Conqu’ring Heroes 181 - Kevin Porter

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4.8 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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We continue our Hall of Honor interviews with one of the greatest Michigan Hockey players of all time. Former Hobey Baker Award winner Kevin Porter discusses his time wearing the Maize and Blue, the Wolverines’ run to the 2008 Frozen Four, and his career in the NHL.

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0:11.4	Former Hobie Baker Award winner Kevin Porter and New.
0:15.5	Hall of Honor inductee joins me next on Conquering Heroes.
0:22.1	Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things, Michigan Athletics.
0:27.1	Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way.
0:32.3	This is Conquering Heroes.
0:34.4	Here's your host, John Chanson.
0:36.9	Well, I'm pleased to be joined by another Hall of
0:40.1	Honor. Honorary and inductee. That's Kevin Porter. Kevin played hockey here at the University of
0:45.8	Michigan from 2004 to 2008, captain of the hockey team, an appearance in the Frozen Four, and there's
0:53.2	many more accolades that we'll talk about as I get to.
0:55.7	But Kevin, thanks for joining me.
0:57.2	And the first question I ask anyone, when Ward called you, what was your reaction?
1:03.1	Oh, thanks for having me, John.
1:05.1	This is cool to be on the show here.
1:07.6	But when Ward called, it was a big surprise, a huge surprise,
1:11.7	actually. I'd known a couple people that have been inducted, and I'd never even dreamt of being
1:18.8	inducted. So when he called me, it was pretty special. It was pretty emotional. But yeah,
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