Stadium Series blog: Seth Jarvis

Carolina Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis has kept a blog throughout the 2023 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series. The Hurricanes defeated the Washington Capitals 4-1 at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday. In his third entry, Jarvis discusses the atmosphere in the stadium, the importance of playing well in front of the sellout crowd and winning as a team.

Walking into the game was something incredible. I've never experienced anything like that. I couldn't imagine that being any better.
I was looking forward to it because I knew where the band was going to be. Even the fans, you could hear them yelling down. It really set the tone for the game. My favorite part of the national anthem is when everyone yells "red," so when 57,000 people yell "red," it's a little bit different. I had chills going through my body. It really set the game up well.
During warmups, I was definitely looking around. Coming off the ice walking into the dressing room, I was trying to fire up the crowd a little bit and get them going a little bit.
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During the game, I felt pretty dialed. I think I did a good job focusing on what the task was and what we had ahead of us. Everyone was pretty focused on the game because Washington is a pretty good team. They can beat us. And the ice was unbelievable ice. It made it fun. The boards were extremely lively, which made everything a little more interesting on dumps. It felt pretty fast out there.
Everyone was saying how big of a game this is not only for our team and organization, but for the city of Raleigh, so you don't want to come out here and lose.
It's definitely a big incentive having everyone here. A few years ago, there were some down years, so to have 57,000 people supporting us tonight, you can't ask for anything more. One thing that rolls through my head every game is that there is someone here who has never seen me play. I don't want to disappoint them. They paid good money to come watch me, so I don't want to come out here and lay a burger on the ice. I think our whole team had that idea, that we need to play hard and stick to the way we need to play to win so we don't disappoint ourselves and our fans.

My line with me, Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov had a ton of chances. All you can ask for is chances. Those are two really elite players and they'll score goals at will.
Tonight we played well, we played hard. They didn't go in for us, but they went in for the rest of the team. In order to be a good teammate, you've got to be excited for everyone. I'm pumped that Martin Necas, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Teuvo Teravainen got their goals and points. I'm just happy we won. Otherwise, I wouldn't be drinking a beer with my sunglasses on right now. I get to enjoy my night whether I get three goals like on Thursday or I don't score.
You don't win off two or three guys, you win off a whole team. That's what we did tonight. This is something we can hang our hats on, that we played well.
My mom made it down from Winnipeg today to join my dad and my brother, and I had three buddies buzzing around the stadium somewhere. They're three buddies from Winnipeg I grew up playing with since I was five or six years old, so it's cool to have them here. I've got plans to go out and have fun tonight and enjoy it. I'm 21 now, so I can have fun, and I've got the day off tomorrow.