I just wanted to say thanks to everyone at the 2007 Royal Bank Cup in Prince George for all of their help in the Camrose Kodiaks / Prince George Spruce Kings
5 OVERTIME MARATHON semi-final game on Saturday night.

The 2 teams played 146:01 of hockey with Camrose firing 93 shots on goal
but ended up losing 3-2  

It was the longest game in both Camrose Kodiak & RBC Cup history

and the 2nd LONGEST JUNIOR A HOCKEY GAME IN CANADIAN HISTORY !!!

Thanks to Cassie Campbell & Rod Black from TSN,Ron Gallo of the Spruce Kings,Craig Cripps from the AJHL & Paul Rosen from the gold medal winning Canadian sledge hockey team for helping fill over 6 straight hours of hockey & intermissions.

Special thanks to colour commentator Kerry Chatwin who now knows what it is like to work a 6 hour broadcast.

Which started at 7 pm pacific and ended at 1:20 am pacific time.

I am keeping the game sheet from this one as a momento.

Now it's time to catch up on some sleep !!!!!!!!!  

I listened to the whole thing Barks.  Wish I had been there to help you out.

It was a sad end to a great year for the Kodiaks.  Still, it was great to see them win the AJHL Championship and the Doyle Cup.  There was nothing they could do about that hot goaltender who stopped 90 shots during those 8 periods of hockey.

Hope you're back doing the games on CAM FM next season!

<Yawn> Can't imagine anybody wanting to listen to a regular-length Junior hockey game on radio, much less 6-hours worth <yawwwnnn>.  Ahh, the joys of being in a small market.  But I guess somebody's gotta like it, to each their own and all that cliched stuff.

First of all willy it was a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP tournament game in which the final was

live on TSN and many do care about junior hockey in Alberta ( and Canada for that matter ).


And I am sure the other play by play guys who do these games loved your comments too.

Have to agree with Barks Bites on this one.

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First of all willy it was a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP tournament game in which the final was

live on TSN and many do care about junior hockey in Alberta ( and Canada for that matter ).


And I am sure the other play by play guys who do these games loved your comments too.

Right on BARKS!!....You took a BITE out of his Willy on that one!!!

Hey Barks...   I was at the game for the entire 6+ hours- til after 1 am... I had been up since 5 am that morning...and I admit, I almost nodded off a few times...but WOW. What  a game.

As much as the ending probably wasn't what you (or the surprising number of Camrose fans in attendance) wanted...  that was quite the spectacle regardless.

I'm sure Aurora (who advanced to the final earlier in the day prior to the marathon game ) was LOVING the fact that these 2 teams were beating the crap outta eachother for 8 periods.

I'm surprised your voice held up calling a game for that long!

Hope you enjoyed your time in PG...

I'm with Barks and Hosehead on this one.  I love listening to play-by-play hockey on the radio, be it junior or NHL.

I remember Oiler broadcasts with Rod Phillips in the 80's.  This was pre TSN and Sportsnet coverage.  I loved the way Rod captured the flow of the game.  Hell, as an Oiler fan living in Calgary last spring, the CBC covered the first round of the Flames/Ducks series.  My computer was on the fritz so I had to go out to the street in my car in front of the house to catch CHED's signal of the Oilers first round.  The neighbors must have wondered what I was doing out in the car with a cocktail listening to the radio.

It amazes me that we can get CHED's signal down in Calgary.  However, when the sun goes down, the frequency bleeds in to a country station in Saskatchewan.

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First of all willy it was a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP tournament game in which the final was

live on TSN and many do care about junior hockey in Alberta ( and Canada for that matter ).


And I am sure the other play by play guys who do these games loved your comments too.

Agreed, Barks buddy I don't know how you held on that long, intermissions are the worst in OT, thankfully for you it was the RBC and not just a playoff game!  I had that happen in Camrose during the finals last year.

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I'm with Barks and Hosehead on this one.  I love listening to play-by-play hockey on the radio, be it junior or NHL.

I remember Oiler broadcasts with Rod Phillips in the 80's.  This was pre TSN and Sportsnet coverage.  I loved the way Rod captured the flow of the game.  Hell, as an Oiler fan living in Calgary last spring, the CBC covered the first round of the Flames/Ducks series.  My computer was on the fritz so I had to go out to the street in my car in front of the house to catch CHED's signal of the Oilers first round.  The neighbors must have wondered what I was doing out in the car with a cocktail listening to the radio.

It amazes me that we can get CHED's signal down in Calgary.  However, when the sun goes down, the frequency bleeds in to a country station in Saskatchewan.

Just so you know, most AM stations must reduce power after dusk or their frequencies will penetrate foreign lands (ie: the US)  There have been occasions when CHED failed to power down at night and blasted clear into Montana...of course the American stations which share the 630 dial position were up-in-arms when that happened.

Hey Barksy!

I have to say, one of my biggest regrets in leaving Camrose was not being there to help you usher in the Kodiaks broadcasts!  We always had a great time with Boris and the boys, and they always repaid with great hockey.  

Now for some golf...Am I coming up, or are you coming down?

As for your comments, willy, grab a clue!  I worked in Red Deer and handled Rebels broadcasts for the better part of 5 years.  I can tell you without a doubt that junior hockey is HUGE in this province, and giving the listener (fans, PARENTS, etc.) the opportunity to enjoy the action when they can't be there is something they are VERY grateful for.

Small market doesn't mean small-time, and broadcasting hockey doesn't either.