Best of 2021 - #4: The Friendship That Changed An NHL Superstar And A Rock Legend
The Lead
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3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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To close out 2021, we're replaying our 10 best episodes of the year. At #4 we have 'The Friendship That Changed An NHL Superstar And A Rock Legend.' The Athletic's Joshua Kloke joined us to explain the unlikely friendship between hockey star Joe Thornon and Canadian rock legend Gord Downie -- and how each drew inspiration from the other right up until Downie's final days.
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| 0:48.0 | Hey everyone, happy 28th of December. Hope you are all enjoying some downtime with loved ones. |
| 0:53.0 | Meanwhile, here at the lead while our team is on vacation, we are replaying what we think are our very best episodes of 2021. |
| 1:00.0 | What's the number four in our countdown? A story about a surprising relationship between a professional hockey player and a musician, |
| 1:08.0 | both Titans in their field. The story first aired back in early June. Here it goes. |
| 1:14.0 | Blue again for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadians are heading to the ring for the second round. |
| 1:27.0 | And Monday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs experienced an epic collapse in the first round of the NHL playoffs. |
| 1:33.0 | And that means among other things that the team's oldest player, 41 year old forward Joe Thornton, |
| 1:38.0 | will now have to contemplate whether or not to come back next season for one more shot at a Stanley Cup. |
| 1:45.0 | Creper out scores, Joe Thornton with a lot of reach, and he has tied it. |
| 1:51.0 | The oldest player ever to score in Maple Leaf history. |
| 1:54.0 | The athletics Josh Cloak recently wrote about a relationship that might help shed some light on the subject. |
| 2:00.0 | An unlikely friendship between Thornton and a Canadian rock legend. |
| 2:04.0 | Josh joins us today to explain how the hockey superstar and the music icon formed a bond and drew inspiration from one another right up until the very end. |
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