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    Talkin' Isles

    Talkin' Isles is the official interview podcast of the New York Islanders. Join Radio Color Commentator Greg Picker and NewYorkIslanders.com Digital Director Cory Wright, as they welcome special guests, alumni, broadcasters and chat about all things involving the New York Islanders.
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    Episodes (61)

    Jennifer Botterill

    Jennifer Botterill

    Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist and SportsNet Analyst Jennifer Botterill joined Greg and Cory for Ep. 59 of the podcast. She talks about winning a National Championship - and scoring the clinching goal - for Harvard in the 1999 (6:06), preparing for the 1998 Nagano Olympics (8:30), broadcasting the Islanders on MSG Networks (14:09), her role on Hockey Night in Canada (19:13) and her excitement for the PWHL (22:40).

    Matt Moulson

    Matt Moulson

    Former Islanders winger Matt Moulson joined Greg and Cory for Ep. 58 of the podcast. Moulson talks about scoring in his first NHL game (13:32), becoming an Islander in 2009 (15:58), scoring two goals in 'Fight Night' vs the Penguins (21:08), his four-goal game in 2011 (23:14), the 2013 playoff push (26:59), scoring in the 2024 Alumni Classic (37:23) and more!

    Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman
    NHL Insider and 32 Thoughts Co-Host Elliotte Friedman joins Ep. 57 of the podcast. Elliotte talks about his career start in broadcasting (2:08), his impressions of the Islanders growing up (4:17), interviewing Al Arbour (6:42), covering the 2002 Islanders-Maple Leafs playoff series (9:45) while wrapping with a game of word association (11:55).

    Dave Scatchard

    Dave Scatchard
    Former Islanders forward Dave Scatchard joins Greg and Cory on Ep.55 of the podcast. He talks about his junior days with the Portland Winterhawks (1:35), being drafted by the Vancouver Canucks 42nd overall in 1994 (6:54), getting traded to the Islanders (21:15), the special team bond in 2001-02 (30:49), the 2002 playoff series against Toronto (36:28) and more!

    Richard Park

    Richard Park
    Former Islanders forward Richard Park joins Cory and Greg on episode 54 of the podcast. Park talks about growing in LA (1:55) and moving to Toronto at 13 to pursue hockey (3:20), the legacy of Jim Paek (7:11), playing for the Islanders (23:54), scoring two goals in the Dubie poke check game (34:50), winning the Bob Nystrom Award (39:55) and more!

    Ed Westfall

    Ed Westfall
    Islanders legend Ed Westfall joins Greg and Cory for Ep. 53 of the podcast. The first Isles captain talks about the 1972 Expansion Draft (1:57), how he became the Islanders first captain (4:20), representing the Isles as their first All-Star (24:52), the 1975 playoff run and the Kate Smith story (26:36), playing his whole career without a helmet (36:19) and his reaction to having a rank named after him on LI (52:07).

    Tom Chorske

    Tom Chorske
    Former Islanders forward Tom Chorske joins episode 52 of the podcast. Chorske talks to Cory and Greg about: playing for Lou Lamoriello and winning a Stanley Cup with the Devils in the early-to-mid 1990s (11:10), playing with Alexei Yashin (17:27), being road roommates with Zdeno Chara in his rookie season (24:35), his penalty shot goal on Patrick Roy (28:55), work with United Heroes League (31:20) and more!

    Eric Hornick

    Eric Hornick
    New York Islanders and MSG Networks statistician Eric Hornick joins episode 51 of the podcast. Hornick talks about how Jiggs McDonald helped him break into the business (7:48), how Jean Potvin made him part of the 1982 Stanley Cup parade (11:42), working with Jiggs McDonald, Howie Rose and Brendan Burke (15:30), how he keeps track of all the Isles stats (19:22), the skinny on his blog, The Skinny (22:50), the It Happened at the Coliseum t-shirts (29:35) and more!

    PA Parenteau

    PA Parenteau
    Former Islander winger PA Parenteau joined Cory and Greg for Ep. 50 of the podcast. Parenteau talks about his days in the American Hockey League (8:00), his perspective on the Islanders-Rangers rivalry (10:52), having career-years with the Islanders (11:56) Hoppy the bunny (19:01), his relationship with Michael Grabner (20:43), playing with Kyle Palmieri on the Devils (22:57) and more.

    Cory Schneider

    Cory Schneider
    Former Islanders goaltender Cory Schneider joins Greg and Cory for Episode 49 of the podcast, after announcing his retirement from professional hockey in September. Schneider talks about playing hockey at Boston College (3:19), getting drafted in the first round by the Canucks in 2004 (7:33), his reaction to getting traded to the Devils (22:12), backing up at Nassau Coliseum (26:00), joining the Islanders organization in 2021 (32:59) and his 27-save win against the Devils in 2022.

    Thomas Greiss

    Thomas Greiss
    Former Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss joins Cory and Greg for episode 48 of the podcast. Greiss talks about his upbringing in Fussen, Germany (3:36), his first season with the Islanders in 2015-16 (8:15), his 47-save performance in Game 5 against the Panthers in 2016 (11:41), the 2020 NHL Bubble Playoff run (21:08),his perspective on retirement after 14 NHL seasons (24:46) and more.

    Adrian Aucoin

    Adrian Aucoin
    Former Islanders defenseman Adrian Aucoin joins episode 47 of the podcast. Aucoin talks about, playing on the 1994 Olympic team (6:15), breaking into the NHL with Vancouver (10:25), playing with Pavel Bure, Alex Mogilny and the mid-90s Canucks (12:45), averaging nearly 30 minutes a night for the Islanders (19:06), the 2002 playoffs against the Maple Leafs (25:55), the 2004 NHL All-Star Game and winning the hardest shot competition (29:00), playing 1,000 games (38:37) and more!

    Evgeni Nabokov

    Evgeni Nabokov
    Former Islanders goalie Evgeni Nabokov joins episode 46 of the podcast. Nabby talks to Cory and Greg about playing goalie as a kid in the Soviet Union (2:00), playing minor league hockey in Kentucky (7:20), his hybrid goalie style (12:05), scoring a goal (16:51), debuting with the Islanders in 2011-12 (22:40), the run to the 2013 playoffs (27:35), his relationship with Stan Fischler (34:10), playing at Yankee Stadium (34:45) and more.

    Ray Ferraro

    Ray Ferraro
    Ray Ferraro, former Islanders forward and current ESPN broadcaster, joined Cory and Greg for Ep. 45 of the podcast. Ferraro talks about his junior career with the Brandon Wheat Kings (4:30), his time playing with the Hartford Whalers (10:19) the Islanders run to the conference finals in 1993 (20:07), Al Arbour’s influence (24:40), his famous pass to David Volek (34:05), his first time broadcasting on TV (43:42) and more.

    Butch Goring

    Butch Goring
    Butch Goring, 4x Stanley Cup Champion, former coach and current broadcaster on MSG Networks joined Cory and Greg for Ep. 44 of the podcast. Goring talked about how he got his nickname “Butch” (1:59), winning the Calder Cup in 1971 with the Springfield Kings alongside Jean Potvin and Billy Smith (10:20), his famous trade to Long Island in 1980 (19:35), winning the Conn Smythe in 1981 for Playoff MVP (22:14), signing autographs for fans during intermissions (26:40), providing color commentary MSG Networks (40:32), and more!

    Glenn Healy

    Glenn Healy
    Former Islanders goaltender Glenn Healy joins episode 43 of the podcast. Healy talks about playing college hockey (3:10), stories from the minors (5:10), playing with Wayne Gretzky in LA (9:45), being roommates with John Tonelli (12:50), the 1993 run (18:40), the Heals and Flats show (26:45), playing bagpipes on stage with Paul McCartney (32:32), backing up at the Coliseum (38:34) and more!

    Jamie McLennan

    Jamie McLennan
    Jamie McLennan, former Islanders netminder and current analyst on TSN, joined Cory and Greg for Ep. 42 of the podcast. McLennan explained how he got his nickname “Noodles” (1:21), what he learned from being coached by Butch Goring (4:33), his roots in Edmonton and being drafted by the Islanders in 1991 (6:55), bulldozing a mascot with the encouragement of Billy Smith (10:00), stories of his Isles teammates in the early 90s (18:52), his international playing experience in the UK and Asia (30:21) and more!
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