Roaring 20's Podcast

Roaring 20's Podcast

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Roaring 20's Podcast episodes

  • Defenseman Ray DiLauro

    Defenseman Ray DiLauro signed with the Royals during the team's inaugural season and played the 2002-03 campaign with the team. He holds the distinction of scoring the second-fastest hat trick in ECHL history (3 goals in 40 seconds) which he accomplished in one shift on Mar. 5, 2003 vs. Trenton. The Bensalem, PA native look fondly back on his career with Reading. He still lives in Pennsylvania, where he is raising three children with his wife.

    44 min
  • Reading Eagle Reporter Jason Guarente

    Jason Guarente has covered the Royals for the Reading Eagle newspaper since the 2010-11 season. Over that time, he's gotten to know hundreds of Royals players and experience what's made the team so special for Berks County. 

    1 hr 8 min
  • Captain Yannick Tifu

    The Captain of the 2013 Kelly Cup Championship team Yannick Tifu explains how he ended up in Reading and some of the warmest memories he has of his four seasons in Reading. Plus, how returning to Reading in his final season changed him as a person.

    52 min
  • Game Analyst Pat Richards

    We introduce our first-ever podcast dedicated to 20 seasons of Royals hockey. Game analyst Pat Richards has seen nearly every home game in Royals history and will be entering his 18th season behind the mic in 2020-21. He and play-by-play man David Fine review the 2019-20 season and relive Richards' memories from the 2013 Kelly Cup Championship season. 

    1 hr 9 min
  • Adam Schmidt – Nov. 27, 2018
    We’re back after a long November spent mostly on the road. Movie buff Adam Schmidt joins the podcast (13:00-54:50) and answers some interesting fan questions, including that about his “poo slippers.” Schmidt also explains why he deserves a Super Bowl ring for his beloved Philadelphia Eagles.
    55 min
  • Michael Huntebrinker – Nov. 1, 2018
    Live from the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel, JBird and Sean talk about the perils of getting to the bathroom on the team’s sleeper bus and how Sean got a face full of Cool Ranch Doritos at 3:30 a.m. (1:00-18:00). Second-year forward Michael Huntebrinker explains his resemblance to Steve Buscemi, how he found Coach MacDonald’s teeth in a pizza box and the time he was happy there WASN’T video of his first career fight (18:00-42:00). We wrap up with rapid-fire questions (37:00) and Michael has to answer questions about Steven Swavely’s night terrors, dumpster diving and living with Frank “The Tank” Hora.
    46 min
  • Tyler Brown - Oct. 25, 2018
    BREAKING: In "Rapid Fire Questions," forward Tyler Brown reveals why he would have been an astrophysicist had he not played hockey (32:00). Bird and Berbs also explore the origins of his "6" tattoo and if he believes in love.
    We start out (0:00-9:00) talking about some epic eating experiences in Maine (P.S. we all ate way too much sushi). Plus, we give out grades for Brampton in our "Life on the Road" (37:00-46:00)
    47 min
  • Kirk MacDonald - Oct. 16, 2018
    "The Chief" Head Coach Kirk MacDonald is here for one of our funniest episodes so far. The boys have "teeth talk" during the interview with Coach, in which he explains the worst times he's forgotten to wear his teeth. Coach is fired up about the new Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper movie. Plus, Coach answers a few fan questions and does 20 questions. In "Life on the Road," Kirk sticks around and remembers his first weekend as Royals Head Coach.
    59 min
  • Frank DiChiara - Oct. 9, 2018
    We have a FUN episode with new Royals F Frank DiChiara, as he joins us for the entire episode. We go through 20 rapid-fire questions (33:00-38:00) and he sings the Yale fight song (1:00). Plus, Bird and Berbs talk about the star of Royals training camp, Russian-born D Ilya Nekolenko.
    48 min
  • Chris McCarthy - Oct. 5, 2018
    Training Camp is here, which means Equipment Manager Jason "J Bird" MacDonald and Athletic Trainer Sean "Berbs" Berberich already have new stories. Bird's wife the "Koala Bear" saves the couple's first child (4:40) in the opening segment. In a laugh-out-loud interview with forward Chris McCarthy, we explore how he has survived living with Steven Swavely (18:30-44:00). In "Life on the Road," we also explore how the gang overcame potential "staff" trauma in Boise, ID, home of the Steelheads (8:00-17:00).
    41 min

About Roaring 20's Podcast

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20 seasons of Reading Royals hockey. This podcast tells the story of the people and places that have shaped hockey in downtown Reading.