Alex Ovechkin made hockey history on Tuesday night. The Great Eight tallied three times against the Chicago Blackhawks to hit 800 goals.
Due to the game being on national TV via ESPN, Capitals fans did not get Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin’s voices for the special moment.
Thankfully, the phenomenal John Walton called the game on radio. His soundtrack to number 800 was utterly epic.
By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago
A week after Barry Trotz went viral for his toughness, John Walton’s signature call is now having its day in the sun – sorta. Let me explain.
Saturday in women’s college hockey action, Boston University took on number-two ranked Minnesota at Walter Brown Arena. After 60 minutes could not decide the game, Natalie Flynn scored her second goal of the night to give BU a gigantic upset.
Boston University play-by-play man Max Wolpoff lost his mind.
Photos: Amanda Bowen
On Friday, the Washington Capitals hosted eight-year-old Lauren Santora at Kettler Capitals Iceplex. Lauren, who suffers from type 1 diabetes, had one wish: to meet her favorite hockey player, Alex Ovechkin.
The Connecticuter got that and then some. After going on a Caps shopping spree and practicing with the team, Santora was asked by Ovechkin to go on a two-on-none against Braden Holtby. You’d think selfish Ovi would shoot, but instead he dished to Santora, who nailed the puck into the back of the net. It was a super sweet moment.
After publishing video of that goal yesterday, @dlj26 tweeted us to say he’d love to hear the voice of the Capitals, John Walton, call the goal. We agreed, so we asked the notoriously busy play-by-play man. He came through in the clutch.
Photo credit: I. Ignatovich
On Thursday, when Alex Ovechkin made his debut for Dynamo Moscow, the stands at Small Sports Arena in Luzhniki, Moscow were about 60% full. Sunday’s match was a different story, as a sold-out crowd of 8,097 packed into the seats to see Ovechkin’s Dynamo take on Ilya Kovalchuk’s SKA — Kovy’s first game in the KHL.
Fifteen minutes into the first period, the crowd was treated to a bit of history as Ovechkin scored his first KHL goal, also his first regular season goal in Russia since 2005.
YouTuber AXLPNZ captured the crowd’s reaction and the PA announcer’s call. The roar of the crowd is pretty cool.
