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Slap Shot – Hacksaw’s hockey stories: NHL, WHA, NAHL, Utica Comets, Johnstown Jets, Hanson Brothers

Slap Shot – Hacksaw’s hockey stories: NHL, WHA, NAHL, Utica Comets, Johnstown Jets, Hanson Brothers

FromLee Hacksaw Hamilton


Slap Shot – Hacksaw’s hockey stories: NHL, WHA, NAHL, Utica Comets, Johnstown Jets, Hanson Brothers

FromLee Hacksaw Hamilton

ratings:
Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Dec 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Hacksaw takes a trip down memory lane in his early days as a hockey broadcaster. Lee was the play-by-play man of the Utica Comets who played in the North American Hockey League with the Johnstown Jets, the team that the movie Slap Shot was based on. We share hockey memories and discuss sports movies.

Here’s what Lee Hamilton thinks on Monday, December 25, 2023 (recorded Nov 17, 2023)

These are Hacksaw’s Headlines:

 

1)...WORLD SPORTS MOVIE...PHENOMENAL NUMBER MODERN DAY

"TOP 25-SPORTS MOVIES"

 

"BEST SPORTS MOVIES"

 

FIELD OF DREAMS             HOOSIERS

NATURAL

BULL DURHAM                    ROCKY

MONEYBALL                        CHARIOTS OF FIRE

LEAGUE OF OWN                DAYS OF THUNDER

42                                          RAGING BULLS

8-MEN OUT

 

REMEMBER THE TITANS    FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

WE ARE MARSHALL            NORTH DALLAS FORTY

BLACK SUNDAY                   RUDY

 

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SLAPSHOT-VIDEO-DENNIS LEMIEUX INTERVIEW

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2)...TELL ME ABOUT MOST FAMOUS HOCKEY MOVIE "SLAP SHOT"

“JOHNSTOWN JETS - MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY"

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3)...WORLD OF HOCKEY CHANGED IN 1970S – NHL, WHA

"ORIGINAL SIX-ALL OUT WAR"

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4)...JOHNSTOWN JETS-WHO WERE THE CARLSON BROTHERS?

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5)...WHAT WAS THE GENESIS OF THE MOVIE?

'HOW-WHY STORY'

PAUL NEWMAN

 

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HALFTIME--DIXIELINE LUMBER

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(VIDEO-HANSON BROTHERS-LOCKEROOM)

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6)...YOU WERE THERE...WHAT WAS LIFE IN THE MINOR LEAGUES LIKE?

 

"BROTHERHOOD OF THE BUS"

"THE IRON LUNG"

"BIG APPLE-CRAB APPLE"

 

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#slapshot #wha #nahl #nhl #uticacomets #johnstownjets #chiefs #paulnewman #carlsonbrothers #hansonbrothers

 

 

 

 

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Released:
Dec 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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I’m Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and I want to talk sports with you. You’ll get Hacksaw’s Headlines and the Best 15 Minutes in Sports. From Baja to the Canadian Rockies and points beyond, we’ll cover the hottest sports headlines.Lee ‘Hacksaw’ Hamilton has built a national reputation as one of America’s top sports-talk show hosts. He has been named Talk Show Host of the Year seven times by the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association. He has spent over 3 decades doing Sports-Talk Radio in San Diego, and was the first talk show host hired at the legendary 77,000-watt XTRA-Sports-690, and later at 50,000-watt Mighty 1090.Hacksaw was the popular longtime Radio Voice of the San Diego Chargers, and also did NFL play-by-play for the Seattle Seahawks, and the Compass Media Networks, in addition to his college play-by-play work for the USC-Trojans, Arizona State Sun Devils, San Diego State Aztecs and the Ohio University Bobcats. His NFL play-by-play has been featured at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in the Hall of Champions in San Diego, and for NFL-Films.He broadcast the Super Bowl, the Rose Bowl, and the WHA-All Star games.Hacksaw has also worked for Sirius-XMs Home Plate Baseball Channel, and did talk shows for Fox Sports 570-KLAC in Los Angeles, and Fox Sports Radio’s network.He spent 8-years doing hockey for the Cleveland Crusaders and Indianapolis Racers, and 8-years doing Minor League baseball for the Phoenix Giants and the Utica Blue Sox.Hacksaw worked at KTAR-Phoenix, 3WE-Radio in Cleveland, and began his career at WLGN-Logan, Ohio and WIBX-Utica, New York.An accomplished writer, he was named ‘Columnist of the Year’ by the San Diego Press Club, and has written freelance sports columns for the San Diego Union Tribune, and the SDNN-San News Network website.