kerry pettingill and barry grissom and jamie gorelick. here. we thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: the national hockey league playoffs begin this week, and for years now, the nhl's teams and players have made time during their long season to broaden the game's appeal working with youth teams in neighborhoods not normally known as hockey hotbeds. we recently caught up with the fort dupont cannons, the oldest team in the nhl's "hockey is for everyone" urban outreach program who are getting an assist from stars of the washington capitals. >> the ice rink was the only one in washington at the time, so with the kids in the neighborhood i came over to the rink and rented some ice and from then on its been known as the fort dupont ice hockey program. i'm neal henderson, i'm the founder and owner; i'm the head coach there; we've been in operation since 1977. our rink is right on a fort that was there during the civil war. the southeast side of the capital was not ever touched during the civil war because the slaves guarded t