1 – JOIN THE REGIMENT: We are just a couple weeks away from the start of WHL East Division play in the Regina Hub Centre. Regina Pats GM John Paddock is excited to play in a ‘Hubble’ like we’ve been watching in the NHL for months. “The closest thing […]
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Hockey to Heroin and Back: The Story of Brady Leavold
I think as hockey fans and people of the hockey industry, we can be guilty of at least one thing. Once a player comes through your program or league, unless they go on to an illustrious pro career, you kind of lose track of them or unfortunately in some cases, […]
DREGER, LOUBARDIAS DISH ON THE DUB
TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger has some thoughts on Friday’s WHL Return To Play announcement of a minimum 24-game schedule. Appearing on The Rod Pedersen Show, Dreger, the former Voice of the Brandon Wheat Kings, agreed with me that although the announcement was encouraging news, it triggered an avalanche […]
ROD’S DUB THINGS: SIMPSO, PART II
Welcome to the second and final installment of SIMPSO, chronicling the coaching career of the legendary Terry Simpson as part of our WHL Coaching Legends series. The former P.A. Raiders, Red Deer Rebels, New York Islanders, Winnipeg Jets, and Philadelphia Flyers Head Coach and Toronto Maple Leafs Assistant Coach spoke […]
ROD’S DUB THINGS: SIMPSO, PART I
When you talk about coaching and the Prince Albert Raiders, there’s only one name that comes up. ONE. O-N-E. Terry Simpson. For those uninitiated, the man known universally as “Simpso” coached the Prince Albert Raiders to a record seven consecutive championships in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League before the franchise […]
ROD’S DUB THINGS: PATS PADDOCK AND BEDARD DISCUSS THE SEASON
The two faces of the Regina Pats organization – GM John Paddock and forward Connor Bedard – met with the media this week via Zoom to discuss the upcoming WHL season, pegged to begin January 8. Bedard, who’s recently returned from a lengthy training stint in Sweden, is anxious to […]
ROD’S DUB THINGS: MOONLIGHTING PART III
MEMORIAL CUPS, MARIO & NIGHTMARES: MOONLIGHTING, PART III With a complete absence of hockey right now at all levels, we present to you today many more hockey stories in Moonlighting, Part III, the final installment of our DUB Network series on famed SJHL, WHL, AHL, and NHL coach Lorne Molleken […]
ROD PEDERSEN’S DUB THINGS: MOONLIGHTING, PART II
PROBERT, PULFORD & MCPHEE: MOONLIGHTING, PART II Welcome to Moonlighting, Part II, the second installment of our three-part series chronicling the wild journey of famed hockey coach Lorne Molleken through the SJHL, WHL, AHL, and NHL. In Part I, the 64-year old Molleken, known universally as “Mooner”, discussed his junior […]
ROD PEDERSEN’S DUB THINGS: MOONLIGHTING, PART I
(PHOTO: Saskatoon Blades Hockey Club) It’s a long way from the pool hall in Weyburn, Saskatchewan to the Chicago Blackhawks bench at the United Center. But Lorne Molleken made it. In the latest installment of our pandemic-inspired series on legendary Western Canadian hockey figures, we check in on the man […]
ROD PEDERSEN’S DUB THINGS: MOOSE JAW WARRIORS, HOCKEY CANADA GM ALAN MILLAR!
Alan Millar is a busy man. With a delayed start to the 2020-21 Western Hockey League season (January 8), fans may think Dub staffers are sitting around twiddling their thumbs. But I can assure you that is most definitely not the case. In fact, Millar’s been kept busy not […]