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STEVE KOLBE
Radio Play-by-Play
Steve Kolbe returns to the airwaves for his 13th
year as the play-by-play voice of the Washington
Capitals radio broadcasts. A member of the
Capitals’ broadcast team since 1995, Kolbe
provides a fast-paced and energetic style to bring
listeners right into the action. His delivery and personality have helped
him broadcast more than 950 regular-season and playoff games, a mark
he eclipsed in 2008-09.
Kolbe became familiar to Washington hockey fans when he was named
as the pregame and postgame host for the 1995-96 season. Known
as “The Iceman,” he was also host of Sunday Morning at Center Ice,
a comprehensive look at the NHL. He began his full-time move to the
booth in 1996-97, when he served as an analyst for the Capitals as well
as play-by-play announcer for the American Hockey League’s Portland
Pirates. Kolbe has been a colorful fixture on local sports radio for 17
years in numerous capacities, including talk show host, sports anchor,
producer and soccer studio host.
A 1989 graduate of Michigan State University with a B.A. in
telecommunications, Kolbe enjoys fishing, archery and playing the
drums.
JONATHAN WARNER
Radio Host
Jonathan Warner is in his third season as studio
host on the Capitals Radio Network, providing
in-game updates from around the league and
hosting intermission reports, the pre- and
postgame shows and the weekly Saturday Night
Caps show. Warner has more than two decades of experience in the
Washington, D.C., market, starting with the Associated Press in 1990
and eventually moving on to WTOP as a sports anchor and reporter
since 1997.
Warner’s voice was previously heard at Capitals games as the public
address announcer in the late 1990s, including during the team’s trip
to the Stanley Cup final in 1998. He also has experience as a network
sports anchor for CBS, NBC, CNN and Associated Press, anchored
sports for three years at WTEM and produced a television show on
Home Team Sports (now Comcast SportsNet).
A journalism major at the University of Charleston and University of
Delaware, Warner was the sports director of WNS-TV and WILM News
Radio in Wilmington, Delaware. He also spent time as a sports producer
at WXIA-TV in Atlanta.
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KEN SABOURIN
Radio Analyst
Ken Sabourin returns to the Capitals’ broadcast
team for his seventh year providing insightful
analysis for radio coverage. Sabourin joined
the team in 2002-03 for home games, working
alongside play-by-play commentator Steve Kolbe.
A player for five years in the NHL and a defenseman for Washington
during the 1990-91 and ’91-92 campaigns, Sabourin retired from
professional hockey following the 1998-99 season. In 74 games with
Washington and Calgary, the native of Scarborough, Ontario, recorded
two goals and eight assists, including five points in 28 games for the
Capitals in 1990-91. In 47 games over his two seasons with Washington,
Sabourin recorded one goal and four assists while registering 129
penalty minutes. While playing for Calgary in 1988-89, Sabourin
appeared in one playoff game en route to the Flames’ Stanley Cup title.
Drafted by Calgary in the second round (33rd overall) of the 1984 Entry
Draft, Sabourin continued his hockey involvement following his playing
career by serving as an analyst for the Sunshine Network’s coverage
of the now-defunct Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey
League. He remains active in area youth hockey, serving as a lead
instructor at the Washington Capitals Youth Hockey Camps.
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