Hockey Talk

We explore Midwestern Ontario connections to playoffs from the World Championships through NHL and pro ranks to Canadian Major Junior and other Ontario Junior leagues. We cover the major changes unfolding with the Owen Sound Attack and have fan feedback on the Toronto Maple Leafs newly-hired GM.

The featured song on this show is "One More Night" by Lisa McEwen.

Hockey Card Guy Tim Woods joins host Andy Clark on National Hockey Card Day to open a 2024-25 Parkhurst Champions hobby box. Will they crack a Celebrini or Hutson rookie card? What signatures, memorabilia and rare inserts will they discover? We also have an Easter pack break of UD MVP 2023 and 90s cards with Big Jay, Chris Smith and Eric "Ray" Reay. You'll be overcome with memories of stale gum!

Music: "Good Monsters" By Lush Puppy

Writer and hockey historian Jonathon Jackson joins us to talk about the updated edition of his book The Making of Slap Shot: Behind the Scenes of the Greatest Hockey Movie Ever Made. Who would you cast in a remake of the classic movie? Jonathon has an interesting idea! We also establish why Clarence "Hap" Day should be a bigger deal among Toronto Maple Leafs fans, as well as other topics!

Song "Bad Decisions" used with permission (C) 2025 Gord McKeown.

First, we interview Andy Blackburn, who was a hometown forward on the 1991 Provincial championship team and is the father of current Barons defenseman Hudson Blackburn. After a couple of "From the Clarkives" news clips, we then welcome Canadian Country Music Star Jamie Warren, who recalls memories of playing for his hometown Hanover Barons as a 14-year-old!

One-time QMJHL scoring ace and ECHL Hall-of-Famer Allan Sirois joins us by phone from South Carolina to discuss his junior and pro career as well as coaching the University of South Carolina Gamecocks hockey program. We have a "From the Clarkives", then a story about some Louie DeBrusk & Craig Fisher hockey cards being accidentally gifted to a stranger in Neustadt, Ontario.

Song "Bad Decisions" used with permission (C) 2025 Gord McKeown.

Durham Thundercat defenseman Brandon Devlin talks to us about his experiences in more than 300 Ontario Hockey League games as well as pro hockey and Canadian University action with the Ryerson Rams. We also have some News and Notes touching on a recent junior playoff game that went into 5 overtimes!

In response to Norway's incredible performance at the 2026 Winter Olympic games we put together a show including Norwegian hockey trivia and facts among our Midwestern Ontario to NHL news and notes. We also have a Valentine's Day hockey card story about the Tragically Hip, Bill Barilko and a coincidence! Nyt shower vart!

This episode features an interview with one-time Erie Otter and current Durham Thundercat goalie Marshall Nicholls.

Our News and Notes includes a memorial to Durham's Gerry Schafer, then Tim Woods returns for the Canadian Hockey League box break round two.

NOTE: This episode was recorded shortly before the World Junior Championships Semi-Final Game. Congratulations on your Bronze Medal, Team Canada and a hard-fought Semi-Final Game.

We interview former Niagara Ice Dog and current Walkerton Capital defenseman Sami Douglas-Najem, who also has a wealth of experience in the OJHL and GOJHL. Tim Woods joins us for a hockey card box break of CHL cards, and we look at league scoring leaders in News and Notes. 

Photo credit: Jacquot Photography

Fresh off calling a Sudbury Wolves game in Owen Sound, host Andy Clark wonders if the last-place Wolves have what it takes to make a significant turn-around? "From the Clarkives" then looks at a 1957 brouhaha in Bruce County that made national news, then rounds out the episode with News & Notes speculating on where a new junior team may appear next season.