So welcome to a special interview edition of 32 Thoughts of Podcasts presented by GMC

and the new AT4X, Merrick, Friedman, Dalloch, you know my first experience with a Slovak

hockey player and maybe it's the same for you, Elias, since we're the same vintage, was

a 1976 Canada Cup and the one player that I really fell in love with and was intrigued

by because I loved gold tenors and there were some colorful ones in the 70s, I was intrigued

by Vladimir Zerilla, who was outstanding in that Canada Cup.

Now the biography on Zerilla was by trade, he was a refrigerator repairman, that's a true

story.

In addition to being, you know, Dominic Hashek's inspiration, this guy had a 9-5 as a refrigerator

repairman.

He also spent almost 20 years as a netminder for the Czechoslovakian national team, he

was awesome in that tournament.

And then the page flipped from decade to decade and in the 80s, I fell in love with Peter

Stasney.

I love the Quebec Nordics, I love Stasney, great Slovak hockey player, spot quiz, you can

use this one, a party is everybody, in the 1980s, the high scoring 80s, Wayne Greski

was the leading scorer, who was number two, it was Peter Stasney.

And those were my two main favorite Slovak hockey players.

I think you have one who's rather tall and recently wrapped it up.

Yeah, Chara is, you know, he was always my favorite, I love dealing with Chara.

But I love Stasney too, and I do remember Zerilla, I mean, there isn't, uh,

Canadian hockey fan, or probably a hockey fan anywhere, who's our age, who hasn't seen

...