Frankie Hung Out With NHL Legend Jon Cooper!

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Barstool Sports

Sports, Golf

4.6 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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On today’s episode, Frankie recaps a wild weekend that had him rubbing elbows with NHL legend and Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper (11:30). He breaks down their hang at Borrelli’s and how it led to a friendly wager at Saturday’s game. The guys also dive into a disastrous penalty at Q-School (53:55), sparking a conversation about the inaccuracy of ball-marking on the greens. They wrap things up by discussing why more people don't practice tough shots (1:08:40) and run through the courses that have hosted the most U.S. Opens (1:21:05).

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0:00.0	Hey, 4Play listeners. You can find us every Tuesday and Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube.
0:06.8	Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music.
0:10.2	Athletic, bold, commanding. We're talking about this Chevy, Equinox, EV, Chevrolet for this entire year.
0:16.1	It's been the presenting sponsor of our show. So everything we talk about, everything we're able to do here on this podcast is brought to you by Chevy and that Equinox EV. So we appreciate them very much.
0:25.6	We got a little story time on today's show, gentlemen. Yeah. I had a crazy Friday night with
0:33.8	John Cooper, the head coach of the Tampa Lightning, thanks to a mutual friend now in Sam Bezoian Riggs. He texted me and said John Cooper wants to come to Borrelli's tonight, and it was quite the night, and we get into the whole entire deal. We got, we had a bet for the game that came the next day. It was a wild, wild day for all Frankie Borrelia at his family's restaurant. That's for sure.
0:56.0	It's a great tale. It's a fantastic tale. So, yeah, I think people are going to enjoy that.
1:00.2	One of our favorite people is John Cooper. He's just a big name, big, big name in the hockey world.
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1:39.4	Oh, Rick!
1:40.4	What's up my brother?
1:41.8	I've got a buddy who struggles with that shot.
2:02.8	I love his name's Frankie Borrelli. So the guys actually gave him a nickname of Butter Nives because he always knifes it across the green. Broke 100. Now you've got to break 90. We appreciate what you guys do for golf. It's been really cool. Thank you. You're making it cool. We appreciate it. I was like, hey, Phil, you only fucking $29.99.
2:03.9	And he grabs 100.
2:06.6	He's like, yeah, I won $90,000 of these yesterday.
2:08.5	He goes, take 100 and go, fuck yourself.
2:09.2	What?
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