Reaction to Ovi's Amazing Hat Trick
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Alex Ovechkin reached 698 career goals in style as he scored a hat trick vs. the Kings, with all 3 goals coming in a 5 minute span. Rob gets reaction from so many different angles on a game that no Caps fan will ever forget. In this episode, you will hear from the voices of the Capitals Joe Beninati & John Walton, Mike Vogel who covers the team for washingtoncaps.com, Nicklas Backstrom's words to the media, NBC Sports Washington's J.J. Regan, and Tom Gulitti of NHL.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Four minutes and 24 seconds of pure magic from Alex Ovechkin has led us to a necessary emergency podcast as he closes in. |
| 0:14.0 | Now two goals away from 700 career goals. I talk with Joe Beninati and John Walton, the voices of that incredible |
| 0:23.1 | game and almost every goal he scored in his entire career. Tom Gallidi has covered hockey |
| 0:28.4 | forever and has covered this team for the last couple of seasons for NHL.com. Get his reference, |
| 0:34.3 | Mike Bogle, part of the Washington Capitol's web page. He's been covering this team for decades now. |
| 0:40.3 | He is honored as I am to help tell the stories of Alex Ovechkin. |
| 0:45.3 | Plus, J.J. Regan from NBC Sports Washington, who was a high school senior when the Caps actually drafted him. |
| 0:52.3 | So we get his perspective as both a fan and now a professional covering this guy. |
| 0:57.9 | And then just threw a camera into the scrum of Nicholas Baxter, |
| 1:00.7 | who, while being amazed, has grown accustomed to watching and witnessing the greatness that is Alex Ovechkin. |
| 1:08.9 | So we'll hear all those interviews. |
| 1:10.7 | I'm Rob Carlin. |
| 1:11.8 | Caps Talk podcast starts now. |
| 1:13.4 | He's got to. |
| 1:15.6 | It's not a dream. |
| 1:21.8 | It's not a desert barrage. |
| 1:23.7 | It's Lord Stanley. |
| 1:25.3 | And he is coming to Washington. It's Lord Stanley, and he is coming to Washington. |
| 1:31.2 | Tendering pass. |
| 1:32.2 | Score! |
| 1:34.1 | Alex Ovechkin ties it up. |
| 1:37.0 | And Alex Solvechkin gets goal number 696 on his first shot of the game. |
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