Podcast – View From the Penalty Box Podcast with Cam Connor (hockey)

Podcast Episode 42: Hockey in July; Scariest Stick Fight Cam’s Ever Seen; Tributes to John Hughes & Tom Webster

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What’s Cam been up to during this pandemic and what are his thoughts on hockey in July? He also shares his thoughts on the passing of his former coach, Tom Webster, and his teammate John Hughes.

Topics Include:

-A big change in Cam’s professional career.

-How have Cam and Kris been dealing with the pandemic.

-Thoughts on the NHL considering to resume play in July in empty arenas.

-Connecting with teammate Bart Wilson (Behn Wilson’s brother).

-A listener asks about Gord Gallant and Cam recalls a story about Gallant fighting Peter McNamee.

-Another listener asks if Cam has memories playing against the Chicago Blackhawks.

-He broke his hand playing the Blackhawks on Keith Brown’s head (after a run in by Terry Ruskowski).

-Another story about fans throwing beer bottles at the Montreal Canadiens players.

-What’s Cam’s favorite hockey jersey?

-Thoughts on Stan Mikita.

-Remembering Tom Webster and his role guiding the Tulsa Oilers.

-Remembering John Hughes.

Connect with Cam Connor:

Email: viewfromthepenaltybox@gmail.com.

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CamConnorNHL.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CamConnorNHL.

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Podcast Episode 39: Cam opens up about a health scare; Cheating in hockey; Kassian/Tkachuk fight

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Topics Include:

Cam talks about losing both parents in three months and shares a couple hockey stories about his mom
- One story includes a street fight Cam had where his mom tried to help being armed with a wooden spoon
Mid-point check in to the hockey season – how’s Cam’s Cup pick, Tampa Bay Lightning doing?
Cam’s thoughts on the Kassian/Tkachuk ‘fight’ and why is he so disappointed in George Parros?
What bugs Cam about his videos on Youtube, including the recent one with Tom Rowe
A listener asks if there is cheating in hockey, similar to cheating in baseball with the Houston Astros
Cam remembers teammate JC Migneault and how JC had one of the worst injuries Cam has seen in hockey
We end the episode with Cam sharing his story about a health incident that he didn’t want to share until his parents passed

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Email: viewfromthepenaltybox@gmail.com
Twitter: twitter.com/CamConnorNHL
Instagram: www.instagram.com/camconnornhl/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ViewfromthePenaltyBox/
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Podcast Episode 38: Bill Peters & Abuse in Hockey; A Coach Confronts Steve Durbano; & Taping Nickles to Your Knuckles?

View From the Penalty Box episode 38 is now up and it’s a heavy one, but ends with a couple great classic hockey stories.

Stories include:

-How is Cam’s Stanley Cup prediction team doing two months into the season?
-Bill Peters abuse allegations and Cam’s thoughts on abuse in hockey
-Has Cam ever seen a coach become physical with a player before?
-Sean Avery’s claims against Marc Crawford
-Daniel Carcillo’s claims against Darryl Sutter
-Cam talks about how coaches went from having all the power to now players mostly do
-Where is John Tonelli?
-A great story of how Coach Bill Dineen searched for Steve Durbano in the nightclubs to avenge an earlier fight Durbano had against Terry Ruskowski. Durbano slashed Ruskowski’s eye and Dineen was pissed!
-Why did Guy Lafleur retire and then rejoin the NHL?
-Are enforcers typically mild mannered outside of hockey?
-Did players really tape nickles or glass onto their knuckles before a fight?
-Cam remembers one of the few players he was afraid to fight: Bob Gassoff

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Podcast Episode 36: Cam’s Surprising Hockey Idol; Brashear Working at Tim Hortons and Survivor Snakes

Stories include:

A one month check in on the current NHL season, would Cam Connor change his Stanley Cup pick? What times have caught his eye?
A Paul Baxter update – we got some bad intel and he is doing great!
Remembering Ted Green
- How tough was Ted?
- How did Ted get a steel plate in his head and why did he keep playing hockey?
- Cam talks about Ted’s inventor side and the products he invented.
Donald Brashear working at Tim Hortons
Tom Laidlaw and all those snakes on Survivor
- Cam rants on ‘the old guy’ name calling
A listener asks for stories on Jeff Brubaker, Archie Henderson and Gary Rissling
Cam answers a question on whether players on opposing teams should hang out the night before, go for dinner, etc…
How goaltending has changed over the years.
Who was the best goalie Cam ever played with?

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Podcast Episode 35: Witnessing a Coach’s drug bust; thoughts on Guy Lafleur/Larry Hale; and more classic stories

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View From the Penalty Box podcast Episode 35

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Stories include:

-Cam talks about one of his coach’s who got taken out of the dressing room by thugs collecting on a drug debt

-Using a fake name in order to play hockey for Flin Flon and avoid Victoria

-Cam comments on Guy Lafleur’s heart operation and talks about how Guy drives his car and helicopter

-A listener asks why Cam had a pet wolf

-Which players does Cam wish he kept in touch with?

-Remembering teammate Larry Hale and what did Larry tell Cam that he will never forget?

-Having to fight two players at once.

-Was Cam, or other players, jealous of how much certain teammates made in salary?

-Having to play a hockey game against a team of real lumberjacks

Connect with Cam Connor:
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Twitter: twitter.com/CamConnorNHL
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Podcast Episode 34:Cam recalls a fight that could have banned him for life and new hockey season predictions

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We’re back for episode 34. Topics include:

-Recapping the St Louis Blues Stanley Cup win (since we were on summer hiatus)

-Early predictions for the upcoming hockey season, what team will Cam choose?

-Tom Laidlaw on Survivor, how does Cam think he’s doing

-Cam says goodbye to his Dad

-What was the dirtiest arena to play in? Cam’s choice involves rats, garden hoses and cockroaches.

-Hockey fighting tales and Cam recalls a fight that would have barred him for life if it happened now

-What advice did Cam recently give Nugent Hopkins of the Edmonton Oilers

-Fighting with Paul Baxter

-What travel advice did Gordie Howe give Cam that he still follows today

-Was it easy for fans to sneak into the dressing room back in Cam’s day

Connect with Cam Connor:
Email: viewfromthepenaltybox@gmail.com
Twitter: twitter.com/CamConnorNHL
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New View From the Penalty Box Podcast coming soon

View from the Penalty Box podcast with Cam Connor

The View from the Penalty Box podcast is back and our first episode will be posted on October 8. Any questions or stories you want to hear, send us an email: viewfromthepenaltybox@gmail.com.

Really appreciate our listeners, it’s been fun connecting with everyone over the past three years.

If you haven’t heard us yet, we can be found on any platform you listen to podcasts.

Podcast Episode 33: Stanley Cup finals; Dave Tippett as Oilers coach & why Cam wears shoulder pads from 1980

Episode 33

FIND US ON ITUNES AND SPOTIFY TOO. It’s the Stanley Cup finals and Cam Connor is back to discuss the most exciting week of hockey and make some more predictions. Check us out on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.

The show starts with Cam talking about his recent Twitter photo of his shoulder pads from 1980 and he talks about why he still wears them. This reminds him that he just may have some Gordie Howe shoulder pads from back in his Houston Aeros days.

A&E/WWE flew to Edmonton to interview Cam about his friendship with wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper, so Cam talks about how the interview went, what got him choked up and why Rod is one of the reasons Cam made the NHL.

When watching the finale of Survivor, Cam got a glimpse of a former teammate who looks to be competing on the next season of Survivor – Tom Laidlaw – so Cam shares his thoughts on Tom and how he thinks he will do on Survivor.

Cam talks about the Stanley Cup finals and who he thinks will take the Cup. He compares this final to when the Montreal Canadiens faced the New York Rangers in the 1979 Cup Finals and shares some stories about that time.

Question time from the listeners:
-A listener asks Cam’s thoughts on a player named Dennis Sobchuck and what went wrong in his promising career. Cam does remember Dennis, tells people to Google him and gives his thoughts on his career
-A listener shares his memories of when he was a young boy and Cam gave him his stick, which again gets Cam choked up (most have been an emotional day!). It reminds Cam of a story when a player brushed off a young fan and how that enraged him
-Another email from a listener who is travelling from New Jersey to go to an Oilers game and Cam makes him an offer.

-Cam shares a story about receiving fan mail while playing for the New York Rangers and why fans would send Ron Duguay’s mail to Cam.

-The importance of confidence, but not over confidence. Cam talks about Wayne Gretzky and Guy Lafluer as prime examples.

-Dave Tippett was just announced as the new coach for the Edmonton Oilers (it’s been a revolving door of coaches for the Oilers over the years). Cam shares his thoughts on Tippett and whether he thinks Dave is the one to turn the Oilers around. Could Dave Tippett be like Herb Brooks?

-We end the episode with Cam talking about his once teammate and roommate, John Davidson, being announced as the new President of the New York Rangers. Cam shares his thoughts on John and why he is so likeable.

Podcast Episode 31: Stanley Cup Predictions, Tobi Rieder/Bob Nicholson Drama and Scams

EPISODE 31

Cam Connor makes his annual Stanley Cup predictions. He did pretty well last year with Las Vegas Golden Knights, how will this year’s prediction turn out?

Topics include:
-Cam talks about the Edmonton Oilers drama between Bob Nicholson and Tobi Rieder. Who’s side is he on?
-Is hockey becoming a rich person’s sport? Will only the rich families be able to afford to put their kids in hockey?
-Thoughts on playing against Harry Howell in the WHA
-Cam answers a question about how he broke his hand and if he has memories of living in Phoenix? He does and it involves a whole bunch of scams including being hit by a drunk driver and offering him his car!

-Should the NHL borrow from the WHA and have back-to-back games in the same city (to save on costs and the environmental impact of travel) (from a Globe and Mail article, link below)
-Cam is asked how he dealt with cliques in hockey and how that relates to a team’s success
-Did Cam ever fight his own teammate?
-How do you deal with a rival that gets traded onto your team and is now your teammate?
-Cam rants that the Edmonton Oilers fans deserve better.

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Globe and Mail article referenced: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/artic…hool-wha-how/

Podcast Episode 30: Steve Durbano podcast, bench brawls & Muhammad Ali’s Shorts

EPISODE 30

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We’re back for Episode 30 and it’s a Steve Durbano podcast episode and bench brawls!

Cam Connor’s name has been brought up over the past week as hockey fans and analysts predict that Montreal Canadiens could be facing the Toronto Maple Leafs in the playoffs this year. The last time those two teams played was in 1979 when Cam scored the double overtime goal in the playoffs, so Cam talks about the goal and addresses the goalie Mike Palmateer’s insulting comments after Cam scored on him.

Cam talks about Steve ‘Mental Case’ Durbano and what a crazy fighter he was and how even the toughest fighters didn’t want to fight him. If you haven’t heard of Steve Durbano, make sure to listen as he was wild and earned the nickname Steve ‘Mental Case’ Durbano.

A story about Serge Beaudoin and his wife’s hair catching on fire.

Cam shares some fun Houston Aeros stories.

Kris asks whether there is a strategy for who sits where in the dressing room (are name plates strategically placed)?

Given the recent video of the university bench brawl, Cam talks about that bench brawl and remembers the three major bench brawls he was in, with one including the Slapshot brothers and Paul Holmgren.

We end the podcast with a story about Dave Semenko fighting Muhammad Ali and giving Cam Ali’s boxer shorts.