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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey Elliott, thank you, thank you. It's so good to
talk to you again. How you doing, sir, I'm doing
great and twenty five years right. I told you we
should be having like a joint mutual anniversary party together.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Oh you know what, let's throw that. Let's put it together.
I'm going to let you pay for that, but let's
get that done.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Well. Thanks for thanks for sharing the time and airways
and letting me talk a little bit to you and
your listeners about what we're doing on Sunday with Legacy
on Ice.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
I think that is first of all, the speed in
which it came together is incredible. The number of people
that are involved from the figure skating community is incredible.
I mean a real tip of the hat, not just
to that community, but for being able to put everything together.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
It's unbelievable. It really is unreal.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Thank you. It's a real community effort, very very grass room.
And there's a production company fantastic called Entertainment Gang and
the US Figure Skating Group and they approached us and said, hey,
we have to do something about this. So we brought
in the Community Foundation, DC Fire and EMS and said
(01:20):
what can we do to help the families? Help the
first responders, and then also what can we do to
pay tribute back and help the skating community. And so
we did put this together very very quickly. We just
announced who all of the sponsors are. It's an unbelievable
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list and I think we're going to sell it out.
It's this Sunday at three o'clock. There's a couple of
tickets still available, so I hope your listeners will dial
in and try to find the tickets. And essentially what
we are doing is allowing the DC community to come
together and really show some empathy and almost have a
(02:08):
group hug, if you will, in the face of this
this tragedy. And you know, I'm really honored and humbled
that we can provide the convening space and we're doing
all of the production. It'll be streamed live on Peacock.
A week later it will be on NBC. It will
also be live on Monumental Sports Network on on Sunday.
(02:31):
Will be almost I don't want to say, doing a telethon,
but you know, we want to continue to raise money. Sure,
one hundred percent of every dollar that we're going to
raise will go there Www. Legacy on ice dot com
and you know, we we really want to embrace these
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three communities and the stories that we've been hearing literally
every day. It's what's really active Adventure Global and American
Express and DXC Technology and MGM and all of our sponsors,
because you just can't put yourself into this position. You know,
(03:14):
we go to our practice facility and some of these
skaters who were lost, they would practice there. There were
coaches from there, and now people leave memorials and they
leave flowers outside, and every moment of every day we're
kind of reminded of this, and you know, we hear
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stories that are so moving. There was a first responder
who obviously in the military and went into the water
and he brought up the remains of someone who was
in the military uniform. Unbelievable and weighted with the body
(03:58):
with the remains standing at attention for hours and hours
and hours waiting for you know, the body to be
identified and to be treated and taken away just out
of respect. Right, We're just hearing stories like this all
of the time, and the first responders oftentimes are forgotten,
(04:21):
if you will, or neglected in this and so you know,
at Arena, we're giving the families and first responders suites,
bringing them in, treating them to this moment where they
can share their stories, meet other family members, be able
to meet first responders. And I really think it'll be
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a very very special moment for our community.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
You know, Ted, I mean you talk about all the
different the different communities if you will, that are impacted.
And I remember, you know, we came in that morning.
We were talking about the crash. Is frigid, it's freezing,
and obviously you're first th goes, I can't believe, you know, Jesus,
these poor people on the plane, you know, and and
you crash, you go into the water, the whole thing.
(05:08):
But then we were talking about it from the first
responders standpoint.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
I'm glad you mentioned that.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Is you know, you're sitting at the firehouse, you know,
doing a spaghetti dinner, whatever the hell you're doing, and
then all of a sudden, you're racing into the Potomac.
And we'd hear those stories about divers having to go down, Ted,
I'm not equipped for that. I can't dive and go
in there and see a dead body and want to
take it out of the water. It's unbelievable what those
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guys had to do. And then, like you said, you
start hearing the stories afterwards of you know, from family
members or you know, the the we heard from a
bunch of the family members of the group of seven
hunters who had gone out on a boy's trip, a
hunting trip and came back and what they're going through,
and every one of the stories is I mean, obviously
(05:53):
it's it's very tear jury, it's very very sad, but
you hear the greatest things about these people from their
face family where they're trying to remember and just trying
to to get by, and you just hear the most loving,
kind things about the people that that that died in
the plane crash. The story is very sad and unbelievable,
but also very kind and very nice and very heart filled.
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And as sad as it makes me, I do like
hearing those stories.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Yeah, I agree, And and you know that's a part
of what we'll be doing. We'll be profiling, obviously, the families.
We can't forget too the the importance of the Northern
Virginia community to the skating community. And you know, we
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lost future champions and you know that's why the the
legacy on ice and all of the great skaters from
you know, Olympic history and ice capades and the like
are all coming out in a really, really big way
because you know, they they would participate in tournaments, they
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would go away, and we hear stories that are equally
gut wrenching. Let's say a family, a mom and dad
and a daughter went to the tournament and are coming back,
and they had a younger sister who was staying with friends, right,
And now you know there's orphans amongst us, and so
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you know, the community has to remember this and find
ways to make sure that these families have some some healing,
have some attention, have some economic resources. And so you know,
if we had our way, we'd raise a ton of money,
which I think we will be announcing that we're getting
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close to a goal. We're giving one hundred percent of
the dollars and splitting it a third, a third, a third,
and it'll be not only through some charitable organizations, but
you know, we're hoping, and we've been instructing through Monumental Foundation,
that dollars go directly to these families and directly to
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first responders because they're suffering from PTSD, right, you know,
they might need to take some time off. They're gonna
need therapy, They're going to need ongoing support, and so
I've been you know, I talked with the DC Police
Commissioner last week. She really really understood what was happening.
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The fire and rescue groups, the military. It's really been
a communal effort. And you know, I think we'll have
twenty thousand people in the arena. I think we'll have
a lot of people here who, in a very dignified way,
can celebrate the life and times of these families and
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first responders. And also, you know, the talent that will
be on the ice.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
The lineup is, the lineup is great. And it's like
you said, you.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Met some of them, and tell me some of their
some of your memories of them, because I said, Peggy Fleming.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Oh my god, no, But I mean a lot of
the r Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
I mean we know him from the we know him
from the Olympics. I mean Michael Wisse, who Michael Wiss
has been been. I mean I feel like we've known
Michael for sure. But you get Brian Boytano, Nathan Chen,
Johnny Weir, Michael Wiss, Scott Hamilton, Sarah Everhart from Haymarket,
Peggy Fleming, Christi Yamagucci, Ilia Molinan, Dude.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
That guy is an animal. That guy is insane.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
And I feel like, because it's not a competition, that
they're just going out to play. Yes, do I expect
to see Michael Weiss doing four flips?
Speaker 3 (09:47):
No, probably not anymore.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
But Ilia Molenan, that dude's gonna go off on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Yeah, I think there. This is their way of ping
tribute Pink. They've lost family members, they've lost friends, they've
lost coaches. It really, you know when you talked about
watching it on television, watching it on the internet, and
you know, I it was a remote event. I mean,
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it's terrible. A plane helicopter in our community hadn't been
an accident in a couple of decades. And then, as
you know, the moments went on and we started to
find out, oh, the plane was coming back from which
guitah was coming back from a skating tournament. It was, oh,
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you know, now it's getting personal, right, And then the
story started to trickle in and you know, sixty eight people,
but the amount of the multiplier effect on the community
has just been enormous, and you know, the media has
(11:01):
been very very very empathetic and you know, continue to
tell the story. But the way life works, people will
move on. And so I said, we've got to do something.
We've got to be able to execute it and do
it very very quickly. You know, the Caps have a
game tomorrow afternoon, and then we were able to plug
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this in on Sunday afternoon. And it's a busy, busy
time of year, and so we got lucky to be
able to do it. And our company just you know,
put their hands up and said, we will do everything needed.
We'll cooperate totally with every group here. We'll take the lead.
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We're a lead donor in this. Obviously we're paying for
the building and paying for all the staff. And then
We've raised money amongst our partners and I've gone out
and I've been putting the arm on people, and Kim
Vanstone has been putting the arm one and it hasn't
been a very very hard sell, right because what could
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be more important than you know, showing our love and
embrace for these three communities.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
And Ted you talked about the the the skating community
and how tight that is, and listen, you know, I
had two kids that came up playing hockey. But every
morning that they were out there skating on the other
sheet of ice at MedStar where all the figure skaters.
And it's no different whether those ranks are Resting or
Ashburn or Montgomery or Haymarket or any of them.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
One side is.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
One side's playing hockey, the other side is figure skating.
And then you get to later in the day where
teams are practicing figure skaters are on the other side practicing,
and all the parents all mixed together. Everybody's got coaches
and different coaches that are doing stuff, and so it
really is that community is really really really really tight
and really really strong. And then the coaches who were
(13:01):
coming back from Wichita, no coaches from Resting in Ashbourn
and MedStar, and those coaches had other kids. Those tentacles
really really run long and deep.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Yeah, it's very very true, very astute for you to
mention that fact played hockey, and you know, you'd go
to the rest and rink, you'd go to Ashburn, you'd
go to Meds and yeah, that's what you would see, right,
You'd see the moms and dads and they'd be at
the little coffee shop cafeteria and you'd be going into
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the store and you know you'd run into somebody and
their son would be playing hockey and their daughter would
be figure skating, and you know, that community is really
really tight and our area. The unbelievable thing about Virginia
Maryland d C. Is how the prowess, if you will,
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of the young athletes, right, you just go through the Olympics,
you know, Katie, would you know Michael Phelps, right the skaters.
Boston is the other big community for the figure skaters,
and it's Carrigan coming, but a lot of that, you know,
the rise of the Capitals, the Ovechkin effect, the building
(14:17):
of all these new ranks or investment in in the rink.
With the city of Arlington and Boston, it's all really uplifted,
if you will, that community, and we're now one of
the most important skating hockey youth hockey communities around. And
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you're exactly right. I mean, it's a family business, right,
It's a family endeavor. I used to love going to
a Cats game on Friday night and getting home at
eleven o'clock and then having to get up at five
Saturday to bring Zack out to a practice and ash
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for it at seven o'clock and like, and you'd see
all the other hockey moms and dads there, and you know,
it's what we do. And so that's why this was
such a to lose, To lose so many moms and
dads and children is just it's just been devastating for
the community. And you know, time, time will heal some
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wounds that it will always be with us. But we
want to take this moment right now raise as much money.
I'm unabashedly asking for help and support. I mean, these
families need help, the first responders need help. So you know,
buy tickets, buy a sponsorship package, watch watch it on streaming,
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watch it on NBC, watching the Monumental Sports. There'll be
easy ways to give. I don't won't say it's a telethon,
but I do want us to be promoting on air
because you know, this is the moment and we will
be able to you know, be very proud of the
efforts that the community brought together to help.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Can I switch gears for a couple of minutes sure,
opening night of the Capital season, I ran into you
in the outside of the building and we talked briefly
about I told you I thought the national press had
been completely unfair to the capitals.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
You agreed with me, Jesus Christ, Were you and I right?
This team is unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Oh my god, you know what's so great about our
business and industry. Literally last night, as I was leaving,
I'm driving out the driveway in Finn tells me to
roll down the window and he goes, hey, you suck,
and it was like, no, you're right. I agreed. We
(16:53):
had like this fantastic weekend. Right, we were like the
greatest team in the history of these.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Fifteen goals, came back from the break, we were on fire.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Yeah, we lose two games in a row, and I
like the way we played. Don't think anyone like the
way we played. But but you know, the we've said
a pretty high standard. Was still in first place in
the East. Very very long season. But yeah, we we
have a really really good team. We've been fortunate, We've
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we've been healthy and health and depth is so important.
You know, Tom Wilson missed last night. We almost slide
Rana in and uh but that's been a big, big
key for us. And then Alex has come into camp,
came back after this little break and you know, man
(17:46):
on a mission which is okay. I demanded from the organization,
keep the team together, add to the team. If we
have a great team, then I can break the record.
But I don't want to be focused all the focus
on me. We have a bad team and everyone's looking
at me to score goals. And you know, that's such
(18:07):
a strong leadership position. And so here we are, you know,
first place in the East, second best record in the league,
and Alex is twelve goals away, is twenty four games left.
The focus really is on having momentum, being healthy heading
into the playoffs, and the records will come. I mean
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Alex has signed obviously this year and next year, so
I can say now with some confidence that I believe
you will break the record. But but the focus really
is on team success. And it would be awesome, right
to win another Stanley Cup. I want to jinx that,
but in the next couple of years and you should
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be able to say that it's okay to say you
want to win one, right and then you know, we
we have such a good front office. I mean, I
think are our coach very very young, very innovative. Chris
Patrick is one of the youngest, if not the youngest
GM in the NHL right now, Mac unbelieved. Brian mccloin's
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done unbelievable job. Dick Patrick is so steady in such
a great hockey mind and leader. I mean, we have
a really really good organization. And then we draft so well.
Rast mahoney is probably the least appreciated and best developer
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draft and developer of talent. And you know, we've got
the best player in the NCAA, maybe the best prospect now.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Has anybody called him? Has anybody called Ryan Leonard? And goes, seriously,
you want to keep going to English class, come play hockey.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Well, I'm hopeful. I can't predict.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
Playoff push, playoff push.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
Yeah. Well he he, he's enjoying college. And they have
one of the best team in the NCAA. And you
know they'll play through their version of March Madness and
then who knows what happens after that, but but gosh,
that could be a good jolt of electricity for us
as well. And so Sonny Milano was skating and feeling
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a bit better, and and so you've got to have depth,
You've got to have be deep. And we've been blessed
we have two terrific goaltenders, right, that's really really important.
We our defense has been just really really terrific as well,
and our coaching staff is great, and so you know,
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I wasn't surprised. I was surprised when we had the
best record in the league and we just didn't look
like the confidence we were playing with that I thought we'd
be really really good. I just to think we would
be the best team in the league. I'll be blunt.
Being in second place that feels good. I mean, I've
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got three Presidents trophies, which I always hid in the
closet until we won the Stanley Coup. Here they are here, right.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
Hey, Ted, are you gonna will you?
Speaker 2 (21:12):
I remember we were the talk about the ov chase, right,
and that Wayne and Gary are going to travel around
starting at like five goals or something. Everybody and their
mother obviously wants it to take place at Capital One. Listen,
if we could script it, it would be it would be
the easiest thing in the world. Are you going to
be for road games? Are you going to travel with Wayne?
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We traveled with Wayne and Gary.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
I travel with I won't be traveling with them, but
I will be traveling to the games. And I'm sure
I'll be seeing them, but I'm hoping Alex's family that
we can be gracious hosts with them, that they they
want to be there. I'm hoping that that many of
my partners. I'm sure that we're going to have a
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lot sponsors and fans that you know, want to be
a part of it. And I don't think we you know,
we won the Stanley Cup in Vegas, right, that felt
pretty good. I'd like to win another Stanley Cup one
day and do it on home ice.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
You know. I believe in miracles. I just don't believe
in planning for them. And Alex has approached all of
this and exactly the right way. Don't talk about it,
don't focus on it. If it comes, it comes right
when it comes. You can't plan for it. And I
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think that's exactly the right way. Someone asked me the
other day when did I think it could happen? And
I said, well, last game of the season is on
the road in Pittsburgh, right, and there's twenty four games left.
He needs twelve a goal every other game. It could
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happen there.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Hey, listen.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
I went on record saying he was going to score
twelve last night and I have that up a little bit.
So yeah, I mean, who knows, You're right, you can't
script it. Hey, you know what, you know what we
do have to find a way to fix ted. You're powerful,
you could get this done. So I had Joe Beninatti
on on Monday, right.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Yeah, thanks thanks for doing that. Thanks Joe too, Right
as if as if I controlled come on national, right yeah,
come on, but that last game of the season we
were able to reclaim and you know, the little method
in the madness. I also think we can do some
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innovative things, like we could produce the game and have
it have it so that the highlights and the broadcast
and the streaming afterwards and so that it's always memorialized.
But we're gonna do we gotta do something.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
Can't do something?
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Come on, But the National partners pay the NHL a
lot of money and they distribute that times thirty, and
then we own our local network, and you know, we're
on National TV a lot. And there's rules. Gary's empathetic.
Gary understands, and but but don't blame me, right.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Your rich them all just give give them all their
money back or something.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Come on. I wish it was that they they think
this is big news right there, it is and.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
It should be.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
It should be this moment should be captured on national television,
and the voice they should hear should be Joe Beninatti.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
Well, I agree with you, and I'll try, We'll try
to be innovative. My my son is working on some
interesting ways to keep everybody happy.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
I tried to say, let's do it as a.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
But if people it's directed on that last game, we
wouldn't have an issue.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Right, Okay, Well we'll just script it. We'll just script
it out that way and that'll be it. Hey, other
two other things real quickly, and then I know you
got to jump Okay.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Number one, I want to commend the the and I
saw that you guys made the announcement yesterday that the
Mystics are moving a couple of games to larger venues. Dude,
that sport has exploded.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
Yeah. Remember you you wanted to play against them one time.
Speaker 3 (25:26):
We did play and we lost. We lost.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
You got your butts kicked, Okay, and but that was
to me the turnaround of the media starting to give
respect because I remember you, you said, Hey, you know
what I was wrong? The girls can play and every generation.
These players have great, great talent, and the w n
b A is ascendant and a growth stock, if you will.
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And you know, we're redoing the arena, so we'll play
where we played most of our games, but we're going
to play some games in Baltimore, going to play a
couple of games. Is that, George Mason? It's you know,
bigger seating capacity at both places. And you know, eventually
the arena will be rebuilt and we'll have the twenty
thousand seats available and will be the only place if
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we for having eight thousand seats of five ten thousand
seats for George Mason or five thousand seats at ESA
your twenty thousand seats. That's what we wanted to do.
We wanted to have that optionality. All Right, I gotta go,
I gotta go talk to somebody else.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
But I got one more yes, No, I got one
more yes, no question for you?
Speaker 1 (26:33):
Okay? Yes? And no?
Speaker 3 (26:34):
Are you going to buy the Nationals?
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Please? It takes two to tango. And I still have
great interest, and all right, that's a yes, Yes, I'm interested.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
Sunday afternoon, Sunday afternoon, three o'clock Capital One Arena Legacy
on Ice ted I appreciate the time.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Thank you, buddy, you're the best.
Hey Elliott, thank you, thank you. It's so good to
talk to you again. How you doing, sir, I'm doing
great and twenty five years right. I told you we
should be having like a joint mutual anniversary party together.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Oh you know what, let's throw that. Let's put it together.
I'm going to let you pay for that, but let's
get that done.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Well. Thanks for thanks for sharing the time and airways
and letting me talk a little bit to you and
your listeners about what we're doing on Sunday with Legacy
on Ice.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
I think that is first of all, the speed in
which it came together is incredible. The number of people
that are involved from the figure skating community is incredible.
I mean a real tip of the hat, not just
to that community, but for being able to put everything together.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
It's unbelievable. It really is unreal.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Thank you. It's a real community effort, very very grass room.
And there's a production company fantastic called Entertainment Gang and
the US Figure Skating Group and they approached us and said, hey,
we have to do something about this. So we brought
in the Community Foundation, DC Fire and EMS and said
(01:20):
what can we do to help the families? Help the
first responders, and then also what can we do to
pay tribute back and help the skating community. And so
we did put this together very very quickly. We just
announced who all of the sponsors are. It's an unbelievable
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list and I think we're going to sell it out.
It's this Sunday at three o'clock. There's a couple of
tickets still available, so I hope your listeners will dial
in and try to find the tickets. And essentially what
we are doing is allowing the DC community to come
together and really show some empathy and almost have a
(02:08):
group hug, if you will, in the face of this
this tragedy. And you know, I'm really honored and humbled
that we can provide the convening space and we're doing
all of the production. It'll be streamed live on Peacock.
A week later it will be on NBC. It will
also be live on Monumental Sports Network on on Sunday.
(02:31):
Will be almost I don't want to say, doing a telethon,
but you know, we want to continue to raise money. Sure,
one hundred percent of every dollar that we're going to
raise will go there Www. Legacy on ice dot com
and you know, we we really want to embrace these
(02:52):
three communities and the stories that we've been hearing literally
every day. It's what's really active Adventure Global and American
Express and DXC Technology and MGM and all of our sponsors,
because you just can't put yourself into this position. You know,
(03:14):
we go to our practice facility and some of these
skaters who were lost, they would practice there. There were
coaches from there, and now people leave memorials and they
leave flowers outside, and every moment of every day we're
kind of reminded of this, and you know, we hear
(03:35):
stories that are so moving. There was a first responder
who obviously in the military and went into the water
and he brought up the remains of someone who was
in the military uniform. Unbelievable and weighted with the body
(03:58):
with the remains standing at attention for hours and hours
and hours waiting for you know, the body to be
identified and to be treated and taken away just out
of respect. Right, We're just hearing stories like this all
of the time, and the first responders oftentimes are forgotten,
(04:21):
if you will, or neglected in this and so you know,
at Arena, we're giving the families and first responders suites,
bringing them in, treating them to this moment where they
can share their stories, meet other family members, be able
to meet first responders. And I really think it'll be
(04:43):
a very very special moment for our community.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
You know, Ted, I mean you talk about all the
different the different communities if you will, that are impacted.
And I remember, you know, we came in that morning.
We were talking about the crash. Is frigid, it's freezing,
and obviously you're first th goes, I can't believe, you know, Jesus,
these poor people on the plane, you know, and and
you crash, you go into the water, the whole thing.
(05:08):
But then we were talking about it from the first
responders standpoint.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
I'm glad you mentioned that.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Is you know, you're sitting at the firehouse, you know,
doing a spaghetti dinner, whatever the hell you're doing, and
then all of a sudden, you're racing into the Potomac.
And we'd hear those stories about divers having to go down, Ted,
I'm not equipped for that. I can't dive and go
in there and see a dead body and want to
take it out of the water. It's unbelievable what those
(05:32):
guys had to do. And then, like you said, you
start hearing the stories afterwards of you know, from family
members or you know, the the we heard from a
bunch of the family members of the group of seven
hunters who had gone out on a boy's trip, a
hunting trip and came back and what they're going through,
and every one of the stories is I mean, obviously
(05:53):
it's it's very tear jury, it's very very sad, but
you hear the greatest things about these people from their
face family where they're trying to remember and just trying
to to get by, and you just hear the most loving,
kind things about the people that that that died in
the plane crash. The story is very sad and unbelievable,
but also very kind and very nice and very heart filled.
(06:16):
And as sad as it makes me, I do like
hearing those stories.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Yeah, I agree, And and you know that's a part
of what we'll be doing. We'll be profiling, obviously, the families.
We can't forget too the the importance of the Northern
Virginia community to the skating community. And you know, we
(06:41):
lost future champions and you know that's why the the
legacy on ice and all of the great skaters from
you know, Olympic history and ice capades and the like
are all coming out in a really, really big way
because you know, they they would participate in tournaments, they
(07:05):
would go away, and we hear stories that are equally
gut wrenching. Let's say a family, a mom and dad
and a daughter went to the tournament and are coming back,
and they had a younger sister who was staying with friends, right,
And now you know there's orphans amongst us, and so
(07:25):
you know, the community has to remember this and find
ways to make sure that these families have some some healing,
have some attention, have some economic resources. And so you know,
if we had our way, we'd raise a ton of money,
which I think we will be announcing that we're getting
(07:46):
close to a goal. We're giving one hundred percent of
the dollars and splitting it a third, a third, a third,
and it'll be not only through some charitable organizations, but
you know, we're hoping, and we've been instructing through Monumental Foundation,
that dollars go directly to these families and directly to
(08:08):
first responders because they're suffering from PTSD, right, you know,
they might need to take some time off. They're gonna
need therapy, They're going to need ongoing support, and so
I've been you know, I talked with the DC Police
Commissioner last week. She really really understood what was happening.
(08:31):
The fire and rescue groups, the military. It's really been
a communal effort. And you know, I think we'll have
twenty thousand people in the arena. I think we'll have
a lot of people here who, in a very dignified way,
can celebrate the life and times of these families and
(08:52):
first responders. And also, you know, the talent that will
be on the ice.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
The lineup is, the lineup is great. And it's like
you said, you.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Met some of them, and tell me some of their
some of your memories of them, because I said, Peggy Fleming.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Oh my god, no, But I mean a lot of
the r Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
I mean we know him from the we know him
from the Olympics. I mean Michael Wisse, who Michael Wiss
has been been. I mean I feel like we've known
Michael for sure. But you get Brian Boytano, Nathan Chen,
Johnny Weir, Michael Wiss, Scott Hamilton, Sarah Everhart from Haymarket,
Peggy Fleming, Christi Yamagucci, Ilia Molinan, Dude.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
That guy is an animal. That guy is insane.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
And I feel like, because it's not a competition, that
they're just going out to play. Yes, do I expect
to see Michael Weiss doing four flips?
Speaker 3 (09:47):
No, probably not anymore.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
But Ilia Molenan, that dude's gonna go off on Sunday.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Yeah, I think there. This is their way of ping
tribute Pink. They've lost family members, they've lost friends, they've
lost coaches. It really, you know when you talked about
watching it on television, watching it on the internet, and
you know, I it was a remote event. I mean,
(10:18):
it's terrible. A plane helicopter in our community hadn't been
an accident in a couple of decades. And then, as
you know, the moments went on and we started to
find out, oh, the plane was coming back from which
guitah was coming back from a skating tournament. It was, oh,
(10:40):
you know, now it's getting personal, right, And then the
story started to trickle in and you know, sixty eight people,
but the amount of the multiplier effect on the community
has just been enormous, and you know, the media has
(11:01):
been very very very empathetic and you know, continue to
tell the story. But the way life works, people will
move on. And so I said, we've got to do something.
We've got to be able to execute it and do
it very very quickly. You know, the Caps have a
game tomorrow afternoon, and then we were able to plug
(11:24):
this in on Sunday afternoon. And it's a busy, busy
time of year, and so we got lucky to be
able to do it. And our company just you know,
put their hands up and said, we will do everything needed.
We'll cooperate totally with every group here. We'll take the lead.
(11:46):
We're a lead donor in this. Obviously we're paying for
the building and paying for all the staff. And then
We've raised money amongst our partners and I've gone out
and I've been putting the arm on people, and Kim
Vanstone has been putting the arm one and it hasn't
been a very very hard sell, right because what could
(12:07):
be more important than you know, showing our love and
embrace for these three communities.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
And Ted you talked about the the the skating community
and how tight that is, and listen, you know, I
had two kids that came up playing hockey. But every
morning that they were out there skating on the other
sheet of ice at MedStar where all the figure skaters.
And it's no different whether those ranks are Resting or
Ashburn or Montgomery or Haymarket or any of them.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
One side is.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
One side's playing hockey, the other side is figure skating.
And then you get to later in the day where
teams are practicing figure skaters are on the other side practicing,
and all the parents all mixed together. Everybody's got coaches
and different coaches that are doing stuff, and so it
really is that community is really really really really tight
and really really strong. And then the coaches who were
(13:01):
coming back from Wichita, no coaches from Resting in Ashbourn
and MedStar, and those coaches had other kids. Those tentacles
really really run long and deep.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Yeah, it's very very true, very astute for you to
mention that fact played hockey, and you know, you'd go
to the rest and rink, you'd go to Ashburn, you'd
go to Meds and yeah, that's what you would see, right,
You'd see the moms and dads and they'd be at
the little coffee shop cafeteria and you'd be going into
(13:35):
the store and you know you'd run into somebody and
their son would be playing hockey and their daughter would
be figure skating, and you know, that community is really
really tight and our area. The unbelievable thing about Virginia
Maryland d C. Is how the prowess, if you will,
(13:56):
of the young athletes, right, you just go through the Olympics,
you know, Katie, would you know Michael Phelps, right the skaters.
Boston is the other big community for the figure skaters,
and it's Carrigan coming, but a lot of that, you know,
the rise of the Capitals, the Ovechkin effect, the building
(14:17):
of all these new ranks or investment in in the rink.
With the city of Arlington and Boston, it's all really uplifted,
if you will, that community, and we're now one of
the most important skating hockey youth hockey communities around. And
(14:37):
you're exactly right. I mean, it's a family business, right,
It's a family endeavor. I used to love going to
a Cats game on Friday night and getting home at
eleven o'clock and then having to get up at five
Saturday to bring Zack out to a practice and ash
(14:57):
for it at seven o'clock and like, and you'd see
all the other hockey moms and dads there, and you know,
it's what we do. And so that's why this was
such a to lose, To lose so many moms and
dads and children is just it's just been devastating for
the community. And you know, time, time will heal some
(15:20):
wounds that it will always be with us. But we
want to take this moment right now raise as much money.
I'm unabashedly asking for help and support. I mean, these
families need help, the first responders need help. So you know,
buy tickets, buy a sponsorship package, watch watch it on streaming,
(15:44):
watch it on NBC, watching the Monumental Sports. There'll be
easy ways to give. I don't won't say it's a telethon,
but I do want us to be promoting on air
because you know, this is the moment and we will
be able to you know, be very proud of the
efforts that the community brought together to help.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
Can I switch gears for a couple of minutes sure,
opening night of the Capital season, I ran into you
in the outside of the building and we talked briefly
about I told you I thought the national press had
been completely unfair to the capitals.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
You agreed with me, Jesus Christ, Were you and I right?
This team is unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Oh my god, you know what's so great about our
business and industry. Literally last night, as I was leaving,
I'm driving out the driveway in Finn tells me to
roll down the window and he goes, hey, you suck,
and it was like, no, you're right. I agreed. We
(16:53):
had like this fantastic weekend. Right, we were like the
greatest team in the history of these.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Fifteen goals, came back from the break, we were on fire.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Yeah, we lose two games in a row, and I
like the way we played. Don't think anyone like the
way we played. But but you know, the we've said
a pretty high standard. Was still in first place in
the East. Very very long season. But yeah, we we
have a really really good team. We've been fortunate, We've
(17:24):
we've been healthy and health and depth is so important.
You know, Tom Wilson missed last night. We almost slide
Rana in and uh but that's been a big, big
key for us. And then Alex has come into camp,
came back after this little break and you know, man
(17:46):
on a mission which is okay. I demanded from the organization,
keep the team together, add to the team. If we
have a great team, then I can break the record.
But I don't want to be focused all the focus
on me. We have a bad team and everyone's looking
at me to score goals. And you know, that's such
(18:07):
a strong leadership position. And so here we are, you know,
first place in the East, second best record in the league,
and Alex is twelve goals away, is twenty four games left.
The focus really is on having momentum, being healthy heading
into the playoffs, and the records will come. I mean
(18:29):
Alex has signed obviously this year and next year, so
I can say now with some confidence that I believe
you will break the record. But but the focus really
is on team success. And it would be awesome, right
to win another Stanley Cup. I want to jinx that,
but in the next couple of years and you should
(18:51):
be able to say that it's okay to say you
want to win one, right and then you know, we
we have such a good front office. I mean, I
think are our coach very very young, very innovative. Chris
Patrick is one of the youngest, if not the youngest
GM in the NHL right now, Mac unbelieved. Brian mccloin's
(19:13):
done unbelievable job. Dick Patrick is so steady in such
a great hockey mind and leader. I mean, we have
a really really good organization. And then we draft so well.
Rast mahoney is probably the least appreciated and best developer
(19:34):
draft and developer of talent. And you know, we've got
the best player in the NCAA, maybe the best prospect now.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Has anybody called him? Has anybody called Ryan Leonard? And goes, seriously,
you want to keep going to English class, come play hockey.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Well, I'm hopeful. I can't predict.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
Playoff push, playoff push.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
Yeah. Well he he, he's enjoying college. And they have
one of the best team in the NCAA. And you
know they'll play through their version of March Madness and
then who knows what happens after that, but but gosh,
that could be a good jolt of electricity for us
as well. And so Sonny Milano was skating and feeling
(20:17):
a bit better, and and so you've got to have depth,
You've got to have be deep. And we've been blessed
we have two terrific goaltenders, right, that's really really important.
We our defense has been just really really terrific as well,
and our coaching staff is great, and so you know,
(20:38):
I wasn't surprised. I was surprised when we had the
best record in the league and we just didn't look
like the confidence we were playing with that I thought we'd
be really really good. I just to think we would
be the best team in the league. I'll be blunt.
Being in second place that feels good. I mean, I've
(20:59):
got three Presidents trophies, which I always hid in the
closet until we won the Stanley Coup. Here they are here, right.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
Hey, Ted, are you gonna will you?
Speaker 2 (21:12):
I remember we were the talk about the ov chase, right,
and that Wayne and Gary are going to travel around
starting at like five goals or something. Everybody and their
mother obviously wants it to take place at Capital One. Listen,
if we could script it, it would be it would be
the easiest thing in the world. Are you going to
be for road games? Are you going to travel with Wayne?
(21:34):
We traveled with Wayne and Gary.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
I travel with I won't be traveling with them, but
I will be traveling to the games. And I'm sure
I'll be seeing them, but I'm hoping Alex's family that
we can be gracious hosts with them, that they they
want to be there. I'm hoping that that many of
my partners. I'm sure that we're going to have a
(21:59):
lot sponsors and fans that you know, want to be
a part of it. And I don't think we you know,
we won the Stanley Cup in Vegas, right, that felt
pretty good. I'd like to win another Stanley Cup one
day and do it on home ice.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
You know. I believe in miracles. I just don't believe
in planning for them. And Alex has approached all of
this and exactly the right way. Don't talk about it,
don't focus on it. If it comes, it comes right
when it comes. You can't plan for it. And I
(22:37):
think that's exactly the right way. Someone asked me the
other day when did I think it could happen? And
I said, well, last game of the season is on
the road in Pittsburgh, right, and there's twenty four games left.
He needs twelve a goal every other game. It could
(22:59):
happen there.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Hey, listen.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
I went on record saying he was going to score
twelve last night and I have that up a little bit.
So yeah, I mean, who knows, You're right, you can't
script it. Hey, you know what, you know what we
do have to find a way to fix ted. You're powerful,
you could get this done. So I had Joe Beninatti
on on Monday, right.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Yeah, thanks thanks for doing that. Thanks Joe too, Right
as if as if I controlled come on national, right yeah,
come on, but that last game of the season we
were able to reclaim and you know, the little method
in the madness. I also think we can do some
(23:38):
innovative things, like we could produce the game and have
it have it so that the highlights and the broadcast
and the streaming afterwards and so that it's always memorialized.
But we're gonna do we gotta do something.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
Can't do something?
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Come on, But the National partners pay the NHL a
lot of money and they distribute that times thirty, and
then we own our local network, and you know, we're
on National TV a lot. And there's rules. Gary's empathetic.
Gary understands, and but but don't blame me, right.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Your rich them all just give give them all their
money back or something.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Come on. I wish it was that they they think
this is big news right there, it is and.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
It should be.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
It should be this moment should be captured on national television,
and the voice they should hear should be Joe Beninatti.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
Well, I agree with you, and I'll try, We'll try
to be innovative. My my son is working on some
interesting ways to keep everybody happy.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
I tried to say, let's do it as a.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
But if people it's directed on that last game, we
wouldn't have an issue.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Right, Okay, Well we'll just script it. We'll just script
it out that way and that'll be it. Hey, other
two other things real quickly, and then I know you
got to jump Okay.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Number one, I want to commend the the and I
saw that you guys made the announcement yesterday that the
Mystics are moving a couple of games to larger venues. Dude,
that sport has exploded.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
Yeah. Remember you you wanted to play against them one time.
Speaker 3 (25:26):
We did play and we lost. We lost.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
You got your butts kicked, Okay, and but that was
to me the turnaround of the media starting to give
respect because I remember you, you said, Hey, you know
what I was wrong? The girls can play and every generation.
These players have great, great talent, and the w n
b A is ascendant and a growth stock, if you will.
(25:51):
And you know, we're redoing the arena, so we'll play
where we played most of our games, but we're going
to play some games in Baltimore, going to play a
couple of games. Is that, George Mason? It's you know,
bigger seating capacity at both places. And you know, eventually
the arena will be rebuilt and we'll have the twenty
thousand seats available and will be the only place if
(26:12):
we for having eight thousand seats of five ten thousand
seats for George Mason or five thousand seats at ESA
your twenty thousand seats. That's what we wanted to do.
We wanted to have that optionality. All Right, I gotta go,
I gotta go talk to somebody else.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
But I got one more yes, No, I got one
more yes, no question for you?
Speaker 1 (26:33):
Okay? Yes? And no?
Speaker 3 (26:34):
Are you going to buy the Nationals?
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Please? It takes two to tango. And I still have
great interest, and all right, that's a yes, Yes, I'm interested.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
Sunday afternoon, Sunday afternoon, three o'clock Capital One Arena Legacy
on Ice ted I appreciate the time.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Thank you, buddy, you're the best.
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