Last night marked my 13th Capitals game in front of the Verizon Center but it was my first home season opener for the Caps. I’ve hit 12 spring games over the previous 2 seasons, compiling a 10-2 record when I hang out greeting fans. I’ve only made it to one Game 7 in the playoffs, and the Caps won that game. I’m very confident in our guys against the Calgary Flames, 11-2 here we come!
I'm here on F St! #LETSGOCAPS #RockTheRed #VerizonCenter pic.twitter.com/moWquBUJpk
— Ovie the Bulldog (@OvietheBulldog) October 3, 2013
@OvietheBulldog is hangin' out on F Street making sure to growl at Calgary Flames fans. If there are any that is
— meh Caps (@CapitalsHill) October 3, 2013
Pets = Wins
Hockey fans are a superstitious lot, given my 10-2 record, it’s been said the more Caps fans that pet me, the better the Caps play. Tonight is no exception, lots of fans bend over as they pass to give me a quick pat on the head. Many more stop with requests for pictures, sure thing! Don’t mind the ogre I call Dad, standing behind you, he isn’t picking your pocket, he’s giving me a cookie to look at so you get a great picture.
Thanks for stopping @OvietheBulldog you made my day!!!! #Capitals pic.twitter.com/Xm6u95sAVB
— Lindsay (@ljpg25) October 3, 2013
Celeb sighting! Me with the one and only @Oviethebulldog Let's Go Caps! pic.twitter.com/Jqqtt14ZEo
— Rich Taylor (@RTinDC) October 3, 2013
.@OvietheBulldog making the wait in line so much better. Let's go Caps! pic.twitter.com/r6fD15bsCZ
— Mike Smuland (@smuland) October 3, 2013
Stopped by to see @OvietheBulldog on the way in pic.twitter.com/23c5T3i4jU
— Jeffrey Miller (@Safety810) October 3, 2013
Me & my 1st twitter donor to my American Heart Association walk the awesome @Hayward_J #THANKS #CapsWin pic.twitter.com/GoBMHOd5Mk
— Ovie the Bulldog (@OvietheBulldog) October 4, 2013
Hanging out w/ @ChrisCaps33 before the #caps home opener, psst can you sneak me in? pic.twitter.com/0CF5BOmazw
— Ovie the Bulldog (@OvietheBulldog) October 4, 2013
Ironically, my tweeting is neutered this day outside the Verizon Center, none of my tweets are getting posted. Grrrr!
Tweets not working, ironically outside Verizon Center will tweet in bulk when I get home to watch game :) #LETSGOCAPS
— Ovie the Bulldog (@OvietheBulldog) October 3, 2013
However, I am receiving tweets that I’ve made the intro to Capitals Central on CSN!
@OvietheBulldog Watching the game on DVR, already off to a good start! pic.twitter.com/qukkYNLTvW
— Ryan Deem (@Ryan_Deem) October 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/skylarmoonbeam/status/385902706311065600
I SEE @OvietheBulldog on CSN!!! #Caps
— Puggish-Ruggish Bone (@_paranoid_droid) October 3, 2013
@OvietheBulldog You were featured in the pre-game and the post-game. #OviLuckSandwich
— Ryan Deem (@Ryan_Deem) October 4, 2013
CSN, let me know when you want to add me as a sidewalk reporter. Alan May and I seem to have a good chemistry. Tweet me ;)
Lines as far as the eye can see
The lines are crazy long, all doors on F St are now open and letting fans in, the puck has dropped and fans are still outside, I will not leave until the last fan has made it inside the Phone Booth!
When the last fans have all made it in to the arena, now the frantic walk to the car & drive home to catch the 2nd period.
Final look around, all @washcaps fans are in the Verizon Center, time to head home & watch the game! pic.twitter.com/hgluAsyRRA
— Ovie the Bulldog (@OvietheBulldog) October 4, 2013
Has my luck run out?
By the time we get to the car, its 3-0 for the Flames, rut roh, not looking good for my winning percentage.
When we get home it is 4-1 in favor of the Flames….
WHAT IS HAPPENING #CAPS? #LETSGOCAPS get back in this game! pic.twitter.com/0O4HsMQyaE
— Ovie the Bulldog (@OvietheBulldog) October 4, 2013
All Caps fans believe, we know this team can turn it around. Captain Alex Ovechkin gets it rolling, two times just to make sure and Backstrom ties it. We go to a lopsided OT the Caps are lucky to escape, shootout with Grabovski and Ovechkin scoring and Neuvirth holding fast to secure the win!
Maybe I have some luck in me yet as Connor Carrick and Alex Ovechkin led the charge during regulation and both have taken pictures with me, hmmmm coincidence? Alcoa presents, you make the call! (What’s Alcoa? Ask your Dad, I had too)
Home opener goals Tonight, @connorcarrick scores…took pic with me (1/2) pic.twitter.com/MH9hg9HMK2
— Ovie the Bulldog (@OvietheBulldog) October 4, 2013
Home opener tonight, @ovi8 scores….took pic with me….& I was at VC tonight… Might I be lucky in our house? ;) pic.twitter.com/aRI0bJgjwi
— Ovie the Bulldog (@OvietheBulldog) October 4, 2013
Odds & Ends
Someone get a calculator! 11-2 record when visiting the Verizon Center!
#caps WIN! That makes them 11-2 when I visit before a game #MightBeLucky
— Ovie the Bulldog (@OvietheBulldog) October 4, 2013
The line for dog sitting me is long and distinguished, line starts behind Alan May.
Just saw @OvietheBulldog on @CSNwashington outside the Phonebooth! Love you, Ovi the Bulldog! I want to dogsit you!
— Caps Red Man (@CapsRedMan) October 4, 2013
Overall, the home opener was an exciting place to hang out, personally I love hanging out at every game, but the energy and optimism that greet a new season are especially contagious.
I’ll see you around the Verizon Center soon!
Ovie (@oviethebulldog)
