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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; A bathroom mishap has made Joel Ward the butt of his Washington Capitals teammates' jokes. (Elsa/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;R. Kelly's rap opera \"Trapped in the Closet\" is more than 91 minutes of pure joy, filled with sex, lies, and drama. Washington Capitals forward Joel Ward lived a less contentious, more hilarious 44-minute version this morning that could easily be titled \"Trapped in the Bathroom.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With the Caps set to play the Stars in Dallas tonight, Ward finished having breakfast with the team at the Omni Hotel, and headed to the restroom -- and then found himself unable to leave. The latch was stripped, and the door was too tall to slide under or hop over.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Safe to say, Ward was knee-deep in a crappy situation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/JRandalWard42/statuses/386505263605248001&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I tried to come out and I flipped the switch a little bit but it wasn\u2019t really coming undone,\" Ward told the Washington Post. \"I\u2019m in panic mode because I realized the door wasn\u2019t going to open on me. I texted Karl [Alzner] to see if he was still around.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;His teammates, being the forward-thinkers they are, took to Twitter to offer Ward encouragement, ideas, and naturally, to document the rescue efforts:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/ovi8/status/386506642369433602&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/tbrouwer20/status/386506913812193281&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/KarlAlzner/status/386510135088013313&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/JohnCarlson74/status/386507619004715008&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/JohnCarlson74/status/386510114930176001\nWard is taking the retrieval in stride, and fans are hopeful the bathroom accident becomes a watermark for the team's bonding this season. After all, if your teammates can't save your day from going down the toilet, who can?&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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