Episode 5: Quest for the Cup
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
When the Capitals finally reached the mountaintop in 2018 and won their first ever Stanley Cup, it completed a 44-year journey that started in 1974. Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin have been there for so many of the team's great postseason moments but also their heartbreaking disappointments. In Episode 5 of "Told It Here!", Joe B and Locker build up to that triumphant 2018 postseason - by remembering the likes of Dale Hunter, John Druce, Kolzig and Juneau in the magical spring of '98, Ovechkin's first taste, Joel Ward and all of the rivalries that were built through playoff hockey with the Pens, Rangers and Isles. This episode will remind you why the end of the journey felt so good.
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| 0:00.0 | Fondra hangs off. |
| 0:05.8 | Fierre to score! |
| 0:07.0 | Played by Callie O'Hanson and hold it right here. |
| 0:10.5 | That's a jock strapper. |
| 0:12.6 | The Great Aid Express pulls into third place. |
| 0:20.5 | After what feels like a seven-month hiatus, told it here, presented by PennFed Returns. |
| 0:28.3 | It's Joe Beninati and Craig Lachlan and basically telling stories of the last 25 years, getting to episode five and soon to episode six. |
| 0:37.3 | But thinking back to the last episode, |
| 0:39.5 | it was a chance for us to relay a lot of our favorite things, whether it be players or coaches, |
| 0:45.1 | arenas, or road menu dishes. That was a blast. Wings and beer. That's really not hard for you. |
| 0:52.2 | That's an automatic. But coming off of that favorite discussion, we're going to get into a playoff discussion. But thinking back to the favorites, when you think back over your time, and it's been a long time connected with the organization, a favorite run for you? Probably just making the playoffs for the first time, to be honest with you. This was a team in disarray. |
| 1:11.5 | It was saved the caps back in the early 80s when we arrived in town. |
| 1:14.6 | And to me, it was all about the football team and no one even thought about the capitals. |
| 1:19.6 | And we were sort of on a mission to make a difference. |
| 1:22.8 | And making that first playoffs to me was probably the biggest thing I had ever been through. |
| 1:28.1 | Number one, I became a regular in the NHL after being part-time in Montreal. |
| 1:33.0 | It gave me an opportunity to play a lot more and to play with some great players in the 80s. |
| 1:38.0 | Yeah, so at the time we're recording episode 5, there are only seven teams left in the |
| 1:41.9 | Stanley Cup playoff chase of 2022. |
| 1:44.9 | The caps come into existence in 1974. |
| 1:48.2 | They've made the playoffs locker, including your first ever entry, 32 times. |
| 1:53.2 | I know that the quest was satisfied in 2018, but the lead-up. |
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