For friends and listeners in Victoria, especially Melbourne, these are trying times. May you all stay safe. As small a gesture as this is, I've put together a triple episode of Pucking Funny for you guys, and everyone else of course.

Pucking Funny's first ever multi interview episode includes talks with Lauren Didusko, Chri Wong and Sarah Dash. All 3 are current members of the Melbourne ICE, and could have more different roads to landing in Australia's City by the Bay. Lauren from regional NSW, Chris from Hong Kong, and Sarah from London Ontario Canada. Their different roads to Australia and to hockey show how no matter a person's origin, we all have more in common than different.

KP Wee has written over 12 books baseball and hockey, most notably "The 1993 Canadiens: Seven Magical Weeks, Unlikely Heroes And Canada's Last Stanley Cup Champions" about my beloved Habs. KP and I dive deep into the '93 team which "Shocked the hockey world" and remains the last Canadian based team to take home Lord Stanley's Cup.

Andy Sutton played 676 games over 14 seasons in the NHL on the Sharks, Wild, Thrashers, Islanders, Senators, Ducks and Oilers. He now owns and operates Verbero which produces high level hockey equipment and apparel.

As an undrafted College player, Andy's NHL career went from 1999 – 2012, it had him play against legends such as Gretzky, Lemieux, Crosby, Ovechkin, as well as with newly inducted Hall Of Famer Marian Hossa, and on Long Island with a rookie John Tavares.

Some of the coaches Andy played for include Jacques Lemaire, Darryl Sutter, and Bob Hartley.

Enjoy

Phil Pritchard AKA The Keeper Of The Cup is VP and curator of the HHOF in Toronto. Publicly he is the one who brings the Stanley Cup on to the red carpet to the presentation table for Commissioner Bettman to hand over to the winning team's Captain. Phil tells us how he went from accountant to starting at the Hall in 1988 and working his way up to Keeper Of The Cup, as well as stories of where the Cup has been on players' Day With The Cup.

As we hit July 1 we go over the 30+ episodes we've done since January and look forward to even bigger and better things going forward. 

Gerry Johansson played major junior hockey on the New Westminster Bruins, was drafted in the 5th round of the 1984 NHL entry draft by the Montreal Canadiens. After retiring from playing Gerry stayed in the game in management with the WHL's Tri-City Americans and then became an agent. He now owns The Sports Corporation which is based in Edmonton Alberta, and his clients include Carey Price, Brendan Gallagher, Braden Holtby and Sebastian Aho.

In the third of an unofficial "series" of episodes with hockey writers, today's guest is Todd Denault who has written 4 hockey books, most notably "Jacques Plante: The Man Who Changed the Face of Hockey" and "The Greatest Game: The Montreal Canadiens, the Red Army, and the Night That Saved Hockey". Todd also runs a great Facebook group called "Hockey Books" where he shares some of his favourites.

Bob Duff has written over 20 books on hockey, most notably "The Pursuit Of Perfection" which is the autobiography of Detroit Red Wings Hall Of Fame defensman Nicklas Lidstrom.

The all-time PIM's leader for the Montreal Canadiens, a Stanley Cup champion, NHL all-star, published author, movie maker. The Great Chris "Knuckles" Nilan has done it all and seen it all.

I grew up watching Chris defend his teammates as well as light the lamp. The 1984-85 season saw Nilan rack up a career high 358 PIM's AS WELL as career highs in goals (21) and points (37). Nilan was part of the infamous Good Friday Massacre game in 1984 between the Canadiens and rivals of the time Quebec Nordiques. Chris is an amazing story teller, and talking with him was an absolute treat. Enjoy

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