers before joining The Washington Times as an assistant sports editor in 1982.^[2][3] However, Fay shortly thereafter began working as the Capitals beat reporter due to a lack of interest from other journalists. Until his death, Fay covered the Capitals for the Times in all but two years.^[3]

He was named a life member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association and the Professional Football Writers Association.^[1] In May 2007, the Hockey Hall of Fame announced that Fay was the winner of the 2007 Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award,^[4] however, he died of cancer before being able to receive the award.^[5]

After his first wife, Mary, died, Fay remarried to Patricia Delaney Fay. At the time of his death, Fay had four sons.^[1] In October of the season following his death, the Washington Capitals announced they had donated $10,000 to charity in his honor.^[6]

In his honor, Rob Keaton and Gavin Toner began a charity hockey game to raise funds for Hockey Fights Cancer.^[7][8]

Starting in the 2015–16 season, the Washington Capitals media awarded the Dave Fay Award for a player who best cooperates with the media. The first award was given to Karl Alzner.^[9][10] In the same year, the Capitals honored Fay in their Washington Capitals Media Wall of Fame.^[11]