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Ottawa Senators post-game audio

Ezra Ginsburg — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:54:41 +0000

Listen to the post game thoughts from the following:

NHL lockout audio

David Minuk — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:59:35 +0000

While the US born players appear to be enjoying their post US Thanksgiving, a number of guys still made it down to the rink for a skate this morning.

Jets: Andrew Ladd, Olli Jokinen, Bryan Little.

NHL: Ryan Reaves (Blues), Ryan Garbutt (Stars), James Reimer (Leafs)

Here is the audio from the Jets captain and Blues forward Ryan Reaves.

Andrew Ladd - Talks about Hamrlik and Neuvirth comments. Cancellation of more games. Thoughts on Decertification, including this comment “Realize its one of our options and to be honest with you, I think it would be a good one for us!”. Biggest priorities for players.

Ryan Reaves - Discusses comments from Hamrlik. Any acrimony on the NHLPA calls? Thoughts on game cancellations. On how he stays optimistic.

Sharks game day post-practice audio

David Minuk — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:03:45 +0000

Toronto Maple Leafs post-game audio

Michael Remis — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:08:47 +0000

James Reimer

Luke Schenn

Ron Wilson

Los Angeles Kings post-game audio

Ezra Ginsburg — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:13:18 +0000

Coach Sutter

Jack Johnson

Pittsburgh Penguins post-game audio

Ezra Ginsburg — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:05:01 +0000

The Penguins took over the game in the 3rd period. It began as a 1-1 game to start the period but the Penguins scored 3 goals in 4 minutes and 32 seconds.

Penguins game day post-practice audio

David Minuk — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:00:04 +0000

The Penguins had an active practice today. The arrived in Winnipeg last night and took in the Jets/Habs game.

Montreal Canadiens post-game audio

Ezra Ginsburg — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:31:02 +0000

Carey Price

Tomas Plekanec

Randy Cunneyworth

Montreal Canadiens game day audio

David Minuk — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:44:31 +0000

Michael Cammalleri – Coach talk a distraction to team? Type of coach Cunneyworth is? Asked about first goal scored in MTS Centre. Keys to tonight. Importance of first goal. What is wrong with the Habs?

P.K.Subban – Trying to do too much. Accountability. Making mistakes. Mood in the room. Coach have authority? Sticking to game plan. Pressure on team. Playing in front of the MTS Centre crowd.

Travis Moen – Keys to beating the Jets. Team frustration. Importance of win. Impact of loss to Hawks. Team leaders stepping up. Accountability. Team focus. System changes.

Coach Cunneyworth – Welcome to Winnipeg. Importance of tonight’s game. Touches on loss to Hawks. Taking anything from the Home Opener? Close to having everyone on board? Players being accountable. Asked about coaching controversy. Who he leans on. Fun of being a head coach.

New York Islanders post-game audio

Ezra Ginsburg — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:49:43 +0000

Listen to the post game thoughts from the following:

Michael Grabner

Travis Hamonic

Jack Capuano

Teemu Selanne post-game press conference

David Minuk — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:45:11 +0000

The Teemu love fest didn’t end. Not by a long shot. One of the most beloved formerJets 1.0 players gave the media and fans a little more of himself following his team’s 5-3 loss to the Jets.

Teemu Selanne post-game press conference

Anaheim Ducks post-game audio

David Minuk — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:04:21 +0000

It was a Teemu Selanne love fest. Even though they lost, the guys wanted to talk Teemu. We will gave the Teemu press conference up soon.

Washington Capitals post-game audio

Ezra Ginsburg — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:01:50 +0000

Washington Capitals post-practice game day audio

David Minuk — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:48:03 +0000

Alexander Ovechkin - Impact of Dale Hunter on team. How he is playing under the new system. Frustration with his game. Talks about first two games against Winnipeg, mentions Pavelec’s success. Atmosphere at MTS Centre.

Nicklas Backstrom – Difference in Caps team under new coach. Difficulty in learning new system? .

Jeff Halpern – Speaking about playing other southeast division teams and difference in coming to Winnipeg. MTS environment. Speaks about Jets and Winnipeg. Keys to solving Jets team. Changes in Washington systems.

Cody Eakin - Playing in his 1st season. Transition to new coach. Playing in front of hometown fans. Who to lean on.

Coach Hunter – Transition to head coach. What he likes about his team. Top 3. Scouting report on Jets. Being back in Washington, leading the team. Trying to turn the team around. Caps goaltending. Winnipeg fans.

Update: We also have post-game audio from Neuvirth, Ovechkin, Eakin and coach Hunter.

Minnesota Wild post-game audio

Ezra Ginsburg — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:03:04 +0000

Guillaume Latendresse – Scoring a goal. Playing in 1st game back since concussion.

Cal Clutterbuck – Thoughts on the game. Playing through injuries. Talking about the Bogosian hit. Wild turnovers. MTS atmosphere.

Coach Mike Yeo – Talking about hit. Game summary. Soft plays with puck. Maintaining focus. Thoughts on Latendresse play. MTS Centre atmosphere. Setting tone for good rivalry. Preparing for Chicago.

Minnesota Wild post-practice audio

David Minuk — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:18:57 +0000

Mikko Koivu – How the Wild have had success. What Mike Yeo has brought to the table. Close-knit team? What Dany Heatley brings to the squad. What Antti Miettinen will bring to the Jets. What the guys know about the Jets team. Talks about MTS Centre.

Dany Heatley - What has led the Wild to being so successful. What the Wild are like. Developed chemistry quickly.

Carolina Hurricanes post-game audio

David Minuk — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:50:49 +0000

Brandon Sutter

Jaroslav Spacek

Coach Kirk Muller

Boston Bruins post-game audio

Ezra Ginsburg — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:04:14 +0000

Radio Recap: Interview with Andrew Gross

Michael Remis — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:03:26 +0000

Yesterday on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show we had Andrew Gross (Twitter: @AGrossRecord) of The Bergen Record on to talk about the latest news regarding the New York Rangers. For more of Andrew’s writings about the Rangers, you can see his blog Ranger Rants.

Here is some of the insight Andrew was able to give us on the Rangers.

Andrew on Brad Richards’ decision to come to New York:

“He talked a lot about wanting to come back East when it was said and done. He talked a lot on his conference call about his grandfather who lives in PEI and stays up and watches the game, and talks about how tough the games out West were on his grandfather. The fact that his parents were able to fly out to New York When he was introduced the other week…All those little things just added up for Brad.

Read more quotes from Andrew Gross after the jump.

“You can’t over emphasize the previous relationship with John Tortorella. It turns out, since John Tortorella was hired here in Feb ’09, he’s been talking Glen Sathers’ ear off on what a perfect fit Brad Richards would be. Glen was not all that familiar with Brad Richards the person, they hadn’t interacted prior to these negotiations. Glen said because of Torts talking about Brad all the time, he felt like he knew this guy already. That was a huge factor as well”

On the contract situation of Ryan Callahan and Brandon Dubinsky

“They have arbitration dates, they’d like to get it done before arbitration, I still think it will get done. Dubinsky was in New York today; the Rangers are running a summer youth hockey camp, Dubinsky was the guest today, he said some very flattering things about the Rangers organization. There doesn’t seem to be any animosity certainly on Dubinsky’s part, that he went through two years ago when he was a training camp holdout. Setting up these arbitration hearings guarantees one way or another that these players will be in camp, this is going to e settled by the end of the month, it’s just reaching a fair number.”

“Cali and Dubi are reaching between $4 and $4.5 million, and that’s fair market value. It’s a matter of Glen and his team of capologists, making sure they can fit everything together. From everything I’ve been told, they haven’t settled on a price, there’s no animosity, things are progressing.

To listen to the full interview with Andrew Gross, download Part 1 of the Illegal Curve Hockey Show and skip to 25:23. iTunes users can subscribe to the podcast here. Non-iTunes users can subscribe via RSS.

The next episode of the Illegal Curve Hockey Show will air LIVE on Sports Radio 1290 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on Monday July 18, 2011 from 6pm-8pm CST.

Part 1 of the Illegal Curve Hockey Show – July 13, 2011

Interview with Ron Hextall

Michael Remis — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:38:01 +0000

Illegal Curve ran into Los Angeles Kings Assistant GM Ron Hextall at the NHL Entry draft, and had the opportunity to ask him about LA’s recent trade to acquire Mike Richards.

IC: How did the trade to acquire come about to acquire Mike Richards?

Ron Hextall: Well, obviously our GM Dean Lombardi, talkin to Paul Holmgren, we both had needs, and they needed some cap space and quite frankly we want to move forward as an organization and take a big step. Richie (Mike Richards) obviously, we knew him well from my time in Philadelphia, and we love the player and he brings a culture that we covet, and the fit for us was really good. We gave up alot, but they needed cap space and we needed a good player so it worked for both sides, I think both sides did well.

Read the full interview after the jump

IC: Who is Los Angeles targeting in the 2nd round?

Ron Hextall: We don’t pick until the 2nd round but its hard to say will we move up, I have absolutely no idea if its a possibility, its probably slight, but we pick 49th so we think we’re going to get a good player there, at that point there is too much guessing but its difficult to pinpoint one player.

IC: Can you share with us your favourite memory of playing in Winnipeg?

Ron Hextall: I had some good games against the Jets there, but no playoff games. The biggest thing for me was when I was 15 years old, our midget team beat St. James Canadians to represent Manitoba in the Air Canada Cup, that was in Winnipeg, we were heavy underdogs.

When I think of Winnipeg it was a good organization, Dale Hawerchuk comes to mind, having an NHL team in Winnipeg, I was so excited when I heard the news, the people deserve it and the province deserves it.