Monday was a long day heading up to Pittsburgh with Peter to shoot Game 6 of the Washington Capitals vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins. My in-laws are all from the Pittsburgh area so they are all rooting on the Penguins. I on the other hand always liked the Penguins but have been really happy to see how well the Caps are doing.
On a selfish note, I have to push for the Caps only because I want to shoot the Stanley Cup! 🙂 I know that in this town, I might not ever shoot a Super Bowl, an NBA Championship and will certainly never shoot a World Series (unless we start covering an away team) so I am definitely happy to see how well they are doing. (before I get any hatred from Redskins/Nationals/Wizards fans — I would be very happy if they played in any of those games but am just not sure how soon that will be) The Caps definitely put on the best fan experience of any of the major sports around here so it’s been a lot of fun covering the run to the Stanley Cup.
I will be happy for Penguins fans when they open their new stadium. My best friend’s architecture firm is working on it. Mellon Arena is so tiny compared to the Verizon Center and seems to be very quiet. The one thing that you certainly notice is how quiet it is when the Caps score. If you don’t see the puck go in the net, the only way to know the Caps scored is to wait for one of their players to react. There is no sound, no boo’s, no nothin’! It is just eerily silent! When the Caps won in overtime, we couldn’t really see it so it wasn’t until Steckel started celebrating that you knew they won. The weirdest thing was that the Penguins fans just quietly stood up and left. You just had to be there. It was SOOOO quiet!
Ok, enough of my recap. On with the pics… These are just some of the highlights (there were a lot with 9 goals scored and two of the best players in the league):
