Grind Time With Darren McCarty

GRIND TIME WITH DARREN McCARTY #014 | MARCH 20 2019

 Darren reflects on The Russian Five and his part in how the Red Wings became one. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw0lJMNQ0_8 

The Russian Five documentary is finally in theaters! Tickets are available for showings throughout Michigan. New cities—Dallas, Las Vegas, Columbus and more—are being added almost daily.

D-Mac and the Grind Time team watched the movie with 12-theaters full of Red Wings fans at a special screening in Port Huron, MI. Then they drove to the studio to grind out this intimate take on the release that's been seven years in the making.

GRIND TIME WITH DARREN McCARTY #013 | MARCH 13 2019

 The team from 

Stahls' - All Things Heat Printing talk about their history with sports apparel and merchandise as well as their involvement in the NFL Draft jersey presentations. 

https://vimeo.com/281455736/bf90517fc9 Sthals' makes magic happen in real-time during the 2018 NFL Draft. 

The Stahls family has been a part of the fabric of professional and amateur sports since the 1930's. They were one of the first companies to recognize that fans wanted to be able to identify and cheer for their favorite players by name.

Their passion for solving this problem for fans turned into a mission to perfect the process of on-demand apparel by patenting their process of heat transferring letters, numbers and graphics to uniforms and promotional materials. There are now tens of thousands of their Hotronix™ heat transfer machines deployed in small businesses around the globe.

Stahls provides instantly lettered and numbered jersey's for the NFL Draft. As the NFL players take the stage live before a global audience, the Stahls team hustles in the background so the commissioner can present them with their brand new jersey.

Grind Time With Darren McCarty #012 | March 6 2019

Goaltending Veteran Eddie Mio and Motivational Spiritualist Marty Sheedy on the passing of Red Wing Legend Ted Lindsay.

Detroit Red Wings Alumni and NHL veteran goaltender Eddie Mio and motivational spiritualist Marty Sheedy from Project Scissor Gait Foundation share their intimate memories of one of the greatest to ever play the game.

Eddie Mio started his NHL career in the 1970's and went on to success with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings. His knowledge of the game is vast and his participation in the history of the sport is tremendous.

Grind Time With Darren McCarty #011

 D-Mac talks billionaire rub and tugs, NASCAR, golf, Red Wings 

D-Mac goes deep on Robert Kraft and gives some advice to billionaires looking for a rub and tug. Also NASCAR, golf, NHL playoff run and are the Red Wings ready yet?

The Russian Five is a documentary film detailing the efforts the Detroit Red Wings went through to bring the very first Russian players to America.

This is not just a story about the turnaround of a failing hockey team but a story of people coming together to do what, at the time, was impossible: Getting Russian hockey players in the former Soviet Union to defect and come play professional hockey in the United States of America.

Josh and Jen get some Grind Time and talk with Darren about what it took to make this instant-classic and what they learned along the way.

 Josh and Ian from Michigan Warriors Hockey for Disabled Veterans 

The Grind Time With Darren McCarty is proud to welcome Josh and Ian from the Michigan Warriors Hockey Program.

This amazing program helps Disabled American Veterans find purpose and comradery through the love of hockey.

The Michigan Warriors are now officially part of the Red Wings Alumni Hockey program. Check out https://michiganwarriorshockey.com

 Jay R. Adams, Sons of Anarchy, The Outsiders 

Jay R. Adams is an actor, stuntman and professional wrestler. His credits include Sons of Anarchy, Ray Donovan, The Outsiders and more. Jay talks about how he got into acting and stunt work, his professional wrestling career and his charity work for United Cerebral Palsy.

Jay will be playing against D Mac and the Red Wings Alumni Saturday, March 23rd, at the Orchard lake St. Mary's Ice Arena on the campus of Orchard Lake St. Mary's.

https://www.skatewithoutlimits.org/

Jamie Lowell and Rick Thompson from MILegalize and Uncle Todd from Grateful Meds

 Red Wings locker room, playoff football, hockey shit talking, more 

Darren discusses his visit to the Detroit Red Wings locker room and the vibe among players, old school hockey shit talking, cellphone battery anxiety, playoff football, and Fleury building snow forts.

 Grinder Reunion Live with Billy Reedy and Vince Mattias 

Darren reunites with his band Grinder live in-studio. How Grinder was formed, how it got D-Mac through the lockout and how the brass felt about the band.