Mike’s STH Xperience – Dacek Rules the Sens

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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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Mike and the Dacek Ball Hockey Program take in the Washington Capitals game against the Ottawa Senators.

#Caps50Facts

Drafted 14th overall in the 1992 NHL Draft, the Washington Capitals selected defenseman Sergei Gonchar. Gonchar spent the first ten seasons of his career with the Capitals where he recorded 144 goals and 416 points in 654 games.

Gonchar was also a three time All-Star while with the Capitals, and was a part of the Capitals when they went to the Stanley Cup Final in 1998. On March 3rd, 2004, the Capitals traded Gonchar to the Boston Bruins. Gonchar later spent three seasons with the Ottawa Senators. Gonchar won the Stanley Cup as part of the 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Thoughts on the Game

This game had more meaning to me than most games this season, and the reason for that is because on Friday I was laid off from my job, along with several others, due to DOGE and what is happening to the Federal Government. This game was always planned to be a group outing with my Dacek Ball Hockey group, but I also worked with a lot of the people that are part of the program, so when myself and others got laid off, I made a point to make this more of a celebration than being about the game.

For the game itself, it was a good one. Tom Wilson got the Gordie Howe hat trick, and the Capitals got the win. No goals from Alex Ovechkin, but that’s ok. The important part is that everyone had fun.

For anyone interested, the Dacek Ball Hockey Group meets up every Monday at 6p ET at the Nancy Dacek Community Center in Rockville, MD. You must be 18 years or older to play. For more information, email Michael at TXHThockey@gmail.com with the subject line “Dacek Ball Hockey”.