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The Medicine Hat Tigers have had an unbelievable run since January and now find themselves in the Memorial Cup finals. As we await to see who they will face, Jon Keen tells us why this Tigers team is so special and what their chances are to being the best team in the CHL. The Green Zone
WHL Insider Jon Keen shares his insight on the teams joining the WHL from Penticton and Chilliwack and the potential fallout from the Draft Lottery
A busy Friday Edition of the SportsCage with your host Barney Shynkurak. Our guest list includes Brad Jacobs, Farhan Lalji, Cody Janzen, Jon Keen, Colton Yellow Horn, and members of the Champion Regina Pat Canadians
Coming Down the Pipe... [0:00] - The Season 20 intro for The Pipeline Show [1:12] - First Segment - Guy sets up this week's Playoff Preview with the guest list but a number of NHL player signings of note as well. [8:42] - The OHL Playoffs are previewed with the help of the radio voice of the Sarnia Sting, Terry Doyle. [39:57] - We'll cut the Western Hockey League playoff preview into two chunks beginning with a look at the Eastern Conference with Troy Gillard, the play caller of the Red Deer Rebels. [1:12:33] - To look ahead at the Western Conference of the WHL Playoffs we'll lean on the voice of the Kamloops Blazers, Jon Keen. Also some thoughts on the Penticton Vees joining the league next season. [1:40:23] - We check in on the Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League playoff picture with the help of Saint John media guy Jamie Tozer of Station Nation. [2:03:24] - Last but not least, Jimmy Connelly from USCHO is back to preview the 16-team NCAA Division 1 Men's National Hockey Championship. We'll go through the full bracket and offer up our predictions.
Today the WHL announced that it has awarded Penticton and Chilliwack with WHL franchises. Jon Keen joins the show to discuss why these two cities will be joining the WHL and how it will work come the WHL draft. The Green Zone
Our WHL insider Jon Keen sheds some light on the WHL expansion rumours and what that process would look like
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The voice of the Kamloops Blazers Jon Keen joined the show to talk about who are the buyers for the upcoming WHL trade deadline on January 9.
The duo of Barney Shynkaruk and Brian Munz bring to you the Friday Edition of the SportsCage. Guests include: Darren Dreger, Arash Madani, Jon Keen, Scott MacAulay and Carter Gusway. Also we got the Senior Hockey Report courtesy of the Monday Nooner.
Dec 22, 2024 - Pastor Jon Keen expounds on John 14:1-6
Another Saskatoon Edition of the All New SportsCage with Barney Shynkaruk and Derek Bidwell. They've got your hockey and football needs covered with a stacked guest list, including Roydon Gunn, Jon Keen, Arash Madani, and Glen Suitor, plus Benny Walchuk and the SJHL Report.
Voice of the Kamloops Blazers Jon Keen thinks the NCAA ruling on CHL players has "made a lot of teams try to win now."
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Coming Down the Pipe... [0:00] - The intro for Season 20 of The Pipeline Show [1:12] - A very quick intro segment to set the table for an overstuffed episode with one big trade announcement also touched on. [8:28] - The new Commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League is Bryan Crawford and he leads the guest list this week to discuss taking on the job and what his vision is for the future of the OHL. [31:51] - The annual WHL team previews begins with the Kamloops Blazers with the assistance of the long time radio broadcast voice of the team, Jon Keen. [56:16] - The WHL regular season champs last year were the Saskatoon Blades. General Manager Colin Priestner is here to preview the coming campaign for his club. [1:29:38] - After a summer of exciting changes, the Everett Silvertips begin the year with a new head coach in Steve Hamilton, a new exceptional status defenceman in Landon DuPont and a new General Manager too. Mike Fraser joins me to talk about it all. [1:59:10] - The always exciting Portland Winterhawks will try to follow up their Western Conference title despite losing about half of their roster. Nick Marek is the play caller for the Winterhawks and joins me once again. [2:27:21] - Wrapping it up for this week is the owner and General Manager of the Red Deer Rebels - Brent Sutter.
Episode 34 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features a wrap up of the 2024 WHL Championship Series presented by Nutrien, including on-ice reaction from members of the WHL champion Moose Jaw Warriors.
Episode 33 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features a recap of the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft, a wrap on the WHL Conference Championships, Lynden Lakovic (Moose Jaw Warriors), and a round up of Canada's gold-medal performance at the 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship.
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We talk with Jon Keen about these insane WHL playoffs!
It was CFL draft day, and Shynk, Maz, and Dave Thomas were live at Mosaic Stadium. They are joined by Luc Mullinder, Glen Suitor, Arash Madani and Jon Keen. The CFL draft, WHL Playoffs, NHL playoffs, and the SJHL are front and centre.
Episode 31 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features a preview of the WHL Conference Championships presented by Nutrien, including Mark O'Leary (Moose Jaw Warriors) and Zac Funk (Prince George Cougars).
Episode 30 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features Fraser Minten (Saskatoon Blades), Gabe Klassen (Portland Winterhawks), a review of NHL Central Scouting's final rankings for the 2024 NHL Draft, plus WHL Official Cianna Lieffers.
Episode 29 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features the latest on Landon DuPont, the first defenceman in WHL history to be granted exceptional status. We also hear from Brennan Sonne (Saskatoon Blades) and Tij Iginla (Kelowna Rockets).
Episode 28 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features a rundown of the 2024 WHL Awards finalists, plus we get caught up on everything going on in the 2024 WHL Playoffs, including sound from Clarke Caswell (Swift Current Broncos), Luca Cagnoni (Portland Winterhawks), and Carlin Dezainde (Prince George Cougars).
Episode 28 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features a rundown of the 2024 WHL Awards finalists, plus we get caught up on everything going on in the 2024 WHL Playoffs, including sound from Clarke Caswell (Swift Current Broncos), Luca Cagnoni (Portland Winterhawks), and Carlin Dezainde (Prince George Cougars).
Coming Down the Pipe... [0:00] - The intro for Season 19 of The Pipeline Show [1:12] - Guy starts the Playoff Preview with news and notes from the WHL, OHL, QMJHL, AJHL and NCAA before getting to the guest list. [14:30] - Breaking down the NCAA National Tournament bracket one regional at a time is Jimmy Connelly from USCHO. [42:59] - The WHL Eastern Conference playoffs will be a tough one to predict but Regina Pats broadcaster Dante De Caria joins me to try and do just that. [1:12:55] - When it comes to previewing the WHL's Western Conference, and offering up some predictions, I had to call on Jon Keen, the voice of the Kamloops Blazers. [1:36:54] - The Ontario Hockey League playoffs also begin this weekend and while the Memorial Cup host Saginaw Spirit and London Knights ruled the regular season, can someone else knock them from their perch? Sarnia broadcaster Terry Doyle fills us in.
Episode 27 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features a recap of the 2024 WHL Draft Lotteries, including Mike Fraser (Everett Silvertips); a preview of the 2024 WHL Playoffs, including Fraser Minten (Saskatoon Blades), Mark Lamb (Prince George Cougars) and Andrew Cristall (Kelowna Rockets); plus Jagger Firkus (Moose Jaw Warriors).
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Episode 26 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen dives into the WHL Playoff races heading into the final weekend of the season, plus features Rogan Dean (Edmonton Oil Kings), Terik Parascak (Prince George Cougars) and Griffin Outhouse (WHL Alumni).
Episode 25 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features the NHL debut of Zack Ostapchuk (WHL Alumni), Dave Struch (Red Deer Rebels), Chris Douglas (UBC Thunderbirds), and Earl Seitz – the latest recipient of the WHL's Bob Ridley Award for Media Excellence.
Episode 24 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features WHL Commissioner Dan Near, Reid Dyck (Swift Current Broncos), Cameron Schmidt (Vancouver Giants) and WHL Player of the Week Jordan Keller (Kamloops Blazers).
Episode 23 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features Logan Stankoven's NHL debut, Seattle Thunderbirds coach Matt O'Dette on Matt Rempe, Spokane Chiefs coach Ryan Smith on World Youth Olympics and more, plus the story of former Red Deer Rebel Vukie Mpofu.
Episode 22 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features Gavin McKenna (Medicine Hat Tigers), the latest on NHL debuts for Arshdeep Bains (Red Deer Rebels) and Matthew Rempe (Seattle Thunderbirds), as well as Prince George Cougars defenceman Hudson Thornton.
Episode 21 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features Clarence Iron (WHL Cree Broadcaster), Max Paddock (WHL Alumni) and Emmitt Finnie (Kamloops Blazers).
Episode 19 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features: Barclay Parneta (Vancouver Giants), Kalan Lind (Red Deer Rebels), Carter Yakemchuk (Calgary Hitmen), and Riley Heidt (Prince George Cougars).
Episode 18 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features a recap from the 2024 Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, Olen Zellweger's NHL debut, Luca Cagnoni (Portland Winterhawks) and Ron Robison talking hockey roots with Regan Bartel.
Episode 17 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features Cayden Lindstrom (Medicine Hat Tigers), Dennis Williams (Everett Silvertips), Matt Savoie (Moose Jaw Warriors) and a feature on Terry Ryan (WHL Alumni).
Episode 16 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features Chad Leslie (Swift Current Broncos), Conor Geekie (Swift Current Broncos), Colin Priestner (Saskatoon Blades), and a complete recap of the 2024 WHL Trade Deadline.
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In this week's edition of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen, we hear from Denton Mateychuk (Moose Jaw Warriors) about World Juniors Selection Camp, Wenatchee Wild GM Bliss Littler, and we wrap up with Teddy Bear Toss update, featuring Wyatt Pisarczyk (Calgary Hitmen).
Episode 8 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features Carter Yakemchuk (Calgary Hitmen), Trevor Wong (Saskatoon Blades) and highlights from Patrick Marleau's jersey retirement ceremony in Seattle.
Episode 7 of the WHL Radio Show with Jon Keen features Richard Doerksen (WHL VP, Hockey), Fraser Minten (Kamloops Blazers), and Manny Viveiros (Vancouver Giants), plus news and notes from around the WHL.
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Episode 6 of the WHL Radio Show featuring Jon Keen checks in with Dan Marr (NHL Central Scouting), Roy Sommer (Wenatchee Wild), and Andrew Cristall (Kelowna Rockets).
Coming Down the Pipe... [0:00] - The Season 19 intro for The Pipeline Show [1:12] - Guy has a very quick News & Notes segment before introducing the guest list for this week. [10:52] - This week we begin with the Kamloops Blazers and broadcaster Jon Keen. The Blazers have dominated the BC Division for years but can they do it again? [32:09] - New WHL play caller Nathan Kanter is now the voice of the Vancouver Giants and he offers us this preview of the team that plays out of Langley, BC [1:10:52] - Les Lazaruk is one of the veteran radio broadcasters in the WHL having been calling Saskatoon Blades games for 3 decades. He's never called a WHL final though...is this the year? [1:37:35] - The Victoria Royals have been building and looking forward to this coming season but will it be another year of disappointment or finally a breakthru? broadcaster Marlon Martens is my guest. [2:00:40] - The defending WHL champion Seattle Thunderbirds have lost a lot from last year but still return a number of drafted and high-end players. Thom Beuning gets us set for the coming year in Seattle. [2:22:13] - Last this week is last year's cellar dwelling team; The Edmonton Oil Kings. Andrew Peard and I look ahead and share what we expect to see from this team - hint: it's going to be much better.
It's an extended opening hour of the program, as the guys talk World Hockey Championships, where Canada downed Finland, and Latvia upset Sweden. The guys also look ahead to the REDBLACKS preseason opener, and discuss Florida's "Team of Destiny" vibe. Then the fellas catch up with Jon Keen, the voice of the Kamloops Blazers, to get set for the Memorial Cup
Jon Keen, voice of the Kamloops Blazers, joins The Drive to help the guys get set for the Memorial Cup
Jon Keen, the voice of the Kamloops Blazers, joins the show to talk about former Blazer Dylan Ferguson
AJ and Lee start the show by wrapping up Ottawa's big win in Pittsburgh, and a dramatic finish in the World Baseball Classic semis. Then they chat with Jon Keen, voice of the Kamloops Blazers, who reflects on Dylan Ferguson's junior career after his first NHL win.
The Voice & The Coach returns for Episode 47 and a conversation with Kamloops Blazers play-by-play broadcaster Jon Keen.Keen has been calling games for nearly 20 years in the WHL. His career began in Swift Current in the early 2000's and took him West in 2010 where he's lived since. With over 1500 games worth of interviews, memories and stories to his credit from the junior hockey ranks, this conversation is a MUST for any junior hockey supporter.We'll hit him with the obligatory NAME GAME, we'll ask him about some of his favourite players, memorable interviews, nostalgic goal calls and so much more!All SHARES, RATINGS, and DOWNLOADS continue to be greatly appreciated.Our Partners:- Patching Mortgage Services (604-561-6716)- Atco- Willoughby Family Chiropractic & Massage Therapy (604-534-3939)- The National Hockey Training Centre (604-534-7825)- Four Winds Brewing Company (604-940-9949)- OPEX Delta (778-386-7297)Our Podcast Friends:- "Opening the Playbook" with Christina Heydanus- "The Lunatics do IVF" with Craig and Alix Malcolm- "The Brains and Banter"Intro/Extro Song: Siesta by JahzzarOther Songs Used In Ads:- In My Pocket by Jahzzar- No-End Ave by Jahzzar- Rest Easy by Vans in Japan- Good Vibe by KetsaPatching Mortgage ServicesLet Patching Mortgage Services secure the perfect mortgage for your next real estate purchase.National Hockey Training CentreYour go-to ice rink for rentals, private lessons, seasonal programs, and more!Willoughby Family Chiro/Massage TherapyServing the whole family - prenatal chiro & children's chiropractor in Willoughby.Four Winds Brewing CompanyCraft Beer Brewed in Delta B.C. Serving award winning beer, tacos & burgers.Opex DeltaFitness and nutrition programming designed just for you. Training for lifelong results.AtcoClean, safe, reliable and affordable energy for businesses and Structures.*CO Alarm Giveaway Link*