structure, the Capitals began their search for a new coach following the departure of Michal Dobroň on 17 May 2017. Dobroň left the Scottish capital to sign for Brest (as player-assistant coach) following one season as Edinburgh's player-coach. On 9 June 2017, the Edinburgh Capitals pulled off something of a coup to land former NHL all-star Dmitri Khristich as their new head coach. Khristich had played over 800 NHL games and had coached in the KHL, becoming Edinburgh's first bench coach since Brad Gratton in 2010. The club quickly confirmed that fan favourite Pavel Vorobyev had agreed to return for a second season with the team, before news that Khristich was being assisted in his recruitment and scouting by two former NHLers in Darius Kasparaitis and Khristich's former Washington Capitals teammate Andrei Nikolishin. The first new import signing was confirmed on 23 June 2017 with the capture of centre Mike Cazzola, the 2016–17 top ECHL rookie points scorer, on a two-year deal from Fort Wayne Komets. Despite the renewed optimism, however, the on-ice fortunes quickly unraveled from October after Duncan Speirs, Taylor Stefishen and Julius Nyqvist were released by the club - quickly followed by Alexander Islamov - with the Capitals embarking on a desperate run of 13 consecutive defeats before their second league victory of the season arrived with a win against Coventry on 19 November 2017. To compound their predicament, the club suffered the added blow of losing top scorer Marek Tvrdoň who requested to be released owing to a family illness. In December 2017, things went from bad to worse for the club when Khristich left the Capitals by mutual consent with the club cut adrift at the bottom of the league. Captain Michael D'Orazio and long-time bench coach Jock Hay were confirmed as the interim coaches for the foreseeable future charged with the unenviable task of turning around the on-ice fortunes. The Capitals would finish with their worst-ever record in the Elite League era, finishing 12th with just five wins from 56 games and with only 11 points to their name. The 2017/18 season proved to be the final EIHL season for the Capitals after the team lost the Murrayfield Ice Rink ice-time contract to a rival bid, under the Murrayfield Racers name, led by David Hand in April 2018. Capitals return and join the SNL 2022–23 season In July 2022 it was announced by the