Joel Ward Interview on Retirement
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Joel Ward, a name who will always be part of Caps Playoff history, joins Rob to discuss his decision to officially retire from the NHL. Ward talks about growing up in Toronto, the famous Game 7 goal to beat Boston, Washington's pursuits of winning the Cup, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, Joel Ward is officially now, what, four days into official retirement, and he's |
| 0:10.6 | kind enough to join me on the podcast today. |
| 0:13.9 | So what's it like to now really be retired? |
| 0:16.7 | And the word is out there. |
| 0:17.8 | And it seems like a lot of people are giving you a lot of praise for a hell of a career. Yeah, you know, it's been a couple of days. It's been a couple of long days. I wasn't expecting all this attention to be honest. I just wanted to share my story and to tell everybody I was done. And it turned out to be a lot of love, which I was not expecting one bit. |
| 0:38.3 | Well, certainly a lot of love in this D.C. area for one of the more popular players over the last |
| 0:42.3 | handful of years. Joel Ward is the guest today. I'm Rob Carlin. The Capital's Talk |
| 0:46.5 | podcast starts now. |
| 0:48.2 | His stars! Such a great. His spectacular history making continues. |
| 0:55.4 | It's not a different barrage. |
| 0:58.6 | It's Lord Stanley, and he is coming to Washington. |
| 1:06.3 | Boston Bruins now turn it over. |
| 1:08.2 | A two-on-one-one. |
| 1:09.1 | Knoble, coming with Ward. |
| 1:10.7 | Knoble with a chance. Back- hand or loose. They score. They score. It's over. Ward on the rebound. Good morning. Good afternoon. And good night, Boston. The king is dead. There will be a new Stanley Cup champion. The Capitals are still dancing. A rebound off Thomas. And the Capitals have won it in Boston in Game 7. |
| 1:41.9 | What's up, Caps fans? It is time for a very special edition of the Caps Talk podcast as we welcome in Joel seven. What's up, Caps fans. It is time for a very special edition, |
| 1:45.3 | the Caps Talk podcast, |
| 1:46.6 | as we welcome in, |
| 1:47.5 | Joel Ward, |
| 1:48.4 | who played a long NHL career |
| 1:51.2 | that spanned 726 games, |
| 1:54.1 | which was also the title of your players' |
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