Another La Coupe Hauxer battle

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday was my second trip to the Verizon Center for a Capitals game this season. Since it was the Flyers in town, Wiley and Ashley joined us for another epic La Coupe Hauxer battle. Unfortunately, the Capitals fell to Philly, 6-4. Nevertheless, I'll call it a success since it got Wiley down here.

For the first time I have seen, the Gallery Place Metro stop wasn't able to handle Verizon Center traffic. The first escalator got backed up to the point of being dangerous. We tried to find the stop button but were unsuccessful. In the crush, Erica lost the entire heel of her brand new shoe.
Will Call was a zoo, thankfully there were not many people ordering tickets from the end of the alphabet. Also, let me recommend to people that they bring as few people into the will call lines as possible, it'll make the experience more bearable.
We sat in 409, behind the the Caps "shoot twice" goal.
Johnny Cash was played during pregame, oddly enough. I prefer that to typical hockey music.
Early scoring by the Capitals provided a short-lived lead and brief gloating.
The Flyers chased Olie Kolzig pretty early.
The Caps came back to get within one, but pulled the goalie with about 53 seconds left -- too soon I thought. Philly got an empty-netter which sealed the Capitals' fate.
The Flyers goals were followed by some excellent clips (Clark Griswald punching Marty Moose, John Belushi smashing a guitar) on the big screen, but we saw too many of them. I had not seen that previously.
Pretty lively crowd. Flyers fans were well-represented, but easily drowned out by the Caps faithful.
The next time Wiley and co. come to a game without some sort of crippling injury will be the first. He hurt his back and needed a cane to get around. This doesn't bode well for skiing this coming Saturday.
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist.
We got the package with a hot dog, bag of chips and soda with our tickets. We also got more Caps caps.
There were Chanuck and Caps Nut sightings at the arena.
Erica found her heel on the way out.
Looks like winning La Coupe Hauxer will have to wait for another year.