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John Walton called the Game Six crowd the loudest he’s ever heard at Capital One Arena. Pierre McGuire agreed.

By Ian Oland

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May 22, 2018 12:45 pm

Riding a Braden Holtby shutout, the Washington Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 in Game Six to force a decisive Game Seven in the Eastern Conference Final.

While the Capitals played a mostly flawless game (focus on the fourth line’s goal and not their corsi), the Capital One Arena crowd was the loudest its been all season long, giving the team energy and pushing them forward.

In fact, Capitals radio’s John Walton thought it was loudest Caps fans have ever been in his presence.

“This is the loudest crowd I’ve ever heard here,” Walton said on Twitter. “This fan base absolutely brought it tonight.”

And Walton may be right. For instance, check him out doing the play-by-play during the final seconds of the game.

This is insanity. How can he even think? Or talk!

One of Walton’s on-air partners, Ben Raby, said that “as far as constant electricity throughout the game, this was” the best crowd in Capital One Arena history.

During NBCSN’s telecast of the game, Pierre McGuire took a moment to salute the fanbase as well.

“There’s an energy in this building, and we’ve all done a lot of games here, I haven’t experienced energy in this building like this in a game without a safety net for the Caps,” McGuire said. “A lot of Game Seven disappointments. This is like a Game Seven. These fans have elevated just like their team has.”

Capitals PA announcer Wes Johnson said afterwards that the crowd “truly brought it.”

And he would know, because listen to how loud the crowd was while he announced TJ Oshie’s goal.

The crowd was ferocious after DSP’s tally too.

For me, the tone was set Monday morning, when Alex Ovechkin’s friend and longtime Caps season-ticket holder Abe Hamrah sent us these tweets.

Appropriately enough, Devante Smith-Pelly would score and celebrate right in front of a roaring Abe (wearing a #8 Caps hoodie) sitting along the glass.

Afterwards, Abe had this to say on Twitter.

Yep.

From the Unleash The Fury rally towels to Caps fans celebrating on the steps at the National Portrait Gallery, last night’s win was about as fun and memorable as you could imagine.

Now let’s go win one more.

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