Sports Talk Ep. 515: Olympic Glory

Jeremy and Zam are back from the Olympics with a ton going on in the world of sports, mostly Olympics, they get into talking bout their favourite moments, especially Crosby’s OT goal for the Gold, plus the trade deadline had just passed with a record number of moves.

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Sports Talk Ep. 514

Jeremy and Zam welcome Shaheed back into The Press Box, and start the show talking about VANOC and its relationship with the media, the boys also get into the Canucks epic 14 game road trip and the play of Mason Raymond. It’s also just passed the midway point of the NHL season so it’s time to do some power rankings, so the boys give their top 5 teams in the league, they also talk about the NFL conference finals and Brett Favre throwing that infamous pick near the end and more.

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Sports Talk Ep. 513: Headshots and NFL Conference Championships

Headshots are at the top of the agenda on tonight’s show with the QMJHL’s Patrice Cormier and OHL’s Zach Kassian getting punished for recent head shots. The Canucks continue to roll along yet the Calgary Flames are continuing to sputter after their 9-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks. As well, the NFL Conference championships kick off on Sunday so the boys make their picks.

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Sports Talk Ep. 512: Mid-Season Premiere, WJHC, Team Canada and a Foot in Mouth Disease

The Boys are back for the new year and it starts off with a bang. The World Junior Hockey Championship just ended and we get into who the best player to don a Canadian jersey for that competition is. As well, Canada’s Olympic hockey team is selected and we dive into those selections, the Canucks are hot and Zam sticks his foot in his mouth…not for the first time…as well the boys get into the NFL Wild Card Games for the weekend.

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Sports Talk Ep. 510: NHL Advice, Brendan Burke

This week the hosts near the end of their school term and the boys take a sigh of relief. The NHL Board of Governers meet in December so Zam and Jeremy give them some advice what to do with some of these broke franchises as well as the boys get into a touchy issue and talk about Brian Burke’s son coming out saying he’s gay and the impact felt among a sports team.

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Sports Talk Ep.508: SFU Mourns, CFL Playoffs Begin, NHL GM's meet and more!

This week our hosts dust of their medical expertise and get into the tragic loss of SFU QB Bernd Dittrich. The Canucks look to rebound from 3 straight losses against the Avs and CFL Playoffs get started Sunday Morning and much more.

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Sixty minutes comes up short for Canucks

Edmonton defeated the Canucks 2-1 on Monday night. Photo: Yahoo! Sports

There was no doubt that after a shellacking at the hands of their division rival Calgary Flames, the Canucks were going to show up with a workmanlike effort Saturday against the Minnesota Wild.

We’ve learned of an Alain Vigneault that after an egg has been laid, coach V wouldn’t let it happen again. At least not in the next game. Vancouver came out with a full sixty minutes, something that its players – to a man – had said they hadn’t put forth to that point in the season.

That’s the positive. Vancouver improved on what they had been offering up in games past.

Problem is it was the Minnesota Wild.

The danger in the amount of praise the Canucks received for a win against the lowly, last place Wild is that it would instill a false sense of achievement heading into games against more capable opponents.

This was on display Monday night in Edmonton.

The Canucks undoubtedly put up another full sixty on Monday and may have even improved on their effort against the Wild on Saturday, but it proved not to be enough against an Oilers team that is off to a good start this season.

Effort is no longer the issue for the Canucks. It may be skill as Vancouver is missing two of their top six forwards (Daniel Sedin and Pavol Demitra) and arguably their top d-man, Sami Salo. But the larger issue was execution.

Mason Raymond leaving Patrick O’Sullivan open in the slot on the Oilers first goal, or four Canucks leaving Sam Gagner open in front of then net on the second – and game winning – goal are prime examples.

Errors are hurting the Canucks every time they are made – maybe because their skill is lacking so there is no safety net – and so if Vancouver can’t cut down on its errors, it doesn’t matter how hard the team is working and for how long, because a lack of execution is going to trump any of that.

Sports Talk Ep.504: The Pigskin and Puck Show

This week Zam welcomes guest-host Jeremy Bosch to get into the upcoming CFL Playoffs a few weeks away, the NHL season has started and they get into the oddities of this season so far. NFL week 5 is over and they get into Brett Favre’s 5-0 record and SFU and UBC go into Saturday’s 32nd Shrum Bowl.

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Sports Talk Ep.432: Canucks Sound Off, Memorial Cup

The WHL's Spokane Chiefs were the 08 Memorial Cup champs. Will the WHL repeat? Photo: CHL.ca

On episode 432 of The Press Box Sports Talk we turn to your for response to the Canucks’ second round playoff exit, which came at the hands of the Chicago Blackhawks. After the postmortem we look ahead to the Conference Finals, the BC Lions season and preview the 2009 Memorial Cup with Farhan Devji.

It’s yet another can’t miss episode of TPB Sports Talk.

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Sports Talk Ep.431: Global Playoffs

On this edition of TPB Sports Talk you won’t be surprised that the hosts are talking about the playoffs. But this week its NHL, NBA and UEFA playoff talk.

Worldwide playoffs are in full-force, none more so that Pit vs. Wsh. Photo: NHL Sniper

Also, on the show’s faceoff is another edition of Behind the Voices this time with Rogers Sportsnet’s Peter Loubardias.

Don’t miss this must listen edition of The Press Box Sports Talk.

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