After growing up in D.C., I'm now just about the only Capitals fan living in Dallas, where to say hockey isn't understood or appreciated would be a gross understatement. The cable went out all over my neighborhood today (with the Super Bowl this evening, I didn't even bother calling), so a hockey-friendly buddy of mine (who has the wisdom and good taste to despise Cindy Crosby and the Penguins) and I started calling local sports bars.

We finally found one that promised to have the game on (try selling a hockey crowd of two to a bar on Super Bowl Sunday), and we were treated to perhaps the best game I've ever seen. EVER. (Yes, I was wearing my Ovechkin jersey, which really confused our cute-but-dingy waitress.) Great game, great rivalry, great fans (how did they get through the snow?), and of course, a great oucome.

Anyway, I'm new to the board — glad to finally track down some fellow Caps fans.