EP 101 - Ovechkin 800! NHL + Bettman 30 years!

Kool Button Hockey Podcast

English - December 14, 2022 17:50 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MB
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Previous Episode: EP 100 - Expect the Unexpected + New Playoffs Teams!

Next Episode: EP 102 - World Juniors, Bedard + Honest Makar

Welcome to our 101st edition of the pod where we start and go heavy on the hockey history made Tuesday! Mr. Hockey, The Great One, and now, The Great Eight has joined the exclusive 800-goal club!

Doing the math passing Howe + Gretzky (1:01)A great era of hockey Crosby + Ovechkin(4:29)Unbreakable records (7:44)When did we start to love Ovi? (12:00)

Our Sports Interaction (14:59) features our inside look at the NHL Wednesday Calgary vs Vancouver/Ottawa vs Montreal and Thursday a look at Ovechkin's next chance to pass Howe.

In the 2nd half of the pod we take a look at the NHL BOG meetings this week (16:34) and talk about how the game of hockey changed when the NHL hired Gary Bettman on Dec. 11, 1992.

a deeper dive into the economics of the league and where the game and franchise values are at thanks to the Commissioner and the last 30 years (27:37).

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