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

Podcast Episode 44: NHL during COVID, thoughts on Guy Lafleur and hockey in the UK

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After a bit of break, Cam’s back and he discusses hockey during COVID including Tampa Bay Lightning winning the Stanley Cup and lots of hockey opinions and stories.

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Topics Include:

-A look back at the NHL summer playoffs and what he thought about having hockey during COVID

-How hard is it to play without fans in the crowd

-His pick, Tampa Bay Lightning, winning the Stanley Cup this year and should there be an asterix next to their win?

-How does Cam think hockey will work when it returns and how will be the players be mentally and physically?

-What about the junior players that aren’t playing right now but want to make the NHL?

-Thoughts on his teammate Guy Lafleur and the health struggle he’s facing.

-Cam shares a couple of Guy Lafleur stories including the last time he saw him in person, as well as playing with Guy during the Heritage Classic in 2003

-Remembering Eddie Shack

-Cam talks about doing a lot of hockey interviews in the UK recently and does he think hockey can make an impact in the UK?

-Next episode is answering a whole bunch of listener questions, so stay tuned.

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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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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 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 27: Cam reviews the NHL season so far, hazing stories and connects to some old teammates

Listeners have asked for Cam Connor to talk about some current hockey so he shares his thoughts on the NHL season so far and talks about some of the current players, including Jonathan Toews, Patrik Laine, Kyle Connor.

Cam shares his thoughts on hazing and talks about his experiences with hazing.

Should the Edmonton Oilers have fired their coach Todd McClellan? Thoughts on Ken Hitchcock.

What does Cam think about the Ottawa Senators players in the Uber video scandal?

During an Oilers game, Cam ran into an old New York Rangers teammate – Don Maloney – in the pressbox and Cam shares his thoughts on another teammate – Ron Chipperfield – who is a fan of the podcast.

A story on how Connor McDavid quietly made a large donation to a local charity.

Cam brings up an out-of-the-box idea for power plays (it’s so wacky that it made Jason Strudwick laugh out loud live on TV), but Cam sticks by it.

Cam makes a last minute Grey Cup prediction.

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