On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by Tampa Bay Lightning Vice President and General Manager to discuss the past season, how they plan and prepare for the off-season and next year, his path from lawyer to hockey General Manager and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf is joined by former Lightning forward Ryan Malone to discuss his altercation with Paul Bissonnette, rooming with Andre Roy in Pittsburgh, growing up at the Penguins rink where his dad worked, watching Marty St. Louis practice, playing in the Olympics and so much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by TNT Hockey Analyst Darren Pang to discuss this Lightning-Maple Leafs series, playing goalie in the NHL at 5'5", how he threw up before every game he played, calling Olympic games, growing up with former Lightning GM Steve Yzerman, close calls on the bench and Pangerisms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn were live at the Lightning Playoff Pep Rally at Sparkman Wharf with former Lightning Captain Dave Andreychuk to discuss his playing days in Tampa Bay, winning the 2004 Stanley Cup, looking ahead to the playoffs which begin this week and they take questions from the audience. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by former Lightning forward Brian Boyle to discuss his time in Tampa Bay, his leukemia diagnosis in 2017, transitioning from a player to alumni, what happened with Justin Abdelkader in the 2015 playoffs, scoring against the Lightning in his return after a year off and a great Vinny Prospal-John Tortorella story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf is joined by former Lightning players Andre Roy and Brad Lukowich to discuss coming back to Tampa for Alumni Weekend, what happened when Andre could skate at the Reunion Cup, how they could have formed a band together, proposing with the Stanley Cup, Marty St. Louis as a coach, a hilarious story about Vinny Lecavalier wrecking a car and starting a line brawl during a hockey shootout. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by former Lightning forward Ryan Callahan to discuss reuniting with former teammates at Alumni Weekend, working for ESPN, being traded to Tampa and what surprised him about the area, the 2015 Stanley Cup Final run, his upcoming Foundation event and what really happened when Brad Marchand licked him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf is joined by former Lightning players Ben Bishop and Teddy Purcell on Alumni Weekend to discuss what they are up to now, how hockey has evolved, what Ben saw in Andrei Vasilevskiy at an early age, how Teddy isn't the best athlete in his house, their favorite moments in Tampa Bay and how they used to prank Marty St. Louis on the road. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by new Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mike Eyssimont to discuss his trade to the Bolts and where he was when he found out, his style of play, tattoos, his battle with Crohn's Disease and introducing himself to Brayden Point months after getting into a fight on the ice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by new Lightning foward Tanner Jeannot to discuss his trade to Tampa Bay, growing up in Saskatchewan, his physical play, who he models his game after, playing with Braydon Point in Juniors and flying with the Royal Canadian Snowbirds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by Tampa Bay Lightning Founder Phil Esposito as he's been selected as part of the Lightning Hall of Fame's Inaugural Class. They discuss when he had the idea to start an NHL expansion franchise, why he chose Tampa, getting the investors to make it happen, other stories from the last 30 years, how he treated players as a GM and owner, how the game of hockey has changed over the last 50 years and his thoughts on guys like Vinny Le...
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by former Lightning forward Vinny Prospal to discuss his career and playing for so many teams, being on a line with Vinny LeCavalier and Marty St. Louis, practice celebrations, best advice he got from a coach, getting into coaching himself and why he's has settled down in Tampa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by Bally Sports Sun's Paul Kennedy to discuss his journey to Tampa Bay and the Lightning broadcasts, if he ever gets nervous, broadcasting gaffes on-air, his most awkward interview, pronouncing players names, favorite places to travel on the job and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brayden Point to discuss his love of Crocs and Subway sandwiches, scoring a shootout goal before his first NHL goal, his struggle with time, how he used to get undressed from his suit on gamedays, his stick blade, speaking to Pat Maroon's hockey team on a recent visit to St. Louis and his Dad as his coach as a youth player. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by Tampa Bay Lightning Goalie Brian Elliott to discuss how he got started as a goalie, designing goalie masks, how his nickname took off in St. Louis, gameday routine, why he uses a hula-hoop when warming up, how he tries to keep guys loose on the bench and the mental part of being a backup goalie in the NHL. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by former Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Luke Schenn on why he became a defenseman when his brother is a forward, best advice from his Dad who was a coach, impact on his family of playing for so many teams, being sent to the minors at age 29, his time with the Tampa Bay Lightning and how he's never ordered room service while on the road. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by Tampa Bay Lightning forward Alex Killorn to talk about his path to the NHL from Harvard to the Lightning, his love of Tampa, getting to know other Tampa Bay athletes, his key to longevity and not missing many games, the time Braydon Coburn got his by a golf ball on the course and how Dock Talk started and could it come back? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by former Lightning forward Yanni Gourde to discuss his journey to the NHL, his adjustment to Seattle and being a leader there, his dislike for the Panthers, his defining moments in Tampa, his wife's entertaining videos she sent in the Bubble and how listening to the Block Party Podcast got his game on track this season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by Tampa Bay Lightning's Director of High Performance and Strength Coach Mark Lambert to discuss how he got his start in training, what he looks for in scouting prospects, how he develops training regimens for the players and which Lightning players are most like the guys you see in the gym during your workouts and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by Lightning Video Coach Nigel Kirwan to discuss coaching his 2,000th game, how he got started in hockey and how is has been with the organization for the entire 30 years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Greg Wolf and Braydon Coburn are joined by Lightning forward Nick Paul to discuss his trade to Tampa Bay last year, why he decided to sign a long-term deal here, The Bolts Beginning video of where he grew up including hsi dad turning their backyard into a hockey rink every winter and the incredible prank pulled on Nick in the Bubble that he just found out was masterminded by Braydon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
On this week's Block Party we say goodbye to Seth Kushner who is moving to Los Angeles for his dream job and we welcome new co-host Greg Wolf to continue on with Braydon Coburn. Greg, Cobie and Seth discuss the first 100+ episodes of the Block Party and some of his favorite memories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Seth Kushner and Braydon Coburn are joined by new Lightning forward Rudy Balcers to discuss coming to Tampa Bay, how he got his start in hockey growing up in Latvia, what to expect from his game, just how good Nick Paul is, how his injury rehab is going and the craziest teammate he's had. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Seth Kushner is joined by VSG Productions Emmy Award winning videographers Gabe Marte and Mikey O'Halloran to discuss the Lightning show Recharge and how it came into existence, what it's like chronicling the team in the golden era of the franchise and some stories from the Locker Room and Stanley Cup celebrations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Seth Kushner and Braydon Coburn are joined by Lightning rookie forward Cole Koepke to discuss his strange first goal that he didn't see go in the net, growing up in Minnesota playing hockey, how he found out he made the Lightning this year, which veterans have taken him under their wing, what it's like playing with Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman and more, plus how he is running an Uber service for guys on the team. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
On this week's Block Party, Seth Kushner and Braydon Coburn are joined by Lightning rookie defenseman Nick Perbix to discuss scoring his first NHL goal and how his Mom embarrassed him, his mindset coming into Training Camp, what he did different in off-season training, how he found out he was being called up to the NHL, playing in the Olympics and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Seth Kushner and Braydon Coburn are joined by Lightning forward Brandon Hagel to discuss his nicknames, being traded to Tampa Bay, the value of what he was traded for, his journey to the NHL, not ending games in shootouts, playing with future hall of famers and being a part of the Lightning shutdown line in the playoffs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Seth Kushner and Braydon Coburn are joined by Lightning defenseman Zach Bogosian to discuss his rehab and surgeries, trash talking with Yanni Gourde, partying at the Outdoor Series game, how he signed with Tampa Bay, making people laugh and the story of how he got his 600-pound gun safe in the 2nd story of his house. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Block Party, Seth Kushner and Braydon Coburn are joined by Lightning forward Anthony Cirelli to discuss his shoulder injury and what rehab is like, how he is a picky eater, his relationship with Brayden Point, card games with the boys, boat parades and signing a new 8-year deal in Tampa Bay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
To kick off Season 4 of the Block Party Seth Kushner welcomes co-host Braydon Coburn to the show as they sit down with Lightning defensemen Mikhail Sergachev to discuss when he was traded to Tampa Bay, getting under his opponent's skin and signing his new 8-year deal with the Lightning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
