NHL Hockey on Rogers' Elliotte Friedman (1/20/26)

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Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer 17 min 3 speakers 4 chapters transcribed 1 month ago

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Bob Stauffer 0:00

Hey, it's Bob Stauffer. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Oilers Now ad-free on Amazon Music, included with Prime. Stopper joining you in ice district at Rogers Place. It is an Oilers game night and this is Oilers Now presented by World Spas. Jam-packed show coming up in less than one minute's time. Elliott Friedman for Abe's Door Service. We'll have a sit-down conversation with Evans Oilers head coach Chris Knobloch. We'll hear from longtime New Jersey Devils broadcaster, multiple-time Stanley Cup champion, and former Southside Athletic Club star Ken Bookham Danico. At 5.05 today... The former general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the number one overall pick, 1983 NHL injury draft, Brian Lawton.

Bob Stauffer 0:45

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Bob Stauffer 1:25

I'm not sure. But we welcome Elliot.

Elliotte Friedman 1:28

I'm sure it was Ron McClain. Like, I'm very sure of that.

Bob Stauffer 1:32

Well, did he ring the bell or wave the flag or whatever that you had going on at the Moncton Wildcats game?

Elliotte Friedman 1:38

He did everything else. He didn't do that. I did that. And my buddy said I could have looked less angry, but Ron did everything else.

Bob Stauffer 1:49

Yes, more than one or two pundits reached out to me with your incredible display of masculinity.

Elliotte Friedman 1:59

Yes, toxic masculinity, toxic masculinity, yes.

Bob Stauffer 2:03

You might have failed the toxicology report. Moncton, I don't know if you saw the conclusion of the Memorial Cup last year when they got knocked out, but Robert Irving went on the ice as owner and hugged every single player on that team. Gardner McDougall, as you know, one of the best amateur coaches in this case. He's now compensated. He's a pro coach at Moncton, and I might argue that he was a pro coach at New Brunswick, but he's had the, you know, Claire Drake had the greatest run from the late 50s until the late 80s. And Gardner McDougal in the 2000s has had the greatest run of any youth sports coach. It must have been a great time being there, Elliot.

Elliotte Friedman 2:49

It was. You know, it's interesting. You know, I talked a little bit about it. The banquet, the women's team from Moncton in Canadian University of Sports, they were there. And there was actually a guy, like in the banquet, you're encouraged to wear a hockey jersey. That's the attire. Nobody's expected to wear a tie. You're supposed to wear a hockey jersey. And at the table I was sitting at, there was a guy who was walking by, Bob, in a University of Toronto hockey jersey. And I talked about how I covered the... Well, then it was the CIAU. I remember I covered the one when Lethbridge won with Mike Babcock coaching them in Toronto. And I also covered one where Acadia won the championship beating U of T 12-1 in the final.

Elliotte Friedman 3:40

And what I remember was there were other teams from Atlantic Canada cheering for Acadia there. And I kind of was told that didn't happen. The rivalry is so strong. And then I said, how come you're cheering for Acadia against Toronto? And because the local the fan said, as much as we hate Acadia, we hate Toronto more. So I said that was a pretty brave guy there. But it was it was. It was a great event. It was Canmore last year. It was phenomenal. People ask me to compare. I can't compare them. The studio people didn't go to them for a while. We've now gone to the last three, Victoria, Canmore, and now Moncton. And they're incredible. The people are great. They love hockey. They're so gracious. They're so great to deal with.

Elliotte Friedman 4:20

They roll out the red carpet for us, well, particularly Ron.