![]() Don has a bubble hockey game at his place in Minnesota and still plays it to this day.” I shared that bit of news with Don’s son Connor recently. “Even the Stars have number 33 in goal, Don Beaupre. “On mine, I chose the Caps as the home team of course, and the Minnesota North Stars as the visitors,” Walton said, noting that his choice of the North Stars is a nod to his hometown team growing up in Minnesota. In August, Walton and his new beard quietly trekked up to Buffalo to retrieve one of the new bubble hockey tables for his own DC-area home. “He’s been such an important voice for this franchise for so long, hearing his voice to start every game is just perfect.” (The Capitals’ other regular anthem singer, Caleb Green, has spent most of the summer featured on America’s Got Talent, the biggest live TV show on network television.) Walton was equally as excited to partner with Bob. (□ post shared by RMNB on at 12:34pm PDT I’m especially pleased that ‘it’s okay to believe’ and ‘good morning, good afternoon, and good night’ made it in,” Walton said in an interview with RMNB. “There’s a lot of stuff that I say on the air that made it into the game. Capitals anthem singer Bob McDonald also sings the national anthem. The voice of the Capitals was asked to voice new bubble hockey tables. And then to have the legend John Walton making the calls? How flipping cool is that?” “It’s always amazing to sing the anthem but extra cool to have it memorialized forever in a game. “I was surprised the game company said ‘sure!’ I gave them live recordings of me singing both anthems from last season. “I recalled to John an old NHL video game that had the end of the anthem sung by one of the anthem legends just before the game started,” McDonald said. McDonald told RMNB that he was added to the game after John pitched the idea to the Super Chexx team. “I’m especially pleased that ‘it’s okay to believe’ and ‘good morning, good afternoon, and good night’ made it in.” “There’s a lot of stuff that I say on the air that made it into the game,” Walton added. “I’m honored to work with them on this project, and equally glad now to have a game at home I can play whenever I want! “I’ve been playing bubble hockey since I was 12, but I never thought the voice that comes out of it could ever be mine,” a humbled Walton said in an interview with RMNB. The bubble hockey tables are similar to foosball tables and feature an unbreakable dome, a jumbotron with an LCD scoreboard, and live-action game calls. Super Chexx Bubble Hockey September 9, 2019 What better way to play Washington Capitals Bubble Hockey than with calling the game for you?! We had the pleasure of creating a custom game for John, complete with his own voiceover-AND the US and Canadian national anthems done by Bob McDonald. ![]() In another coup for Caps fans, Bob McDonald sings the US and Canadian national anthems. Tuesday, Super Chexx Bubble Hockey announced that the radio voice of the Washington Capitals is now an option on their new tables. John Walton and his silky voice are coming to bubble hockey.
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