The Block Party

On this week's Block Party Seth Kushner talks with Kenny Albert from NBC Sports about how national announcers aren't rooting against the Lightning, playing club hockey against Lightning Coach Jon Cooper, his days as a roommate with Islanders Coach Barry Trotz, playing ping pong against John Smoltz and Matt Leinart, calling football games for his daughter's high school during the pandemic and his days as the Baltimore Skipjacks announcers.

On this week’s Block Party Seth Kushner talks with Tampa Bay Lightning Anthem Singer Sonya Bryson-Kirksey about hanging with Rob Gronkowski, her moment with Nikita Kucherov at the Stanley Cup Celebration, the first night she sang at AMALIE Arena, her reaction when she found out she is getting a Stanley Cup ring, her new reading project and her new t-shirt that benefits Multiple Sclerosis research.

On this week’s Block Party Seth Kushner is joined by former Lightning forward Chris Dingman to discuss his 30 games with the Hurricanes, how he upset Rod Brind'Amour in the weight room, playing drums for Garth Brooks, his plea for someone to invite him to Tampa so he can leave the Canadian lockdown and we learn that his neighbors threatened to sue him because the ice rink he built his kids had a leak.

On this week's Block Party Seth Kushner is joined by Tampa Bay Lightning Forward Daniel Walcott who was part of history when he started on line comprised of all Black players. They discuss doing lunges on a private bus when he got called up, his business EightFive LLC which does it all, who would play him in the hockey version of Cool Runnings, how he found he would be making his debut, if he ever got jealous of guys called up before him and his dad's prediction that he would be part of an all black line.

On this week's Block Party Seth Kushner is joined by Hall of Famer Phil Esposito to discuss cap circumvention, how the NHL lied to him when bringing the Panthers into the league, feeling a part of the team after getting his Stanley Cup ring, Connor McDavid and what Brayden Point does that's like him, and the first time he heard his radio partner Dave Mishkin make his signature goal call.

On this week's Block Party Seth Kushner is joined by former Lightning forward Brian Boyle to discuss what he is up to and the fact that he is NOT retired, what he said to Mikhail Sergachev and their fight last year, if the Panthers and Bolts are a rivalry, Game of Thrones, how upset he is at those who say the Lightning's Stanley Cup victory wasn't legit and how fan bases around the NHL lifted him up during his cancer battle.

On this week's Block Party Seth Kushner is joined by former Lightning forward Brantt Myhres to discuss his being drafted by the Bolts in 1992, how he was enamored with the pick of Brent Gretzky in the 2nd round, his friendship with Joe Manganiello, getting suspended multiple times by the NHL, doing cocaine after games until early in the morning, the night he hit rock bottom at his sister's house, his struggle to stay sober daily and getting hired by the Los Angeles Kings in 2015.

On this week's Block Party Seth Kushner is joined by Chris Poitras from Jostens to talk about the Tampa Bay Lightning's Stanley Cup Rings including how the process works to get the Lightning to partner with Jostens and how they creates styles for the remaining 4 teams in the playoffs, who was in the initial meetings about the rings, the fact that one player had difficulties opening the box, what is available in the fans collection and how Jeff and Penny Vinik wanted to set a standard with this ring.

On this week's Block Party Seth Kushner is joined by former Lightning forward Ryan Callahan to talk about the call he got from Steven Stamkos and others on the night they won the Stanley Cup, when he knew Stamkos was suiting up in the Stanley Cup Final, the injury prone label fans put on players, what the Ryan Callahan Foundation has going on now, watching his old number 24 being worn by Zach Bogosian in the playoffs and the most overrated stats and how analytics pushed him out of the game.

On this week's Block Party Seth Kushner is joined by former Lightning forward Ryan Malone to discuss the Barry Melrose era, losing 30k in a card game to Teddy Purcell, getting kicked off stage at a Bush concert and hanging out at a private Kid Rock Show, going to the Hall of Fame for Marty St. Louis, taking Steven Stamkos under his wing, why he isn't involved with his son's youth hockey team and his new career - a firefighter.