Birthday Suit Cigarettes, Skullets, Hardest Shot & More, Interview w/ Al Iafrate

Dropping the Gloves

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Hockey, Hockeyfights, Nhl, Johnscott, Sports, Nhldiscussion

4.8 • 755 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

I had a great interview with 3 time all star and all time great Al Iafrate. He was in a league of his own when he played and he wasn't affraid to do things his own way. Al and I touch on his career and a lot more.

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0:00.0	John Scott, you're talking.
0:07.0	John Scott, the family man.
0:13.0	Thank you for listening to dropping the gloves with John Scott. Good afternoon, everybody welcome to dropping the gloves with John Scott.
0:24.8	Good afternoon, everybody welcome to dropping the gloves.
0:27.2	I got my good friend joining us today.
0:29.1	Al, I have Frady, all the way.
0:31.4	Where are you at now in Michigan, Al?
0:31.9	Plymouth.
0:34.7	All the way from Plymouth, Michigan. A little down yonder from you.
0:36.4	A little bit more self, but not
0:38.3	not any worse, but still up north is where you should be. I've been telling you for years,
0:43.9	come up north. Yeah, it's beautiful up there. I usually spend a week up there in Sutton's Bay
0:48.6	with some friends every right around labor day.
0:57.6	Well, if you come up, I'm literally a nine iron from Sutton's Bay.
1:01.9	The next street up is my house, Traverse City of Sutton's Bay.
1:02.7	So let me know you're here.
1:04.0	Well, listen, thanks for jumping on.
1:04.7	I know you're busy.
1:10.2	I don't like doing this because you just like to keep a private life when you're away from the spotlight. And you're in the spotlight a lot. Let's be honest. You just got that personality. Yes. You know, people make fun of the Maple Leafs. But, you know, we have some All-Star years with the Maple Leafs. And you're going to be doing stuff the rest of your life. Well, talk about that.
1:27.5	Let's jump into it because I didn't realize you were fourth overall pick out.
1:31.2	Did you know that in 1984?
1:35.3	Yeah, I do that.
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