It was March 1965 when Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League, emerged from a long board meeting and announced that the NHL would double in size beginning with the 1967-68 season. Fans loyal to the “Original Six” were furious. Owners were irate. In The Great Expansion: The Ultimate Risk that Changed the NHL Forever, hockey expert Alan Bass profiles the power brokers and provides an in-depth study of the decision and its revolutionary impact on the game.
Bass, a former hockey player and freelance sports writer, relies on thorough research, interviews, and first-person accounts in order to reach into the past and uncover the mystery of a behind-closed-doors decision that seemed improbable at the time. As he profiles the powerful owners, media moguls, and die-hard sportsmen involved in the politics and backroom dealings, Bass shares a never-before-seen glimpse into how the decision forever impacted professional hockey in North America.
The Great Expansion: The Ultimate Risk that Changed the NHL Forever is not only an important documentation of Clarence Campbell’s bold move of doubling the number of NHL franchises, but also provides an unforgettable look back into the history of pro hockey in North America.
At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=694
Monday, February 20, 2012
From the Journeys into Hockey Archives: The Retuen of the Jets to Winnipeg
Recorded: September, 2011
Hockey – NHL style is back in Winnipeg, and folks there are excited about it.
In this Journey into Hockey, we speak with Jon Waldman, editor and writer from Winnipeg, about the Jets, their return to town and just what has been going on there since the announcement this summer.
We also speak with Jon about a new book all about the Jets – old and new.
At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=690
Hockey – NHL style is back in Winnipeg, and folks there are excited about it.
In this Journey into Hockey, we speak with Jon Waldman, editor and writer from Winnipeg, about the Jets, their return to town and just what has been going on there since the announcement this summer.
We also speak with Jon about a new book all about the Jets – old and new.
At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=690
On The Stanley Cup Finals in Vancouver (Before the Riots of 2011)
Taped in June 2011
It’s been a while for Vancouver.
They last won a Stanley Cup in 1915 when a team called the Millionaires of the PCHA, coached by Frank Patrick, brought home the cup after conquering over the Ottawa Senators of the NHA.
The millionaires made it back to the Finals in 1918 but then lost that year to Toronto (no nickname).
The Canucks have been in the NHL for 40 years and this is their third cup final appearance – having lost to New York teams their first two times – Islanders in 1982 and the Rangers in ’94.
We speak with Greg Douglas, a longtime fixture on the Vancouver hockey season as former PR director of Canucks.
We ask him just what it’s like to be in town these days and what it’s like for someone who has seen the town and the Canucks through thick and thin.
Editor’s Note: Taped before Game 7 and the riots.
At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=609
It’s been a while for Vancouver.
They last won a Stanley Cup in 1915 when a team called the Millionaires of the PCHA, coached by Frank Patrick, brought home the cup after conquering over the Ottawa Senators of the NHA.
The millionaires made it back to the Finals in 1918 but then lost that year to Toronto (no nickname).
The Canucks have been in the NHL for 40 years and this is their third cup final appearance – having lost to New York teams their first two times – Islanders in 1982 and the Rangers in ’94.
We speak with Greg Douglas, a longtime fixture on the Vancouver hockey season as former PR director of Canucks.
We ask him just what it’s like to be in town these days and what it’s like for someone who has seen the town and the Canucks through thick and thin.
Editor’s Note: Taped before Game 7 and the riots.
At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=609
Rod Phillips: Voice of the Oilers
In this Journey into Hockey we speak with a voice of the game, the legendary Rod Phillips, longtime voice of the Edmonton Oilers.
He broadcast his first Oilers game in 1973 when they were part of the WHA, and was there for the Wayne Gretzky and Stanley Cup yaers. He is most famous for his loud, long scream of “scoooooooooores!!!!!”, considered a classic for Oilers fans. Many fans attending games are known to bring radio sets with them to listen to his broadcasts and many people watching games on television will listen to his play-by-play commentary instead of the television’s. In 2003, Phillips received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame.
At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=600
He broadcast his first Oilers game in 1973 when they were part of the WHA, and was there for the Wayne Gretzky and Stanley Cup yaers. He is most famous for his loud, long scream of “scoooooooooores!!!!!”, considered a classic for Oilers fans. Many fans attending games are known to bring radio sets with them to listen to his broadcasts and many people watching games on television will listen to his play-by-play commentary instead of the television’s. In 2003, Phillips received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame.
At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=600
Voices of Hockey: John Kelly & Dan Kelly
In this Journey in to Hockey we speak with one of the voices of the game.
John Kelly (born 1960 in Ottawa, Ontario) is play-by-play broadcast announcer for the St. Louis Blues.
He is the son of the late Dan Kelly.
John Kelly joined his father in the broadcast booth, for a game in November 1988, as Dan Kelly announced his final game, in which the Blues defeated the Flyers for the first time in Philadelphia since January 6, 1972. Those who follow such things say that he has embraced some of the intonations of his late Dad. We talk with John Kelly about his Dad, his Dad’s legacy, as well as hockey broadcasting then and now.
At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=598
John Kelly (born 1960 in Ottawa, Ontario) is play-by-play broadcast announcer for the St. Louis Blues.
He is the son of the late Dan Kelly.
John Kelly joined his father in the broadcast booth, for a game in November 1988, as Dan Kelly announced his final game, in which the Blues defeated the Flyers for the first time in Philadelphia since January 6, 1972. Those who follow such things say that he has embraced some of the intonations of his late Dad. We talk with John Kelly about his Dad, his Dad’s legacy, as well as hockey broadcasting then and now.
At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=598
Hockey Nights in Calgary
(Taped in May, 2011)
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first of two Calgary Flames-Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Finals in the 1980′s.
Montreal won the first meeting in 1986. Calgary won one for Lanny McDonald in ’89.
To mark this era as well as the playing of the “Heritage Classic” this winter in Calgary, we had the chance to speak with former Flames start Jim Peplinski about that era and about hockey in Calgary.
http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=596
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first of two Calgary Flames-Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Finals in the 1980′s.
Montreal won the first meeting in 1986. Calgary won one for Lanny McDonald in ’89.
To mark this era as well as the playing of the “Heritage Classic” this winter in Calgary, we had the chance to speak with former Flames start Jim Peplinski about that era and about hockey in Calgary.
http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=596
The Jets Recalled as the NHL Returns to Winnipeg
As the N.H.L. version of hockey is set to return to Winnipeg, we look back at the Jets.
From Bobby Hull to Swedish imports to Avco Cups to Dale Hawerchuk to White Outs to Goals For Kids to the great farewell, there were many of important moments for the Jets – from their early WHA days until the time they left town for the Arizona desert.
Our guest is Glenn Tinley, a multi-media business person in Winnipeg and publisher of The Winnipeg Jets – A Celebration of Hockey in Winnipeg (Studio Publications).
We taped this interview on the day that the announcement was made of the transfer of the Thrashers from Atlanta, so there was plenty to talk about from the Jets of the past to feelings today and hopes for the future for the folks in Winnipeg.
At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=594
From Bobby Hull to Swedish imports to Avco Cups to Dale Hawerchuk to White Outs to Goals For Kids to the great farewell, there were many of important moments for the Jets – from their early WHA days until the time they left town for the Arizona desert.
Our guest is Glenn Tinley, a multi-media business person in Winnipeg and publisher of The Winnipeg Jets – A Celebration of Hockey in Winnipeg (Studio Publications).
We taped this interview on the day that the announcement was made of the transfer of the Thrashers from Atlanta, so there was plenty to talk about from the Jets of the past to feelings today and hopes for the future for the folks in Winnipeg.
At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=594
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