Orlando Solar Bears Head Coach Drake Berehowsky joins the show to recap the 5 game road trip the Solar Bears have been on. We discuss the goaltending situation in Tampa Bay in light of the injury to Andrei Vasilevskiy. The Hockey Hall of Fame welcomed Martin Brodeur, Marty St. Louis, Willie O’Ree and others to its 2018 class. Bryan and Bacon talk about the inductees and their impact to the game of hockey.
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Tampa Bay Lightning – the hole in goal?
Marty St. Louis is welcomed to the Hockey Hall of Fame. We’ll discuss the goaltending situation in Tampa Bay in light of the injury to Andrei Vasilevskiy. With the league as tight as it is right now, its important for the Lightning to stay in position, we’ll talk about how.
Who is Barry Gettman?
The Hockey Hall of Fame welcomed Martin Brodeur, Marty St. Louis, Willie O’Ree and others to its 2018 class. Bryan and Bacon talk about the inductees and their impact to the game of hockey. Ex-Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville sighting at the tailgate parties of the Chicago Bears before Sunday Night Football, the Buffalo Sabres are climbing to new heights and the crashing of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Tampa Bay Lightning – the thunder rolls.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are continuing their success early in the 2018-19 season. They locked down another youngster, but there is still business to be done! Are Bryan and Bacon satisfied with the recent surge of production by Steven Stamkos after a slow start? Mathieu Joseph learns a tough early-career lesson from Milan Lucic.
The Ottawa Uber Issue, Joel Quenneville’s Tenure Funeral and Host Homerism.
7 Ottawa Senators players took an Uber ride in Arizona and held nothing back! We play clips from the now infamous YouTube video where the team gets a little too honest. Then, Bryan and Bacon remember the tenure of Joel Quenneville as Chicago Blackhawks Head Coach, along with comments from his former players. The segment ends with a seemingly excited position from a New York Rangers fan after their recent success. “Seemingly”. IS Bryan excited about the Blueshirts?
Solar Bears talk with Hunter Fejes!
Orlando Solar Bears leading scorer Hunter Fejes joins the show to talk about the teams recent 2 game home/home sweep of the Florida Everblades and the solidifying of the defensive play of the team. Also, Fejes give an insight to the differences between the AHL and ECHL game. Then we focus on Hunter’s time at the “Harvard for Hockey”, Shattuck St. Mary’s in Minnesota, what the experience there did for his game, and the ongoing impact it has on his life and career.
Photo Provided by Orlando Solar Bears/Gary Bassing
Welcome to Hockey Now! (Test Show)
Welcome to Hockey Now!, Central Florida’s home for Hockey Talk! Hockey Now! is a new show on the iHeartRadio network based in Orlando, FL! Bryan Sklover and Walt Bacon turn their mic’s on together for the first time to talk hockey! The guys remember the Orlando Solar Bears playoff run of 2018 and look at the affiliation between the Solar Bears and Tampa Bay Lightning. We’ll hear comments from Lighting Head Coach Jon Cooper and Brayden Point on their thoughts playing in Orlando for a preseason matchup between the Lightning and Florida Panthers. Walt begs Former GM Steve Yzerman to stay involved with the team, and not flee to the potentially bad Detroit Red Wings. The guys round out the test show talking about the Carolina Hurricanes bringing back the Hartford Whalers uniforms (along with a gratiutious playing of the “Brass Bonanza”) – and also touch on their own personal favorite teams, Bryan’s New York Rangers and Walt’s Chicago Blackhawks.