Here's the awesome radio call of Joel Ward's Game 7 winner for
the Capitals  Written by Matt Yoder on .  One of those few
occasions you wouldn't hardly trade anything in sports for is a
Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 7 going into overtime with the great
Doc Emrick on the call.  Luckily, we had that last night as the
Capitals and Bruins played a thrilling Game 7 to end their 1st
Round series.  Washington forward Joel Ward scored the game
winner in the overtime period to send the Capitals into the
second round with a 2-1 victory and the defending champs home.
That series winning goal sent another announcer, Capitals radio
play by play man John Walton, into euphoric hysteria.  Here's
the audio clip:    About the only thing missing from that call
is a reference to Paul Revere's midnight ride or screaming "the
slipper still fits!"  Walton is actually in his first year with
the Capitals after spending nine years in Hershey calling AHL
games, so it's nice to see a young broadcaster get this chance
to produce a memorable