The Capitals 2018 Stanley Cup win was a pivotal moment for D.C. fans. Exactly five years later, memories of that night endure for both longtime supporters and the newcomers who became fans because of the Cup run.
“It wasn’t until that moment that I was sure they were going to win the Cup,” the 68-year-old Christian, who attended his first Capitals game during the team’s dreadful 1974-75 inaugural season, recalled in a telephone interview this week. “I’ve talked to a lot of people who said they knew way, way earlier, but that was the manifestation of the scars I have from previous years.
Cashen was charmed by the outpouring of support at the Capitals’ practice facility in Ballston, where one of her daughters took figure skating lessons, after the team clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup finals, and by the stories of players such as He said he first had a sense the 2018 postseason might turn out better than previous years when Ovechkinin Game 3 of the Capitals’ second-round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins, giving Washington a 2-1 series lead. More than a month later, he was placing a large order for championship gear and memorabilia to hang in his classroom.
“It was probably the greatest sports moment of my life,” Higdon, 51, said this week. “From start to finish, it was just a big party, and the Vegas fans were about as nice as any fans could be. They were just happy to be there and to have a team.”
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