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San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda to face Bakersfield Friday for pre season and Saturday for opener

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Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jake Allen (34) blocks a shot by San Jose Sharks left wing William Eklund (72) during the third period at SAP Center on Thu Oct 28, 2023. Eklund is back from his time playing in Sweden during the summer. Eklund has been suited up for all the Sharks pre season games and a big help for the San Jose Barracuda last season. (AP file photo)

On the SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda will play 72 games for the 2023-24 season and will play 36 of those at home. How much of a home ice advantage do you see the Barracuda having this season?

#2 Marko some of the Barracuda participated in some of the San Jose Sharks pre season action. For the Sharks Henry Thrun got to skate with the big club he scored two goals in his first 20 minutes during the Sharks first pre season game on Sun Sep 24 vs. the Vegas Golden Knights.

#3 Nathan Todd who was with the Springfield Thunderbirds (Florida Panthers parent club) last season. Todd has played eight games for the Sharks last season, will most likely play most of this season with the Barracuda.

#4 Daniel Gushchin had a great 2022-23 season with 22 goals for San Jose. Gushchin as assisted Thrun on his second goal against the Knights. Gushchin had a remarkable rookie year with 22 goals last season.

#5 Last week Tuesday the Sharks William Eklund has 19:26 leading all forwards in ice time, Eklund and Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored in the loss to the Anaheim Ducks in San Jose’s second exhibition game. Shakir Mukhamadullin got an assist on Eklund’s second goal.

Join Marko for all the latest on SJ Barracuda hockey the AHL affiliate of the San Jose Sharks at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Knights could wrap it up Tuesday at T Mobile Arena

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Florida Panthers defenseman Josh Mahura (28) and Vegas Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson (20) fight during the third period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Final with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The Vegas Golden Knights are on the cusp of winning their first Stanley Cup Final in their first six years of existence and Tuesday could be the night as they host the Florida Panthers in game 5.

#2 The Knights got a narrow 3-2 win over the Panthers on Saturday night in Sunrise Florida, the Knights were able to stop a shot and get a big save to win game four to go up 3-1.

#3 Marko, game 4 got physical and the Panthers who were on their home ice and needed this win bad didn’t want to go back to Vegas two games down and resorted to pushing and shoving and glove dropping in the last few seconds of Saturday’s game.

#4 Knights forward Nicolas Roy said the Panthers have been pushing and shoving all series long and that it’s not a surprise. With the Panthers down one goal they felt the frustration and it all came out in the final seconds of game 4.

#5 It’s a big night Tuesday in Vegas as the Knights host game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals at the T Mobile Arena needing just one game to become champions for the first time in the franchise history.

Marko Ukalovic did the NHL Stanley Cup Final podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Knights-Panthers face off tonight for game 4

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Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel (9) defends Florida Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe (23), as goaltender Adin Hill (33) protects the net during the first period of Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Marko Ukalovic for Matt Harrington:

#1 The Panthers got a little pressure off when they won game 3 in Florida in overtime it would have been a nightmare for Vegas having to go into game 4 down 0-3 but they recovered and they could tie this thing up tonight 2-2.

#2 The Vegas Golden Knights have dominated in the first two games of this Final but the Panthers in game 3 were a determined bunch and going into that overtime they had to find a way.

#3 The Panthers Carter Verhaeghe scored the overtime winner on a wrister at 4:27 in the overtime stanza in Thursday night’s game 3 thriller talk about how that gamer was set up.

#4 Verhaeghe said the Panthers are the cats and they have whatever lives they have and said that Florida has no quit in them.

#5 Marko, how impressive are the Panthers just to get this far coming back 1-3 in round one against the Boston Bruins then going onto advance in rounds two and three against the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Carolina Hurricanes to get to these finals.

#6 Game 4 tonight in Sunrise and the Panthers still face another critical game they have to avoid going down 1-3 going back to Vegas on Tuesday night.

Marko Ukaloivic filled in for Matt Harrington who does the NHL Stanley Cup post season podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Len Shapiro: Panthers on the ropes 0-2 host Knights in game 3 tonight

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Vegas Golden Knights center Brett Howden (21) scores around Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) during the second period at the T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Mon Jun 5, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff podcast with Len:

#1 Len through the first two games of these Finals the Vegas Golden Knights have dominated with wins in games 1 and 2 on Vegas home ice. How important has goaltender Adin Hill been for the Knights.

#2 In the most recent game, game 2 the Vegas Golden Knights came away with a five goal win 7-2. The Knights showed all the signs of being in control from the start and the Panthers just couldn’t get any defense to stop the Knights.

#3 The Panthers who over came the odds in the first round of the playoffs overcoming the Boston Bruins from a 1-3 deficit to coming back and winning the series and winning the next two rounds to advance to the Finals can the Panthers find something deep down and pick up a win on Florida ice?

#4 The Knights who won 5-2 and 7-2 in games 1 and 2 are the first team in 25 years of NHL finals to show that no other team has been so dominate.

#5 So the Knights who have the upper hand get after it tonight in game 3 up 2-0 and can take game three or the Panthers really have to find the back of the net and often and get some great netminding from Panther goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.

Len Shapiro covers the NHL Stanley Cup Finals for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with Jessica Kwong: PGA Commissioner on hot seat; Miami’s Butler “winning would mean everything”; plus more

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 PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan speaks during a news conference before the start of the Travelers Championship golf tournament at TPC River Highlands, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Cromwell, Conn. Monahan was questioned by PGA players Tue Jun 6, 2023 in a heated meeting regarding merging the PGA with LIV the Saudi golf league without consulting the PGA players (AP file photo)

Headline Sports podcast with Jessica:

#1 Many of the players in the PGA had no idea about the PGA-LIV merge and that a deal had been made without the players knowledge.

#2 A lot of the players are calling for new leadership after PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan agreed to a deal with LIV the Saudi golf league to merge. The PGA players have a huge problem with LIV because of it’s human rights violations and taking away many of it’s stars.

#3 The Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler says that winning the NBA Finals would mean everything, this is Butler’s 12th NBA season Butler says his teammates are locked on. The Heat who dropped game 1 of the Finals came back and tied the series in game 2 in Denver. The Heat dropped game 3 and the Nuggets reclaimed the lead in the series 2-1 with a 109-94 victory on Wednesday.

#4 New York is suffering smoky conditions as smoke from the Canadian fires have floated into the Big Apple and had an impact on the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees game on Tuesday night. For Yankee third baseman Josh Donaldson said that it was a little foggy but nothing out of the ordinary.

#5 Jessica, game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals are Thursday night in Sunrise Florida. The Panthers have their backs to the wall down 0-2 against the Vegas Golden Knights losing both games 1 and 2 in Vegas. The Panthers have been here before they were down in the first round of the playoffs to the Boston Bruins 3-1 and came back from two games down. How do you see the Panthers chances going back to Florida Thursday night?

Join Jessica Kwong does Headline Sports every other Wednesday night at http://www.sportsraadioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Panthers need this one tonight to avoid going back to Florida 0-2; Knights with home ice can go up 2-0

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Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone, left, celebrates his goal against the Florida Panthers with Brett Howden (21), defenseman Zach Whitecloud (2) and center Chandler Stephenson during the third period at T Mobile Center in Las Vegas on Sun Jun 4, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the NHL podcast with Marko:

#1 Marko, with just less than ten minutes left in the game and the Vegas Golden Knights trailing the Florida Panthers the Knights made good use of their last and final period of the first game of the Finals. With the game tied 2-2 the Knights came roaring back with three goals to take game 1, 5-2.

#2 The Knights Jonathan Marchessault said that the Knights were ready mentally and breaking it open like they did in the third period was a show of their character to kick off the finals.

#3 The Knights Zach Whitecloud scored a critical goal and Mark Stone got an insurance goal but the goal was reviewed for a high stick and the goal turned out to be confirmed.

#4 Marko, the Knights had scored their third and final goal when Reilly Smith scored an empty netter to make the final look like there was never a tie score.

#5 The Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 of 33 shots and allowed four goals. As you saw this first game did the Panthers just seem to loose confidence in the third period or the Knights just started working their offensive plans and pulled it off on Florida.

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NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Charanbir Mahal: Do Knights have the upperhand opening up on home ice?

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Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill speaks with the media ahead of the NHL Stanley Cup hockey final Friday, June 2, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup podcast with Charanbir:

#1 Charanbir, the Finals tonight will be the first time since 1994 that the Finals will be on cable. TNT who is under the umbrella of Warner Brothers Discovery Sports in their second season televising the NHL.

#2 TBS has done the NCAA men’s basketball finals only three times and the NHL and NBA Conference Finals and MLB league championship series but this for TNT is a historic plateau, reaching the mountain top if it were doing the entire finals all on cable as first.

#3 Charanbir, turning the Vegas Golden Knights this is their sixth year in the NHL since their first year going to the finals and nearly becoming pro sports first expansion team to win the championship in their first year which they lost to the Washington Capitals.

#4 For the finals this week the Knights who are hosting during the morning skate Thursday fans were directed to the overflow lot and were hoping to get in the rink where the lines were 30 deep to get in at T Mobile Center.

#5 The Knights William Carrier who was on that original team one of six remaining players says this team says this Knights team says this team is better overall and the original team were mostly on a contract year.

#6 Charanbir, the puck drops at 5:00pm tonight at T Mobile Center for game 1 of the NHL Finals between the Florida Panthers and Knights how do you see this one opening up the series?

Charanbir Mahal is a INDTVUSA reporter and is doing analysis for the NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcasts and was filling in for Matt Harrington who does the NHL podcasts Saturdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Len Shapiro: Panthers-Knights battle for the Cup Saturday night at T Mobile Center

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Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin, center, pressures Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill (33) and defenseman Nicolas Hague (14) as a shot go wide of the net in the first period of Game 6 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Wed May 31, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Len:

#1 Both the Vegas Golden Knights and Florida Panthers had their shares of six game or seven game thrills this post season. For the Knights they held their own against the surging Dallas Stars who were making a comeback after being down 3-0 and making it 3-2 before the Knights came back to win game 6 to eliminate the Stars and advance to the finals.

#2 For the Florida Panthers they were on life support during the first round of this post season down 3-1 and came back eliminate the Boston Bruins 4-3. They went on to eliminate the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Carolina Hurricanes to advance to the NHL Finals.

#3 The Panthers in their last series with the Hurricanes swept them clean in four games 4-0, the Panthers Matthew Tkachuk had quite an offensive series scoring two goals in game four that polished off the Hurricanes 4-3.

#4 Which goaltender do you feel has the advantage going into this Final the Knights Adin Hill or the Florida Panthers Sergei Bobrovsky.

#5 So now it’s game 1 of the Finals with the puck dropping at the T Mobile Center on Saturday night as the Knights host the Panthers it’s almost a miracle that both teams are here how do you see them facing off Saturday night?

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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Is it late early for Stars and Hurricanes as games 3 &4 loom this week

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Vegas Golden Knights celebrate after Vegas Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson (20) scored against the Dallas Stars during overtime of Game 2 at the T Mobile Center in Las Vegas on Sun May 21, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Marko:

#1 The Vegas Golden Knights Chandler Stephenson scored at 1:12 in the overtime stanza on Sunday against the Dallas Stars in a 3-2 win. The Knights picked up their second win for a 2-0 series lead over Dallas.

#2 Stephenson said it was his first overtime goal in post season and said that being the game winner was something special.

#3 Marko, talk about the advantage of having home ice at the T Mobile Center for the Knights and quickly jumping to a two game lead going back to Dallas.

#4 Taking a look at game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Florida Panthers and the Carolina Hurricanes. The Panthers were neither intimidated or feeling under pressure opening up their series in Carolina in taking the first two games.

#5 Both wins for the Hurricanes were one goal wins and on the road now they open the next two games, games three and four on Sunrise Florida ice can the Panthers wrap this series up or can the Hurricanes turn things around and take one or maybe two games or is that a stretch and would you assume based on what’s in front of you the next two games it’s gonna take a miracle for the Hurricanes to get back into this?

Marko does the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs post season podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Playoff podcast with Len Shapiro: Panthers defeat Hurricanes 3-2 in 4 OTs; Sixth longest game in history

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On the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff podcast with Len:

#1 The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes battled to well past 2:00 AM ET this morning in Raleigh in the NHL’s sixth longest game as the Panthers Matthew Tkachuk scored the game winner in the fourth overtime at 12.7 seconds left for the 3-2 win. 139 minutes 47 seconds of hockey.

#2 Len you got a look at this one and the players were just exhausted after two overtimes.

#3 It had to be a tough ending for Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Anderson when Tkachuk beat him within the final seconds of the fourth and final overtime. Anderson stood on his head during the four overtime periods stopping 57 out of 60 shots by the Panthers.

#4 Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 63 shots out of 65. Bobrovsky did just enough in seven periods to keep the Hurricanes at bay in their own rink.

#5 This turned out to be a tooth and nail battle neither side giving an inch and playin for their lives all game long do you see game 2 coming up pretty much being that kind of a war and possibly going overtime again?

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