Episode 3: "Rock the Red"
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 3 of "Told it Here!" Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin reminisce about one of the most exciting times in Caps history, the birth of the "Rock the Red" era in Washington, which has lived on at Verizon Center ever since. But before they relive the fun times, they look back at the tougher times that led to the drafting of Alex Ovechkin and everything that has happened since. You'll hear stories about the day Jaromir Jagr was traded, why Mel Anglestad was a highlight of the 2003-04 season, and how Bruce Boudreau's arrival ignited the Caps' resurgence. Later, Joe and Craig discuss many of the highlights of that time, including Sergei Fedorov's series-winner against the Rangers.
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| 0:00.0 | Bondra hangs off. |
| 0:05.0 | Fier's and scald! |
| 0:07.0 | Played by Callie O'Hanson and hold it right here. |
| 0:10.0 | That's a jock strapper. |
| 0:12.0 | The Great Aid Express pulls into third place. |
| 0:30.0 | As we welcome you back to Tollad Here, presented by PennFed and reintroduce ourselves, Joe Beninati and Craig Lachlan. |
| 0:31.0 | Here's the good thing, Craig. |
| 0:33.3 | After two episodes, we weren't terminated. |
| 0:36.3 | So we're still doing a podcast. |
| 0:55.2 | We're going to kick started around three. And I didn't get a memo. I'm cashed. I thought it was cash today. Cash today? But linen and a summer shirt. This is Rod and Gun. You love Rod and Gun. See, I'm here to make you laugh. You are making me laugh. This is what we do on this podcast. We make each other laugh. |
| 0:56.7 | We tell great stories. |
| 0:58.9 | We go back in the day with the Washington Capitals. |
| 1:04.4 | And it's basically chapter and verse for us over 25 years together as an announcing team. |
| 1:09.3 | And in episode two, we went back to the very humble beginnings of our broadcast tandem. |
| 1:28.7 | And we shared, I hope, a lot of thoughts and accolades with our team. It means so much to be a part of a team. It's, yeah, sure, it's you and I in front of the camera. It's you and I with the microphones. But it meant so much for me to be part of this team over the last 25 years. And it was cool to rehash some of those great stories. It was. Now, over our time from that last podcast, did you find out the exact date or game |
| 1:36.9 | that we worked together, our first ever? |
| 1:38.7 | I actually do think I've nailed it down. |
| 1:40.4 | Okay, tell me. |
| 1:41.0 | I think it's, I need to know. |
| 1:42.4 | October of 95 in Dallas. And I believe it's reunion. I believe it's reunion arena. I know it's a little cloudy. It's a little hazy because at that time you talk in IPAs now. No, listen to me. At that time, you were working both sides of the street. You were working the HTS side and the over-the-air side. |
| 2:01.9 | Sean Simpson, who I worked with in year one, had been moved on to scouting and eventually |
| 2:06.5 | into George McPhee's cabinet with respect to his general managerhip. So I believe you and I were |
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