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November 13, 2002
Dallas Crushes Caps, 6-1
By Matt Petersen
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Man, the open road is a rough and lonesome void. Sorry
to sound like a Chevy Chase movie, but we’re finishing
off a tough stretch here and I can attest that the
road’s a bruiser. Okay, whatever.
It’s the seventh day of our six game stretch and we’re
kind of feeling the hurt after zigzagging through the
east coast seemingly nonstop. Our game here in D.C. is
our 19th of the trip and we’re over the halfway point,
ready to start heading back. We’re starting to long
for our daily routine back home, and the guys’ cell
phone calls to their girlfriends are growing later by
the hour and longer by the minute.
But alas, it’s nice to rest up here in the US Capital
after seven long days. Unfortunately, Hurricane East
Rutherford followed us from New Jersey and our stay
here has been a tad waterlogged. Our hotel was mere
minutes away from the Pentagon and we were amazed that
the damage from the attack has been fully repaired.
Another positive was that the sniper issue has been
resolved and the people here can go back to their
lives. When the trip began and the crisis was going
on, we weren’t in too much of a hurry to get to D.C.
But now we’re here and it’s quite a thrill. Even
though we had a lot more on our minds than hockey, we
weren’t going to forget the great game that would be
going on in the evening between the dreaded Dallas
Stars and the Capitals. The MCI Center (or the “phone
booth”) is surrounded in its downtown location by huge
government buildings, and Jeff remarked that it didn’t
really feel like a hockey town at first glimpse. But,
hey Jeff, this is a huge hockey town, and with
standout goalie Olaf Kolzig and the addition of the
Czech superhuman, Jaromir Jagr, the Cap’s seem
destined for a Cup in the near future. As one fan here
described Kolzig, “he’s a beast.”
Too bad the beast got beat from the opening horn until
the end. Beset by lackluster defense and an incredibly
good Dallas team, Kolzig was never in the game and the
wind officially left the sails when Bill Guerin scored
with time expiring for the second intermission. Scott
Young had his first two of the season, and Marty Turco
may be the answer in goal after the Stars lost the
enigmatic, yet effective Ed Belfour in the offseason.
After the game we hung out in the Chinatown
neighborhood near where the Phone Booth stands, and
ate some chow mien and mongolian beef. As I’ve been
saying, we’re getting tired of game grub, the Chinese
food tasted good.
The next day we did our best to just chill out see
some of the amazing sites. The highlights were
Arlington Cemetery, the Capial Building and the
Washington Monument. We braved the nasty weather and
reveled in getting hockey out of our system for at
least a day. Next stop Philly and more rain to trek
through...
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