Voice of The Capitals
Being the PA
Announcer for the Caps is a blast! The team is thrilling to watch, starting with the Great Eight, Alex
Ovechkin! The 2007-08 scoring leader with 112 points and a most ever 65 goals by a left winger, AO won the Ross Trophy, Richard Trophy and the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player. All this came as part of a "worst
to first" campaign that saw the Caps win the Southeast
Division Championship on the last day of the regular season! The 2008-2009 season looks promising, with Alexander
Semin lighting it up, and legendary center Sergei
Fedorov coming back to prove that winning the World Gold was no fluke for our three talented Russians. Mike
Green is joined by rookie Karl Alzner on the blue line, and Niclas
Backstrom shows why he was a candidate for Rookie
of the Year, having recorded more assists last year than any Caps rookie ever had. And then there's Jack Adams winning Coach
of the Year Bruce Boudreau, who the fans just love. They're not saying "Boo," they're saying "BRUUUUCE!" In net, it's Brent "Here's
Johnny" Johnson and free agent acquisition Jose
Theodore. And how much do you love seeing Donald Brashear pound the opposition into paste? Oh, yeah... good times.
Being the Public Address announcer has many benefits. Like... THE
BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE! Sitting directly between the penalty boxes, I am center ice and almost on the ice. When the best players in the world crash into the glass two feet from my face, knocking the monitor into my lap, am I afraid? No sir. I am grinning like an idiot. Sometimes, a grown-up job truly brings out the child in you. And that child is really looking forward to ROCKING THE RED and ripping the roof off Verizon Center every night!
Join Caps Announcer Wes Johnson on a tour of “his” Crib...
