Voice of The Capitals
Being
the PA Announcer for the Caps has
been a blast, and never more so than during this historic and explosive
season. What a season
for the Great Eight, Alex Ovechkin! The 2007-08 scoring
leader with 112 points and a most ever 65 goals by a left winger, AO
has won the Ross Trophy, Richard Trophy and soon,
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 playoffs look promising, with Alexander Semin being
centered by legendary Russian center Sergei Fedorov on
a new line with the Cookie Monster, Matt Cooke. Mike
Green has scored more goals than any defenseman
this season, and young sensation Niclas Backstrom has
made a case for himself as Rookie of the Year, having
recorded more assists than any Caps rookie ever. This team and its
fans love Coach
of the Year candidate Bruce Boudreau, just
as Boudreau must love going into the playoffs with new goalie Cristobal
Huet stonewalling the opposition,
and having "Godzilla" Olie
Kolzig ready to go just in case. And how much will you love
seeing
Donald Brashear pound the Flyers 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...
