"You can sense it when you hear him announce one game for 10 seconds - the pride he takes in not just himself and his job but the game of hockey and certainly this organization," said defenseman John Carlson, who was with minor league Hershey when Walton was the radio announcer there.
"He's a hockey guy through and through," said Capitals General Manager Chris Patrick, who was responsible for overseeing Hershey when Walton worked there. "His allegiances run deep. I mean, he's still 100 percent Hershey Bears, and now he's 100 percent Washington Capitals."
"Never has a bad day," said Tarik El-Bashir, my former colleague who now works alongside Walton. "His energy level is the same. He is always cranked up to 10."
"Grateful," he said. "When you have everything in your life dangled in front of you for any period of time, I love the players, the coaches, my office mates, the travel staff, the TV guys."
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