My guest today grew up in beautiful Toronto, Canada. He developed his love for hockey at an early age watching some of the Leafs all-time greats lace’em up at historic Maple Leaf Gardens. After High School, he accepted a scholarship to Plymouth State University, where he competed in multiple sports. Years later, he found himself in the middle of a democracy uprise in Thailand and swiftly followed in his family’s footsteps by diving head first into the world of journalism. He’s been living and working in Thailand since the early 90’s and is known in Bangkok as “The Godfather” of hockey. It’s my pleasure to introduce a fellow Canuck who’s doing amazing things to help create, promote and develop our great sport in South East Asia. Please welcome to ATP Hockey Talks, Mr. Scott Murray.
My guest tonight is a fellow Nova Scotian and St.FX graduate, born in the beautiful town of Anitgonish. He began his Career as a linesman in the QMJHL in 2005. Only 6 years later, he signed his first contract in the NHL. He has since officiated over 600 regular season games, 64 playoff games, four Conference Finals and two Stanley Cup Finals. Most recently, last week in game 6 in Edmonton. Fresh out of the NHL playoff bubble, please welcome to ATP Hockey Talks, NHL Linesman, Matt MacPherson.
Well folks, this episode marks the one year anniversary of the podcast. From the bottom of our hearts, Paul and I would like to thank our family, friends, guests, sponsors and listeners who have supported us throughout our first year. We recorded a total of 57 episodes, learned a lot along the way and had an absolute blast doing them. We hope you will all continue to support the podcast in Season 2.
That was season one of the podcast, and that’s a wrap!
On the eve of game six of the Stanley Cup Finals, I sit down with the always popular Terry Whelan as he dives deep into hockey's history yet again. Today he tells the story of the book/movie Networth. It's a fascinating look into the business side of the NHL in it's early days and the beginning of what is now the NHL Players Association. I highly recommend the book and movie to anyone who wants a history lesson and an inside look at the corruption from those at the top.
The Stanley Cup Finals are here! In this episode I take a look back at the Conference Finals, preview the Finals and discuss the all the happenings across the league.
Then there were four! Tonight we look back at all the big stories across the league, the end of round two and make our predictions for the the conference finals.
In this episode we talk about round 2 and recap our playoff predictions. We also discuss Canada's last chance at this year's cup. Can the Canucks get back in the series? Can any team come back from a 3-1 deficit?
Tonight is our 50th Podcast of the season! From the bottom of our big Cape Breton hearts, we want to thank everyone who has listened and supported us throughout this journey.
Playoff hockey is now officially back! We've seen lots of bad blood the last few days and things are really heating up. Tonight we discuss Round 1 and all of the big stories around the league.
It's everyone's favourite time of year, playoff time! On this episode we recap the qualification round, discuss the draft lottery and make our predictions for round one.
Ladies and gentlemen, the NHL is back and so is co-host Paul MacLean. We sit down to discuss our thoughts on the return NHL, the qualification round and round robin series
My guest today is here to talk salary cap, the evolution of hockey and the play-in round of the NHL playoffs. He grew up and learned the game of hockey in Mississauga, Ontario. Although his playing career ended after high school, he continues to follow hockey closer than most. His knowledge of the game and everything that happens behind the scenes is impressive. He’s been living and teaching in Hong Kong for the last 7 years, is actively involved in Hong Kong’s ball hockey league and recently captained team Hong Kong at the Asian Ball Hockey Championships. Please welcome to ATP Hockey Talks, Mr. Paul McGeoy.
My guest today is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He’s the current USA Hockey Coach-in-Chief for the State of Montana. He has experience coaching both nationally & internationally at the youth, high school, junior, collegiate, & national team levels. He’s currently coaching the Montana State University Bobcats, running Elevated Hockey and is the co-host of the Let’s Go Podcast. Please welcome to ATP Hockey Talks, Coach Pete Kamman.
My guest today is from beautiful British Columbia. He played eleven seasons in the NHL for the Colorado Rockies, New York Rangers and a brief stint in Los Angeles with the Kings. He was the captain of the Rangers for five seasons, a five time NHL All-Star, Memorial Cup Champion and MVP, WHL Player of the Year, twice suited up for Team Canada and was inducted into the BC Hockey Hall of Fame. He’s currently working with the Hong Kong Academy of Ice Hockey and helping develop hockey across Asia. He is easily the biggest hitter in Hong Kong’s hockey world, both literally and figuratively. Please welcome to ATP Hockey Talks: Mr. Barry Beck.
My guest today vient de La Belle Province, Quebec, Canada. He’s had an amazing hockey career and an incredibly inspiring journey through life. He played 12 years of professional hockey in six different leagues, including 125 games in the AHL. He was an ECHL All-Star, in 2002 led the QMJHL with 596 penalty minutes and in 2013 won a championship in Slovenia. He’s now in Indianapolis working at the Center of Excellence as a success coach, coaching the U13 AAA Tri-State Spartans and he’s a mental health advocate. His voice and his message are of utmost importance. He’s one of the hardest working hockey players I’ve ever watched and a fan favourite everywhere he’s played. Please welcome to ATP Hockey Talks, Pascal Morency.
One of my favourite humans, Terry Whelan dropped by the studio to do an incredible deep dive into one of my all time favourite hockey movies, Mystery Alaska.
My guest today is from beautiful Scarborough, Ontario. After finishing law school, he moved to Beijing to kick off his business career. He eventually joined a silicon valley law firm and was then named partner at New York firm, Baker McKenzie. He went on to lead a private equity fund and now continues doing projects between Beijing and New York. Today, we are here to talk about his love for hockey and more importantly, the song he wrote in 1993 about the legendary voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Joe Bowen. It’s my pleasure to welcome to ATP Hockey Talks, Omer Ozden aka Young Offender.
My special guest today is from beautiful Nepean Ontario. He spent 20 years playing pro hockey all over the world including five different NHL and AHL teams, with stops in the East Coast League, IHL, CHL and a handful of European leagues. He twice led the AHL in scoring, was an All-star three times, a Calder Cup Champion, a Finnish League Champion and just last year was inducted into the AHL Hall of Fame. He’s known as an intense competitor with an incredible desire to score goals. It’s my pleasure to welcome to ATP Hockey Talks, Hall of Famer, Brad “Shooter” Smyth.
My special guest today is from one of my favourite towns on the planet, Antigonish Nova Scotia. Known for it’s hospitality, the Highland Games, and St. F X University, the Antigonish area has also produced some amazing athletes. In my opinion, he took on the hardest position in all of team sports, a hockey enforcer. His career has seen him play for fourteen professional teams, he was an AHL All-Star, led the league in penalty minutes multiple times is the most penalised player in professional hockey history and fought the toughest players to ever put on a pair skates. Like most enforcers, he was also a fan favourite who was always well respected and admired by his teammates. It’s my pleasure to welcome to ATP Hockey Talks, my friend, Dennis Bonvie.
