The Final Day

The HBIC Music Festival comes to a close today on this third day of looking at musicians wearing or holding hockey jerseys, and it's a day where every other league outside of the NHL gets to shine. Honestly, if I were a touring musician, I'd want more of these lesser-known teams in my closet because that's the sign of a true hockey fan. In saying that, though, these musicians seen today are doing their part in supporting the lesser-seen teams! Of course, if you know of a band or artist I've missed, please send the image(s) through to me via email! Don't forget to check out all the jerseys over at the HBIC Musicians in Jerseys database, but let's get into the final day of music fun at this summer's HBIC Music Festival!

We'll start on the international stage where we find two Canadian artists sporting the maple leaf! Simple Plan's Chuck Comeau looks like he's ready to take the ice in his Team Canada jersey, and Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida shows his support for Team Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off! Hands up for those good ol' Canadian boys!

We move to the EIHL who has a couple of acts at the festival. The Sheffield Steelers gifted Def Leppard with personalized jerseys for each band member while Rod Stewart shows his support for the Coventry Blaze! For those that are unaware, Liam Stewart, Rod's son from his marriage with model Rachel Hunter, played as a forward for the Blaze in the 2016-17 season and has represented Great Britain internationally! In that 2017 season with Coventry, Liam scored nine goals and 20 points in 49 games before moving to Guildford in 2018!

We'll move to the AHL who sent two musicians to the festival as well. Rapper Trippie Redd might be the only musician I've seen in a Bridgeport Islanders jersey while Dan Campbell of rock band The Wonder Years shows off another AHL team who no longer exists in his Philadelphia Phantoms jersey! Two former teams for one league!

We'll get to see the PWHL debut their first acts at the HBIC Music Festival as well this year! PVRIS vocalist Lynn Gunn took the stage in a Boston Fleet jersey, guitarist and keyboardist Leandra Earl of Beaches was spotted in a PWHL Toronto jersey from the Sceptres' first season, and Jonathan Cain of Journey took the stage and played the keyboard in an Emma Greco Vancouver Goldeneyes jersey!

Of course, there were some musicians sporting jerseys from CHL and USHL teams this year. Simple Plan's Chuck Comeau was on the ice in an autographed Quebec Remparts jersey while also sporting a black Quebec Remparts jersey, Shockwire wore a Peterborough Petes jersey in a video, Cape Breton's own Sunsetto took the stage in a Cape Breton Screaming Eagles jersey, Mitchell Tenpenny took the stage in a Calgary Hitmen jersey, Bailey Zimmerman was on stage in a Sioux Falls Stampede jersey, and, in one of the most awesome photos ever, Jon Bon Jovi showed his support for the Sudbury Wolves by wearing one of their jerseys! How awesome is that last image?

We have a strange jersey that was seen at the festival as guitarist Greg Leskiw of The Guess Who was on stage beside Burton Cummings in what looks like a WHA Winnipeg Jets jersey, but the WHA Jets never wore that design! Further to this, the Johnstown Jets never wore a diagonal "Jets" sweater either. I have no idea whose jersey it is, but he's wearing #25 on the back as well. If you want to take a closer look, the footage of the concert can be seen here. If you know whose jersey Leskiw is wearing, drop the info in the comments!

We have a couple of SPHL jerseys making appearances at the HBIC Music Festival this year! Journey's Jonathan Cain sported an Evansville Thunderbolts jersey on stage as he played guitar, and Bailey Zimmerman was on stage in a Huntsville Havoc "Retro Rush" jersey! That Huntsville specialty jersey is awesome!

The ECHL had one act on the HBIC Music Festival stage as Journey's Jonathan Cain was on stage wearing a Worcester Railers jersey!

The BCHL makes a rare appearance on the HBIC Music Festival stage, but Shockwire was wearing a Chilliwack Chiefs jersey in a video!

And the final act for the HBIC Music Festival takes us to the NCAA world where Jonathan Cain of Journey was on stage in a University of South Carolina Gamecocks jersey! For those unaware, the Gamecocks are the defending AAU College Hockey Division 1 Champions after being ranked fourth in the nation last season! Winning the national championship and having Journey on your side? That's a great season!

That officially clears out the folder on my desktop of all the musicians in jerseys! I'll start looking for and collecting new images once again, but that's a big job off the checklist. Again, if you want to send in a band or musician for the database, please send the image(s) through to me via email! Just be sure you check the HBIC Musicians in Jerseys database first so we're not duplicating work!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

Record-Setting Goal

The goaltender to the left may not be well-known, but that's only because he hasn't worn that jersey very often. Carter George will, one day, be a member of the Los Angeles Kings based on how well he stops pucks, but he's currently adjusting to life in Sault Ste. Marie where he's playing with th Greyhounds. The Owen Sound Attack traded him to the Soo in exchange for seven OHL Priority Selection picks two weeks ago after the World Junior Championship ended, and he it appears he's right at home in the Ontario portion of the city that straddles the St. Mary's River.

The Soo Greyhounds welcomed the London Knights to GFL Memorial Gardens this evening. Things were going according to plan as the Greyhounds had a 3-2 lead on London and they were playing solid defence in the third period as time wound down. That's when Carter George decided to jump into the action, so let's go to the video!
With London netminder Aleksei Medvedev heading to the bench at 18:29 of the third period for an extra attacker, the dump-in by the London Knights was stopped by Carter George behind the net. When he looked up, he had time and space to take the shot, and Carter George would score his first goal of the season and the Greyhounds' fourth goal at 18:33 of the third period en route to a 5-2 win!

This goal puts George into very elite company as he became the first OHL goaltender to score two goals in his junior career! Because I missed that goal, here is George's first goal when he scored with Owen Sound on November 14, 2024 against the Peterborough Petes!
Clearly, having a goalie score twice is extremely rare, but would it surprise you to learn that Carter George is the second CHL goaltender to do that? According to the history books, former netminder François Brassard was the first CHL netminder to score twice in career, accomplishing the feat with Cape Breton on December 13, 2014 and with Gatineau on February 28, 2015! Yes, you read that correctly - Brassard scored twice in the same season! Just to add a little more fun to the numbers, Brassard also scored a goal in the ECHL!

While George's second goal made him the second goaltender in CHL history to score twice, it also made him the second Soo Greyhounds goaltender to record a goal as Nolan Lalonde scored for the Greyhounds against the Flint Firebirds on January 24, 2025 as the first Soo stopper to achieve the feat. What's funny about this entire goal-scoring extravaganza is that I cannot find a list of OHL goalies who have recorded goals anywhere, and yet George was identified as the eleventh goalie to do so when he scored with Owen Sound.

That detail aside, it's still a pretty cool fact that Carter George now has two goals in his OHL career. Yes, he was the second goalie to achieve that lofty goal total, but that takes nothing away from the fact that he now shares that record. What's even more fun is that he still has time to set a new record with a third goal, so it might be a good idea to keep an eye on the Soo Greyhounds where George is now 4-0-0 since being traded and has scored a goal for his new team!

Goalie goals are awesome no matter who scores, but Carter George will always be the answer to what OHL goalie dented twine twice! And maybe he'll get one when he finally joins the LA Kings.

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

TBC: We Breed Lions

In the last few weeks, I have found myself reading more books about hockey. Part of that reason is due to the guests we're featuring on The Hockey Show, but I've been rediscovering my love of reading as I learn about different topics within the stories about hockey. I've been lucky enough, since starting Teebz's Book Club, to find books that are impossible to put down due to the writing and the topics contained within the covers. Our book today is one of those books as Teebz's Book Club is proud to review We Breed Lions written by Rick Westhead and published by Random House Canada. Westhead pulls no punches as he analyzes Canada's hockey culture and how we, as a country, act shocked when crimes happen within hockey like the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial when the warning signs have always been there. If one wants a sobering view of the game we hold so dear, Rick Westhead's newest book will deliver that in spades.

From his Penguin Random House biography, "Rick Westhead is TSN's Senior Correspondent and a two-time winner of Canadian sports writer of the year, presented by Sport Media Canada. Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression recognized him in 2023 with the Arnold Amber Award for Investigative Journalism. Westhead breaks news of consequence and has won six Canadian Screen Awards for his original features for various TSN properties. In 2025, he was recognized for his 'fearless reporting' by The Hockey News in its list of 100 People of Power and Influence in hockey. Prior to joining TSN, Westhead served as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star, where he reported on the ground in countries including Afghanistan, China, and Saudi Arabia." Rick and his family live in the GTA with his family, and plays pick-up hockey when he's not investigating a new story for TSN.

It shouldn't be surprising that We Breed Lions begins by talking about the 2018 Hockey Canada sexual assault case as Rick Westhead put in long hours uncovering and investigating claims made by both the plaintiff and the defendants. In doing so, Westhead uses the opportunity to pull back the curtain on the hockey system in Canada in the chapters following as he examines and exposes criminal behaviours and abhorrent activity at every level throughout Canada.

The staggering amount of questionable behaviour that is revealed in We Breed Lions should have every hockey parent, every league convener, every coach, every general manager, and every player asking how the game has failed so badly. The number of people in the game of hockey that Westhead interviews in the book who corroborate the allegations made should have everyone worried about the state of the game. We Breed Lions will be a "must-read" book for years to come if one hopes to see any change in the game.

The topics covered by Westhead in We Breed Lions are all problems known to hockey fans, but ones that no one brings up. He covers sexual assault, rape, hazing, bullying, the "what happens in the room stays in the room" secrecy among teams, alcohol and drug abuse, exploitation of power and intimidation, how people turn a blind eye to the listed crimes, and how teams cover up any illicit activity committed by anyone associated with the team. Westhead makes it clear this happens from the NHL level right down to minor hockey, and he speaks to many former players, coaches, and executives who make it clear that all of this is happening in hockey today.

It's not all doom and gloom in We Breed Lions, though, as Westhead brings forth examples of hockey where people are doing good. There's an excellent story about Sweden and how their hockey culture is tied closely to family. It's a chapter that gives one hope that hockey can still be good, and it's reinforced by the Alliston Hornets and their head coach Travis Chapman who are trying to teach young hockey players about overcoming weaknesses, respect, camraderie, and being a good teammate without using fear, intimindation, and shame.

Frankly, it was hard to read some passages that Westhead included in We Breed Lions, but these passages are the catalyst to changing the culture. Murray Walter, a lawyer in Swift Current, spoke to Westhead of the 1989 sexual assault allegations against Broncos' players Brian Sakic and Wade Smith. Walter told Westhead,

"Athletes were protected by community leaders because they were good hockey players, because people thought they were special. This case was amiscarriage of justice, and even today, no one has really had to stand up and be held accountable. As soon as [those] players were charged, people in our community who had influence started pulling the strings to help the players. At one point, a guidance counsellor at high school whose husband was on the board of the Broncos called this young girl into her office and tried to convince her that these [players] were nice boys who wouldn't have committed sexual assault. Imagine."

How sickening is it that a female guidance counsellor is downplaying the idea that these two players couldn't have committed sexual assault because they "were nice boys" to the victim of that sexual assault? Yet stories like this are told throughout We Breed Lions with only names and locations being changed. The protection and secrecy afforded to hockey players because they play hockey would have most FBI and CIA agents envious. And yet it happens every day.

Honestly, there are many words that I could use to describe We Breed Lions - compelling, powerful, sobering, explosive - but the one word that keeps coming to mind is "necessary". Westhead has made it clear that the crimes and repugnant behaviour in and around the game of hockey have gone on for far too long, and it's time for a major change. I suspect many still in the game will deny the reporting done by Westhead, but he brings all the receipts in his conversations with those people he interviewed, and they often reveal more than just what was asked of their observances and experiences.

I cannot say enough good things about We Breed Lions, and it really should be on everyone's bookshelf across the planet if one has any vested interest in the game of hockey. The topics that Westhead brings to light are difficult to talk about in any circumstance, but his willingness not to turn away from difficult discussions and to keep these topics in the public's eye is why he is Canada's premiere investigative journalist when it comes to hockey. I don't have enough space here to go over each and every chapter of the book and sing Westhead's praises, but because he has tackled these subjects with honesty and integrity while writing about them exceptionally well, it should come as no surprise that We Breed Lions is absolutely and entirely deserving of the Teebz's Book Club Seal of Approval!

We Breed Lions was released on November 4, 2025, so you can find it on bookstore shelves and library shelves right now, assuming that there are copies remaining. This book would be a perfect Christmas gift for your older hockey fan and is absolutely must-read material for all hockey fans! As a warning, the material contained within the covers is of an adult nature and there are some expletives used at times, so this book is strongly recommended for older teens and adult hockey fans. However, the book is a phenomenal read, and We Breed Lions by Rick Westhead is highly recommended for your bookshelf!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

The Hockey Show - Episode 665

The Hockey Show, Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, is back tonight as we wrap up the NHL season after the Florida Panthers downed the Edmonton Oilers for the second-straight season to win their second-consecutive Stanley Cup. It's crazy to think that there's still one professional men's hockey final being played, but it will be the last one for the 2024-25 season to be completed as the AHL winds down as well. Our hosts will go over all that tonight and bring some additional news and chatter from other leagues and teams to the table as discussion points on another busy show tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT!

Like the charging panther to the left, Teebz and Jason will charge into chatting about the Stanley Cup victory by the Panthers while touching on some of the highlights from their latest championship lap around the ice. Beyond that story, they'll also look at the AHL Calder Cup Final and who is doing what in that series, there were some new jerseys seen over the last couple of weeks that need breakdowns, they examine the two new PWHL teams that are getting close to full rosters, they discuss how Hockey Night in Canada needs improvement, there were some ECHL awards handed out and some news on the expansion front, Canada West broke some news this week, and the AIHL's Melbourne Mustangs saw history made this past week. Yes, it was busy and I'm not sure if we'll get through it all, but we're going to give it our best shot tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT on one of 101.5 FM, Channel 718 on MTS TV, or via UMFM.com!

If you live outside Winnipeg and want to listen, we have options! The UMFM website's streaming player works well if you want to listen online. We also recommend Radio Garden if you need an easy-to-use online stream. If you're more of an app person, we recommend you use the TuneIn app found on the App Store or Google Play Store. It's a solid app.

If you have questions, you can email all show queries and comments to hockeyshow@umfm.com! Tweet me anytime with questions you may have by hitting me up at @TeebzHBIC on Twitter! I'm here to listen to you, so make your voice heard! And because both Teebz and Jason are on the butterfly app where things are less noisy, you can find Teebz here and Jason here on Bluesky!

Tonight, Teebz and Jason chat about championships, heroes, fashion, entertainment, expansion, history, and much more exclusively on 101.5 UMFM and on the UMFM.com web stream!

PODCAST: June 19, 2025: Episode 665

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

The Regiment Have Arrived

With the end of an era in Quebec for the Acadie-Bathurst Titan who won the Memorial Cup back in 2018, the history of the franchise will now continue in St. John's, Newfoundland after the team was sold to a group of investors led by Glenn Stanford, the former Chief Operating Officer of the AHL's St. John's IceCaps. We know of the issues that plague any St. John's team - largely distance and travel costs - so I'm hoping that the investors have deep pockets to make this venture work, but the Newfoundland Regiment will take the ice next season after making their first selection in the QMJHL Draft while unveiling their home uniforms for the very first time!

The team will play out of the 7000-seat Mary Brown's Centre in St. John's, and there's no denying that the arena is one of the best on the east coast. The QMJHL has called St. John's home before as the St. John's Fog Devils called the city home from 2005-08, but financial woes put the team in jeopardy in their second season. That team was sold to Montreal businessman Farrell Miller and moved to Montreal where they became the Montreal Junior Hockey Club who, in 2011, became the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. Clearly, the QMJHL would like to find stable ownership in Newfoundland, but time will tell.

If there's one thing that should excite fans in St. John's, it's the youth that the Regiment will boast. The Regiment owned the fifth-, sixth-, and eighth-overall picks in this year's draft, so they were going to add some solid talent right off the bat to help boost their franchise. Benjamin Veitch went fifth-overall from St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario, but he's a St. John's kid who has had no trouble lighting the lamp as a 15 year-old centreman. Defender Quinn Norman was the sixth-overall pick, and he's also a St. John's-born player who can play both sides of the puck at the U16 level. The Regiment went outside Newfoundland with the eighth-overall pick as Nova Scotia-born forward Phenwick MacLean showed he was an offensive dynamo at the U18 level despite only being 16 years-old.

While no one is expecting any of Veitch, Norman, or MacLean to put up Connor McDavid-type numbers in their QMJHL careers, having a few local products dot the lineup should stir some fan interest in the team to help boost ticket and merchandise sales. Having those solid players joining the likes of Dawson Sharkey, Noah Laberge, and Maddex Marmulak should get the Regiment off to a good start in their new history on The Rock. Head coach Gordie Dwyer will have some solid talent to work with in St. John's for the 2025-26 season.

You may be asking what the team will wear, so let's take a peek!

From their own release, "The jersey showcases a rich navy blue base, complemented by maroon and white accents that create a dynamic and eye-catching aesthetic. At its heart lies the commanding caribou head logo, a nod to the badge of The Royal Newfoundland Regiment of the First and Second World War, originally inspired by the Newfoundland Highlanders, a paramilitary cadet corps formed in 1907. Below the logo, the word 'NEWFOUNDLAND' stretches across a white banner, a bold declaration of the team's unwavering connection to its community and heritage." A lot of marketing jargon is in that paragraph, but the final product looks pretty good so far!

My only quibble as a personal takeaway is that I'm not a big fan of the contrasting namebar that the Regiment appear to be using based on Quinn Norman's jersey. I've always felt that highlighting the name on the back with the contrasting colour puts a little more emphasis on the player's name when they're supposed to be operating as a unit, but this is a personal thing. The Regiment seem to be comfortable adding this detail to the jerseys, so I'd expect no one from the team to complain. My only question is will they do it on the white jerseys?

Despite the team using sublimated jerseys tonight, I'm hoping they'll come fully embroidered at some point because the Regiment logo could look pretty amazing if they were to chain-stitch the caribou's fur. I know this would add to the cost of the jerseys, but you have to think the Regiment would go for something that looks awesome as opposed to just having the logo sublimated on the jersey. For a guy who considers logos as works of art, make it happen!

If you want to watch the QMJHL Draft, Eastlink's broadcast of it is up on YouTube. The Eastlink team did a good job with their coverage, and they seemed generally excited for the Regiment's unveiling of their jerseys along with the outlook for the team. Being that they're far more in the know than I about the players being selected, I highly recommend their coverage of the draft if you're interested!

It seems the newest Newfoundland-based QMJHL team is off to a good start based on their draft selections and their jersey unveiling. I can't say that they'll be competing for a Memorial Cup next season or beyond, but I can tell you that they'll look good doing it if tonight's jersey debut is any indication. Assuming the adage holds true, if teams play better when they look good, the Regiment should find success quickly while being backed by passionate St. John's fans!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

The Hockey Show - Episode 663

The Hockey Show, Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, returns tonight as we're down to two or three teams in all the remaining North American leagues still playing hockey. Canadian teams are still skating in those series, so there's a shot that at least one championship will head north of the border in professional hockey. Our hosts will look at that and more after two more Survivor: NHL Playoffs exit interviews as we're down to the finalists in the contest once again, so be ready for some laughs and chatter tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT!

Tonight, Teebz and Jason will send Elliot (Dallas) and Barry (Carolina) off Survivor: NHL Playoffs island as we hear their exit interviews, leaving just GM Jared and Will to battle over who will take home the grand prize. After those chats are done, our hosts will look at the NHL coaching carousel finally wrapping up, who is still alive in the AHL and ECHL when it comes to a Canadian championship celebration, the QMJHL introducing a new tool for its clubs, the NHL State of the Union address by all the big wigs, the PWHL straying outside its lane once again, and anything else we can get inside the hour! Get settled in because there's a lot to cover tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT on one of 101.5 FM, Channel 718 on MTS TV, or via UMFM.com!

If you live outside Winnipeg and want to listen, we have options! The UMFM website's streaming player works well if you want to listen online. We also recommend Radio Garden if you need an easy-to-use online stream. If you're more of an app person, we recommend you use the TuneIn app found on the App Store or Google Play Store. It's a solid app.

If you have questions, you can email all show queries and comments to hockeyshow@umfm.com! Tweet me anytime with questions you may have by hitting me up at @TeebzHBIC on Twitter! I'm here to listen to you, so make your voice heard! And because both Teebz and Jason are on the butterfly app where things are less noisy, you can find Teebz here and Jason here on Bluesky!

Tonight, Teebz and Jason send Elliot and Barry home before chatting about new hires, staying alive, new tools, scheduling woes, league business, and much more exclusively on 101.5 UMFM and on the UMFM.com web stream!

PODCAST: June 5, 2025: Episode 663

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

Who Plays For Them?

I had a funny conversation today with a colleague who works in Montreal. He was passing on his condolences for the Jets being eliminated, and I happened to mention that there's still a ton of professional hockey being played within a stone's throw of him. He knew of the Laval Rocket and their battle against Rochester as that was apparently on the news, but he had no clue that the Lions de Trois‑Rivières were still playing. In fact, he asked me who plays for them because he didn't know a single player on their roster. For a province so fiercely proud of their heritage, you'd think they'd do more in promoting teams who directly support that heritage, right?

I get that ECHL hockey isn't big in Montreal with all of the Canadiens, the Rocket, and the Victoire playing mere minutes away from downtown Montreal, but it seems that the Lions are facing the same problem that most of the QMJHL teams in Montreal did: irrelevance. I'm not saying that the Lions don't have their dedicated fanbase, but you'd think those fans who love les Habitants would take a more active approach in watching prospects for the NHL team.

Among the notable players that people should know are Alex Beaucage, Xavier Cormier, Anthony Beauregard, Chris Jandric, and Luke Cavallin. All five men have been significant contributors to the success of the Lions this season, and the first three men are born-and-trained Quebec players who had successful QMJHL runs.

While none of these names are household names at this point, Beaucage was a third-round selection of the Colorado Avalanche in 2019 while scoring back-to-back seasons with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies where he scored 39 and 40 goals. Anthony Beauregard had seasons of 87 and 93 points with the Val d'Or Foreurs from 2014-16, and Cormier had a breakout season in 2021-22 with 29 goals and 68 points for the Rimouski Oceanic. The latter two led the Lions in scoring this season while Beaucage had 33 points in 24 games.

It's hard to understand why the Canadiens and the Lions wouldn't be making these three playes the face of their marketing in Quebec when they clearly have had success in communities throughout Quebec. While both Rouyn-Noranda and Val d'Or are northwest of both Montreal and Trois‑Rivières and Rimouski is significantly east, these players are still local players, specifically Beaucage who was born in Trois‑Rivières. Knowing how Canadiens fans love their Quebec-born players, you'd think this would be elementary.

In any case, we had a good chat about some of the fun I had at my first ECHL game this season, so I was encouraging him to make the trip to Three Rivers to Game Three on Wednesday night between the Lions and the Florida Everblades. With Trois‑Rivières holding a 2-0 series lead and coming home for three games, it could be a party in Quebec if they can oust the three-time defending champions. It won't be easy by any means, but I'm guessing that it could be just as fun as I discovered. And it won't leave a significant dent in the wallet!

Basic marketing to a hockey-mad town shouldn't be difficult, but it seems like there may be two problems for the Lions when it comes to attracting fans: they aren't the Canadiens, and they don't push the Quebec-born players narrative very hard. Of course, there may be a third issue as well because it doesn't seem like they try to overcome those first two factors. And if they don't try, it'll never happen.

It's hard to build a fanbase if people don't know you exist.

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

Summer Concert Nights - Part One

With the warmer weather upon most of us in the Great White North, there will be a rise in the number of concerts that happen outdoors at various venues across Canada. I suspect that a number of you who stop by this blog will take in a performance or two when it comes to those summer concerts, so HBIC decided to save all its best performers in hockey jerseys for this occasion! Being that I'm not a concert promoter in any way, I do appreciate those artists who celebrate hockey, and you can see the full list here of artists who have been found or submitted to me. Let's check out which artists are being added this time!

We'll start with a Canadian band who has appeared before, but lead singer Max Kerman of the Arkells went all out on Tiktok when he announced the stops for the 2024 Big Feelings Tour across Canada. Because YouTube sucks, I had to kill the song on that video, but Kerman went all out in announcing stops with hockey jerseys! In his video, he appeared in a Calgary Flames jersey, an Edmonton Oilers jersey, a Halifax Mooseheads jersey, a Kelowna Rockets jersey, a Kitchener Rangers jersey, a London Knights jersey, an Ottawa Senators jersey, a Saskatoon Blades jersey, a Vancouver Canucks jersey, and a Victoria Royals jersey! I'm sure he could have worn more, but that's a pretty good haul for the Arkells' lead singer!

Speaking of Canada, let's stick with Canadian artists as Tate McRae likely has a closet full of jerseys as well. I'm not even going to ask how she has this many, but let's run through these: a Boston Bruins jersey, both an older red Calgary Flames jersey and a black Calgary Flames jersey, a Seth Jarvis Carolina Hurricanes jersey, a Chicago Blackhawks jersey, a personalized Colorado Avalanche jersey, a Dallas Stars jersey, a Jaroslav Slafkovsky Montreal Canadiens jersey, a 2024 NHL All-Star Game jersey, a New Jersey Devils jersey, a personalized New York Islanders jersey, a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey, a Seattle Kraken jersey, a personalized Tampa Bay Lightning jersey, a Vegas Golden Knights jersey, and a Washington Capitals reverse retro jersey! You wonder if she has a closet exclusively for jerseys.

We'll shift to an American singer-songwriter as Noah Kahan has shown he has a deep appreciation for hockey. He picked up a pile of jerseys on his recent tour, so let's go through his collection as we see him in a personalized Dallas Stars jersey, a Minnesota Wild jersey, a personalized Montreal Canadiens jersey, a personalized Nashville Predators jersey, a New York Rangers jersey, a Brady Tkachuk Ottawa Senators jersey, and a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey. Kahan is an admitted hockey fan, so it's not surprising that he's picking up jerseys for his collection at virtually every concert tour stop.

We'll dive into the one-off jerseys now as we start with the late Aaron Carter who seemed to gravitate towards wearing jerseys as he got older. Here he is wearing a USHL Omaha Lancers jersey! I would assume he wore this in Omaha, but I couldn't find any information on when he wore it. In any case, he wore it at least once.

Jess Meuse has a black SPHL Birmingham Bulls jersey, but she also has another red Bulls jersey! The Texas native seems to be a fan of the SPHL franchise! No word on whether she owns a stake in the team.

We had a couple of Chicago Blackhawks fans add some threads to their closets. Chance the Rapper has a Blackhawks jersey, but he added a 2025 Winter Classic jersey to his collection. Some will say that Dan Aykroyd is an actor, but his musical talents allowed him and John Belushi to release a handful of albums as the Blues Brothers. That's how Dan Aykroyd gets his name on the Chicago Blackhawks' list! Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine is one of the Blackhawks' faithful as he is often seen at the United Center for games!

I'll fully admit that I've never heard Yo Yo Honey Singh's music, but it appears he's a Los Angeles Kings fan. He mostly works in the hip-hop, pop, and bhangra genres of music. His big hit was "Glassy". Joining him as a Kings fan is Suro Khetchian who the Kings invited to the Staples Center as part of their Armenian Heritage Night on February 22! Again, I am not familiar with his music, but he accepted the Kings' offer to perform that night! That's pretty cool!

Jelly Roll seems like a fun guy, and the rap star was on tour last year. On that tour, he stopped in San Jose where the Sharks gifted him a jersey. He also stopped in North Charleston, South Carolina where the ECHL's South Carolina Stingrays ensured he got a jersey there! This is not a slight to Jelly Roll, but what sizes are those jerseys?

Speaking of the Stingrays, they gave out another jersey to Kelsea Ballerini when she stopped in North Charleston on her tour! Ballerini also headed north up the east coast, and she landed in Buffalo where the Sabres gave her the most bedazzled Sabres jersey I've ever seen! I'm not a fan of these bedazzled jerseys. They look sequined, and there are no sequined hockey jerseys. That's just silly.

Speaking of the Sabres, Buffalo gave a 50th anniversary jersey to Theresa Phondo. I had never heard of her, but she's a multi award-winning Afro R&B Gospel Artist from Malawi. And now she's a Buffalo Sabres fan as well! Joining her on the Sabres' list is American rapper West Side Gunn who wore the blue Sabres jersey. Beauty jersey!

Canadian singer Roberta Battaglia was a "golden buzzer" contestant on America's Got Talent, but she's been performing for a while. One of the places she showed off her vocal talents? She sang the anthems at an AHL Toronto Marlies game where she donned the Marlies' colours! The young lady is from Toronto, but is also fluent in Italian!

We'll end this first entry of the summer concerts with a look at Pearl Jam's performance in Philadephia. They dedicated their song "Given to Fly" to Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau that night, and they displayed Johnny's Gloucester Catholic High School jersey and Matthew's ECHL Reading Royals jersey during the performance. That's a pretty awesome thing for Pearl Jam to do, so I wanted to be sure to include it on this article. Well done, Pearl Jam. That's classy.

That will bring the first day of musicians in hockey jerseys to a close as there were a pile of images there. Yes, it centered mostly on two people as Max Kerman and Tate McRae boasted their incredible collections of jerseys, but we'll see more artists tomorrow when Part Two of this article is published. Again, if you want to see the full list of musicians wearing or holding jerseys, you can see the full list here!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

Ducks On An Island

I'm not going to be long-winded tonight as I'll save that for tomorrow's edition of The Rundown, but I want to give a nod to the hockey folks in Charlottetown, PEI where I've visited and watched hockey. These are some of the most dedicated fans to the game that one will ever meet, and they are fiercely proud of their heritage on the island. Whether we're talking about Gerard Gallant, Steve Ott, Drew McIntyre, or Brad Richards, "islanders" are proud of their heritage, their differences from the rest of Canada, and their province, and they rightfully should be as they're the only island province across Canada's lands.

The QMJHL's Charlottetown Islanders embody this pride that Prince Edward Islanders' citizens possess, but they weaved a new tale tonight as they hosted the Acadie-Bathurst Titan for '90s Night at the Eastlink Centre. Some may wonder how the Islanders can host a '90s Night when they didn't exist until 2013 following the PEI Rocket playing on the island from 2003 until 2013 after the Montreal Rocket moved there in the summer of 2003, but the Islanders are jumping in with both feet tonight as they get to bring back the 1990s!

How are they doing that? Check out the Islanders' jerseys!

That's right - the Islanders are going back in time by donning Mighty Ducks-inspired uniforms! Based on the design they're wearing, they got a very close replica to what was worn in the movie. However, the logo needed to be bigger on the Islanders' uniforms by removing the CCM mark and possibly putting it on one shoulder while the Subaru sponsor patch could have gone on the other shoulder. That aside, I'd say the Islanders squarely in 1992 alongside the Ducks!

Among the other fun stuff that the Islanders are doing tonight, fans are encouraged to dress in their best 90s-inspired attire to win prizes, adult beverages will be served at prices last seen in the 1990s, and there will be 1990s-themed scoreboard features. Eastlink Centre is dialling back the calendar thirty years as the Islanders get into their 1990s theme which, ironically, happened while none of the players were even a twinkle in their parents' eyes.

I don't get excited for a lot of theme nights, but this one could be pretty fun if the fans get into it. I'd love to see two teams collaborate on a theme night idea like '90s night so both would show up in their 1990s-themed uniforms, but the Islanders get a pass here as this night was done pretty well. Even the promotional advertisements as seen to the right were fun, so full marks to the Islanders' promotional and marketing people for coming up with some fantastic posters and ads seen on social media!

The Islanders will want a win tonight as they battle the Titan, but it's pretty clear that they're be the most radical team on the ice. No one wants to see anything gnarly because that would be a bummer, dude, so here's hoping the Islanders play well because they definitely look good in their Mighty Ducks-inspired jerseys!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

The Hockey Show - Episode 638

The Hockey Show, Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, is back in the studio and on the airwaves tonight as our hosts get into another week that was filled with crazy and head-shaking stories from the world of hockey. It isn't often you get a week where outdoor games are being proposed for tropical environments, line brawls are happening in piles of toys, and less people watching is a good business strategy, but it seems those stories are part of the news this week. We'll dive into a little of all of that and more tonight for The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT!

There might be a few moments where you'll have the same reaction as Gordon Ramsay as Teebz and Jason discuss the Canadian 2025 FISU University Games rosters for the men and women, Utah getting closer to a brand, two OHL teams scrapping as teddy bears flew, a player who will play in the Spengler Cup, a team potentially moving in the QMJHL, a Jagr update, the PWHL with an odd business strategy, and an outdoor game in a place where ice is only found in drinks. It another busy show with a lot to go over, so settle in with a beverage because we're going to move quickly tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT on one of 101.5 FM, Channel 718 on MTS TV, or via UMFM.com!

If you live outside Winnipeg and want to listen, we have options! The new UMFM website's online streaming player works well if you want to listen online. We also recommend Radio Garden if you need an easy-to-use online stream. If you're more of an app person, we recommend you use the TuneIn app found on the App Store or Google Play Store. It's a solid app.

If you have questions, you can email all show queries and comments to hockeyshow@umfm.com! Tweet me anytime with questions you may have by hitting me up at @TeebzHBIC on Twitter! I'm here to listen to you, so make your voice heard! And because both Teebz and Jason are on the butterfly app where things are less noisy, you can find Teebz here and Jason here on Bluesky!

Tonight, Teebz and Jason chat international hockey, branding, brawling, moving, returning, cutting people off, playing under the sun, and much more exclusively on 101.5 UMFM and on the UMFM.com web stream!

PODCAST: December 12, 2024: Episode 638

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

She Earned It

Let me be the first to say that seeing Kenzie Lalonde's name as the play-by-play voice for tonight's Ottawa Senators-Toronto Maple Leafs game brings a genuine smile to my face. The former Mount Allison Mounties forward has come a long way since her playing days after graduating in 2017 as she is the new voice of women's hockey across the TSN network, but she's also so much more than that to those of us who watched her grow from calling university games in the AUS to getting her shot under the bright lights of the three-lettered Toronto sports network. She is one of the best in the game at calling hockey - male or female - and she has worked her tail off to reach new heights of which most have only dreamed. Kenzie has earned all of her promotions each and every time, and I'm beyond ecstatic for her opportunity tonight.

While Kenzie won't be the first woman to call an NHL game, she will be the first woman to call an NHL game across the TSN network so that's an accolade she can add to her impressive résumé. Let's not forget that she was the first woman to call a QMJHL game on television, so breaking these glass ceilings that seem to be above her is nothing new. She's been setting the bar higher with each and every game she calls, and she legitimately sits among the best in the game today when it comes to calling the action in this writer's view.

If you missed the show, we spoke to Kenzie on May 13, 2021 on The Hockey Show before she reached TSN, and we were already impressed with all she had done to that point. You can add calling mostly all of Canada's women's national team's games plus a pile more IIHF games for TSN, and now we tack on the Sens-Leafs as another feather in her cap. Remember how we were already impressed? Make that "we're still impressed with everything she's doing"!

If there's one thing that can be learned from Kenzie's journey, it's that her hockey career didn't end when she graduated from university. Yes, she wasn't playing university hockey any longer, but her path into broadcasting is what literally kept her in the game. Whether it was calling AUS games or eventually landing with Eastlink to call QMJHL games, Kenzie Lalonde remained in the game by moving into the broadcast booth. I honestly believe a number of women who are playing hockey at high levels right now could also jump into that role.

As a realist, I'll be honest in saying that not every broadcasting opportunity will lead to TSN. Heck, it may not lead out of the local rink. What it can do, though, is inspire others to make that same jump from playing to calling games. No one is saying that one needs to give up the hockey dream to jump into the broadcast booth, but it is a reasonable jump if one reaches the end of the playing path without having another step to ascend.

That's what Kenzie did, and I really hope that more girls see her path as a viable way to remain in hockey. Again, it may not end with a job calling NHL or World Championship games for TSN, but calling the local university team's games or high school games is still something of which one can be proud. It may lead to bigger opportunities in the future for those who pursue it, but the next Kenzie Lalonde could be skating her last shift this season with questions about what she does next season for hockey. But maybe it doesn't have to be that way.

Let's encourage more women to get into the broadcast booth as both play-by-play broadcasters and as analysts. Yes, they should be encouraged to play as long as they can at the highest levels they can, but broadcast opportunities are still there. I want to see the next Kenzie Lalonde or Fiona Quinn or Cheryl Pounder or Daniella Ponticelli be part of some amazing broadcasts in U SPORTS or the NCAA where she can rise to the top as one of the best. From there, the world opens up and anything can happen.

Congratuations to Kenzie Lalonde for her call of an NHL game on TSN tonight as that truly is an accomplishment that was once a dream. My hope is that this amazing opportunity that Kenzie has gives more girls the same dream as they look to follow Kenzie's lead in being one of the best hockey broadcasters on the planet!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

Forty-Seven

There was an election yesterday in the United States of America. You may have heard a little about it, but the 47th President of the United States was forecasted sometime late into the evening. I had no stake in the game, but, if you did, here's hoping the results will continue to push America in the right direction when it comes to a number of key things that were apparently on the ballots across the country. Today is all about forty-seven, but not the candidate who won. Instead, we'll take a look at a few men who wore #47 in the NHL including some of the cameos made by players in that number. You may be surprised!

According to Hockey-Reference.com, the first player to have ever worn #47 was Don Murdoch with the Edmonton Oilers in 1980, pictured to the right. Murdoch was acquired by the Oilers in a trade that happened on March 11, 1980 as Cam Connor and a third-round pick in 1981 were sent to the New York Rangers. in 50 games with the Oilers, Murdoch scored 15 goals and added 11 helpers before the Oilers flipped him to the Minnesota North Stars for Don Jackson and round 3 pick in the 1982 draft. On the same day, Minnesota dealt him to Detroit where he played just 49 games before landing in Adirondack in the AHL and never playing in the NHL again. For a guy who was just below a point-per-game average in Manhattan, he finished his playing career with the IHL's Toledo Goaldiggers in 1985-86 with 121 goals and 116 assists in 320 NHL games to his name. And the first to wear #47.

While he'd eventually win a Conn Smythe Trophy wearing another number, Jean-Sébastien Giguère started his career in Hartford wearing #47, and brought that number with him to Calgary after being traded there. Giguère was drafted 13th-overall by the Whalers in 1995 and played two more seasons with the QMJHL's Halifax Mooseheads before joining the Whalers in 1996-97 following the Mooseheads' season coming to an end. Those eight games with the Whalers logo on his chest saw him don #47 before an August 25, 1997 trade saw him and Andrew Cassels traded from the newly-named Carolina Hurricanes to the Flames for Trevor Kidd and Gary Roberts. He'd only log 22 games in Flames' colours, but the #47 was on his back and sleeves once more. The irony is that after being traded to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Giguère moved into the Ducks' goaltending tandem with Guy Hebert while wearing #70! Of course, he'd move to #35 before the season he helped the Mighty Ducks to the Stanley Cup Final against the New Jersey Devils where he earned the Conn Smythe, but Jean-Sébastien Giguère broke into the league as #47 and took it with him to one additional team! Who would have known Giguère started in #47?

Of course, there has been one player who has worn #47 no matter where he played or what team he represented. Alexander Radulov has worn #47 throughout his entire career whether he was playing for Nashville twice, Dallas, Montreal, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Ak Bars Kazan, CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, or Team Russia. It's funny how that became his professional number despite him wearing #22 for the QMJHL's Quebec Remparts and for the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals, but the 15th-overall pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft has been consistent as #47 since breaking into the NHL with Nashville in 2006-07. AT 38 years old, I doubt that Alex Radulov will make a return to the NHL anytime soon, so it seems likely that he'll finish his career with 144 goals and 224 assists in 524 NHL games. He did win a Gagarin Cup in 2010-11 with Salavat Yulaev Ufa, so he can boast one league championship, and he may have a chance to add a second Gagarin Cup to his legacy if the KHL Western Conference-leading Lokomotiv Yaroslavl can find their way through the KHL playoffs this season. Could #47 be a champion again?

The next #47 is a cameo appearance as it's not the number he chose to wear for most of his career, but Alex Galchenyuk did sport #47 for his 11 games in Denver. Galchenyuk signed with the Avalanche on November 28, 2022 as the Avalanche looked to add more scoring up front. The problem was that Glachenyuk never really fit into the Avalanche's offensive system as he didn't record a single point, and he spent the majority of the season with the AHL's Colorado Eagles where he was a point-per-game player. He was traded to Nashville that summer who opted not to re-sign Galchenyuk, allowing him to sign a free agent deal with the Arizona Coyotes on July 1, 2023. The only problem? His contract was terminated 12 days later when he was arrested following a hit-and-run incident. Despite playing in Russia for the last two seasons, it would seem his NHL career is over at 654 games in which he recorded 146 goals and 208 assists.

Of course, the most famous #47 might be former Islanders defenceman Rich Pilon simply because he ended up as part of a statue in his #47 jersey! Standing outside PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh is the statue at the top in the image to the right, and it was designed and modelled after the play below where Penguins superstar Mario Lemieux found space between the already-mentioned Pilon and defensive partner Jeff Norton on December 20, 1988 where Lemieux would record his 247th career NHL goal! To his credit, Pilon skated in 631 NHL games that saw him skate with the Islanders, the Rangers, and the Blues where the tough-as-nails defender scored eight goals and 69 assists while amassing 1745 PIMs! He would be waived by the Islanders in 1999, claimed by the Rangers on December 1, 1999, traded to the San Jose Sharks for a conditional pick in the 2002 draft on June 29, 2001, and signed a free agent deal with St. Louis in 2001 where he'd play his final eight games. It should be noted that Pilon didn't always wear #47 with the Islanders as he changed to wearing #2 (including the Fisherman jersey) in 1996-97 before going back to #47 with the Rangers and Blues.

There's a little fun with a few players who have worn #47 in their careers as America gets set to inaugurate its 47th President. Because this isn't Political Blog In Canada, I'm not here to make political statements one way or another, especially when I have no say in the matter, so please don't fill the comments with political chatter. It will just be deleted because HBIC isn't the place for that. And if an American-based team wins a Stanley Cup in the next four years, expect another #47 jersey to be given to the President!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

The Man Is A Predator

Having that head cold all weekend and into this week has really kept me out of the loop, so when I began learning of this story out of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, I was absolutely horrified by what I was reading. The man to the left is Gabriel Gagné, shown after being selected 36th-overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft after being a reliable scorer for the QMJHL's Victoriaville Tigres. Today, though, the 27 year-old Gagne was in court for his trial where he's accused of assault, sexual assault, assault with a deadly weapon, and uttering death threats by his ex-girlfriend. Just so you know, this isn't an article about a talented hockey player, but it is an article about a guy who is sexual predator that also played a little hockey. Big difference there.

If that last line stopped you cold in reading this article, let me say up front that there will be parts of this article not intended for younger audiences. The descriptions contained within these passages may be graphic in nature and disturbing in content. Please have younger readers stop here, and know that what will be discussed below is for an older audience.

Gagné looked like a solid prospect coming out of junior hockey, and he showed real promise in 2017-18 when he scored 20 goals in 68 games with the AHL's Belleville Senators. However, a slower start to the season in 2018-19 saw him traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Morgan Klimchuk, and Gagné would spend the remainder of the season with the Marlies and the ECHL's Newfoundland Growlers. 2019-20 saw him play 36 games with the Allen Americans, three games with the Ontario Reign, and 21 games with the Rockford IceHogs before he played his final seven professional games in 2020-21 with the IceHogs. In total, he logged 195 AHL games where scored 35 goals and 26 points along with 30 goals and 23 assists in 60 ECHL games.

Everything written above makes Gagné sound like a fairly solid hockey player, but he was entirely another person off the ice. According to this TVASports article written by Erika Aubin, Gabriel Gagné "was sentenced to six months in prison for harassing and threatening an ex-girlfriend for three years, notably with fake social media accounts" with whom the article states "he had a toxic and stormy relationship between 2015 and 2018". It was written that Gagné "had a significant drinking problem" and had "pleaded guilty last year in Youth Division to two sexual offences committed in 2014" as a member of the Tigres. It was also noted that "[o]ne of his victims was apparently a minor".

Now that we know that Gabriel Gagné is a piece of human trash, we have a better frame of reference to discuss his latest attempt at being a predator with his ex-girlfriend identified only as "Daphné" who met Gagné through Instagram. Translated from French, her account of the first violent outburst that Gagné had towards her occurred in 2018. She told the court,

"At a party, an argument broke out between the two because the complainant saw him writing to another girl.

"During her testimony, the complainant recounted that Mr. Gagné threw a large black municipal trash can at her. He also spoke very loudly and, subsequently, cried, she recounted.

"'I remember wanting to leave,' she told the court. 'I remember the yelling, the talking, the insults, and I wanted to leave.'

"During the incident, a friend of the accused allegedly told the victim that 'the pressure was coming off' after the hockey season in relation to his teammate's behaviour."

Gagné's behaviour should have had all his teammates on high alert based on him throwing a trash can at someone, but it seems like "boys will be boys" to whomever that teammate was. Texting another girl and getting caught by your girlfriend doesn't ever warrant that kind of response, and anyone who was protecting Gagné should have his head examined as well.

The court heard more from the victim.

"In the summer of 2019, while returning from a late-night dinner, the couple hit the road toward St-Adèle. According to her testimony, the woman did not want him to drive. He allegedly took an exit from the highway because she wanted to get out of the car and take a taxi, she said. After the complainant finally agreed to get back in the car, Mr. Gabriel allegedly started driving at 240 km/h. According to her account, she asked him to slow down, but he replied, 'We're going to kill ourselves together.'"

There isn't a place in Canada or the US where driving 240 km/h (150 mph) is legal, let alone safe. The fact that Gagné stated that they were going to kill themselves together shows that this guy has some serious issues that need addressing, and his behaviour says that the place he may find that help is behind bars.

We're still not done with Gagné's actions towards his girlfriend.

"At the hearing on Tuesday, she said that Mr. Gagné allegedly strangled her and showed her his fist. According to her account, another time, he brandished a dumbbell above her head and her brother had to intervene."

... and...

"'I was half asleep,' she said, as they watched a movie. 'When I woke up, he had his penis erect, in my face.'"

This guy is the definition of predator, and his repeated, disturbing behaviours towards his girlfriend should get him locked away for some time. That's not to mention the other times that law has come down on him, so we're looking at a repeat offender who harasses his victims before turning violent uttering threats against them. How Gabriel Gagné is still out walking around as a free man is beyond me, but the justice system had better get this one right.

According to a QMI Agency report, "[t]he woman says she decided to leave him after Gagné had a tantrum which ended in yet another assault."

"At that point, I was crying, crying, crying. Big tears. He just penetrated me. My tears were flowing. In my head, it was empty," she said at the trial on Monday.

That's when the harassment and threats began.

"The hockey player then allegedly harassed her, including creating fake social media accounts. He allegedly wrote to her: 'I'm going to burn your house down. You're going to see the consequences. I paid someone to kill you. I'm not afraid of the police.'"

I get that Gagné's lawyers are going to do all they can to discredit the victim's statements here, but this man should not be walking free for a long time. This is the third major criminal sexual crime he's been accused of committing in a period of six years which shows that he's a serial predator. Despite him spending months in prison already, the totality of these crimes needs to be evaluated as a whole for which he should serve time and seek help.

Giving him six months for one crime or three months for another crime just puts pauses in his serial preying, and I'm hoping that the judge and/or jury in this trial realize that the frequency of the crimes shows that this man was escalating when it came to the types of violence and threats he inflicted on his victims. He went from luring to threatening to kill his last girlfriend on multiple occasions. That cannot be ignored, overlooked, or dismissed.

If the justice system was able to do so, I'd tell them to lock Gabriel Gagné up and melt the key. It's pretty clear that no woman will be safe from his brand of terror and harassment, and that's why I'm hoping that the judge and/or jury hand down a harsh penalty here. Gabriel Gagné is a dangerous predator, and we're all safer with him locked away.

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

HBIC Music Festival: Day Three

With it being Labour Day today in Canada, I plan on taking it easy and doing very little. There is definitely some stuff I want to get done, but I don't want to spend all day in front of a computer screen. That being said, I will also have the latest episode of The Hockey Show posted after I took this weekend for mostly myself, so check that page from last Thursday out as Jason and I had some good discussions once again. On this day, though, we take a peek at the non-NHL jerseys worn by musicians that I found over the last few months as the make-believe HBIC Music Festival wraps up for another season!

Once more, the full list of musicians holding or wearing a hockey jersey can be found here, and the list just keeps getting more and more impressive with the additions being made. If you have photos of a musician wearing or holding a jersey, send them through to me and I'll get them posted with you getting credit! I'm always open to more submissions than less, so let's make this "Musicians in Jerseys" list as comprehensive as we can!

We'll go international first as I discovered this photo recently thanks to a user named Knipil. Gil Moore from Triumph is pictured wearing a Team Sweden jersey as Triumph played in Sweden in 2008, and Knipil used it for Gil Moore's Wikipedia page! Speaking of Canadian rock bands, I had mentioned Monster Truck in this series, and they make a return with their visit to the United Kingdom as they were given jerseys from the EIHL's Glasgow Clan and the Nottingham Panthers! Those are pretty sweet jerseys!

We move to the AHL where we get some old, some news, and four new musicians who have AHL devotion now! We'll start with Season 22's winner of American Idol in Abi Carter who was honoured at a Coachella Valley Firebirds game where she got her own jersey! Chris Stapleton toured through Winnipeg, and he got to meet Manitoba Moose defenceman Jimmy Oligny and family who presented him with his own Moose jersey! Morgan Wallen's latest tour took him to many places, and one of those places was Abbotsford, BC where the AHL Canucks gave him a jersey! Monster Truck has been touring for a while, and one of their stops took them to Hamilton, Ontario where the AHL Bulldogs outfitted them AND they met Don Cherry! Finally, we'll go back a few years for this one, but Nickelback must have played Houston, Texas at some point when the Aeros were still in town because they all got jerseys!

Canadian major junior hockey picked up some new musical fans as well. Nickelback was back on the scene in Quebec City where the QMJHL's Remparts set them up with jerseys. Heather Rankin, who is part of The Rankin Family musical group, is well-known on the east coast for her work as a musician and actress, but she donned her QMJHL Cape Breton Screaming Eagles jersey as she calls Cape Breton home!

A couple of universities had their jerseys on musicians as well. Jessica Meuse, who came in fourth-place on the 13th season of American Idol, is originally from Alabama, and she has an Alabama Crimson Tide hockey jersey! The late Toby Keith was a huge Oklahoma Sooners football fan, but he also came out to support the hockey team when he could! How cool is that?

Finally, there are a few jerseys that don't fit into the categories above, so let's take a look at who wore what team. I just mentioned that Jessica Meuse was from Alabama and likes hockey, so of course she owns an SPHL Birmingham Bulls jersey with them calling Pelham, Alabama home! We'll stay in the SPHL as country music artist Hardy toured through Huntsville, and he got himself a Havoc jersey! Joey Braxton is a country music artist who is from Florida, and he showed his devotion to the three-time ECHL champion Florida Everblades by donning their colours and writing them a hype song! Finally, you know Drake has a closet full of jerseys, but I wasn't expecting to see him in a John Purves' IHL San Francisco Spiders jersey! If I'm not mistaken, that might be a game-worn jersey too!

With the end of this weekend series of posts, that's every photo I've found, been sent, and stumbled across in the last few months where a musician is wearing or holding a hockey jersey. I'll do another one of these when I have a collection that needs to be cleared out like the one this weekend, but hoopefully that's a fun crossover of hockey and music for you to peruse.

Now, I'm taking the rest of the day off. Enjoy your Labour Day, folks!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!

The Hockey Show - Episode 617

The Hockey Show, Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, is one week closer to potentially returning to the studio as renovations continue, but the hockey chatter doesn't stop! There were a few stories from the hockey world that hit our radars this past week, but one that really caught the attention of the hosts due to the incredible work done by one journalist who deserves some recognition for pulling the curtain back on a con job. Settle in for that story that seems to get crazier with every new layer added to it, and stick around for more discussion about the major hockey news from the past week tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT!

Teebz and Jason spent a chunk of time on Wednesday texting back and forth about Brad Elliott Schlossman and the incredible story he filed about Major League Hockey in the Grand Forks Herald which will be the only time we ever talk about this "league" on the show. I highly recommend reading Schlossman's excellent journalism on this by clicking that link as Teebz and Jason spend the first half of the show discussing the reporting done by Schlossman. After they dismiss that league, they move on to Zawyer Sports and Entertainment buying the Charlotte Checkers, their disappointment in the Tahoe Lake Monsters, a U SPORTS coach and a Manitoban attending an NHL development camp, they touch on a little justice being handed out to players that deserve it, and there's a show preview for next week as our two hosts will explore something from the past! It's another busy show tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT on one of 101.5 FM, Channel 718 on MTS TV, or via UMFM.com!

If you live outside Winnipeg and want to listen, we have options! The new UMFM website's online streaming player works well if you want to listen online. We also recommend Radio Garden if you need an easy-to-use online stream. If you're more of an app person, we recommend you use the TuneIn app found on the App Store or Google Play Store. It's a solid app.

If you have questions, you can email all show queries and comments to hockeyshow@umfm.com! Tweet me anytime with questions you may have by hitting me up at @TeebzHBIC on Twitter! I'm here to listen to you, so make your voice heard!

Tonight, Teebz and Jason chat confidence men, made-up league, new owners, new affiliations, new opportunities, and much more exclusively on 101.5 UMFM and on the UMFM.com web stream!

PODCAST: July 18, 2024: Episode 617

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!