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32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Braiden Epp: Ready For The Fight

32 Thoughts: The Podcast

Sportsnet

Hockey, Sports

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this year, the former captain of the Prince George Spruce Kings turned referee was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. When 24-year-old Braiden Epp received the news, he quickly got involved in helping to find a cure for the disease. Braiden joins Jeff and Elliotte to talk about some of the challenges he has faced since being diagnosed, why it was important to him and his peers to begin raising funds, getting back on the ice, memories from his junior hockey days, sharing the ice with Mathew Barzal, what he enjoys most about refereeing and the guys give Braiden a couple of in-game calls that a referee is forced to make but drive fans crazy. DONATE: Braiden’s MS Bike fundraiser can be found HERE Music Outro: Holy Hive – This Is My Story Listen to the full track here! This podcast is produced and mixed by Amil Delic, and hosted by Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman. Additional audio editing support was provided by Mike Rogerson. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

Transcript

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0:00.0

No, that will not be the open

0:03.3

Today on 31 Thoughts the Podcast presented by the GMC Sierra AT4 you're getting me a really special person

0:09.6

Brayden app is a 24 year old former player

0:12.4

We should add former captain of the Prince George Spruce Kings turned official who's also been diagnosed recently with multiple sclerosis

0:20.7

And as you're about to find out he's a fighter. He's a positive thinker

0:25.5

He leads a charity drive aimed at raising funds to be MS

0:29.3

He's a passionate hockey guy and he's someone you can't help but cheer for and

0:35.0

He very much has hockey opinions as you're about to find out Elliot

0:39.3

See I didn't like the fact that he had strong and funny opinions because the more people who do that the less

0:44.9

I have a chance of keeping my job so that really bothers me

0:48.5

Same on some level, but the bottom line is you know

0:51.9

Brayden has gone through some challenges and and he'll describe them all to you

0:56.6

But that doesn't mean that it's going to stop him and trying to accomplish his goal

1:01.5

And that doesn't mean it's gonna prevent him from trying to do some good out of it

1:05.6

Whenever there's somebody who meets their challenges head on like that

1:09.2

Why wouldn't you want to amplify why wouldn't you want to help out and as you said Jeff there was some

1:16.1

Extra comedy and edge in there that maybe we weren't expecting so we hope you all enjoy this

1:22.5

Team app we're all on it. Here's Brayden 31 thoughts the podcast

1:33.5

Brayden first of all thanks so much for joining us here today in the the opening of the podcast

1:37.8

Elliot and I sort of ran down a little bit sort of nickel and dime version of your story

1:43.2

Listen, you're the authority on your story in your words. Can you describe what's happened to you?

1:50.0

Well, it's been a rollercoaster of emotions for me for the last probably six months now, but

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