Alex Ovechkin leaped toward equaling Wayne Gretzky’s goals record after scoring a hat trick against The Great’s former team, the Oilers. That means he is still on track to snatching the record in April. Naturally, an iconic Capitals play-by-play announcer lamented about possibly missing out on the opportunity to call that record-breaking goal. “It’s gonna hurt,” he said.
“We want to be there for all of it, leading up to 894 and 895. Desperately,” expressed Joe Beninati of the Joe. B & Locker duo, told Elliot In The Morning. Thankfully, the NHL has heard Beninati, and the Washington Capitals games’ rights-holder, Monumental Sports & Entertainment’s pleas. So the League has granted MNMT an exclusive opportunity in a huge broadcasting move.
What is it you ask? MSE answered all the questions in their press release. “If Ovechkin records a historic goal during a national telecast, MNMT platforms will release recorded video and audio of Beninati calling the significant moment… The network will then air the full MNMT game broadcast for Capitals fans to enjoy on MNMT 24 hours after the national broadcast,” they revealed.
Great news, #ALLCAPS fans!
Through a cooperation agreement with the @NHL, MNMT will produce our own archived broadcasts during the @Capitals four remaining nationally televised games. @JoeBPxp & our talent won’t miss any historic @ovi8 #Gr8Chase goals!
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— Monumental Sports Network (@MonSportsNet) March 11, 2025
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