The Caps clinched the Eastern Conference Championship despite some rough patches during the season and it's finally time for the play-offs. The first two games are in DC being that the Caps have home ice advantage. Teri was busy with a softball and soccer game of her own. I decided I couldn't pass up the play-off fever and surprisingly was able to find great seats for (relatively) cheap. Teri and I sat in row F near center ice a couple weeks ago and ticket I got for game one of round one was right behind that in row H.
Play-off games are different than regular season games. Of course the game is sold out and every seat is filled. Everyone was rockin' the red. The energy is high with both the fans and players. Lots of antics by the fans (depending on your home team). This year the Caps fans behind the visiting bench brought rain ponchos. This is because the NYR's coach dumped water on a Caps fan during the play-offs two years ago.
Everyone got a red towel to wave around so the place was pretty much solid red. Instead of blue man, who I saw earlier this year at a game, there was red man. He was taughting the Rangers player in the penalty box at one point. It was an entertaining game all around. Well except for high scoring which the NHL seems to have these days on occasion. It was high tempo. The Caps laid out a few Rangers during the game with Ovechkin giving out one of the best hits right in front of me. After the Rangers had control for the first two minutes the Caps seemed to control the rest of the period. It wasn't until the third period when the wrong team finally scored. From that point everyone was begging for a goal as the time counted down to the end of the period and a game one loss. With six minutes to go Ovi slammed one in under the goalie that had to be reviewed. Regulation ended so we took a 15 minute break before another 20 minute sudden death period. That fourth period went almost the full period before Semin snapped one in the back of the net with 1:30 left.
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