While we all get a little bit excited as the word of this potential 2014 tournament

playoff thing that is being developed by the NHL gets a little bit closer.

One piece of news, J.J. Regan, jumped out at me, and it was from the 31 Thoughts podcast, you know,

not a lot of people feel all that bad other than the caps for having their season taken away

from them. But all of these guys are taken care of financially, most of them for the rest of

their lives. Some of them, their kids, kids for the rest of their lives, will never

have to worry about money. But players in the ECHL, they barely make enough money to survive,

and they did not get their final paychecks because the season ended abruptly because of the

coronavirus. But on that podcast, Elliot Friedman mentioned that amongst a small group of people trying to raise funds is Todd Halloran, who is the owner of the South Carolina Stingray, is the ECHL Club of the Caps.

And he's joining us today on an interview.

And I think it's pretty amazing that he's really spearheading for owners in that league to try and raise some money to go

to all the players in the league. It doesn't go to just his team, but to help and do the right

thing. He's an impressive guy we're going to hear from here in a few minutes. What did you think of

him? Well, yeah, I thought he was very impressive and you hit the nail on the head.

You know, a lot of people aren't thinking about hockey players during this time when a lot of people need help.

But guys in the ECHL, they do need the help.

They don't make all that much money.

And, you know, Todd was very forthcoming in the fact that, hey, most of these guys aren't going to make it to the

NHL or even the AHL.

They need the help.

And so just the way he was able to step up when he's a relatively new owner for that team.

So just the way he wanted to step up for his team to do the right thing and help out

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