Mike’s STH Xperience – Some New Year’s Fun

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Welcome to Mike’s Season Ticket Holder (STH) Xperience!

This season is my first one as a Season Ticket holder for the Washington Capitals, and in place of doing Caps Game Recaps, I’ll be sharing my experience being a STH during the 2024-25 season. Here I’ll be sharing all of the photos that I take during pregame warmups, along with any FB/IG Reels and TikToks I create at the games.

I will also be doing this for any other games I may go to, whether it’s in Hershey for the Bears, or at other NHL venues for games.

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It’s a New Year’s Eve matinee as the Washington Capitals host the Boston Bruins.

#Caps50Facts

On March 1st, 1997, the Washington Capitals traded goalie Jim Carey, forwards Jason Allison and Anson Carter, and a 1997 3rd Rd Pick to the Boston Bruins for goalie Bill Ranford and forwards Adam Oates and Rick Tocchet.

Tocchet would depart at the end of the season, but Ranford played one more season with the Capitals going 15-19-4 in 40 games played. Oates played 5 more seasons with the Capitals recording 73 goals and 290 assists for 363 points in 387 games played. Oates also played a pivotal role in the Capitals making it to the 1998 Stanley Cup Final, and recorded his 1000th career point during the 1997-98 season.

Carey, who won the Vezina during the 1995-96 season, would fizzle out of the NHL after the trade while both Allison and Carter had respectable careers in the league.

Jersey Tracking

Thoughts on the Game

This was a tough game for the Capitals as they faced the Bruins. Last time these two saw each other was right before the holiday break, and Boston embarrassed the Caps. In the first period it would be a really weird bounce off the boards to the front of the net for a Bruins goal, and quite frankly, you can’t be mad about it because it was really fluky. It even threw Logan Thompson for a loop too.

The Caps responded well with two of their own before the first period was over, and then the empty netter to seal the deal late in the third. Great team effort to keep the Bruins at bay, especially in the end with all of the shot blocks.