The Broadway Hat: A New York Rangers Podcast

On the 41st Anniversary of the Miracle on Ice we are joined by Olympic hero, Rob McClanahan. We talk to Rob about his entire hockey career. We dive into stories about the 1980 Olympics team. We talk about him scoring the game winning goal in the gold medal game. Compare what is accurate from the Walt Disney Film Miracle to what really happened. Get the full story behind the famous locker room fight with Coach Herb Brooks during the Olympics and how it was an even bigger fight then Disney portrayed in the movie. We talk about his NHL career, his time with the Rangers and also about his coaching career at The Blake School.

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The NHL is now under a Covid lockdown. Following a week of team shutdowns, the league is now instituting a league-wide shutdown from December 22nd to 26th. The Rangers currently only have one positive case so hopefully, it ends there, and the shutdown with help the rest of the league get their positives under control. We are joined this week by former New York Ranger and German hockey legend John Tripp. John had quite the journey to the NHL, grinding it out for six and half years in the minors before making his NHL debut with the Rangers. After 7 professional seasons in North America, including 43 NHL games, John left to play in Germany. Tripp would become a German hockey legend, playing 12 seasons in the German leagues, he represented Germany in over 110 international games, including 6 World Championships and the 2010 Olympics. John had an incredible career and tells some great stories from his long 19-year professional career.

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The Rangers are now eliminated from playoff contention after getting embarrassed in a two game series with the Islanders. We have an unbelievable guest this week. One of the biggest names in hockey media and a Stanley Cup Champion with the 1994 New York Rangers Nick Kypreos. Nick shares some unbelievable stories from his NHL career and if you are a Rangers fan you don't want to miss his stories about the 1994 team.

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Lots of New York Rangers action this last week! Barclay Goodrow is officially a Ranger for 6 years, Pavel Buchnevich was traded to St Louis for Sammy Blais and a draft pick, Tony DeAngelo was officially bought out, Colin Blackwell was taken by Seattle in the Expansion Draft and the Rangers drafted 8 new prospects at the NHL Entry Draft. The Jack Eichel rumors continue and new rumors surrounding Ryan Strome are picking up. We have two awesome guests again this week. Our first guest is the voice of the Tampa Bay Lightning Dave Randorf. Dave talks about the Rangers acquisition of Barclay Goodrow and he shares his thoughts on why Rangers fans will love him. With the sports worlds attention now shifted to the Tokyo Olympics our second guest is 2018 US Hockey Olympian and former New York Rangers player Chad Kolarik. Chad talked about his playing days at Michigan, the grind of the AHL, playing in the NHL, his experience with the Rangers organization, playing overseas and of course his Olympic experience.

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This week we take a look at the Ranges opening series against the Islanders where we saw two vastly different performances from the Rangers. Then we sit down with former NY Ranger Jason Ward. We talk to Jason about being taken 11th overall in the 1997 entry draft, his time playing with the Rangers, and he shares some good stories playing for fiery John Tortorella.

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