The Pomp and Joe Show 2-12-2026
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
Oh man, Team Canada walking into the building this morning. I don't think I'd want to be playing them today, boys. We got Tyler Kennedy, a Stanley Cup champion. We have Bob Pompiani, a member of the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame, along with Ron Cook. And we have little old me. I'm a nobody. Plus we have Austin City Limits Bechtold to my left in a beautiful Penguins jacket. Look at him. You like that logo, Tyler? That's your era. That's the old school.
Yeah, I love that era. You know what? You've got the same thing on today. No, no, that's different. That's the newer one. Oh, you're right.
This is the Robo Penguin from the 90s.
At Mario's Fantasy Camp, that was his theme last year, the Robo logos.
The Robo logo.
You know, the black jersey like that is so awesome. I love that.
Well, what's your favorite Penguin jersey of all time? Mine's the powder blue. Anything powder blue is awesome. Right? The ones you wore at the Winter Classic. Yes. Bob, you agree with that?
I love them all, actually. Their powder blue is unique, and I think they should do it every now and then just because.
Tyler, your favorite Penguin uniform to wear was what?
Hmm. I actually like the powder blue. I always played pretty well in the powder blue, but I still nothing better than a white penguin Jersey. I think that looks good.
Would you sometimes sit in the locker room and put that Jersey on and say, I can't believe that this is my life. No.
No. No, you worked hard for it. You know, not that like you took it for granted, but I would never sit there. Like the work that you put in to get there and putting it on, it means a lot. But sitting in the locker room, like you got to have a mindset that you deserve to be there, that you belong there. If you're like the guy, like just, oh my God, I'm here. You know what I mean? You might have the wrong mindset going up and playing. Like when you get called up, you got to go up there with a swagger, a cockiness to you that, hey, I should have been here. I belong here. I need the puck.
That's like when Bob got called up to KDKA TV. No.
What are the favorite Penguin jerseys of the guests?
Right, Bob? Yeah, no, that was exciting. Where were you before that? I put a lot of time in nowhere. I got hired right out of the internships I did at KDKA. Look at this girl. But I made sure I showed them that – I could do it. But I'm sure you had the first time up. It's special. You remember?
Oh, yeah. You still, like, I remember during the national anthem, I was like, what am I doing here? You know, like, you still get that, like, what am I doing?
Imposter syndrome.
I have that every day. Yeah. You need to have a confidence about you when you come up. You need to have that confidence. I really do think guys that come up and are a little cocky, they need to be because, again, it's going up to the best league in the world, and you've got to be able to make plays.
How about Avery Hayes? Talk about getting called up and right off the bat.
That was incredible.
He goes back to Wilkes-Barre, scores a hat-trick the very next day.
Yeah, they say he's got a little Brian Russ into him, right? A little motor. A little Max Talbot, too. Yeah, he's feisty. When you look at the farm team, when you look at the team we have up top, we have so many good prospects that can maybe turn into a Gensel, Russ, like an Avery, a Kindle, all those guys. I'm very happy with what Kyle Dubas has done the last two years. with just getting that prospect pool, good players. So when the page does churn, they still have a really good team.
No doubt. The sight of that speaking to really good teams, that Canadian team walking into the building this morning, Crosby first they showed, then McDavid, then Marchand.
I mean, it's just ridiculous. Crosby's on a third line. That tells you how good that roster is.
So how many Stanley Cups do you think the Team USA has and how many Stanley Cup does Team Canada have?
Do you have the answer? Yeah. Bob, you want to guess? Wrong.
I'm going to say, but I got to look at the whole lineup just to remember who's on other than the Stars.
I'll say 27 for Canada and 11 for the U.S.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–2:11
2
What are the favorite Penguin jerseys of the guests?
2:11–5:21
3
How do players manage pressure in high-stakes games?
5:21–16:10
4
What impact does the Olympic hockey experience have on players?
16:10–1:12:39
5
What unique video games do the hosts reminisce about?
1:12:39–1:14:27
6
How do the hosts feel about video game addiction?
1:14:27–1:15:55
7
What are the key points about the Pittsburgh Pirates rotation?
1:15:55–1:16:51
8
What are the Steelers' upcoming opponents and challenges?
1:16:51–2:36:05
Speakers
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