BTJ was on Weekend America
Last weekend, an NPR program called Weekend America featured a five minute segment on the Brawl in Hockeytown, the big game between the Avs and Wings on March 26, 1997. Charlie, the producer, got the idea after coming across this post I made on March 26 about the brawl and thought it would be an interesting choice for a segment.
Joe @ Dear Lord Stanley and I talked for about 45 minutes during the first round of the playoffs or the start of the second to talk about the game and Charlie cut it down to five minutes. Basically, Charlie would ask us the same questions and we would respond. For the segment, he combined our answers to describe the events.
It was a great opportunity for me and I really enjoyed it. I must say I was a bit nervous to actually go down to the NPR studio in Ann Arbor, but the nerves went away once we started talking. Joe was extremely knowledgeable about the game and I kept thinking to myself, “Man. He said it a lot better than I did!” While I think this is a game you need to see to truly understand what went on, I thought for a five minute segment you got the jist of what happened that night at the Joe.
Joe’s reaction to the radio segment:
I’m also glad I didn’t sound like an idiot (too much), especially since the Avs didn’t exactly come out of that game the winners (physically or score-wise). I wasn’t exactly speaking from a position of strength as the fan of the losers, you know? And thankfully they included my “Lemieux was sucker-punched” point, which I was afraid they’d leave out.
At any rate, I had fun. Doing a radio interview is a unique experience, and it’s always nice to play a part in promoting the sport to an audience (NPR listeners) that probably doesn’t own too many team sweaters, you know?
Click here to listen to the segment.
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June 9th, 2007 at 4:04 am
Thanks for the kind words.
June 9th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
No problem- you did a great job!