Adam McQuaid - Former Boston Bruins hockey player on winning the Stanley Cup, the disease of more and having a praying mom
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4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Adam McQuaid is a former NHL player with the Bruins, Rangers and Blue Jackets. He was selected 55th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft by Columbus and after being traded to Boston, made his NHL debut in the 2009-2010 season with the Bruins. He played 10 years with Boston from 2009-2018 and participated in two Stanley Cup Finals and won the Cup in 2011.
After retiring following the 2019 season, McQuaid is now a Player Development Coordinator with his former team, the Boston Bruins.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Adam McQuaid about his NHL path, winning a Stanley Cup, growing in his faith, the power of a praying mom and fighting the disease of "more."
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, today on the show, Adam McQuaid, Stanley Cup champion, long time Boston Bruins defensemen. |
| 0:06.5 | He played in two Stanley Cup finals. He won the cup in 2011, played with Boston from 2009 to |
| 0:12.6 | 2018, finished out his career with the Rangers in the Blue Jackets, and now he's back with the Boston |
| 0:19.3 | Bruins as their player development coordinator. |
| 0:22.6 | A really neat job for Adam to be able to live out his faith in the Lord. |
| 0:27.3 | And this was a really interesting conversation to talk to Adam because I think there's a |
| 0:32.8 | growth process going on with him in regards to his faith. |
| 0:36.0 | He's a soft-spoken guy, quiet guy who wants to be |
| 0:39.3 | more open, I think, about who Jesus is in his life. So we talk a lot about going through this |
| 0:45.3 | NHL path, this NHL journey, spending the day with the Stanley Cup after winning it all in 2011, |
| 0:52.3 | and even getting a little deep into that disease of more, |
| 0:56.6 | of wanting more and staying grounded in your faith. |
| 1:00.4 | Adam McQuaid from the Boston Bruins coming up in just a second here on Sports Spectrum. |
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