Month: December 2017

Podcast Episode 15: Best of Cam Connor’s stories in 2017

As we take a break for the holidays, we’re leaving you with some of Cam’s best stories from 2017.

Where else can you find stories on:
-John Cena, John Gotti, Wayne Gretzky, Montreal Canadiens, winning the Stanley Cup, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Ken Dryden, former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, bench brawls, Slapshot, playing in the WHA and NHL, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers and the controversy about having Cam Connor’s name on the Stanley Cup, and more!

We’d love to read your emails over the break so contact us at:
Email: Viewfromthepenaltybox@gmail.com
Twitter: @CamConnorNHL

Happy Holidays and see you in the new year.

Podcast Episode 14: Cam Connor Answers Listener Questions

We’ve received a lot of questions, so episode 15 is dedicated to answering some of these questions.

Topics include:
-Cam recounts a fight where he ended up getting chased by a guy carrying a double-bladed axe!
-Cam is asked about an epic fight he witnessed between Kim Clackson and Dave Semenko (who was defending Wayne Gretzky’s honor)
-A Paul Baxter story that Cam regrets to this day, and what may have been the first ever incident of a lawsuit based on “assault on the ice”
-How Cam felt being inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
-Question about Kevin Bieksa’s Superman punch
-Cam talks about his teammate Mike Backman, who got into an on ice fight and received 58 stitches from ONE punch.
-Advice on stitches and what to put on a scar so it doesn’t scar as bad
-Cam’s asked about his big playoff goal (NY Rangers vs. Philadelphia Flyers)

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New Partnership with Seat Geek

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Podcast Episode 13: Saying Goodbye to Hockey (Why Cam Retired)

 

Cam Connor discusses why he ended his hockey career and the injuries surrounding that decision, which included a broken back.

Questions and topics include:
-Why did it take two years for Cam’s broken back to be diagnosed by team doctors?
-What happens when a player retires?
-What, if any, player reached out to him once he left the game.
-The transition from professional hockey to the ‘real world’ and the lack of services and support for players making that transition back then.
-Why can’t some players make the transition away from hockey?
-What was it like that last time he met Gordie Howe (when Howe was 82 years old)?
-Cam discusses Kris Russell accidentally scoring in his own team’s net and if that ever happened before to a teammate on his team?
-A quick check-in to see how Cam’s prediction that the Las Vegas Golden Knights will make the playoffs is faring.
-Another missed opportunity, Cam talks about the time he was asked (in 1981) to invest in this new product called…rollerblades/inline skates and he turned it down.
-Some stories of his public speaking events, including when he got locked inside a maximum security prison for hours to speak with 12 men convicted of murder!

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Episode 12: WHA (Part 2) & Gordie Howe

Finishing up Cam Connor’s thoughts on the WHA – the once ‘rival league’ of the NHL.

Episode highlights include:
-Playing with the legendary Gordie Howe & his two sons, Mark and Marty
-Question about infamous hockey agent Alan Eagleson
-Question about hockey great Don Cherry
-Cam doesn’t hold back when talking about a coach he didn’t enjoy playing for, Sandy Hucul.
-Cam shares his thoughts on a lesser known player that he encourages everyone to google: Howie Young
-Memories about playing for the Houston Aeros and Phoenix Roadrunners
-Episode finishes up with what Cam misses about old school hockey

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Podcast Episode 11: WHA – World Hockey Association (Part 1)

A must listen episode where Cam Connor shares his thoughts on what was the NHL’s rival league – the World Hockey Association (WHA). Was it really a rival league, what made the WHA work and what led to it’s downfall.

This episode includes what may be Cam’s best story yet – a story of an epic bench brawl involving the Hanson Brothers (from the movie Slapshot), Barry Dean, Paul Holmgren, and Curt Brackenbury. Yes, the WHA was really that tough of a league.

Cam answers questions about participating in the Sports All Star edition of Wipeout Canada; advice for someone trying to make the NHL and did the WHA really play with BLUE pucks?

Also, who did Cam say was a tasmanian devil to fight?

Part 2 includes Cam’s time with the legendary Gordie Howe and Howe’s two sons in the WHA.

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