Podcasts about Minnesota North Stars

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Don Beaupre hails from the Twin Cities of Waterloo and Kitchener, Ontario. He made his way to the NHL via playing major junior hockey with the Sudbury Wolves. Don was drafted in the 2nd round by the Minnesota North Stars and led them to the Stanley Cup finals as a rookie. Don played in 740 regular season and playoff games in the NHL, earning 2 All Star games appearances!Jackson Lackas hails from Las Vegas, Nevada and, as a 17 year old, is in his 2nd season with the NAHL's Chippewa Steel. Chippewa SteelIf you're looking for a great night of hockey, a Steel game is the place to be. Riverside Bike and SkateEau Claire's hockey headquarters which is the oldest hockey store in the state of Wisconsin. Rolly's Coach ClubMarket & JohnsonAdding Value to Everything We DoWilliams Diamond CenterWilliams Diamond Center is a fun and friendly place to find your next sparkling signature pieceKelly Heating and ElectricProudly making you comfortable since 1997!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.@TheBOSPodwww.thebreakoutsessions.com

Today on the show the awesome Sean Goldsworthy. Goldy has coached both college and high school hockey in this market for over 27 years. Currently, he is the bench boss at Minnetonka where he has produced 2 State Championship teams. Fun stories today that include growing up as the son of a legendary player for the Minnesota North Stars.    Thanks to Minnesota Masonic Charities (https://mnmasoniccharities.org/) & OnX Maps (https://www.onxmaps.com/)

Today on the show the awesome Sean Goldsworthy. Goldy has coached both college and high school hockey in this market for over 27 years. Currently, he is the bench boss at Minnetonka where he has produced 2 State Championship teams. Fun stories today that include growing up as the son of a legendary player for the Minnesota North Stars.    Thanks to Minnesota Masonic Charities (https://mnmasoniccharities.org/) & OnX Maps (https://www.onxmaps.com/)

In this episode, Derek (@CreaseAndAssist) and Theresa (@MNSOTA24) are joined by Minnesota sports historian, author, and documentarian Dan Whenesota (@Whenesota). They discuss Dan's most recent documentary North Star State, which chronicles the eventful history of the Minnesota North Stars. We ask Dan about some of the history, and whether if it could have played out differently or was the team destined to move no matter what. Links to Dan's books and documentary are shown below.History of Heartbreak: 100 Events that Tortured Minnesota Sport FansA Slap Shot in Time: The Wild but True Story of the Minnesota Fighting SaintsNorth Star State: Part 1, A Star is BornNorth Star State: Part 2, Saints, Seals, and BaronsNorth Star State: Part 3, So Close We Can Taste ItNorth Star State: Part 4, Goodnight & GoodbyeRalph Strangis: Time to Give Minnesota Its History Back

In this episode of "Dishing with Stephanie's Dish," we had a delightful conversation with the talented cookbook author Kelly Jaggers. She shared her insights about her latest creation, "The Ultimate Meal Planning for One Cookbook," and her journey as a cookbook writer. Kelly's passion for creating recipes perfectly scaled for one person's enjoyment shines through her work, making her books a treasure trove for solo diners. She has 4 books currently in the “Cooking For One” series including:Join us as we delve into Kelly's culinary background, her inspirations for writing cookbooks, and her love for food, hockey, and dogs. So, grab a cup of your favorite beverage and join us in this engaging conversation with Kelly Jaggers.COOKBOOK GIVEAWAYI have two copies of this cookbook to give away. To be included in the giveaway, send me any comment here, and I will contact the winner via email and mail the book to your home. FINAL TRANSCRIPT:Stephanie [00:00:15]:Hello, everybody, and welcome to dishing with Stephanie's dish, the podcast where we talk to cookbook authors and people generally obsessed with food. Today, we have a cookbook author, and it is Kelly Jaggers. Welcome to the program, Kelly.Kelly Jaggers [00:00:27]:Thank you so much for having me.Stephanie [00:00:29]:Yes. So you wrote something that I find really fascinating. It's called the ultimate meal planning for 1 cookbook, and you previously wrote the ultimate Mediterranean diet cookbook for 1. Mhmm. What got you into, like, cooking for 1 person? Because I did notice that you're now married.Kelly Jaggers [00:00:49]:I am married. So just because I'm married doesn't mean I don't understand the, ins and outs of what people who are solo might need. Yes. I do spend a few days a week at home by myself. My husband works. Sometimes he travels. And on those dates, I'm just cooking for me. I don't have kiddos, just me and the dogs.Kelly Jaggers [00:01:06]:So it was important for me to learn how to scale down recipes so that I could enjoy them just for myself without having excessive leftovers. And that just really parlays well into the book series that I've been working on, because it's kind of a I wouldn't say so niche, but kind of overlooked audience for cookbooks.Stephanie [00:01:23]:For sure.Kelly Jaggers [00:01:23]:Thinking right. They're thinking about families, married couples, people with loads of kids or planning for parties. But what about those people who are, for whatever reason, cooking for themselves because maybe they're single or they have a spouse or an SO or a partner who works multiple days away from home or maybe they're on a special diet from an SO. And so, like, they're planning just for themselves.Stephanie [00:01:44]:Yeah.Kelly Jaggers [00:01:44]:So lots of reasons why you might just be cooking for yourself. So it's not just because you're a single, although you probably maybe you are. That's also fine. Like, I don't judge. Whatever. So, yeah, it was important for me to kind of, kinda fill that gap and to help, to fill out that market a little bit.Stephanie [00:01:58]:I feel uniquely, interested in this topic after just having spent 2 weeks with my mother-in-law who's 92, and she still does all her own cooking. And every time I was gonna make something, she acted sort of horrified at my portions because she's used to cooking for just herself. So she's always really keenly in tune to not cooking too much so she doesn't have to eat the same thing for 5 days.Kelly Jaggers [00:02:25]:Exactly.Stephanie [00:02:26]:Yep. Because leftovers are a problem when you're when you're single.Kelly Jaggers [00:02:30]:I mean, leftovers are great for 1, maybe 2 meals, but, like, five meals of lasagna in a week or 5 meals of, whatever it is that you've made. Yeah. It can get a little get a little depressing. Right? And it makes you not wanna cook, make you wanna reach for a takeout menu, and that's so expensive. So you're wasting food, spending more on maybe delivery or takeout than maybe you've planned for in the budget. So why not think about meals that are scaled for 1 to 2 portions? I think that makes a lot of sense for people who are thinking about their budget, thinking about ways to reduce food waste, which is so important too. Right? Food is so expensive these days. If you go to the grocery store, it's so high.Kelly Jaggers [00:03:09]:I don't wanna be throwing that food away. I'm gonna eat what I bought. So I wanna plan for meals that I can make, just in the portions that I want.Stephanie [00:03:16]:Your book is beautifully done in lots of ways. So Thank you. First of all, the design of itKelly Jaggers [00:03:23]:Yeah. Yeah. I love They did such a wonderful job with it. It's so, so pretty.Stephanie [00:03:29]:It's pretty. It's simple. It's easy to follow. You have pictures for most of the recipes. You also have, like, calorie counts, fat, protein, carbohydrates. So if someone is watching their calories, that's really helpful.Kelly Jaggers [00:03:45]:Yeah. Yeah.Stephanie [00:03:45]:We've got it also broken down into proteins, which we're kind of obsessing these days about if we're getting enough protein. So I loved that. Yeah. I also really liked the size of it and the paper, and it just feels like a manual I can pop in my purse and, you've got shopping lists, meal plans. It's really quite well done.Kelly Jaggers [00:04:08]:Thank you. Thank you. It's, it was a labor of love. I think that the most challenging part of the book was the meal plans is coming up with the 8 weeks of meal plans and the shopping lists because I wanted to make sure that the meal plans included a variety of recipes from the book. Nothing was too, like, Mexican every single night or, like, chicken every single night. I wanted to make sure there's plenty of variety. And to give an example for people who maybe have never sat down to meal plan before to say, like, this is what you can do. These are the kinds of recipes you can plan for.Kelly Jaggers [00:04:37]:This is an idea of what your week might look like, but feel free to plug and play. Right? Like, oh, I'm not such a big fan of this recipe. I'd rather have this. And you can just plug it into the meal plan and make it easy for you to customize and individualize so that as you start this meal planning journey, you have these great tools and you can just kind of utilize the week over week for yourself.Stephanie [00:04:58]:And the prep list too were really thoughtful. I think when you're cooking for because I do cook from 1 a lot, actually, 2. Mhmm. In my food life, because I'm doing recipe development, I'm, you know, usually making recipes for 2 to 6. Yep. But my husband in the summertime lives at our cabin for the most part. So I am cooking for myself a lot. And if I'm not eating recipe leftovers, which usually I end up giving to my neighbors because I don't really wanna eat what I just cooked.Kelly Jaggers [00:05:29]:I don't know why. Completely understand. I'm the same way.Stephanie [00:05:31]:I'm aKelly Jaggers [00:05:31]:first creature. It. Cooked it all day. I don't wanna consume it. I get it.Stephanie [00:05:35]:I photographed it. I'm just sayingKelly Jaggers [00:05:37]:with it all day, and I just don't want it. Yes.Stephanie [00:05:39]:So I'm, like, always running around the neighborhood, like, who needs food?Kelly Jaggers [00:05:43]:Who's hungry? I have I have meals. Please take these foods from me.Stephanie [00:05:46]:Yes. So, like, then I'm just myself and I'm like, oh, well, okay. What am I gonna just make for myself? And I always end up making too much. So then I've got, like, food and I again, I'm very conscientious about food waste too. But so I really enjoyed, the way that the book was put together. How did you get into cookbook writing? Were you a blogger first?Kelly Jaggers [00:06:08]:I was. I was. So, I had a blog. It still exists out there. I'm not updating it, obviously, but it was evil shenanigans.com. The shenanigans are evil because they're good for your taste buds, but maybe not so great for your waistline. And I started working on that blog when I went to culinary school. I was going to culinary school to become a baker.Kelly Jaggers [00:06:26]:I wanted to open my own bakery. I had these really grand plans. And I walked into bakery pastry management, one of my last classes for my degree, and the teacher came in and she's I'll never forget. She said, first thing she said before she even introduced herself was 90% of bakeries fail in the 1st year. It's about a $1,000,000 total investment. And I was like, and with that, I'm out. I am risk averse. I I know how hard it is to earn my money, and I was not interested in that.Kelly Jaggers [00:06:50]:So now what do I do with this education I've acquired? I don't wanna work in restaurants. I didn't wanna have that kind of, like, you know, chef y lifestyle that that's not me.Stephanie [00:06:59]:The beer doesn't appeal to you?Kelly Jaggers [00:07:01]:No. No. I am a gentle soul. Soul. I don't think I could handle it. I would cry every day.Stephanie [00:07:06]:Yep.Kelly Jaggers [00:07:07]:So I I started writing a blog during my culinary school journey, and so I just kinda focused in on that for a while, trying to figure out, like, what am I gonna do? And about a year into working on the blog, I received an email from a publisher asking if I was interested in working on a book on pies. And I looked around and said, are you sure you mean me? And they did. And so I wrote my very first book, which was the Everything Pie Cookbook. And sinceStephanie [00:07:29]:then had that. Yeah.Kelly Jaggers [00:07:31]:Yeah. Okay. Okay. Yeah. And so since then, I've written, a number of books for my publisher. I write roughly 1 a year right now. So I do the books and also the photography as well. So, on top of the books I write and shoot, I also shoot photography for other people's cook books.Kelly Jaggers [00:07:46]:So, so it's been a lot of fun. Yeah. Just like a nice little transition from, like, culinary school, I wanna be a baker, to now I write cookbooks and study food for a living, and it's the best, and I love it.Stephanie [00:07:57]:And you're not doing or you're not updating your blog at the same time, so your whole focus is really on your cookbook each year.Kelly Jaggers [00:08:04]:Yeah. Yeah. It it it's a labor of love. It's one of those things that, you've, I think, written a cookbook, so I think you understand. And developing recipes too. It's one of those things where I want them to be right. I want the recipes to work. So I do spend a lot of time working on the recipes, thinking about ingredients, studying what's trending, but also thinking about what will still taste good in 10 years.Kelly Jaggers [00:08:25]:So I want things to be up to date and current, but I don't want them to be so up to date that people are like, oh, we're so over this. You know?Stephanie [00:08:31]:Yeah.Kelly Jaggers [00:08:32]:So I spend a lot of time thinking about those things. So, yeah, that's that's what I do. I do photography. I do the cookbook writing, and then I also do, a little bit of light personal chef and catering work in town.Stephanie [00:08:42]:So Where do you live?Kelly Jaggers [00:08:44]:I live in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex.Stephanie [00:08:46]:Oh, nice. I just, I, I was just doing a cooking demonstration yesterday from 1 from my cookbook, and there's an recipe in there for king ranch chicken that was my mother in law's from Houston. And, you know, I know in Texas, like, everybody knows king ranch chicken is like our wild rice soup. Yes. Yes. Exactly. Was just so impressed with this King Ranch chicken. And I was like, people, I did not invent this thing.Stephanie [00:09:12]:You know? This has been being made in Texas for some time.Kelly Jaggers [00:09:15]:It's called the king ranch. Yeah. It's from the king ranch, and it's, yeah. It's very, very famous in the state. We I think everyone grew up eating it that I knew.Stephanie [00:09:24]:Yeah. And it is delicious. So you can VeryKelly Jaggers [00:09:26]:tasty. Yeah. No. It's it's for that.Stephanie [00:09:28]:It's oneKelly Jaggers [00:09:28]:of those things you kinda can't go wrong with.Stephanie [00:09:30]:So And, you know, they were asking me all these intimate questions about, like, the tortillas and what kind and how long they last. And I just I thought, oh, this is when you write a cookbook, you're writing it in your own vacuum, essentially. And these are the kinds of questions that cooks have that I wasn't thinking about when I wrote the recipe. Yeah. So I'll get better on the second book about thinking about some of that. But I think with each book, you get better. Don't you think?Kelly Jaggers [00:09:55]:Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. It's it's, the first book's a challenge. You you kinda don't I hate to say you don't know what you're doing, but, like, you write recipes. You know how to develop recipes. But have you written a book before? No. No. I ended up writing my first book over the course of basically a week.Kelly Jaggers [00:10:11]:We had a snowstorm in Dallas that year, and it basically shut the entire city down. All the roads were frozen over. We were actually hosting the Super Bowl that year too, so it was kind of like this thing where I was watching the news where the they were like, can we even have it? It's all snowed in, and I'm like, it'sStephanie [00:10:26]:a quarterKelly Jaggers [00:10:27]:of an inch of snow. It's so small. Yeah.Stephanie [00:10:29]:And we were laughing at all of you. Just like, oh my god. What is going on in Dallas?Kelly Jaggers [00:10:34]:Well, we don't have the infrastructure in place, and, also, we can't we drive aggressively. Anyway, so I ended up getting stuck at home for week. And I'm like, well, I guess I'll just work on the book. And so I did writing and testing and writing and testing that whole week. And by the time the week was over, I had about a 110 pies in my kitchen and in the fridge and freezer, and the majority of the book done. Like, it just was one of those things. And I was like, oh, how how will I ever write another one of these? This has been such a ordeal. But as you get into it and you learn, like, your own process, you it gets easier.Kelly Jaggers [00:11:07]:And you also think about those questions. Like, what do I do with the excess ingredients of this? And what will they do with these leftovers? And could they turn them into something else? And what suggestions do I have for substitutions, maybe for our vegan friends or for people who don't eat these kinds of proteins? Maybe you don't eat shellfish or pork. Like, you know, you think about those things and, like, little tidbits you can include in your recipes to make it better for your audience.Stephanie [00:11:31]:Yeah. And you have a lot of that in the book too. Like, in at each page, there if you have some suggestions, like, here's some variations on ways to use grits. Yep. Here is a tartar sauce that goes with this crispy fried shrimp, like Yep. How to freeze seafood. Like, I like that. I thought it was really thoughtful too.Kelly Jaggers [00:11:50]:Thank you.Stephanie [00:11:51]:What are some of your favorite cookbooks that you find yourself getting inspiration from recently?Kelly Jaggers [00:11:58]:Basically, anything from Nigella Lawson. She is the domestic goddess and basically my favorite food person. I adore Nigella Lawson. I love any of the books that deal with, like, specialty one topic cooking. So I love to read books on, like specifically books on, like, vegan cooking or, like, how to cook with chickpeas or, like, specific culinary areas, like, say, books, like, on Israeli cooking or Russian cooking or, German cooking. I love to learn about different food ways. So, I spent a lot of time studying Asian food culture, and now I'm kind of getting invested in more of, like, my own background. So learning about Germanic, Austrian, a little bit of Northern Italian foodways.Kelly Jaggers [00:12:43]:And then, of course, I love reading cookbooks from my home state of Texas. So I have a number of cookbooks from people who are in the state who are just masters of their crafts. So books on barbecue, books on southern comfort food, books on Tex Mex.Stephanie [00:12:58]:Yeah.Kelly Jaggers [00:12:58]:And then even drilling down books on Austin cuisine, on Dallas cuisine. Like, these books are so interesting to me. So I love to I read them like textbooks. Like, I love to just study them. Right? I could just sit there and read a cookbook like most people read a novel. So yeah.Stephanie [00:13:14]:Same. I just I don't know why I'm even telling you this, but it's kind of a cute story. I was traveling, and a woman contacted me, and she was cleaning out her mom's house. And we do a cookbook swap every year, with my radio show. And she said, I've got all these books, and I know you have the swap. She said, can I bring them to you? I said, yeah. You can bring them to me. Here's my garage code.Stephanie [00:13:32]:Just put them in my garage. And she was like, wait. You're just gonna give me a garage code? I'm like, yeah. Just put the books in there. She goes, I can't believe you're just all she goes, can I do anything else while I'm at your house? Can I bring in the mail? I'm like, sure if you want to. So I've got home from the cabin and the books are in the garage. And I started looking at them and they were real, like, treasures. Like, a lot of old Lutheran church cookbooks.Stephanie [00:13:57]:And there was one cookbook that was Minneapolis Restaurants that I only knew of 3 of the restaurants in the book. So it's gotta be, you know, 75 years old. Yeah. And it was just full of treasures and her notes, and there was a box, a wooden box that has actual recipes written in it by hand.Kelly Jaggers [00:14:17]:Oh my gosh.Stephanie [00:14:18]:And so I'm just like and there's 3 boxes of this person's life, you know? And I just I feel like so honored that this woman gave me the boxes of the books, and I've been kinda paging through them at night, like, reading the recipes and thinking, okay. This has olio and shortening. Can I find a way to do something different with it? And how does that work? But, yeah, I get jazzed by the same things.Kelly Jaggers [00:14:43]:I have my old, I don't wanna date myself too hard, but I did grow I did grow in in the elementary school in the eighties. And, I had a cookbook that our PTA put together for our elementary school, and I still have a copy of that, like, construction paper boundStephanie [00:14:59]:Yes.Kelly Jaggers [00:14:59]:Spiral bound cookbook from the elementary school, and the kids all submitted recipes. And most of them, the parents, obviously,Stephanie [00:15:07]:youKelly Jaggers [00:15:07]:know, helped. But, occasionally, it was a kid who, like, made up a recipe for the cookbook. And I loved to read through the book, and just kind of, like, remember, like, all my friends and the teachers and, like, you you know, all that stuff. It's just it's such a treasure. Like, no one else appreciates it than me, but I love it. It's it's to me, it's priceless.Stephanie [00:15:23]:When you what one of the things I liked about this book too is that you have a lot of baking recipes. People don't think about baking for 1, and you I'm just looking. You have a whole cook book about baking for 1.Kelly Jaggers [00:15:34]:I do. I do. Yeah. My first book that I did in the series was the baking for 1 cookbook. I did go to culinary school for pastry. So my my background is, well, my education is in pastry. That's not to say that I'm not educated on other forms of cooking. I did take a bunch of extra extracurricular cooking classes for, like, American cooking, French cuisine.Kelly Jaggers [00:15:52]:I learned how to make the omelette, the whole nine. But, yeah, I I love baking. Baking is my passion. And so when they, were talking about, like, what books are you interested in? I said, I'd love to do some more baking books. And, like, what about baking for 1? And I'm like, I'm your girl. SoStephanie [00:16:06]:I mean, that's a cake for 1, creme brulee for for 1. These are not easy things to make. I love it.Kelly Jaggers [00:16:11]:Yeah. Scaling them down was a challenge, especially for things, you would think you just cut especially, like, things like cookies and cakes. Oh, you just cut it down by, like, a quarter. You don't. You really have to think about your ratios of fat, how the leavening is gonna work with these ingredients. Do I need to add less liquid, more liquid? It's it's a little bit challenging to scale down baking recipes. So that was a fun one to work on just from, like, my nerdy food science brain that, like, I really enjoyed sitting down and working on that book. That was a goodStephanie [00:16:40]:Yeah. The desserts look exceptional. Also, like beef short rib pot roast for 1. Great. I mean, everybody loves that recipe, but it's makes a huge quantity.Kelly Jaggers [00:16:51]:It does. And short ribs are perfectly portioned. Right? Like, you think of a short rib, generally, the kind you get in the grocery store have the bone on and a big chunk of meat on top, that's that's already portioned for 1 person. So that's a little bit of work, and then the extras can be wrapped up, stuck in the freezer, and you can braise them another day or make more pot roast or whatever you wanna do.Stephanie [00:17:09]:And, lobster mac and cheese for 1. I mean, Paul Lee's.Kelly Jaggers [00:17:14]:Mhmm. Yeah. I mean, if you're gonna have mac and cheese, why not have some too? Right?Stephanie [00:17:19]:Like Like, you're only if you just make it for 1, here's you know, because I'm always obsessed with how much I'm eating. Like, I can't overeat it. Right? I can't eat half the pan because I've only made the portion for 1, so I like that too.Kelly Jaggers [00:17:32]:But, like, you get the satisfaction of eating the whole pan. Yes. It's a shortcut. It is a shortcut. It's a little brain hack too. Like, I get to eat the whole thing, and then you eat the whole thing.Stephanie [00:17:44]:I love Yes. All by myself. Okay. Do you do social media?Kelly Jaggers [00:17:48]:I do. I do. You can find me on Facebook, evil shenanigans. I'm on x. That would be Kelly Jaggers. Instagram, Kelly Jaggers. On, threads, Kelly Jaggers. So you can find me on on all the major socials.Kelly Jaggers [00:18:03]:I I don't TikTok. I I'm on there, but I don't actually do anything on TikTok. So, you you know, it's not not for me, but that's okay. Not everything.Stephanie [00:18:10]:It, but it's it's I don't know. It's it's like I have a love hate relationship with it. When you areKelly Jaggers [00:18:15]:I just doom scroll through to to TikTok all the time.Stephanie [00:18:20]:Yes. Absolutely. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Okay. Hold on one second.Stephanie [00:18:24]:Mhmm. My dog is barking. So I'm just gonna pause one second. Alright. So when you open your, let's say, Instagram Mhmm. And a reel pops up from someone, who do you love to follow and love to, like, watch their stuff?Kelly Jaggers [00:18:39]:So I follow such a wide variety of people. My Instagram is is strictly curated to be food, hockey, and dogs, like my three favorite things in life.Stephanie [00:18:49]:Are you a hockey person? That's so funny because my social media state.Kelly Jaggers [00:18:53]:I I'm a huge hockey fan of the Dallas Stars. I also like the Calgary Flames. I have lots of lots of teams that I like to follow, but I'm a diehard Stars fan. So it wasStephanie [00:19:02]:I gotta be honest. Every time I hear someone say the Dallas Stars, it it still have, like, a pain in my heart because they were the Minnesota North Stars.Kelly Jaggers [00:19:12]:North Stars. That's right.Stephanie [00:19:13]:That's right. Still are, like I don't know. Just in my heart and in my, like, growing up childhood, and I don't know. I'm like, Mike Madonna and just I know. I know. They all come back here too.Kelly Jaggers [00:19:27]:I know. Well, Mike Madonna works for the wild now, so that's exciting for him. But we got it we have a statue down hereStephanie [00:19:33]:in Dallas anyway. He was my neighbor.Kelly Jaggers [00:19:35]:Was he really?Stephanie [00:19:36]:Yeah. He did live in Minnesota. But Mhmm. When he came here as a kid in I think it was probably high school or junior high to play Mhmm. He stayed at our neighbor's house. They, like, kind of helped raise him and knew his parents and actually dated my sister for a hot minute. So Oh, wow. Big fans of his and his wife, and they've done so much good work too.Stephanie [00:19:56]:That's crazy. Well, yeah, he'sKelly Jaggers [00:19:58]:he's he's he's kind of a great guy. We we like him down here tooStephanie [00:20:02]:a lot. So Oh, that's so funny.Kelly Jaggers [00:20:04]:Okay. So, yeah, so reels that I'd wanna see. So anything from, some of my favorite fiction authors. So like Deanna Rayburn, Tess Gerritsen, I love to see reels from the authors I love. I love to see reels from, like, New York Times Food, from Tasty. I love to watch those little quick videos where they put things together. I know it's unrealistic on the timing, and it makes it look a little easier than it is. Yeah.Kelly Jaggers [00:20:27]:Hands and pans. But I'm kind of addicted to watching them. They're so satisfying to watch it, like ingredients to completion. Obviously, I we talked about Nigella Lawson before. I will talk about Nigella Lawson until the end of time. I adore Nigella Lawson. But then, like, all of my friends, you know, people that I've known for years who work in food, I'm just thrilled to see what they're doing and the content they're producing. So bake at 360, my friend, Bridget, or 3 bake at 350.Kelly Jaggers [00:20:53]:I'm sorry. Bridget, she's one of my favorite, like, dessert bloggers. She makes the most beautiful cookies. And so, like, she'll post reels about, like, you know, dessert. She's making cookies. She's decorating. I love to see those kinds of things. Yes.Kelly Jaggers [00:21:06]:So, yeah, like, it it's just basically, like, all of my friends and people who work in food. And then, of course, dogs. We rate dogs is another one. Like, if if there's a cute puppy to be seen, I want to see the puppy. So Yeah.Stephanie [00:21:17]:Yeah. Yeah. I've sort of become obsessed with animals eating.Kelly Jaggers [00:21:22]:Mhmm. Mhmm.Stephanie [00:21:23]:Like Sure. The hamster eating a carrot or Oh.Kelly Jaggers [00:21:26]:The little crunch crunch noises. It's just oh my gosh.Stephanie [00:21:31]:Love it. Absolutely. It's so cute. Yes. And also there's one where there's, like, a monkey that's feeding a rabbit. And I don't know why, but that's what I've become obsessed with.Kelly Jaggers [00:21:43]:Yeah. There's there's one, Instagram account that I like to follow, and it's a person and they have these 2 very wild little beagles And they set the a table up, and they make food for the beagles. And then the beagles jump on the table and eat the food, and he's trying to stop them. And it's it's hilarious. And I know it's all set up, but every time, I I get sucked in and I laugh every single time. SoStephanie [00:22:04]:There's also the one that's like that where it's a pit bull that has hands with gloves, and it's made it. Yeah. Like, the food, but it looks like the pit bull's making it, and he has really funny kind of expressions on his face.Kelly Jaggers [00:22:17]:Yes. Yes. Yes. And see, that that combines 2 loves, the food and the dogs. So Sure.Stephanie [00:22:22]:You know?Kelly Jaggers [00:22:23]:Yeah. No. It's Absolutely.Stephanie [00:22:25]:The theKelly Jaggers [00:22:25]:the stuff you see on there is is pretty wild. But, yeah, IStephanie [00:22:28]:love fun talking with you.Kelly Jaggers [00:22:30]:It's been so nice to talk with you. Thank you for having me.Stephanie [00:22:32]:Yeah. It's the ultimate meal planning for one cook book, and your publisher sent me a couple. So I'm gonna do a giveaway with 1 when I put the podcast together. So I'll give, one away to someone, and it's been lovely to see you. When you get your next book going, give me a shout back. I love talking to cookbook authors and hearing about their process. And, again, I really thought your book was super thoughtful. You did a great job.Kelly Jaggers [00:22:55]:So glad you liked it. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.Stephanie [00:22:58]:I did. Thanks, Kelly. I'll seeKelly Jaggers [00:22:59]:you soon. You. Take care. Bye bye. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit stephaniehansen.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of "Dishing with Stephanie's Dish," we had a delightful conversation with the talented cookbook author Kelly Jaggers. She shared her insights about her latest creation, "The Ultimate Meal Planning for One Cookbook," and her journey as a cookbook writer. Kelly's passion for creating recipes perfectly scaled for one person's enjoyment shines through her work, making her books a treasure trove for solo diners. She has 4 books currently in the “Cooking For One” series including:Join us as we delve into Kelly's culinary background, her inspirations for writing cookbooks, and her love for food, hockey, and dogs. So, grab a cup of your favorite beverage and join us in this engaging conversation with Kelly Jaggers.COOKBOOK GIVEAWAYI have two copies of this cookbook to give away. To be included in the giveaway, send me any comment here, and I will contact the winner via email and mail the book to your home. FINAL TRANSCRIPT:Stephanie [00:00:15]:Hello, everybody, and welcome to dishing with Stephanie's dish, the podcast where we talk to cookbook authors and people generally obsessed with food. Today, we have a cookbook author, and it is Kelly Jaggers. Welcome to the program, Kelly.Kelly Jaggers [00:00:27]:Thank you so much for having me.Stephanie [00:00:29]:Yes. So you wrote something that I find really fascinating. It's called the ultimate meal planning for 1 cookbook, and you previously wrote the ultimate Mediterranean diet cookbook for 1. Mhmm. What got you into, like, cooking for 1 person? Because I did notice that you're now married.Kelly Jaggers [00:00:49]:I am married. So just because I'm married doesn't mean I don't understand the, ins and outs of what people who are solo might need. Yes. I do spend a few days a week at home by myself. My husband works. Sometimes he travels. And on those dates, I'm just cooking for me. I don't have kiddos, just me and the dogs.Kelly Jaggers [00:01:06]:So it was important for me to learn how to scale down recipes so that I could enjoy them just for myself without having excessive leftovers. And that just really parlays well into the book series that I've been working on, because it's kind of a I wouldn't say so niche, but kind of overlooked audience for cookbooks.Stephanie [00:01:23]:For sure.Kelly Jaggers [00:01:23]:Thinking right. They're thinking about families, married couples, people with loads of kids or planning for parties. But what about those people who are, for whatever reason, cooking for themselves because maybe they're single or they have a spouse or an SO or a partner who works multiple days away from home or maybe they're on a special diet from an SO. And so, like, they're planning just for themselves.Stephanie [00:01:44]:Yeah.Kelly Jaggers [00:01:44]:So lots of reasons why you might just be cooking for yourself. So it's not just because you're a single, although you probably maybe you are. That's also fine. Like, I don't judge. Whatever. So, yeah, it was important for me to kind of, kinda fill that gap and to help, to fill out that market a little bit.Stephanie [00:01:58]:I feel uniquely, interested in this topic after just having spent 2 weeks with my mother-in-law who's 92, and she still does all her own cooking. And every time I was gonna make something, she acted sort of horrified at my portions because she's used to cooking for just herself. So she's always really keenly in tune to not cooking too much so she doesn't have to eat the same thing for 5 days.Kelly Jaggers [00:02:25]:Exactly.Stephanie [00:02:26]:Yep. Because leftovers are a problem when you're when you're single.Kelly Jaggers [00:02:30]:I mean, leftovers are great for 1, maybe 2 meals, but, like, five meals of lasagna in a week or 5 meals of, whatever it is that you've made. Yeah. It can get a little get a little depressing. Right? And it makes you not wanna cook, make you wanna reach for a takeout menu, and that's so expensive. So you're wasting food, spending more on maybe delivery or takeout than maybe you've planned for in the budget. So why not think about meals that are scaled for 1 to 2 portions? I think that makes a lot of sense for people who are thinking about their budget, thinking about ways to reduce food waste, which is so important too. Right? Food is so expensive these days. If you go to the grocery store, it's so high.Kelly Jaggers [00:03:09]:I don't wanna be throwing that food away. I'm gonna eat what I bought. So I wanna plan for meals that I can make, just in the portions that I want.Stephanie [00:03:16]:Your book is beautifully done in lots of ways. So Thank you. First of all, the design of itKelly Jaggers [00:03:23]:Yeah. Yeah. I love They did such a wonderful job with it. It's so, so pretty.Stephanie [00:03:29]:It's pretty. It's simple. It's easy to follow. You have pictures for most of the recipes. You also have, like, calorie counts, fat, protein, carbohydrates. So if someone is watching their calories, that's really helpful.Kelly Jaggers [00:03:45]:Yeah. Yeah.Stephanie [00:03:45]:We've got it also broken down into proteins, which we're kind of obsessing these days about if we're getting enough protein. So I loved that. Yeah. I also really liked the size of it and the paper, and it just feels like a manual I can pop in my purse and, you've got shopping lists, meal plans. It's really quite well done.Kelly Jaggers [00:04:08]:Thank you. Thank you. It's, it was a labor of love. I think that the most challenging part of the book was the meal plans is coming up with the 8 weeks of meal plans and the shopping lists because I wanted to make sure that the meal plans included a variety of recipes from the book. Nothing was too, like, Mexican every single night or, like, chicken every single night. I wanted to make sure there's plenty of variety. And to give an example for people who maybe have never sat down to meal plan before to say, like, this is what you can do. These are the kinds of recipes you can plan for.Kelly Jaggers [00:04:37]:This is an idea of what your week might look like, but feel free to plug and play. Right? Like, oh, I'm not such a big fan of this recipe. I'd rather have this. And you can just plug it into the meal plan and make it easy for you to customize and individualize so that as you start this meal planning journey, you have these great tools and you can just kind of utilize the week over week for yourself.Stephanie [00:04:58]:And the prep list too were really thoughtful. I think when you're cooking for because I do cook from 1 a lot, actually, 2. Mhmm. In my food life, because I'm doing recipe development, I'm, you know, usually making recipes for 2 to 6. Yep. But my husband in the summertime lives at our cabin for the most part. So I am cooking for myself a lot. And if I'm not eating recipe leftovers, which usually I end up giving to my neighbors because I don't really wanna eat what I just cooked.Kelly Jaggers [00:05:29]:I don't know why. Completely understand. I'm the same way.Stephanie [00:05:31]:I'm aKelly Jaggers [00:05:31]:first creature. It. Cooked it all day. I don't wanna consume it. I get it.Stephanie [00:05:35]:I photographed it. I'm just sayingKelly Jaggers [00:05:37]:with it all day, and I just don't want it. Yes.Stephanie [00:05:39]:So I'm, like, always running around the neighborhood, like, who needs food?Kelly Jaggers [00:05:43]:Who's hungry? I have I have meals. Please take these foods from me.Stephanie [00:05:46]:Yes. So, like, then I'm just myself and I'm like, oh, well, okay. What am I gonna just make for myself? And I always end up making too much. So then I've got, like, food and I again, I'm very conscientious about food waste too. But so I really enjoyed, the way that the book was put together. How did you get into cookbook writing? Were you a blogger first?Kelly Jaggers [00:06:08]:I was. I was. So, I had a blog. It still exists out there. I'm not updating it, obviously, but it was evil shenanigans.com. The shenanigans are evil because they're good for your taste buds, but maybe not so great for your waistline. And I started working on that blog when I went to culinary school. I was going to culinary school to become a baker.Kelly Jaggers [00:06:26]:I wanted to open my own bakery. I had these really grand plans. And I walked into bakery pastry management, one of my last classes for my degree, and the teacher came in and she's I'll never forget. She said, first thing she said before she even introduced herself was 90% of bakeries fail in the 1st year. It's about a $1,000,000 total investment. And I was like, and with that, I'm out. I am risk averse. I I know how hard it is to earn my money, and I was not interested in that.Kelly Jaggers [00:06:50]:So now what do I do with this education I've acquired? I don't wanna work in restaurants. I didn't wanna have that kind of, like, you know, chef y lifestyle that that's not me.Stephanie [00:06:59]:The beer doesn't appeal to you?Kelly Jaggers [00:07:01]:No. No. I am a gentle soul. Soul. I don't think I could handle it. I would cry every day.Stephanie [00:07:06]:Yep.Kelly Jaggers [00:07:07]:So I I started writing a blog during my culinary school journey, and so I just kinda focused in on that for a while, trying to figure out, like, what am I gonna do? And about a year into working on the blog, I received an email from a publisher asking if I was interested in working on a book on pies. And I looked around and said, are you sure you mean me? And they did. And so I wrote my very first book, which was the Everything Pie Cookbook. And sinceStephanie [00:07:29]:then had that. Yeah.Kelly Jaggers [00:07:31]:Yeah. Okay. Okay. Yeah. And so since then, I've written, a number of books for my publisher. I write roughly 1 a year right now. So I do the books and also the photography as well. So, on top of the books I write and shoot, I also shoot photography for other people's cook books.Kelly Jaggers [00:07:46]:So, so it's been a lot of fun. Yeah. Just like a nice little transition from, like, culinary school, I wanna be a baker, to now I write cookbooks and study food for a living, and it's the best, and I love it.Stephanie [00:07:57]:And you're not doing or you're not updating your blog at the same time, so your whole focus is really on your cookbook each year.Kelly Jaggers [00:08:04]:Yeah. Yeah. It it it's a labor of love. It's one of those things that, you've, I think, written a cookbook, so I think you understand. And developing recipes too. It's one of those things where I want them to be right. I want the recipes to work. So I do spend a lot of time working on the recipes, thinking about ingredients, studying what's trending, but also thinking about what will still taste good in 10 years.Kelly Jaggers [00:08:25]:So I want things to be up to date and current, but I don't want them to be so up to date that people are like, oh, we're so over this. You know?Stephanie [00:08:31]:Yeah.Kelly Jaggers [00:08:32]:So I spend a lot of time thinking about those things. So, yeah, that's that's what I do. I do photography. I do the cookbook writing, and then I also do, a little bit of light personal chef and catering work in town.Stephanie [00:08:42]:So Where do you live?Kelly Jaggers [00:08:44]:I live in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex.Stephanie [00:08:46]:Oh, nice. I just, I, I was just doing a cooking demonstration yesterday from 1 from my cookbook, and there's an recipe in there for king ranch chicken that was my mother in law's from Houston. And, you know, I know in Texas, like, everybody knows king ranch chicken is like our wild rice soup. Yes. Yes. Exactly. Was just so impressed with this King Ranch chicken. And I was like, people, I did not invent this thing.Stephanie [00:09:12]:You know? This has been being made in Texas for some time.Kelly Jaggers [00:09:15]:It's called the king ranch. Yeah. It's from the king ranch, and it's, yeah. It's very, very famous in the state. We I think everyone grew up eating it that I knew.Stephanie [00:09:24]:Yeah. And it is delicious. So you can VeryKelly Jaggers [00:09:26]:tasty. Yeah. No. It's it's for that.Stephanie [00:09:28]:It's oneKelly Jaggers [00:09:28]:of those things you kinda can't go wrong with.Stephanie [00:09:30]:So And, you know, they were asking me all these intimate questions about, like, the tortillas and what kind and how long they last. And I just I thought, oh, this is when you write a cookbook, you're writing it in your own vacuum, essentially. And these are the kinds of questions that cooks have that I wasn't thinking about when I wrote the recipe. Yeah. So I'll get better on the second book about thinking about some of that. But I think with each book, you get better. Don't you think?Kelly Jaggers [00:09:55]:Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. It's it's, the first book's a challenge. You you kinda don't I hate to say you don't know what you're doing, but, like, you write recipes. You know how to develop recipes. But have you written a book before? No. No. I ended up writing my first book over the course of basically a week.Kelly Jaggers [00:10:11]:We had a snowstorm in Dallas that year, and it basically shut the entire city down. All the roads were frozen over. We were actually hosting the Super Bowl that year too, so it was kind of like this thing where I was watching the news where the they were like, can we even have it? It's all snowed in, and I'm like, it'sStephanie [00:10:26]:a quarterKelly Jaggers [00:10:27]:of an inch of snow. It's so small. Yeah.Stephanie [00:10:29]:And we were laughing at all of you. Just like, oh my god. What is going on in Dallas?Kelly Jaggers [00:10:34]:Well, we don't have the infrastructure in place, and, also, we can't we drive aggressively. Anyway, so I ended up getting stuck at home for week. And I'm like, well, I guess I'll just work on the book. And so I did writing and testing and writing and testing that whole week. And by the time the week was over, I had about a 110 pies in my kitchen and in the fridge and freezer, and the majority of the book done. Like, it just was one of those things. And I was like, oh, how how will I ever write another one of these? This has been such a ordeal. But as you get into it and you learn, like, your own process, you it gets easier.Kelly Jaggers [00:11:07]:And you also think about those questions. Like, what do I do with the excess ingredients of this? And what will they do with these leftovers? And could they turn them into something else? And what suggestions do I have for substitutions, maybe for our vegan friends or for people who don't eat these kinds of proteins? Maybe you don't eat shellfish or pork. Like, you know, you think about those things and, like, little tidbits you can include in your recipes to make it better for your audience.Stephanie [00:11:31]:Yeah. And you have a lot of that in the book too. Like, in at each page, there if you have some suggestions, like, here's some variations on ways to use grits. Yep. Here is a tartar sauce that goes with this crispy fried shrimp, like Yep. How to freeze seafood. Like, I like that. I thought it was really thoughtful too.Kelly Jaggers [00:11:50]:Thank you.Stephanie [00:11:51]:What are some of your favorite cookbooks that you find yourself getting inspiration from recently?Kelly Jaggers [00:11:58]:Basically, anything from Nigella Lawson. She is the domestic goddess and basically my favorite food person. I adore Nigella Lawson. I love any of the books that deal with, like, specialty one topic cooking. So I love to read books on, like specifically books on, like, vegan cooking or, like, how to cook with chickpeas or, like, specific culinary areas, like, say, books, like, on Israeli cooking or Russian cooking or, German cooking. I love to learn about different food ways. So, I spent a lot of time studying Asian food culture, and now I'm kind of getting invested in more of, like, my own background. So learning about Germanic, Austrian, a little bit of Northern Italian foodways.Kelly Jaggers [00:12:43]:And then, of course, I love reading cookbooks from my home state of Texas. So I have a number of cookbooks from people who are in the state who are just masters of their crafts. So books on barbecue, books on southern comfort food, books on Tex Mex.Stephanie [00:12:58]:Yeah.Kelly Jaggers [00:12:58]:And then even drilling down books on Austin cuisine, on Dallas cuisine. Like, these books are so interesting to me. So I love to I read them like textbooks. Like, I love to just study them. Right? I could just sit there and read a cookbook like most people read a novel. So yeah.Stephanie [00:13:14]:Same. I just I don't know why I'm even telling you this, but it's kind of a cute story. I was traveling, and a woman contacted me, and she was cleaning out her mom's house. And we do a cookbook swap every year, with my radio show. And she said, I've got all these books, and I know you have the swap. She said, can I bring them to you? I said, yeah. You can bring them to me. Here's my garage code.Stephanie [00:13:32]:Just put them in my garage. And she was like, wait. You're just gonna give me a garage code? I'm like, yeah. Just put the books in there. She goes, I can't believe you're just all she goes, can I do anything else while I'm at your house? Can I bring in the mail? I'm like, sure if you want to. So I've got home from the cabin and the books are in the garage. And I started looking at them and they were real, like, treasures. Like, a lot of old Lutheran church cookbooks.Stephanie [00:13:57]:And there was one cookbook that was Minneapolis Restaurants that I only knew of 3 of the restaurants in the book. So it's gotta be, you know, 75 years old. Yeah. And it was just full of treasures and her notes, and there was a box, a wooden box that has actual recipes written in it by hand.Kelly Jaggers [00:14:17]:Oh my gosh.Stephanie [00:14:18]:And so I'm just like and there's 3 boxes of this person's life, you know? And I just I feel like so honored that this woman gave me the boxes of the books, and I've been kinda paging through them at night, like, reading the recipes and thinking, okay. This has olio and shortening. Can I find a way to do something different with it? And how does that work? But, yeah, I get jazzed by the same things.Kelly Jaggers [00:14:43]:I have my old, I don't wanna date myself too hard, but I did grow I did grow in in the elementary school in the eighties. And, I had a cookbook that our PTA put together for our elementary school, and I still have a copy of that, like, construction paper boundStephanie [00:14:59]:Yes.Kelly Jaggers [00:14:59]:Spiral bound cookbook from the elementary school, and the kids all submitted recipes. And most of them, the parents, obviously,Stephanie [00:15:07]:youKelly Jaggers [00:15:07]:know, helped. But, occasionally, it was a kid who, like, made up a recipe for the cookbook. And I loved to read through the book, and just kind of, like, remember, like, all my friends and the teachers and, like, you you know, all that stuff. It's just it's such a treasure. Like, no one else appreciates it than me, but I love it. It's it's to me, it's priceless.Stephanie [00:15:23]:When you what one of the things I liked about this book too is that you have a lot of baking recipes. People don't think about baking for 1, and you I'm just looking. You have a whole cook book about baking for 1.Kelly Jaggers [00:15:34]:I do. I do. Yeah. My first book that I did in the series was the baking for 1 cookbook. I did go to culinary school for pastry. So my my background is, well, my education is in pastry. That's not to say that I'm not educated on other forms of cooking. I did take a bunch of extra extracurricular cooking classes for, like, American cooking, French cuisine.Kelly Jaggers [00:15:52]:I learned how to make the omelette, the whole nine. But, yeah, I I love baking. Baking is my passion. And so when they, were talking about, like, what books are you interested in? I said, I'd love to do some more baking books. And, like, what about baking for 1? And I'm like, I'm your girl. SoStephanie [00:16:06]:I mean, that's a cake for 1, creme brulee for for 1. These are not easy things to make. I love it.Kelly Jaggers [00:16:11]:Yeah. Scaling them down was a challenge, especially for things, you would think you just cut especially, like, things like cookies and cakes. Oh, you just cut it down by, like, a quarter. You don't. You really have to think about your ratios of fat, how the leavening is gonna work with these ingredients. Do I need to add less liquid, more liquid? It's it's a little bit challenging to scale down baking recipes. So that was a fun one to work on just from, like, my nerdy food science brain that, like, I really enjoyed sitting down and working on that book. That was a goodStephanie [00:16:40]:Yeah. The desserts look exceptional. Also, like beef short rib pot roast for 1. Great. I mean, everybody loves that recipe, but it's makes a huge quantity.Kelly Jaggers [00:16:51]:It does. And short ribs are perfectly portioned. Right? Like, you think of a short rib, generally, the kind you get in the grocery store have the bone on and a big chunk of meat on top, that's that's already portioned for 1 person. So that's a little bit of work, and then the extras can be wrapped up, stuck in the freezer, and you can braise them another day or make more pot roast or whatever you wanna do.Stephanie [00:17:09]:And, lobster mac and cheese for 1. I mean, Paul Lee's.Kelly Jaggers [00:17:14]:Mhmm. Yeah. I mean, if you're gonna have mac and cheese, why not have some too? Right?Stephanie [00:17:19]:Like Like, you're only if you just make it for 1, here's you know, because I'm always obsessed with how much I'm eating. Like, I can't overeat it. Right? I can't eat half the pan because I've only made the portion for 1, so I like that too.Kelly Jaggers [00:17:32]:But, like, you get the satisfaction of eating the whole pan. Yes. It's a shortcut. It is a shortcut. It's a little brain hack too. Like, I get to eat the whole thing, and then you eat the whole thing.Stephanie [00:17:44]:I love Yes. All by myself. Okay. Do you do social media?Kelly Jaggers [00:17:48]:I do. I do. You can find me on Facebook, evil shenanigans. I'm on x. That would be Kelly Jaggers. Instagram, Kelly Jaggers. On, threads, Kelly Jaggers. So you can find me on on all the major socials.Kelly Jaggers [00:18:03]:I I don't TikTok. I I'm on there, but I don't actually do anything on TikTok. So, you you know, it's not not for me, but that's okay. Not everything.Stephanie [00:18:10]:It, but it's it's I don't know. It's it's like I have a love hate relationship with it. When you areKelly Jaggers [00:18:15]:I just doom scroll through to to TikTok all the time.Stephanie [00:18:20]:Yes. Absolutely. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Okay. Hold on one second.Stephanie [00:18:24]:Mhmm. My dog is barking. So I'm just gonna pause one second. Alright. So when you open your, let's say, Instagram Mhmm. And a reel pops up from someone, who do you love to follow and love to, like, watch their stuff?Kelly Jaggers [00:18:39]:So I follow such a wide variety of people. My Instagram is is strictly curated to be food, hockey, and dogs, like my three favorite things in life.Stephanie [00:18:49]:Are you a hockey person? That's so funny because my social media state.Kelly Jaggers [00:18:53]:I I'm a huge hockey fan of the Dallas Stars. I also like the Calgary Flames. I have lots of lots of teams that I like to follow, but I'm a diehard Stars fan. So it wasStephanie [00:19:02]:I gotta be honest. Every time I hear someone say the Dallas Stars, it it still have, like, a pain in my heart because they were the Minnesota North Stars.Kelly Jaggers [00:19:12]:North Stars. That's right.Stephanie [00:19:13]:That's right. Still are, like I don't know. Just in my heart and in my, like, growing up childhood, and I don't know. I'm like, Mike Madonna and just I know. I know. They all come back here too.Kelly Jaggers [00:19:27]:I know. Well, Mike Madonna works for the wild now, so that's exciting for him. But we got it we have a statue down hereStephanie [00:19:33]:in Dallas anyway. He was my neighbor.Kelly Jaggers [00:19:35]:Was he really?Stephanie [00:19:36]:Yeah. He did live in Minnesota. But Mhmm. When he came here as a kid in I think it was probably high school or junior high to play Mhmm. He stayed at our neighbor's house. They, like, kind of helped raise him and knew his parents and actually dated my sister for a hot minute. So Oh, wow. Big fans of his and his wife, and they've done so much good work too.Stephanie [00:19:56]:That's crazy. Well, yeah, he'sKelly Jaggers [00:19:58]:he's he's he's kind of a great guy. We we like him down here tooStephanie [00:20:02]:a lot. So Oh, that's so funny.Kelly Jaggers [00:20:04]:Okay. So, yeah, so reels that I'd wanna see. So anything from, some of my favorite fiction authors. So like Deanna Rayburn, Tess Gerritsen, I love to see reels from the authors I love. I love to see reels from, like, New York Times Food, from Tasty. I love to watch those little quick videos where they put things together. I know it's unrealistic on the timing, and it makes it look a little easier than it is. Yeah.Kelly Jaggers [00:20:27]:Hands and pans. But I'm kind of addicted to watching them. They're so satisfying to watch it, like ingredients to completion. Obviously, I we talked about Nigella Lawson before. I will talk about Nigella Lawson until the end of time. I adore Nigella Lawson. But then, like, all of my friends, you know, people that I've known for years who work in food, I'm just thrilled to see what they're doing and the content they're producing. So bake at 360, my friend, Bridget, or 3 bake at 350.Kelly Jaggers [00:20:53]:I'm sorry. Bridget, she's one of my favorite, like, dessert bloggers. She makes the most beautiful cookies. And so, like, she'll post reels about, like, you know, dessert. She's making cookies. She's decorating. I love to see those kinds of things. Yes.Kelly Jaggers [00:21:06]:So, yeah, like, it it's just basically, like, all of my friends and people who work in food. And then, of course, dogs. We rate dogs is another one. Like, if if there's a cute puppy to be seen, I want to see the puppy. So Yeah.Stephanie [00:21:17]:Yeah. Yeah. I've sort of become obsessed with animals eating.Kelly Jaggers [00:21:22]:Mhmm. Mhmm.Stephanie [00:21:23]:Like Sure. The hamster eating a carrot or Oh.Kelly Jaggers [00:21:26]:The little crunch crunch noises. It's just oh my gosh.Stephanie [00:21:31]:Love it. Absolutely. It's so cute. Yes. And also there's one where there's, like, a monkey that's feeding a rabbit. And I don't know why, but that's what I've become obsessed with.Kelly Jaggers [00:21:43]:Yeah. There's there's one, Instagram account that I like to follow, and it's a person and they have these 2 very wild little beagles And they set the a table up, and they make food for the beagles. And then the beagles jump on the table and eat the food, and he's trying to stop them. And it's it's hilarious. And I know it's all set up, but every time, I I get sucked in and I laugh every single time. SoStephanie [00:22:04]:There's also the one that's like that where it's a pit bull that has hands with gloves, and it's made it. Yeah. Like, the food, but it looks like the pit bull's making it, and he has really funny kind of expressions on his face.Kelly Jaggers [00:22:17]:Yes. Yes. Yes. And see, that that combines 2 loves, the food and the dogs. So Sure.Stephanie [00:22:22]:You know?Kelly Jaggers [00:22:23]:Yeah. No. It's Absolutely.Stephanie [00:22:25]:The theKelly Jaggers [00:22:25]:the stuff you see on there is is pretty wild. But, yeah, IStephanie [00:22:28]:love fun talking with you.Kelly Jaggers [00:22:30]:It's been so nice to talk with you. Thank you for having me.Stephanie [00:22:32]:Yeah. It's the ultimate meal planning for one cook book, and your publisher sent me a couple. So I'm gonna do a giveaway with 1 when I put the podcast together. So I'll give, one away to someone, and it's been lovely to see you. When you get your next book going, give me a shout back. I love talking to cookbook authors and hearing about their process. And, again, I really thought your book was super thoughtful. You did a great job.Kelly Jaggers [00:22:55]:So glad you liked it. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.Stephanie [00:22:58]:I did. Thanks, Kelly. I'll seeKelly Jaggers [00:22:59]:you soon. You. Take care. Bye bye. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit stephaniehansen.substack.com/subscribe

Author Dan Whenesota joins the latest Judd's Jockey Show to talk about his latest work, a documentary titled North Star State: A film about the history of the Minnesota North Stars that is available now for free on YouTube. Hear about the rise and death of the Minnesota team, along with other fun tidbits and conversations regarding Minnesota Sports. Find more of Dan Whenesota HERE to check out his other pieces of work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author Dan Whenesota joins the latest Judd's Jockey Show to talk about his latest work, a documentary titled North Star State: A film about the history of the Minnesota North Stars that is available now for free on YouTube. Hear about the rise and death of the Minnesota team, along with other fun tidbits and conversations regarding Minnesota Sports. Find more of Dan Whenesota HERE to check out his other pieces of work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Dan Whenesota joins the latest Judd's Jockey Show to talk about his latest work, a documentary titled North Star State: A film about the history of the Minnesota North Stars that is available now for free on YouTube. Hear about the rise and death of the Minnesota team, along with other fun tidbits and conversations regarding Minnesota Sports. Find more of Dan Whenesota HERE to check out his other pieces of work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author Dan Whenesota joins the latest Judd's Jockey Show to talk about his latest work, a documentary titled North Star State: A film about the history of the Minnesota North Stars that is available now for free on YouTube. Hear about the rise and death of the Minnesota team, along with other fun tidbits and conversations regarding Minnesota Sports. Find more of Dan Whenesota HERE to check out his other pieces of work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Modano is arguably the greatest American-born hockey player of all-time. The 1st overall pick in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, Modano helped the Minnesota North Stars make an incredible run to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1990-1991. However it was in Dallas where Modano became an All-Star Center, captured a Stanley Cup title in 1998-1999 and became the highest scoring American-born player in NHL history (1,374 Points). In 2014, Modano was elected to the Hockey HOF & was named one of the NHL's 100 Greatest Players in 2017. Connect with us on Instagram! Chris Quinn: @cquinncomedy Dominic DiTolla: @ditolladominic Produced by @ty_englestudio If you enjoy this podcast, please help support us @: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-sports-experience-pod/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-sports-experience-pod/support

Kevin Allenspach wrote "Mirage of Destiny" about the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars and their magical run to the Stanley Cup Final. We talk about the book ahead of Father's Day weekend.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Derek (@CreaseAndAssist), Kalisha (@KalishaTownsell), and Theresa (@MNSOTA24) discuss which player Wild fans would like to see moved this summer, the way too early prediction for where the team will finish for the 2024-25 season, and share memories of the late great Al Shaver, the voice of the Minnesota North Stars. We will also take time to answer listener questions too.If you would like to join the conversation, tweet at one of us and tag it #CreasePodcast, and we'll put it on our next show.Also as a reminder, please join us at our NHL draft party on June 28th at Tom Reid's Hockey City Pub from 5:30pm-10:00pm, we'd love to meet and greet!

Originally Aired April 25, 2024: Alligator attacks! Memories about North Stars commentator Al Shaver. Everything you've ever wanted to know about your hot mom.  Listen & subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Amazon Music. For more, visit https://www.93x.com/half-assed-morning-show/Follow the Half-Assed Morning Show:Twitter/X: @93XHAMSFacebook: @93XHAMSInstagram: @93XHAMSEmail the show: HAMS93X@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hockey world lost an icon in broadcasting and the sport itself yesterday as Al Shaver, the 26 year voice of Minnesota North Stars hockey as well as Twins, Gophers and other teams he had the honor of calling games for - current Minnesota Wild color commentator and longtime North Star player Tom Reid joined us to talk about his friendship with Al, what he meant to the game and some of his best memories of Al. 

Just a snippet of some of the great work by Al Shaver, the Voice of Minnesota North Stars hockey

Good morning, Islanders Country.In the latest episode of “The Red Line,” co-hosts Phil Farber (@PhilzFacts) and David Tuchman (@TuckOnSports) can't believe they're talking about an Islanders team that controls their own playoff destiny with four games left to play after a 4-2 win over the New York Rangers, their fifth straight win. In this episode, the boys talk about the strong play at 5-on-5, but a penalty kill that is still scary. Plus, the sensational play of Semyon Varlamov, the need to stay aggressive with the lead, and Peter Laviolette and Rangers fans whining after the loss on Tuesday night at UBS Arena.Find and listen to Isles Fix podcasts on additional platforms:Listen, enjoy, and dive in.

Veteran Minnesota sportswriter Kevin Allenspach (Mirage of Destiny: The Story of the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars) takes to the ice with us this week, as we look back at one of the most improbable playoff runs in NHL history - one that came the closest to giving the self-professed "State of Hockey" its first Stanley Cup championship - a title that still eludes the region to this day. Throughout much of the 1990-91 season, the Minnesota North Stars were among the worst-performing clubs in the National Hockey League - and dead last at the box office. Rumors of the team's possible sale to new owners of the team were swirling, and the threat of relocation was real. Distractions notwithstanding, the North Stars gritted their way into the playoffs, winning only 27 of 80 regular-season games. And against all odds, they upset both the Presidents' Trophy-winning Chicago Blackhawks and the regular season's second-best St. Louis Blues in the first two rounds - followed by a dispatching of the defending Stanley Cup Champion Edmonton Oilers in the Campbell Conference Finals. Despite ultimately losing the Stanley Cup Finals to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the underdog North Stars managed to capture the imagination of Twin Cities hockey fans (not to mention a certain club public relations intern) during their unexpected postseason run - enough to spark renewed hope for the franchise's future. Allenspach, of course, tells us otherwise - culminating in the team's relocation to Dallas in 1993. + + +   SPONSOR THANKS: Royal Retros (promo code: SEATS):  https://www.royalretros.com/?aff=2   BUY/READ EARLY & OFTEN: Mirage of Destiny: The Story of the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars (2024): https://amzn.to/48pbyTw   FIND & FOLLOW: Website: https://goodseatsstillavailable.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoodSeatsStill Instagram (+ Threads): https://www.instagram.com/goodseatsstillavailable/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodSeatsStillAvailable/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@goodseatsstillavailable

Kevin Allenspach, the author of "Mirage of Destiny: The story of the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars," joins Judd to discuss his soon-to-be released book on the team's improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals. Kevin was an intern for the North Stars that season, a year after Judd held the same position. If you enjoy North Stars' history, this podcast is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kevin Allenspach, the author of "Mirage of Destiny: The story of the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars," joins Judd to discuss his soon-to-be released book on the team's improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals. Kevin was an intern for the North Stars that season, a year after Judd held the same position. If you enjoy North Stars' history, this podcast is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Allenspach, the author of "Mirage of Destiny: The story of the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars," joins Judd to discuss his soon-to-be released book on the team's improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals. Kevin was an intern for the North Stars that season, a year after Judd held the same position. If you enjoy North Stars' history, this podcast is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kevin Allenspach, the author of "Mirage of Destiny: The story of the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars," joins Judd to discuss his soon-to-be released book on the team's improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals. Kevin was an intern for the North Stars that season, a year after Judd held the same position. If you enjoy North Stars' history, this podcast is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Thomson (in for Henry Lake) and Chris Tubbs discuss feeling guilty for enjoying their mild weather, Las  Vegas teachers are fighting franchise relocation, and Steve talks with local author Kevin Allenspach about his new book "Mirage of Destiny: The Story of the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars."

Steve Thomson (in for Henry Lake) talks with local author Kevin Allenspach about his new book "Mirage of Destiny: The Story of the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars", is Norm Greene the most hated person in Minnesota sports history, why it was so unexpected.

We begin the final hour talking about more headlines, we also discuss the announcement that Jaren Hall will get the start Sunday night against the Packers! Dave also shares the pain and suffering he, alongside many Minnesotans, have faced since the departure of the Minnesota North Stars in 1993. We also switch gears and talk about raising our children. We also share stories of stand up comedy with Adrian Washington in the studio.   

It's Season Two, Episode Ten of Sports Out Of Time and this week we're doing our first ever hockey episode... and what an uplifting episode it is, at we look back at the tragedy of Bill Masterton. ON TAP: Randal and Sam revisit the life and career of Bill Masterton. We'll recap his journey through NCAA hockey, his tenure with Honeywell and the Apollo project and his eventual signing with the Minnesota North Stars. Afterwards, we'll look back the infamous moment on January 13th, 1968 that ended up with Bill losing his life on the ice and the mixed record most sports leagues have when it comes to protecting athletes from long-term trauma. Finally, the lads briefly discuss the Buffalo Bills, Super Bowl favorites and Randal's trip to Upstate New York. Plus, the Pop-Culture Time Machine and Trivia (Out Of) Time! Sports Out of Time, Season 3. Keep your head on a swivel. NOTE: We are taking a one-week vacation, but we will return in the new year for the last two episodes of Season 2. SportsOutOfTime.com

Listen in on Tom's journey from Fort Erie, Ontario through his time with the Chicago Black Hawks and Minnesota North Stars, his arrival in the broadcast booth and his side gig as the owner of Tom Reid's Hockey City Pub! Tom has some great "old time hockey" stories that are very entertaining!Riverside Bike and Skate Eau Claire's hockey headquarters which is the oldest hockey store in the state of Wisconsin. Chippewa Valley Ortho and Sport Medicine Dedicated and committed to the health care needs of patients in Western Wisconsin since 1954. Hertel Law The law firm you want on your side. Focusing on criminal defense and personal injury.Kelly Heating and Electric Proudly making you comfortable since 1997!Dooley's Pub The place to go for a traditional Irish pub experience with quality food good prices and beveragesMarket & Johnson Adding Value to Everything We DoNorthwoods Therapy Associates Taking physical therapy to the next levelDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.@TheBOSPodwww.thebreakoutsessions.com

Henry Boucha was a Minnesota hockey legend. When he died this September, he was remembered as a hometown hockey star from Warroad, an Olympic silver medalist, and a player with the NHL's Minnesota North Stars and Detroit Red Wings. But just as often, he was remembered for the “eye incident”— an act of on-ice violence that essentially ended his career in 1975. MPR News contributors Robbie Mitchem and Jamal Allen and producer Britt Aamodt are taking a look back at the hockey great and the event that changed the trajectory of his life in our history series Minnesota Now and Then.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.Subscribe to the Minnesota Now podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.  We attempt to make transcripts for Minnesota Now available the next business day after a broadcast. When ready they will appear here. 

Henry Boucha (Ojibwe) served as an inspiration for many Native hockey athletes and fans. He was a star high school athlete who went on to become a member of the silver medal-winning U.S. ice hockey team in the 1972 Winter Olympics. He also played for the NHL's Minnesota North Stars and the Detroit Red Wings. A debilitating eye injury cut his playing career short. Off the ice, he worked as an advocate for better Native representation in sports. We'll get insights about Henry Boucha's sports legacy with relatives and others. GUESTS Sky Boucha (member of Animakee Wa Zhing #37), granddaughter of Henry Boucha  Gaabi Boucha (member of Animakee Wa Zhing #37), grandson of Henry Boucha David Glass (enrolled member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe), president of the National Coalition Against Racism in Sports and Media Tom Hauser, Chief Political Reporter at KSTP-TV Lou Nanne, former National Hockey League defenseman and general manager Mary Scholfield, author of Henry Boucha: Star of the North

Welcome to Beyond the Graveyard, the official podcast of the Savannah Ghost Pirates. In Episode 1, Ghost Pirates broadcaster Cristiano Simonetta sits down with head coach Rick Bennett to discuss his early days in Massachusetts, being drafted by the Minnesota North Stars and his coaching career in Savannah. Follow the Ghost Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SavGhostPirates Follow the Ghost Pirates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SavGhostPirates Follow the Ghost Pirates on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/savghostpirates

Kevin Constantine joins the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast! But before we get to Kevin Constantine (33:57), Sheng and Keegan discuss the latest additions to the San Jose Sharks staff like Ryan Miller and Thomas Vanek (1:10), and what the Miller hiring signals about the Sharks' continued investment in player development (8:20). They also reflect on former Sharks' first-round pick Ryan Merkley signing in the KHL (14:45). Sheng shares an NHL scout's thoughts on new Sharks players Mikael Granlund (23:12), Mike Hoffman (27:42), and Jan Rutta (30:32). Now, Kevin Constantine (33:57)! Constantine recalled coaching influences as diverse as Phil Jackson, Bill Walsh, Bo Schembechler, and John Wooden (36:40). What was Constantine's hockey take on Wooden's Pyramid of Success? He coached the Kalamazoo Wings when they were a Minnesota North Stars affiliate, before the North Stars split up to help form the expansion Sharks (45:15). So Constantine coached the legendary Link Gaetz, and tells the story of when Gaetz beat up his own goalie. Constantine took over behind the San Jose Sharks bench in the third year of the franchise, after they had only won 28 games in their first two seasons in the league. How did he add belief and discipline to a 1993-94 group that would go on a surprise playoff run, upsetting the top-seeded Detroit Red Wings in the first round (49:35)?  That season, Constantine made the unusual coaching decision to allow five players a lot more latitude offensively than the rest of the team. Those five, Igor Larionov, Sergei Makarov, Johan Garpenlov, Sandis Ozolinsh, and Jeff Norton, were the precursor to Detroit's Russian Five, and would help propel the Sharks to success. What was behind Constantine loosening the reins on Larionov and company (53:52)? And how are Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan's recent comments about integrating Erik Karlsson related (57:53)? Constantine shares why he wasn't happy about the city of San Jose throwing the Sharks a parade after their second-round loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs (1:04:00). Constantine says he was in “Dumb and Dumber” and talks about how that movie and Jamie Baker helped inspire the '94 Sharks (1:07:20). Constantine reveals Tom Pederson's girlfriend as the culprit behind leaking the Red Wings' playoff plans to the Sharks (1:10:35). He also recounts going with backup Wade Flaherty over Arturs Irbe in the 1995 playoffs, which helped propel the San Jose Sharks to another first-round upset, this time against the Calgary Flames (1:17:25). Constantine opens up about getting fired by the San Jose Sharks early in the 1995-96 season (1:20:02). He was 37 then, and up to that point, a bit of a coaching wunderkind, so he took it hard. Though he was a young head coach, Constantine says that he was a yeller who learned to relate to players a lot better as he got older, in the second half of his career (1:23:35). After head coaching stints with Jaromir Jagr's Penguins and Martin Brodeur's New Jersey Devils, Constantine continued coaching in the NAHL, WHL, and AHL. In 2010, he got offered a coaching position in France, and was advised by multiple hockey people to not take that job. But he did, why (1:35:25)? This started an international coaching odyssey that's taken him also to professional leagues in Switzerland, Korea, Poland, and Hungary. He reflects on those experiences. Constantine closes with a couple hilarious Jagr stories (1:42:08). Finally, we wrap up with Constantine's thoughts about taking over new WHL side, the Wenatchee Wild (1:51:38).Listen to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast — it's a new link — on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and Google Podcasts.Subscribe to the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast YouTube channel, we're trying to get over 1K subscribers! ★ Support this podcast ★

He played in the Soo. He coached in the Soo. And in between those milestones, he skated in almost 600 NHL games, was one of the longest-serving captains in Minnesota North Stars history, and picked up a couple of gold medals with Team Canada at the World Juniors. Enjoy this episode with Craig Hartsburg, which includes one of the greatest references to Gordon Lightfoot you're ever likely to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He played in the Soo. He coached in the Soo. And in between those milestones, he skated in almost 600 NHL games, was one of the longest-serving captains in Minnesota North Stars history, and picked up a couple of gold medals with Team Canada at the World Juniors. Enjoy this episode with Craig Hartsburg, which includes one of the greatest references to Gordon Lightfoot you're ever likely to hear.

Mike Snee is the Executive Director of College Hockey Inc, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting NCAA Division I men's hockey. Snee started his career with the Minnesota North Stars who eventually moved to Dallas. Five years later, Snee joined the Minnesota Wild as the Director of Corporate Sales. In this episode, we cover Snee's early days working in the NHL. In addition, Snee shares some of the projects that his team is working on to grow college hockey. Lastly, we discuss some tips for parents who have children that play hockey.

Former New Jersey Devil, Minnesota North Star, and Quebec Nordique Randy Velischek joins the show to talk about his trilingual upbringing in Montreal, growing up Lou Lamoriello, and being on the receiving end of one of the few checks ever thrown by Wayne Gretzky!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hockey legend Mike Gartner joins us this week! Mike played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals, Minnesota North Stars, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Phoenix Coyotes and holds the record for most consecutive 30 goal seasons (tied with Alex Ovechkin) In 2017 Gartner was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in the league's 100-year history. Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame (HHOF) in 2001, Gartner has been a member of the HHOF Selection Committee since 2009, and its Chair since 2022.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are many career options within the sports industry. You can choose to work in a myriad of departments, like sales, marketing, and broadcasting, to name a few. There are also many levels within the field, such as professional (major and minor league), college, high school, and youth/club sports. Finally, you need to find the sport you're most passionate about to build your career around.Today's guest on the WorkInSports Podcast found hockey to be his calling. Mike Snee is the Executive Director of College Hockey Inc, a marketing and promotions arm for NCAA Division I men's hockey. Growing up in a hockey-hotbed state like Minnesota, Snee graduated from the University of St. Thomas in 1991 amid his hometown Minnesota North Stars making an improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals. However, he saw how quickly things could change in pro sports as the North Stars moved to Dallas two years later.When NHL hockey returned to Minnesota a few years later, Snee joined the Wild in 1998, a year before their inaugural season, as Director of Corporate Sales. He moved on to amateur hockey in 2008, serving as Minnesota Hockey's Executive Director before joining College Hockey Inc in 2012. On today's episode, Snee and VP of Content and Engaged Learning Brian Clapp discuss:• What challenges he faced getting a new pro franchise off the ground• What drew him to transition to hockey's amateur levels• What advice he has for young sports professionals looking to find their fit in the industryEnjoy the full episode, and subscribe to the WorkInSports Podcast for more sports career advice. You can also catch additional content on our YouTube Channel!

Is Kirill Kaprizov a completely different type of NHL superstar? And should defenseman Matt Dumba finish out the season with the Minnesota Wild? Jessi Pierce and Kirsten Krull hit those hot topics, plus grab a beer with Minnesota North Stars legend  Basil McRae to do a dive back into old time hockey. As always, we're created by new voice studios, presented by SotaStick, brought to you by Talk North, Grain Belt, Jim Beam and Royal Credit Union this is Season 4, episode 165. 

Is Kirill Kaprizov a completely different type of NHL superstar? And should defenseman Matt Dumba finish out the season with the Minnesota Wild?Jessi Pierce and Kirsten Krull hit those hot topics, plus grab a beer with Minnesota North Stars legend Basil McRae to do a dive back into old-time hockey.Brought to you by Jim Beam (https://www.jimbeam.com/,) Royal Credit Union (https://www.rcu.org/) & Grainbelt Premium (https://www.grainbelt.com)

This week Dean is talking to Tony McKegney. Tony discovered his talent at a young age, seeing his parents passion for hockey and the backyard rink they built as helping foster his rise to NHL glory. He was born in Montreal in 1958 and played 13 seasons in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres, the Quebec Nordiques, the St. Louis Blues, the New York Rangers, the Minnesota North Stars, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Redwings.My Hockey Hero is proudly supported by eBay Canada. Start your own collection at ebay.ca/hockeycardsTo learn more on how you can help make hockey accessible to all, check out hockeyequality.orgThe see the Black Hockey card collection and learn more go to www.blackhockeycards.comWant to here more? The extended interview can be found at Recognize: Black Heroes of the NHLProduced by Podstarter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Dean is talking to Tony McKegney. Tony discovered his talent at a young age, seeing his parents passion for hockey and the backyard rink they built as helping foster his rise to NHL glory. He was born in Montreal in 1958 and played 13 seasons in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres, the Quebec Nordiques, the St. Louis Blues, the New York Rangers, the Minnesota North Stars, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Redwings.My Hockey Hero is proudly supported by eBay Canada. Start your own collection at ebay.ca/hockeycardsTo learn more on how you can help make hockey accessible to all, check out hockeyequality.orgThe see the Black Hockey card collection and learn more go to www.blackhockeycards.comWant to here more? The extended interview can be found at Recognize: Black Heroes of the NHLProduced by Podstarter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Lawton was the first pick in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. The New Jersey native and Mount St. Charles alumni was drafted by the North Stars and made the team as an 18 year old and had a 10 year professional career. Kelly Heating and Electric Proudly making you comfortable since 1997!Computer Recovery Associates CRA specializes in removing, monetizing and recycling computer hardware from large data centersDooley's Pub The place to go for a traditional Irish pub experience with quality food good prices and beveragesChippewa Valley Ortho and Sport Medicine Dedicated and committed to the health care needs of patients in Western Wisconsin since 1954. @TheBOSPodwww.thebreakoutsessions.com

Today's guest is Mike Snee, the Executive Director of College Hockey Inc. He is a talented hockey executive with experience in amateur hockey and the NHL. Mike is College Hockey, Inc.'s Executive Director and guides their marketing efforts to promote men's college hockey and its work to help grow the number of institutions offering the sport.  Mike spent nine years with Minnesota Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the NHL's Minnesota Wild. He served stints as Director of Corporate Sales and Director of Ticket Sales and worked closely with college hockey as the Xcel Energy Center hosted the annual WCHA Final Five and the 2002 NCAA Frozen Four.  Mike was part of one of the most successful sponsorship groups in the NHL and helped spearhead the creation and execution of Hockey Day in Minnesota in 2007, a state-wide celebration of the game. Listen in for some great takeaways about Mike's journey in the sport of hockey and how he is impacting the growth of college hockey as a Division I sport.  You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in... Learn more about Mike Snee and College Hockey Inc. [3:28]  What parents of youth hockey players need to know [8:38]  The biggest mistake teenage hockey players make [12:35] Why the path to professional hockey is different [17:50] How young hockey players can get noticed by NCAA coaches [22:44]  Where to get more information about the NCAA rules [27:30]  A verbal commitment vs a national letter of intent [28:44]  93% of male hockey players earn a college degree [31:20] What student-athletes need to know about Name, Image, and Likeness [37:25] The landscape around scholarships for college hockey players [40:53] What brought Mike joy and put him in the right mindset for success [42:50]  Resources & People Mentioned NCAA Student Athlete Eligibility Connect with Mike Snee The website On Instagram On Twitter On Linkedin On Facebook On YouTube Bio A talented hockey executive with experience in amateur hockey and the NHL, Mike Snee was named College Hockey, Inc.'s Executive Director on Aug. 28, 2012. In this role he guides College Hockey Inc.'s marketing efforts to promote NCAA Division I men's college hockey and its work to help grow the number of institutions offering the sport.  Snee is a member of the USA Hockey Board of Directors and serves on USA Hockey's Junior Council. He is also a member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Board of Directors and is on the Board of Directors with the Minneapolis Youth Hockey Association. Snee joined College Hockey Inc. from Minnesota Hockey, where he spent four years as the Executive Director. During Snee's tenure with Minnesota Hockey he led the creation of a strategic plan to ensure the long-term growth of the sport in Minnesota.  Prior to joining Minnesota Hockey, Snee spent nine years with Minnesota Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the NHL's Minnesota Wild. He served stints as Director of Corporate Sales and Director of Ticket Sales and worked closely with college hockey as the Xcel Energy Center hosted the annual WCHA Final Five and the 2002 NCAA Frozen Four.  Snee was part of one of the most successful sponsorship groups in the NHL and helped spearhead the creation and execution of Hockey Day in Minnesota in 2007, a state-wide celebration of the game. Previously he led the initial ticket sales efforts for the expansion Wild, which produced a season-ticket base of 16,000.  Snee, a 1991 graduate of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., started his sports business career as an intern with the Minnesota North Stars and also worked for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and the Minnesota Moose of the now-defunct International Hockey League. Guests on the Mitlin Money Mindset Show are not affiliated with CWM, LLC, and opinions expressed herein may not be representative of CWM, LLC. CWM, LLC is not responsible for the guest's content linked on this site. Connect With Mitlin Financial podcast(at)MitlinFinancial.com - email us with your suggestions for topics or guests https://mitlinfinancial.com  Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Linkedin Follow on Facebook   Subscribe to Mitlin Money Mindset™ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts

In the competitive business of professional sports, there is no template or formula for building a winner. It does, however, require effective leadership from ownership, general managers, and coaches all the way down to the trainers, traveling secretaries, and front-office personnel. Lou Nanne has been involved in professional hockey for six decades and has studied the attributes of winning cultures across the major professional team sports throughout that time. In this interview, Lou discusses the creation of a championship professional sports franchise and the leadership necessary to build a winner. Lou talks about culture creation, dealing with failure, mitigating the complications of a mid-season trade, setting expectations, managing emotions, creating a sense of belonging, promoting pro-social behavior, forgiving failure, and how the lessons he has learned about leadership in professional sports apply to other businesses. Lou Nanne has been a leading figure in the hockey community for decades. Lou was captain of the 1968 United States Olympic Hockey team. Later he played, coached, and served as general manager for the Minnesota North Stars. Lou is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame. He has also been awarded the Lester Patrick trophy for his impact on the sport of hockey.

Trav and Alex take the 91st episode as an opportunity to talk about 1991! It's a 90's ass podcast after all. What do you remember about 1991? We cover movies, songs, toys, games, albums, and of course VIDEO GAMES. Find more of our work on the Polymedia NetworkFind Travis on Twitter Find Alex on Twitter Send us an email drunkfriendpodcast@gmail.comPlease rate and review our podcast wherever you listen!SportsMinnesota Twins, greatest World Series of all timeWashington RedskinsMiami HurricanesChicago BullsPittsburgh Penguins (over the Minnesota North Stars)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_in_sportsGamingSuper Nintendo American released in August 1991 in NALink to the PastSuper Mario WorldPilotwingsF-ZeroSimCityNES still kicking aroundBattletoadsGI JoePrincess Tomato in the Salad KingdomDouble Dragon 3Base WarsGenesisSonic the HedgehogRoad RashStreets of RageToeJam and EarlFirst Madden home console game (I think?)TurboGrafx 16BombermanBonk's RevengeSuper Star SoldierGame BoyOperation CBo Jackson Two Games in OneCastlevania II Belmont's RevengeGame Gear released in April 1991 in NAColumnsCastle of IllusionShinobiAsk for emails about games released in other parts of the worldMusicGreatest year of music in pop culture ever?Nirvana, “Nevermind”Pearl Jam, “Ten”Soundgarden, “Badmotorfinger”Metallica, “Black Album”Guns ‘n Roses, “Use Your Illusion” Lesser known rock (Fugazi, Swans, Pixies)Tribe Called Quest, “Low End Theory”Public Enemy, “Apocalypse 91”NWA, Cypress Hill, Naughty By NatureMichael Jackson, “Dangerous”Genesis, Mariah Carey, Paula Abdul, PM DawnSongs(Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan AdamsI Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me BaddGonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) C+C Music FactoryRush, Rush - Paula AbdulUnbelievable - EMFMoviesTerminator 2Silence of the LambsBoyz in the HoodCape FearThelma & LouiseJFKRobin Hood: Prince of ThievesCity SlickersHookDon't forget: Encinco Man, Under Siege, Fern Gully, and Alien 3World eventsOperation Desert StormUSSR dissolved for good, Cold War overPaul Reubens is arrested in a Florida movie theaterDollar Tree was foundedMost popular TV shows in 199160 minutesRoseanneMurphy BrownSupport the show

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Monday, June 20th, 2022. Here’s what you may have missed, over the weekend! On Saturday, game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Colorado Avalanche, and the Tampa Bay Lightning took place. The Avalanche took game 1, so Tampa Bay really wanted to even up the series as it shifts back to Florida today… and well… here’s how it went. If you’re a Tampa Bay fan, cover your ears! Cup Final, Gm2: Lightning @ Avalanche 6/18 | NHL Playoffs 2022 Play 0:48-1:05 Play 2:11-2:27 Play 3:40-3:55 Play 5:15-5:27 Play 6:25-6:35 Play 7:43-7:55 Play 8:15-8:30 https://www.outkick.com/nichushkin-stays-hot-avalanche-take-commanding-2-0-series-lead-over-lightning-in-stanley-cup-final/ What you just heard was the absolute demolition of the Tampa Bay Lightning at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche. The Tampa Bay Lightning came into Game 2 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final with a plan. But like Mike Tyson once said, everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the face. Or in this case, an avalanche of seismic proportions. Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said the key to evening up the series at two was weathering the storm in the first 10 minutes from the Colorado Avalanche. And yet, after those 10 crucial minutes of play inside Ball Arena, Colorado held a 2-0 advantage — just as they did in Game 1. The Avalanche’s onslaught started early and never let up, as Colorado defeated Tampa Bay, 7-0, to take an all-important 2-0 series lead. Why’s that so important, you ask? Teams leading 2-0 in the Stanley Cup Final are 47-5 all-time. The touchdown + extra point loss is Tampa Bay’s worst in its playoff history, topping the 5-0 defeat against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Round 1 this year and the 6-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers back in 1996, the franchise’s first ever playoff appearance. The Avalanche have now scored 11 goals through two games in the series and are 14-2 overall during the playoffs. The seven-goal margin is the largest in a Stanley Cup Final game since 1991, when the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Minnesota North Stars, 8-0, in Game 6 of the series. The series will now shift back to Tampa Bay for Games 3 and 4, with the Lightning looking for any sort of jolt from the Amalie Arena crowd. Puck drop for Game 3 is scheduled for Monday at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. Lies, Propaganda, Story Telling, and the Serrated Edge: This year our national conference is in Knoxville, TN October 6th-8th. The theme of this year’s conference is Lies, Propaganda, Storytelling and the Serrated Edge. Satan is the father of lies, and the mother of those lies is a government who has rejected God. We have especially been lied to these last two years, and the COVIDpanic has been one of the central mechanisms that our government has used to lie to us and to grab more power. Because Christians have not been reading their bibles, we are susceptible to lies and weak in our ability to fight these lies. God has given us His word to fight Satan and his lies, and we need to recover all of God’s word, its serrated edge and all. Mark your calendars for October 6th-8th, as we fight, laugh and feast with fellowship, beer and Psalms, our amazing lineup of speakers, hanging with our awesome vendors, meeting new friends, and more. Early bird tickets are available now, but will be gone before you know it! Sign up now at flfnetwork.com/knoxville2022 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/19/world-swimming-transgender-athletes-00040722 Speaking of lies & Propaganda… let’s talk about transgender athletes! World swimming bans transgender athletes from women’s events World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events, starting Monday. FINA members widely adopted a new “gender inclusion policy” on Sunday that only permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events. The organization also proposed an “open competition category.” “This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by the age of 12. It’s what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair,” James Pearce, who is the spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, told The Associated Press. “They’re not saying everyone should transition by age 11, that’s ridiculous. You can’t transition by that age in most countries and hopefully you wouldn’t be encouraged to. Basically, what they’re saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage.” Pearce confirmed there are currently no transgender women competing in elite levels of swimming. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health just lowered its recommended minimum age for starting gender transition hormone treatment to 14 and some surgeries to 15 or 17. FINA’s new 24-page policy also includes proposals for a new “open competition” category. The organization said it was setting up “a new working group that will spend the next six months looking at the most effective ways to set up this new category.” Pearce told the AP that the open competition would most likely mean more events, but those details still need to be worked out. The members voted 71.5% in favor at the organization’s extraordinary general congress after hearing presentations from three specialist groups — an athlete group, a science and medicine group and a legal and human rights group — that had been working together to form the policy following recommendations given by the International Olympic Committee last November. The IOC urged shifting the focus from individual testosterone levels and calling for evidence to prove when a performance advantage existed. FINA said it recognizes “that some individuals and groups may be uncomfortable with the use of medical and scientific terminology related to sex and sex-linked traits (but) some use of sensitive terminology is needed to be precise about the sex characteristics that justify separate competition categories.” In March, Lia Thomas a man, made history in the United States as the first man to win woman’s NCAA swimming championship, the 500-yard freestyle. The coward, Thomas said last month on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he was aiming to become an Olympic swimmer. He also disputed those who say he has an unfair biological edge that ruins the integrity of women’s athletics, saying “trans women are not a threat to women’s sports.” The University of Pennsylvania didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from Thomas. Other sports have also been examining their rules around transgender athletes. On Thursday, cycling’s governing body updated its eligibility rules for transgender athletes with stricter limits that will force riders to wait longer before they can compete. The International Cycling Union (UCI) increased the transition period on low testosterone to two years, and lowered the maximum accepted level of testosterone. The previous transition period was 12 months but the UCI said recent scientific studies show that “the awaited adaptations in muscle mass and muscle strength/power” among athletes who have made a transition from male to female takes at least two years. From sports, let’s go to entertainment, to infinity and beyond!!! https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/box-office-lightyear-disappoints-1235298248/ Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Underwhelms With $51 Million Debut as ‘Jurassic World’ Stays No. 1 To infinity and beyond? Not exactly… “Lightyear,” a spinoff story set in Pixar’s “Toy Story” universe, fell short of that boundless milestone in its box office debut, collecting a lackluster $51 million from 4,255 North American theaters. Family audiences, the movie’s prime demographic, haven’t returned to theaters in full force since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even so, those ticket sales are disappointing for a brand as recognizable as Pixar, the home of “The Incredibles,” “Finding Nemo” and “Up.” It’s particularly problematic given that “Lightyear” cost $200 million to produce and tens of millions more to market. Heading into the weekend, the Disney film was expected to generate at least $70 million. But its ambitions were thwarted by heightened competition from Universal’s behemoth “Jurassic World Dominion” and Paramount’s high-flying “Top Gun: Maverick,” as well as little intrigue to watch a slightly esoteric origin story about Buzz Lightyear, one that had only a tenuous connection to the four films in the popular kid-friendly franchise. With its wobbly liftoff, “Lightyear” landed in second place, becoming one of the rare Pixar films to not take the top spot at the domestic box office. Internationally, “Lightyear” earned $34.6 million from 43 markets, taking its global total to $85.6 million. The movie was banned in smaller foreign markets, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, because it depicts a same-sex kiss. Notably, “Lightyear” is the first Pixar movie to play on the big screen in more than two years — since “Onward” in March 2020. During the pandemic, three of the animation studio’s titles — “Soul,” “Luca” and “Turning Red” — skipped theaters to land directly on Disney+, leaving some box office analyst to question if consumers have been trained to watch Pixar movies at home. Other industry experts question if Disney is relying too heavily on brand recognition and not enough on execution. It’s not that people disliked the movie, which landed an “A-” CinemaScore and 77% on Rotten Tomatoes. But Disney certainly hoped that more ticket buyers would feel compelled to see “Lightyear” in theaters over the weekend. Believe me, I would have loved to see this movie. I mean, Toy Story was a part of my child-hood growing up, so it really pained me to see the headlines that they were going to force a gay kiss into the movie… based on that, I, and many of the people I’ve spoken with, refused to see the movie, as I’m sure all of our audience would agree. Even with a colossal 60% decline, “Jurassic World Dominion” managed to capture the box office crown again in a surprise upset. Universal’s prehistoric sequel generated $58.6 million from 4,697 cinemas in its second weekend of release, bringing its domestic total to $259 million. In third place, “Top Gun: Maverick” keeps flying high with a mammoth $44 million from 4,035 venues in North America, marking a scant 15% drop from last weekend. You know what those two shows have in common? They just tried to entertain the audience… not educate, or force satanic themes upon us. Speaking of education… Classical Conversations Classical Conversations supports homeschooling parents by cultivating the love of learning through a Christian worldview in fellowship with other families. We provide a classical Christ-centered curriculum, local like-minded communities across the United States and in several countries, and we train parents who are striving to be great classical educators in the home. For more information and to get connected, please visit our website at ClassicalConversations.com. Again that’s ClassicalConversations.com. Finally, let’s end today’s news brief, with a stroll down on this day in history! Jaws Theme Song - Play 1:07-1:18 Iconic! Anything directed by the great John Williams is just amazing… On June 20th, 1975, Jaws, a film directed by Steven Spielberg that made countless viewers afraid to go into the water, opens in theaters. The story of a great white shark that terrorizes a New England resort town became an instant blockbuster and the highest-grossing film in movie history until it was bested by 1977’s Star Wars. Jaws was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Picture category and took home three Oscars, for Best Film Editing, Best Original Score and Best Sound. The film, a breakthrough for director Spielberg, then 27 years old, spawned several sequels. The film starred Roy Scheider as principled police chief Martin Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as a marine biologist named Matt Hooper and Robert Shaw as a grizzled fisherman called Quint. It was set in the fictional beach town of Amity, and based on a best-selling novel, released in 1973, by Peter Benchley. Subsequent water-themed Benchley bestsellers also made it to the big screen, including The Deep (1977). With a budget of $12 million, Jaws was produced by the team of Richard Zanuck and David Brown, whose later credits include The Verdict (1982), Cocoon (1985) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Filming, which took place on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, was plagued by delays and technical difficulties, including malfunctioning mechanical sharks. Jaws put now-famed director Steven Spielberg on the Hollywood map. Spielberg, largely self-taught in filmmaking, made his major feature-length directorial debut with The Sugarland Express in 1974. The film was critically well-received but a box-office flop. Following the success of Jaws, Spielberg went on to become one of the most influential, iconic directors in the film world, with such epics as Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), ET: the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Jurassic Park (1993), Schindler’s List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). E.T., Jaws and Jurassic Park rank among the highest-grossing movies of all time. This has been your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief. If you liked the show, go ahead and hit that share button… or become a club member, as we’re starting to put out content only available to CLUB MEMBERS! Also check out our Fight Laugh Feast Magazine at flfnetwork.com/membership, and as always, if you want to talk corporate partnerships, let’s talk… email me, at garrison@fightlaughfeast.com. For CrossPolitc News, I’m Garrison Hardie. Have a great day, and Lord bless.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Monday, June 20th, 2022. Here’s what you may have missed, over the weekend! On Saturday, game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Colorado Avalanche, and the Tampa Bay Lightning took place. The Avalanche took game 1, so Tampa Bay really wanted to even up the series as it shifts back to Florida today… and well… here’s how it went. If you’re a Tampa Bay fan, cover your ears! Cup Final, Gm2: Lightning @ Avalanche 6/18 | NHL Playoffs 2022 Play 0:48-1:05 Play 2:11-2:27 Play 3:40-3:55 Play 5:15-5:27 Play 6:25-6:35 Play 7:43-7:55 Play 8:15-8:30 https://www.outkick.com/nichushkin-stays-hot-avalanche-take-commanding-2-0-series-lead-over-lightning-in-stanley-cup-final/ What you just heard was the absolute demolition of the Tampa Bay Lightning at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche. The Tampa Bay Lightning came into Game 2 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final with a plan. But like Mike Tyson once said, everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the face. Or in this case, an avalanche of seismic proportions. Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said the key to evening up the series at two was weathering the storm in the first 10 minutes from the Colorado Avalanche. And yet, after those 10 crucial minutes of play inside Ball Arena, Colorado held a 2-0 advantage — just as they did in Game 1. The Avalanche’s onslaught started early and never let up, as Colorado defeated Tampa Bay, 7-0, to take an all-important 2-0 series lead. Why’s that so important, you ask? Teams leading 2-0 in the Stanley Cup Final are 47-5 all-time. The touchdown + extra point loss is Tampa Bay’s worst in its playoff history, topping the 5-0 defeat against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Round 1 this year and the 6-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers back in 1996, the franchise’s first ever playoff appearance. The Avalanche have now scored 11 goals through two games in the series and are 14-2 overall during the playoffs. The seven-goal margin is the largest in a Stanley Cup Final game since 1991, when the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Minnesota North Stars, 8-0, in Game 6 of the series. The series will now shift back to Tampa Bay for Games 3 and 4, with the Lightning looking for any sort of jolt from the Amalie Arena crowd. Puck drop for Game 3 is scheduled for Monday at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. Lies, Propaganda, Story Telling, and the Serrated Edge: This year our national conference is in Knoxville, TN October 6th-8th. The theme of this year’s conference is Lies, Propaganda, Storytelling and the Serrated Edge. Satan is the father of lies, and the mother of those lies is a government who has rejected God. We have especially been lied to these last two years, and the COVIDpanic has been one of the central mechanisms that our government has used to lie to us and to grab more power. Because Christians have not been reading their bibles, we are susceptible to lies and weak in our ability to fight these lies. God has given us His word to fight Satan and his lies, and we need to recover all of God’s word, its serrated edge and all. Mark your calendars for October 6th-8th, as we fight, laugh and feast with fellowship, beer and Psalms, our amazing lineup of speakers, hanging with our awesome vendors, meeting new friends, and more. Early bird tickets are available now, but will be gone before you know it! Sign up now at flfnetwork.com/knoxville2022 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/19/world-swimming-transgender-athletes-00040722 Speaking of lies & Propaganda… let’s talk about transgender athletes! World swimming bans transgender athletes from women’s events World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events, starting Monday. FINA members widely adopted a new “gender inclusion policy” on Sunday that only permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events. The organization also proposed an “open competition category.” “This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by the age of 12. It’s what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair,” James Pearce, who is the spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, told The Associated Press. “They’re not saying everyone should transition by age 11, that’s ridiculous. You can’t transition by that age in most countries and hopefully you wouldn’t be encouraged to. Basically, what they’re saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage.” Pearce confirmed there are currently no transgender women competing in elite levels of swimming. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health just lowered its recommended minimum age for starting gender transition hormone treatment to 14 and some surgeries to 15 or 17. FINA’s new 24-page policy also includes proposals for a new “open competition” category. The organization said it was setting up “a new working group that will spend the next six months looking at the most effective ways to set up this new category.” Pearce told the AP that the open competition would most likely mean more events, but those details still need to be worked out. The members voted 71.5% in favor at the organization’s extraordinary general congress after hearing presentations from three specialist groups — an athlete group, a science and medicine group and a legal and human rights group — that had been working together to form the policy following recommendations given by the International Olympic Committee last November. The IOC urged shifting the focus from individual testosterone levels and calling for evidence to prove when a performance advantage existed. FINA said it recognizes “that some individuals and groups may be uncomfortable with the use of medical and scientific terminology related to sex and sex-linked traits (but) some use of sensitive terminology is needed to be precise about the sex characteristics that justify separate competition categories.” In March, Lia Thomas a man, made history in the United States as the first man to win woman’s NCAA swimming championship, the 500-yard freestyle. The coward, Thomas said last month on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he was aiming to become an Olympic swimmer. He also disputed those who say he has an unfair biological edge that ruins the integrity of women’s athletics, saying “trans women are not a threat to women’s sports.” The University of Pennsylvania didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from Thomas. Other sports have also been examining their rules around transgender athletes. On Thursday, cycling’s governing body updated its eligibility rules for transgender athletes with stricter limits that will force riders to wait longer before they can compete. The International Cycling Union (UCI) increased the transition period on low testosterone to two years, and lowered the maximum accepted level of testosterone. The previous transition period was 12 months but the UCI said recent scientific studies show that “the awaited adaptations in muscle mass and muscle strength/power” among athletes who have made a transition from male to female takes at least two years. From sports, let’s go to entertainment, to infinity and beyond!!! https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/box-office-lightyear-disappoints-1235298248/ Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Underwhelms With $51 Million Debut as ‘Jurassic World’ Stays No. 1 To infinity and beyond? Not exactly… “Lightyear,” a spinoff story set in Pixar’s “Toy Story” universe, fell short of that boundless milestone in its box office debut, collecting a lackluster $51 million from 4,255 North American theaters. Family audiences, the movie’s prime demographic, haven’t returned to theaters in full force since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even so, those ticket sales are disappointing for a brand as recognizable as Pixar, the home of “The Incredibles,” “Finding Nemo” and “Up.” It’s particularly problematic given that “Lightyear” cost $200 million to produce and tens of millions more to market. Heading into the weekend, the Disney film was expected to generate at least $70 million. But its ambitions were thwarted by heightened competition from Universal’s behemoth “Jurassic World Dominion” and Paramount’s high-flying “Top Gun: Maverick,” as well as little intrigue to watch a slightly esoteric origin story about Buzz Lightyear, one that had only a tenuous connection to the four films in the popular kid-friendly franchise. With its wobbly liftoff, “Lightyear” landed in second place, becoming one of the rare Pixar films to not take the top spot at the domestic box office. Internationally, “Lightyear” earned $34.6 million from 43 markets, taking its global total to $85.6 million. The movie was banned in smaller foreign markets, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, because it depicts a same-sex kiss. Notably, “Lightyear” is the first Pixar movie to play on the big screen in more than two years — since “Onward” in March 2020. During the pandemic, three of the animation studio’s titles — “Soul,” “Luca” and “Turning Red” — skipped theaters to land directly on Disney+, leaving some box office analyst to question if consumers have been trained to watch Pixar movies at home. Other industry experts question if Disney is relying too heavily on brand recognition and not enough on execution. It’s not that people disliked the movie, which landed an “A-” CinemaScore and 77% on Rotten Tomatoes. But Disney certainly hoped that more ticket buyers would feel compelled to see “Lightyear” in theaters over the weekend. Believe me, I would have loved to see this movie. I mean, Toy Story was a part of my child-hood growing up, so it really pained me to see the headlines that they were going to force a gay kiss into the movie… based on that, I, and many of the people I’ve spoken with, refused to see the movie, as I’m sure all of our audience would agree. Even with a colossal 60% decline, “Jurassic World Dominion” managed to capture the box office crown again in a surprise upset. Universal’s prehistoric sequel generated $58.6 million from 4,697 cinemas in its second weekend of release, bringing its domestic total to $259 million. In third place, “Top Gun: Maverick” keeps flying high with a mammoth $44 million from 4,035 venues in North America, marking a scant 15% drop from last weekend. You know what those two shows have in common? They just tried to entertain the audience… not educate, or force satanic themes upon us. Speaking of education… Classical Conversations Classical Conversations supports homeschooling parents by cultivating the love of learning through a Christian worldview in fellowship with other families. We provide a classical Christ-centered curriculum, local like-minded communities across the United States and in several countries, and we train parents who are striving to be great classical educators in the home. For more information and to get connected, please visit our website at ClassicalConversations.com. Again that’s ClassicalConversations.com. Finally, let’s end today’s news brief, with a stroll down on this day in history! Jaws Theme Song - Play 1:07-1:18 Iconic! Anything directed by the great John Williams is just amazing… On June 20th, 1975, Jaws, a film directed by Steven Spielberg that made countless viewers afraid to go into the water, opens in theaters. The story of a great white shark that terrorizes a New England resort town became an instant blockbuster and the highest-grossing film in movie history until it was bested by 1977’s Star Wars. Jaws was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Picture category and took home three Oscars, for Best Film Editing, Best Original Score and Best Sound. The film, a breakthrough for director Spielberg, then 27 years old, spawned several sequels. The film starred Roy Scheider as principled police chief Martin Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as a marine biologist named Matt Hooper and Robert Shaw as a grizzled fisherman called Quint. It was set in the fictional beach town of Amity, and based on a best-selling novel, released in 1973, by Peter Benchley. Subsequent water-themed Benchley bestsellers also made it to the big screen, including The Deep (1977). With a budget of $12 million, Jaws was produced by the team of Richard Zanuck and David Brown, whose later credits include The Verdict (1982), Cocoon (1985) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Filming, which took place on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, was plagued by delays and technical difficulties, including malfunctioning mechanical sharks. Jaws put now-famed director Steven Spielberg on the Hollywood map. Spielberg, largely self-taught in filmmaking, made his major feature-length directorial debut with The Sugarland Express in 1974. The film was critically well-received but a box-office flop. Following the success of Jaws, Spielberg went on to become one of the most influential, iconic directors in the film world, with such epics as Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), ET: the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Jurassic Park (1993), Schindler’s List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). E.T., Jaws and Jurassic Park rank among the highest-grossing movies of all time. This has been your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief. If you liked the show, go ahead and hit that share button… or become a club member, as we’re starting to put out content only available to CLUB MEMBERS! Also check out our Fight Laugh Feast Magazine at flfnetwork.com/membership, and as always, if you want to talk corporate partnerships, let’s talk… email me, at garrison@fightlaughfeast.com. For CrossPolitc News, I’m Garrison Hardie. Have a great day, and Lord bless.

The legendary Lou Nanne joins Judd Zulgad to tell stories about the Minnesota North Stars' run to the 1991 Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins! Originally recorded in 2019.

Islanders legend Mike Bossy passes away at 65. Jeff and Elliotte kick off the podcast talking about the Hall of Famer by sharing some of their favourite memories and discussing his impact on the game (00:01). They also pay tribute to the late Tom McCarthy and talk about his time with the Minnesota North Stars (10:20).The guys get into some news around the NHL as Carey Price is set to make his return (13:50), Pat Foley's final call in Chicago (16:30), Anaheim is knocked out of playoff contention (20:25), Matthew Knies returns to the University of Minnesota next season (35:35), and they discuss the Eugene Melnyk piece in The Athletic (33:20). Plus, they take your questions at the end of the podcast (38:00).Music Outro: Hak Baker- Venezuela RiddimCheck out more music from Hak Baker on Spotify and catch him on tour in the UK this MayThis podcast is produced and mixed by Amil Delic, and hosted by Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman.Audio Credits: CBC, Bally Sports Arizona, NBC Sports Chicago, NHL Network, Sportsnet and WGN Radio.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.