Washington Capitals

  • Sometimes It’s OK to Be A Fan

    Sometimes It’s OK to Be A Fan0

    When Alex Ovechkin scored his 500th career NHL goal last Sunday, I was working the game and had to follow certain rules which include “no cheering”.  We’ve all, at some point, have seen or heard “No cheering in the pressbox” but the position that I work from is in the seats and surrounded by fans. 

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  • Santa Claus Sings The National Anthem

    Santa Claus Sings The National Anthem0

    Santa made an appearance at a couple of Washington Capitals games in December, but his appearance on December 18 before the Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning battled was to sing the National Anthem. Russian Machine Never Breaks: Santa Claus Sung the National Anthem Before the Caps Game (Video) Monumental Network caught Santa’s singing ability. And

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  • William Shatner* Announces Line Up At Capitals Game

    William Shatner* Announces Line Up At Capitals Game0

    On December 8, fans attending the Washington Capitals game at Verizon Center against the Detroit Red Wings didn’t know that they were going to have a celebrity, of sorts, announce the starting line-up for the visiting team that night. The Capitals P. A. announcer, Wes Johnson, is a master of voices.  He’s been heard in

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  • 12 Hours, One Game, Lots of Fun

    12 Hours, One Game, Lots of Fun0

    Ft. Dupont Ice Arena in Washington, D. C. is an anomaly.  Next door to a baseball facility in a neighborhood that would prefer basketball or football over a sport played with a stick and a puck, but it’s been there for 40 years serving the community in which it sits.  Providing a safe place for

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  • Bob McDonald, National Anthem Performer0

    The National Anthem can make or break your show, even before it really starts.  A good anthem can help to energize the crowd, while a bad performance can really take the energy out of a building quicker than a power outage.  There have been times game producers were hoping and praying for a power outage

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  • Brushing With The Big Time

    Brushing With The Big Time0

    In all the years I’ve been announcing sports, I’ve never announced a Major-professional sporting event.  I have, however, DJed for a Major League Baseball team (Tampa Bay Rays in 1998), National Hockey League team (Washington Capitals 2013-2014) and National Basketball Association team (Washington Wizards playoffs 2014) on a fill-in basis, in addition to working with

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