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WASHINGTON, D.C. — <\/strong>Last night Erica<\/span> and watched the Capitals take revenge on the Hurricanes in splendid fashion, 7-3 (The Post<\/span>). I was beginning to wonder if they were ever going to win again. Has Alex Ovechkin<\/span> been held scoreless yet this year?<\/p>\n

Some notes from the evening:<\/p>\n

  • Verizon Center was as full as I have seen it in a long time. Apparently the attendance was over 16,000 and that did not seem an inflated number to me. I cannot remember the last time 7th Street was that crowded for a Caps game either.\n
  • The college night promotion seemed to have worked. The team picked a good night to win big.\n
  • We were seated in the last row of 413, but the seats were decent. I was kind of surprised they were not Eagles Nest tickets at that location.\n
  • Apparently, we just missed seeing Rod Langway<\/span> and some other old-time Caps in the box just behind us. Perhaps another time.\n
  • Hearing Kerkraft 420 is a lot more fun than Rock and Roll Part II.I liked hearing it as much as we did :).\n
  • I don’t know why some Orioles were introduced on the ‘tron. Naturally, they were booed.\n
  • Ben Olson of DC United got a much warmer reception.\n
  • I don’t think I have ever seen the Caps score that much. Still, I was hoping Alexander Semin<\/span> could have gotten another for the hat trick.\n
  • There were about as many Whalers jerseys and Hurricanes jerseys.\n
  • We were seated right next to the press box.\n


    Hey, I’ve seen that guy<\/span><\/a> on TV<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

  • Other people ran into include DC Sports Chick<\/span><\/a> & Chanuck<\/span><\/a>, Caps Nut<\/span><\/a>, and my brother and his fianc\u00e9e. We missed MissChatter<\/span><\/a> though.\n
  • One annoyance from the evening was Will Call. They are really uptight about giving the tickets to the person whose name is on the credit card. I had to wait an extra 15 minutes in line to get a “supervisor” to break the rule and give me the tickets I ordered with my wife’s credit card. Given the rarity of the Yurasko last name, I think the woman at the window could have taken a shot at letting me have the tickets and saving me the grief.\n
  • The variable message sign at Will Call window #10 had customer misspelled.\n
  • One big bonus — the season ticket holder next to us won tickets to an upcoming game. Since he did not need them, he handed them to us. Thanks man!\n
  • We’ll be back on Feb. 8 vs. Boston.
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