Washington Capitals Stanley Cup lap in 1974-75
1970s
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For other men, it was just a trash can. To the men of the Washington Capitals on March 28, 1975, it was their treasure.
"The Washington Capitals won a road hockey game tonight. Honest," read the game story in the next day's issue of The Washington Post by Ken Denlinger.
On this night, nearly eight months since Richard Nixon had resigned the presidency, in a week when "Lady Marmalade" by Labelle topped the singles charts, when gas cost 44 cents a gallon and the average United States home price was $11,787, the Capitals topped the California Golden Seals, 5-3, in front of 3,933 people at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
It would be the expansion Caps' lone road victory in 1974-75. One win, 39 losses. It was time for a parade of sorts.
Caps players took turns holding aloft a green, cylindrical object, each one taking their turn pumping the cheap, thin metal onto which they signed their names with a black Sharpie.
"That was our Stanley Cup," said goalie Ron Low, who recorded the victory. "We came into the dressing room and the trash can was tall and skinny, so guys just started lifting it up and parading it around. Ace Bailey, one of the great jokesters of all time, took it after everybody signed it and twirled the rink with it. It was the most hilarious thing."
"The Washington Capitals won a road hockey game tonight. Honest," read the game story in the next day's issue of The Washington Post by Ken Denlinger.
On this night, nearly eight months since Richard Nixon had resigned the presidency, in a week when "Lady Marmalade" by Labelle topped the singles charts, when gas cost 44 cents a gallon and the average United States home price was $11,787, the Capitals topped the California Golden Seals, 5-3, in front of 3,933 people at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
It would be the expansion Caps' lone road victory in 1974-75. One win, 39 losses. It was time for a parade of sorts.
Caps players took turns holding aloft a green, cylindrical object, each one taking their turn pumping the cheap, thin metal onto which they signed their names with a black Sharpie.
"That was our Stanley Cup," said goalie Ron Low, who recorded the victory. "We came into the dressing room and the trash can was tall and skinny, so guys just started lifting it up and parading it around. Ace Bailey, one of the great jokesters of all time, took it after everybody signed it and twirled the rink with it. It was the most hilarious thing."
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