Tables and Wrestling and Brawls, Oh My!

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Jeff chats with former NHLer Darren McCarty about his appearance on Impact Wrestling where he got put through a table, before looking back on the brawl between the Red Wings and Avalanche from 26 years prior. Producer Matt brings us today's "Random Player of the Day" – Andre Lacroix (18:00). Soon after, Sportnset's Cassie Campbell-Pascall weighs in on the importance of Florida’s game against Ottawa, the similarities and differences between the Tkachuks, and Buffalo’s young stars making an impact this season (28:18). The Athletic's Joe Smith discusses his piece on Jon Cooper’s lengthy tenure in Tampa, the biggest story with the Wild this year and what makes this a successful season in Minnesota (49:34). 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	This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sports Net Radio Network.
0:07.0	Welcome back to the program coming out top of the hour.
0:10.0	We'll talk about a big evening tonight on Rogers Monday night hockey it is the
0:14.9	Florida Panthers facing off against the Ottawa Senators Montreal Canadians and the Buffalo
0:20.0	Sabres a pair of big ones there.
0:23.0	Also Joe Smith coming up, we'll talk about the Minnesota Wild and spend a few minutes talking
0:26.6	about John Cooper and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
0:30.3	In the meantime, very much looking forward to talking to my next guest.
0:33.5	He is a Stanley Cup champion, a noted hockey player, someone who was involved in one of the biggest events
0:41.2	the game has ever seen. He is also a musician. He is also an
0:45.9	author and he is also a pro wrestler. He is Darren McCarty and he joins me now.
0:52.3	Darren, thanks so much for doing this.
0:53.7	How are you?
0:55.3	Wow, you use a pro wrestling term to the extent.
0:59.2	I just, I think I would say I find myself in situations inside of a wrestling ring that I shouldn't be there and of course the result happens.
1:10.0	What we're alluding to is anybody who follows impact wrestling and I know it's played on T.S. N. They just had their sacrifice pay-per-view in Windsor, Ontario, which I'm from Leamington, but it's Essex County.
1:25.0	Like to consider the Essex County Fight Club, all the tough guys in hockey to come out of our area,
1:31.0	including one of the Maple Leaf's best tough guys in the day,
1:36.3	tied domes. So a little bit known that I guess it's a bucket list item now that I get to mark off but
1:44.7	Bully Ray Dudley put me through a table the other night, but but I would do it again
1:51.6	because Tommy Dreamer is my guy.
1:55.0	Always has been.
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