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 3 months ago
Longtime Caps Radio play-by-play man, John Walton, will miss Wednesday night’s Capitals-Flyers game due to a positive COVID test. Filling in for Walton will be a very familiar face in Joe Beninati.
With TNT airing the game nationally, Joe B is free to share his voice over radio for the matchup.
By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago
Several Washington Capitals players past and present made their way out to Calvert County, Maryland for a very special cause on Saturday.
Prince Frederick Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram hosted its 10th annual Toys4Tots drive. The event, which NBC Sports Washington’s Craig Laughlin puts his heart and time into every year, saw Nicklas Backstrom, Bobby Carpenter, Karl Alzner, and John Walton all come out to sign autographs and take photos with fans. Courtney and Linda Laughlin also graciously donated their time to help gather toys and help the event run smoothly.
Hundreds of fans could be seen milling about when the autograph signing began at 1 pm.
Prince Frederick Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram will be hosting its annual Toys4Tots drive on Saturday and this year, to celebrate its 10th anniversary, it will be hosting several prominent Capitals both past and present.
Nicklas Backstrom will join Craig Laughlin, Karl Alzner, Bobby Carpenter, and John Walton signing autographs for fans at the Prince Frederick, MD dealership. And I’ll be there hanging out too.
All fans need to do is make a minimum of a $20 donation or toy to get autographs from all the guests.
Following in the footsteps of Capitals alumni Craig Laughlin and Alan May, Garnet Hathaway released his own beer on Monday. And the fourth-line winger got the support from a litany of current and former Caps during a release party.
Earlier in the year, Hathaway partnered with Other Half Brewing to create Hath’s Hazy. The sales benefit DMV first responders – a cause near and dear to Hathaway’s heart.
Longtime NBC Sports Washington play-by-play man, Joe Beninati, will miss tonight’s telecast due to illness. A source confirmed to RMNB that Capitals Radio’s John Walton will take the reins and fill in with Beninati feeling under the weather. Zack Fisch will slide over to Walton’s spot on the radio broadcast with the Hershey Bears eliminated from the postseason.
The Athletic’s Tarik El-Bashir was the first to report the news.
By Ian Oland 10 months ago
Capitals’ radio play-by-play maestro, John Walton shared some big news Monday afternoon. Walton will be calling another Olympic Games as NBC has tasked him to be part of their broadcast team for both men’s and women’s hockey in Beijing.
This will be the second time Walton has done Olympic hockey for NBC as he covered women’s hockey at the 2018 Games in Pyeonchang, South Korea.
Walton made the announcement on his personal Twitter account.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
The Washington Capitals will remain on 106.7 The Fan for the 2021-22 season.
Tuesday, the team and Audacy, announced that they extended their broadcast partnership for another year. 106.7 The Fan will serve as the flagship station for the Capitals and carry pre- and postgame shows.
Play-by-play man John Walton will return for his 11th season while Ken Sabourin will serve his 19th season as analyst.
John Walton shared some difficult news on Saturday.
The longtime voice of the Capitals will not be calling the next few Capitals games after being exposed to a family member with COVID-19.
The Washington Capitals rang in the New Year with their family and closest friends. On social media, they shared lovely new year wishes, beautiful family photos, and kinda dumb quotes.
Here’s what you missed while you celebrated day one of 2021 yourself.
