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On this edition of the Hockey Talk Podcast, Matthew Harding is joined by ECHL Commissioner Ryan Crelin. They discuss the delayed start to the 2020-21 season, Everett Fitzhugh‘s promotion to NHL’s Seattle Kraken, as well as update the situation prospective franchises in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec and Coralville, Iowa. Source

Our guest on this episode is someone who has worked through the minor league hockey chain to a prominent position with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. In his current position as the Director of Salary Cap Management and Assistant to the President of Hockey Operations for the Edmonton Oilers, Bill Scott handles everything from player contracts to affiliations. Source

On this edition of the Hockey Talk Podcast, The Sin Bin’s Matthew Harding is joined by Sportscenter host and the voice of the NCAA’s Frozen Four hockey tournament, John Buccigross. Photo Courtesy: ESPN Media Zone Buccigross joined the ESPN as an ESPNEWS anchor in 1996, prior to the launch of the 24-hour sports news network. He was the primary host of NHL 2Night, ESPN2’s 30-minute program dedicated... Source

On this episode of the Hockey Talk Podcast, The Sin Bin’s Cameron Turner interviews former Olympian and AHL veteran Jon Blum! Jon speaks on… Growing up playing roller hockey Small amount of youth on-ice competition in California Having been recruited by the WHL at age 13 As a teen, losing a sibling and having a family cancer diagnosis Being the first California native to get picked in the first... Source

On this edition of the Hockey Talk Podcast, The Sin Bin’s Matthew Harding is joined by NHL great and Vice President of Operations for the Maine Mariners, Daniel Briere. Image Courtesy: Sons of Penn Briere played parts of 17 National Hockey League seasons, more than 900 games, with five different franchises. In his career, he scored 696 points (307G, 389A), survived two lockouts... Source

On this edition of the Hockey Talk Podcast, The Sin Bin’s Matthew Harding and the host of ECHL Week, Barry Schickling, are joined by former NHL forward Paul Bissonnette. The interview covers the ECHL/PHPA COVID-19 Relief Fund and other topics, including: How the fundraiser came to be? Why Bissonnette reflects on his time in the ECHL and Wheeling so fondly The days he received his first call up to... Source

WICHITA, Kan. – The 2020 Kelly Cup Playoffs were supposed to be underway, that is until the Coronavirus pandemic shut everything down less than a month ago. On this edition of the Hockey Talk Podcast, Matthew Harding chats with ECHL Commissioner Ryan Crelin about what went into canceling the rest of the 2019-20 season, how COVID-19 could impact the league moving forward, a fund that’s been set up... Source

WICHITA, Kan. – Welcome to the Thunder Audio Vault! Over the next few weeks, we will take a look back at some of the best moments from the last three years of Wichita Thunder hockey. The Wichita Thunder were off to a great start during the 2017-18 season but were missing one key piece to a possible championship puzzle…an elite goal scorer. That all changed on November 12, 2017... Source

On this episode of the Hockey Talk Podcast, Colorado Eagles play-by-play broadcaster Kevin McGlue joins The Sin Bin’s C.C. Hawkley for a special stay-at-home edition of the program! The two covered topics both on and off the ice, including… How the Eagles are engaging the fans during the COVID-19 pandemic What Kevin himself is doing to stay busy at home How the week looked for Colorado when the... Source

WICHITA, Kan. – Welcome to the Thunder Audio Vault! Over the next five weeks, we will take a look back at some of the best moments from the last three years of Wichita Thunder hockey. Our first game is also a first for the Wichita Thunder. On April 18, 2018, the Thunder ended a 1,798-day streak between playoff games, by hosting the Colorado Eagles in game one of the ECHL’s Mountain Division... Source

With the 2019-20 American Hockey League season put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic, Toronto Marlies beat writer Zack Power reached out to The Sin Bin’s AHL Editor C.C. Hawkley to pick his brain about certain AHL topics regarding the stoppage. In his brief interview, Zack asked C.C. about… Impact on both the players and financially for teams How the pause may affect players this season or the next... Source

WICHITA, Kan. – The Rapid City Rush were 23-29-8 at last year’s trade deadline and were looking to amass assets for 2019-20. Defenseman Riley Weselowski had been a mainstay with the Rush organization, dating back to the team’s championship season in the Central Hockey League. As a part of 14 total trades last #ECHLDeadlineDay, Weselowski was shipped from Rapid City to Florida for forwards Jack... Source

On this edition of the Hockey Talk Podcast, The Sin Bin’s Matthew Harding catches up with the ECHL Commissioner, Ryan Crelin, at the 2020 ECHL All-Star Classic in Wichita, Kansas. The two discuss a wide variety of topics, including: The viability of the ECHL All-Star Classic Inclusion of women in the 2020 ECHL All-Star Classic and will we see it going forward Should the All-Star Classic be seen as... Source