An electric phone booth and the Caps move on

The Caps played the game they were supposed to yesterday and came away with the win, 3-1, and the series. The ringing in my ears finally subsided several hours after I left the Verizon Center. The deafening cheers from the sea of red started before the Caps appeared on the ice and they rarely let up yesterday afternoon. From the "we are louder" chant to the "hey, hey good-bye" chant in the last two minutes, Caps fans enjoyed themselves in the post season, for once, yesterday afternoon. Props to Michal Neuvirth, the first star of the game. The 23 year-old rookie net minder played with confidence. He showed that when he came out to skate for the first star by throwing his hands into the air as if to say, "NHL, do you know who I am now?" The unheralded net minder won't be unheralded much longer. Neuvirth has won every single playoff series he's played on North American soil and earned an MVP award in the AHL by leading the Capitals minor lea...