“You think they would have put a helmet on me or something. © 2018 by Ken Reid. Everything for me has started with an introduction or a cold call to a News Director. He is the author of the National Best Seller 'Hockey Card Stories.' Ken or Kenneth Reid may refer to: . It does not pay to be shy. But they didn't always go as planned. They’d say, ‘Try to make yourself look mean. We use cookies to improve your experience. Ken is also a co-host of Canada’s most listened to sports talk radio presentation, Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown on Sportsnet 590 The FAN. Privacy Policy I think I know why — it was in the middle of the trade from Vancouver to Toronto”. It’s right there in the fine print on the back of the card: “Acquired: Trade with Vancouver, 6-21-84.”, Snepsts says the Oilers hated the Flames and vice versa, but the Canucks didn’t have any real rivals back in the 1980s. There was a time when hockey cards were the best window into a player's life and career. And play the game. Terms of Service. A lifelong Calgary resident, Read was part of the "Crazy Canucks", the Canadian downhill team of the late 1970s and early 1980s, that consistently challenged the Europeans with a … The best thing you can do is work hard, put a good tape together and then start meeting people. “It was my first time putting on a Senators uniform. We didn't recognize that password reset code. “When you’re a younger kid like that, that kind of stuff is cool.”. I think we all have a vision of what we think a sportscaster is. Terry Crisp still laughs about the strange transformations he underwent to find his way onto his 1975-76 O-Pee-Chee hockey card. By Patrick Hoffman. Write and read as much as possible. I can recall watching Hockey Night in Canada as a little guy. Taylor: What would you consider your 1st ‘big break’ in broadcasting…how did you land it? I think that for anybody who becomes a professional athlete, to get a card, it’s always a good feeling. I also dabble in writing, I have one book out on the market – “Hockey Card Stories” – and I have a couple of other projects in the works as well. Alex Auld on meeting Alex Burrows (19:00); Danny Kelly on the Seahawks chances in the NFC West... © 2000-2020 Rogers Media. For comments and hip checks, feel free to contact Patrick at patrickhoffman3530@gmail.com or on Twitter at @pathoffman35. I can’t even remember who it was from. If you told Bemidji State freshman Otto that Lemay would end up on his rookie card he would have been okay with it. He was on the Flyers’ protected list until the night before the expansion draft on June 18, 1992. KR: As a kid I was a die hard Montreal Canadiens fan. We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Ken Reid co-anchors the weeknight prime-time edition of Sportsnet Central alongside Evanka Osmak. Don't miss out - sign up for our newsletters! {* backButton *} The best hockey story doesn’t have to be about the time YOU scored the Stanley Cup winner, it can be about the time you scored a road hockey winner. If you wanted to know what a player looked like — because guys weren’t on TV all the time — or his stats from the previous season, you picked up his hockey card. Maybe, like my buddy Jeff, you have the story your Dad told you about the time he played a full 60 minutes in a game in Cape Breton. He had spent three years in the Flyers organization and was Hershey’s top-scoring defenceman in 1991–92. Limit of one $1 pack per beverage. And for thousands, if not millions of collectors, that means it’s hockey-card season as well. 3. It’s hockey season. It may have a million dollar story behind it. Winding up in a Senators uniform came as a bit of a shock for Rumble. Twitter: Follow us at @SholdMediaGroup They’d look at the picture and ask you to do it again and again and again. Feathered hair: check. @citymichaud @MartineGaillard @Brendan_Dunlop . In fact, for reasons I still don’t fully comprehend, Harold Snepsts was a kind of cult hero to me and my grade-school buddies, even though we rarely saw him play. You may have created an account with another Rogers Media account that can be used to sign in here. When we can get together my wife and I will go out for dinner with Evanka and her husband. They literally had a smoking room off the dressing room. So within a few weeks I was doing play by play on Tuesday nights for the Dartmouth Oland Exports. I also dabble in writing, I have one book out on the market – “Hockey Card Stories” – and I have a couple of other projects in the works as well. But here’s the thing, it is harder than it sounds. I had it packed. Network. By checking this box, I agree to the terms of service and privacy policy of Rogers Media. I wasn’t too worried about anything.”, “I sit here reading the paper in Calgary, and every now and then you’ll say, ‘That ain’t so and so in that picture.’ Somebody made a mistake. Make sure to give Ken a follow on Twitter @SNKenReid, Facebook: Join our Group So I guess that is a very broad way of saying just be yourself, that is how you build chemistry. Please contact us. “That picture was taken in Moncton. I loved Gretzky and tried, unsuccessfully, to copy him. I’m also one of the co-hosts of Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown. I’m sure I saw my Dad watching the game and just followed in his footsteps. In grade 12 I actually worked in a card store that also sold goalie equipment as we were a Heaton Dealer. Whether you have or have not, what do you think of it. Long story short, Kurt was a huge help in getting me a job at A-Channel Calgary and we are still friends to this day (at one point we were even roommates) So yes, it is all about networking. I was sent down to the minors.” Now that sounds glamorous. Unsure of how to grow a moustache that will keep you looking somewhat desirable? Natey Adjei joined James and Perry for his thoughts on Week 8 in the NFL.

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