Marek & Friedman: Two Legendary Voices Call it a Career

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Elliotte look at the careers of both John Garrett and Steve Coates as they announce this will be their last seasons in the booth. Next, the guys weigh in on the Western Conference wildcard race, the Jets not being able to close the door, and Nashville’s tough schedule down the stretch (14:09). To wrap, Jeff and Elliotte chat about the Hurricanes' impressive play, why the Devils could cause problems for the Rangers, and why it’s so hard to count out the Penguins as long as Sidney Crosby is in the lineup (23:08). 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.

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0:00.0	Okay, so I get diems and I get emails on a daily basis after this program goes off the air or after people listen to the podcast.
0:11.0	And it was interesting, yesterday on the show had a conversation
0:14.7	with Brian Boyle who's announced his retirement from hockey we last
0:17.9	saw him playing last season with the Pittsburgh Penguins and last night he
0:21.8	made his debut as an analyst on the NHL network.
0:25.0	We wish him all the best in his new career.
0:27.0	Part of the conversation revolved around him being a new hockey dad and you know him being
0:32.0	the father of a hockey player and just
0:35.1	getting into the the early mornings and the bad coffee and and all of it and I was
0:40.4	talking to him yesterday and mentioned one thing specifically that seemed to trigger a lot of people and they sent me notes about it and I want to read some to you.
0:49.0	I mentioned that I dread the last drive.
0:53.5	Many people have gone through this.
0:54.9	I haven't yet, but I dread the last drive to hockey,
0:59.0	because what do you do next? So a couple of people reached out to me afterwards. Well I'm going to read a couple here. So James Anderson and James is a station manager for a Rogers TV in Durham region, Georgina, and
1:13.6	Dufferin Calladin. So he sends me this email. Just listening to your show and
1:18.7	chat with Brian Boyle. I've been a hockey dad since 1996. Wow. My oldest son aged out in midget. My youngest was in
1:26.5	hockey school here in Georgina. Both ended up playing Rep for the Georgina Blaze.
1:30.7	Chris Chirity played for the Georgina Blaze. Sean Walker, I think for
1:34.5	LA, Aaron Ambrose of the Canadian national team. I'll play Georgina Blaze.
1:38.3	Anyhow, my youngest is playing U18 just days away from his last game in minor hockey.
1:43.4	We're off to Halton heroes Friday night for the last round Robin game with a quarterfinals
1:47.2	starting as soon as Sunday while they already have enough points to advance as a
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