Around The A with David Foot and Patrick Williams

This week we discuss the AHL's All-Rookie team and season All-Stars for 2019-20, along with some affiliation news and the completion of the deal to build a new arena for the incoming Vegas farm club.

We'll go further in-depth on the Vegas move with long-time goaltender-turned-broadcaster Mike McKenna and chat with veteran hockey writer Ken Wiebe, of The Athletic.

More about the hosts:

David Foot @FootyOnTheAir

Long-time Radio and Hockey personality, David brings his vast radio experience and his vast hockey knowledge to ATA. You might have seen his work through his current position as one of the voices of the Belleville Senators and his work at CJBQ800 to his work for the Wellington Dukes, Belleville Bulls, and the Peterborough Petes, David is a consumed professional with a passion and a rare understanding of the business.

Patrick Williams @pwilliamsNHL

Long-time hockey journalist and writer for NHL.com, Patrick brings his vast experience of covering the AHL to ATA. He brings a network of contacts unrivaled in the AHL podcast world and carries with him a plethora of stories and anecdotes from covering the AHL, the Winnipeg Jets, the ECHL, and the OHL. He has been heard before on SXM NHL Network Radio, Lightning Radio amongst other places throughout the years.

With the 2019/20 American Hockey League season officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we take a deep dive into the situation with outgoing AHL President and CEO Dave Andrews.More about the hosts:David Foot @FootyOnTheAirLong-time Radio and Hockey personality, David brings his vast radio experience and his vast hockey knowledge to ATA. You might have seen his work through his current position as one of the voices of the Belleville Senators and his work at CJBQ800 to his work for the Wellington Dukes, Belleville Bulls and the Peterborough Petes, David is a consumed professional with a passion and a rare understanding of the business.Patrick Williams @pwilliamsNHLLong-time hockey journalist and writer for NHL.com, Patrick brings his vast experience of covering the AHL to ATA. He brings a network of contacts unrivaled in the AHL podcast world and carries with him a plethora of stories and anecdotes from covering the AHL, the Winnipeg Jets, the ECHL and the OHL. He has been heard before on SXM NHL Network Radio, Lightning Radio amongst other places throughout the years.

With the 2019/20 American Hockey League season officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we take a deep dive into the situation with outgoing AHL President and CEO Dave Andrews.

More about the hosts:

David Foot @FootyOnTheAir

Long-time Radio and Hockey personality, David brings his vast radio experience and his vast hockey knowledge to ATA. You might have seen his work through his current position as one of the voices of the Belleville Senators and his work at CJBQ800 to his work for the Wellington Dukes, Belleville Bulls and the Peterborough Petes, David is a consumed professional with a passion and a rare understanding of the business.

Patrick Williams @pwilliamsNHL

Long-time hockey journalist and writer for NHL.com, Patrick brings his vast experience of covering the AHL to ATA. He brings a network of contacts unrivaled in the AHL podcast world and carries with him a plethora of stories and anecdotes from covering the AHL, the Winnipeg Jets, the ECHL and the OHL. He has been heard before on SXM NHL Network Radio, Lightning Radio amongst other places throughout the years.

This week we'll discuss how the coronavirus situation is affecting the AHL (and beyond), we'll talk about the new partnership between the Springfield Thunderbirds and St. Louis Blues and over some of the other top headlines from the past couple weeks.We'll also check in on the Binghamton Devils with Rob Lippolis, as they push towards a long-awaited playoff birth.Plus veteran AHL reporter Gerry Cantlon joins us for a Hartford Wolf Pack update and more.More about the hosts:David Foot @FootyOnTheAirLong-time Radio and Hockey personality, David brings his vast radio experience and his vast hockey knowledge to ATA. You might have seen his work through his current position as one of the voices of the Belleville Senators and his work at CJBQ800 to his work for the Wellington Dukes, Belleville Bulls and the Peterborough Petes, David is a consumed professional with a passion and a rare understanding of the business.Patrick Williams @pwilliamsNHLLong-time hockey journalist and writer for NHL.com, Patrick brings his vast experience of covering the AHL to ATA. He brings a network of contacts unrivaled in the AHL podcast world and carries with him a plethora of stories and anecdotes from covering the AHL, the Winnipeg Jets, the ECHL and the OHL. He has been heard before on SXM NHL Network Radio, Lightning Radio amongst other places throughout the years.

This week we'll discuss how the coronavirus situation is affecting the AHL (and beyond), we'll talk about the new partnership between the Springfield Thunderbirds and St. Louis Blues and over some of the other top headlines from the past couple weeks.


We'll also check in on the Binghamton Devils with Rob Lippolis, as they push towards a long-awaited playoff birth.

Plus veteran AHL reporter Gerry Cantlon joins us for a Hartford Wolf Pack update and more.

More about the hosts:

David Foot @FootyOnTheAir

Long-time Radio and Hockey personality, David brings his vast radio experience and his vast hockey knowledge to ATA. You might have seen his work through his current position as one of the voices of the Belleville Senators and his work at CJBQ800 to his work for the Wellington Dukes, Belleville Bulls and the Peterborough Petes, David is a consumed professional with a passion and a rare understanding of the business.

Patrick Williams @pwilliamsNHL

Long-time hockey journalist and writer for NHL.com, Patrick brings his vast experience of covering the AHL to ATA. He brings a network of contacts unrivaled in the AHL podcast world and carries with him a plethora of stories and anecdotes from covering the AHL, the Winnipeg Jets, the ECHL and the OHL. He has been heard before on SXM NHL Network Radio, Lightning Radio amongst other places throughout the years.

This week on ATA, Patrick and David discuss how the NHL trade deadline has trickled down to AHL teams and get you set for the AHL movement deadline coming up.

This week we'll check in on the Toronto Marlies with Todd Crocker and get some info on the Grand Rapids Griffins turnaround with Rachel Anderson. Plus, we see who's trending in the right and wrong direction as the playoff push begins, break down some of the early trades ahead of the deadline and more.

This week on episode 16 of Around The A, We check-in on which teams are on hot streaks out of the all star break, we go in depth on the the move of the San Antonio Rampage to Vegas and we learn about the Stockton Heat w/ Broadcaster Chris Picher and the San Diego Gulls w/ Digital + In Game Host Emily Harlan and Broadcaster Andy Zilch.

This week on ATA, We recap Pat's trip to the 2020 AHL All Star Classic in Ontario, California, plus we go in-depth with Mike McKenna @MikeMcKenna56 to find out about life as an AHL goaltender, the transition from the ice to the broadcast studio, if players really do shoot as hard as the radar gun says and more!

This week we go over some of the additions/subtractions from the rosters for the upcoming AHL All Star Classic, plus we relive the 2019 Calder Cup run with Charlotte Checkers' PxP man Jason Shaya and discuss the challenges facing the Lehigh Valley Phantoms this season, with Tony Androckitis of insideAHLhockey.com.