True Patriot Love - June 30, 2026


Hockey Night Canada： My Unforgettable Broadcasting Experience #Hockey

Topics
Hockey Night in Canada broadcast
Hosted by
Shara Micucci Mike Wixson
Mentioned
Hockey Night Steve
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Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

200.93

Word count

260

Sentence count

5


Summary

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On this episode of The Hockey Night in Canada podcast, host Steve Tkachuk sits down with former Toronto Maple Leafs beat writer and current Leafs radio play-by-play broadcaster Pat McAfee to talk about his time covering the team, his love for the blue and white, and his fondness for the greats of broadcasting.

Transcript

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00:00:00 No, and that's, for me, these giants, these icons,
00:00:04 these titans of broadcasting who came up with the powder blue jackets
00:00:08 and the host and the interviews and the Hockey Night in Canada towel
00:00:12 and that, and, you know, I get a little emotional thinking about it
00:00:16 because I grew up with it, and then I became a broadcaster,
00:00:19 and I was telling some of the other day, Steve,
00:00:21 I remember covering my first Leafs training camp at Maple Leaf Gardens
00:00:24 in September of 95, and Hockey Night in Canada showed up
00:00:27 do some feature interviews and it was like the red sea parted with all the other reporters because
00:00:32 we were in awe of hockey night coming in to do their features to get ready for the season it
00:00:36 was unbelievable and you know we tried a lot of us tried not to let our heads get too big because
00:00:43 it kind of was like that we were royalty walking in but we just tried to we just have this job to
00:00:50 do we just want to focus on our job and do the best job we can but i remember looking around and
00:00:56 seeing people looking at us like, wow,
00:01:00 you guys know how, like, this is a big deal.
00:01:03 We did know, but we're like,
00:01:04 we just tried to be one of the group.
00:01:06 But yeah, when you walk in on those jackets,
00:01:09 you're kind of a target for people to say,
00:01:11 oh, wow, hockey nights here.
00:01:13 This must be a big deal.
00:01:15 Yeah, it is.