Raw Knuckles
One of the National Hockey League’s all time toughest players, Chris Nilan and Spittin’ Chiclets funniest-ever guest and former pro, Tim Stapleton co-host RAW KNUCKLES. An entertaining and inspiring podcast about the NHL, universal issues dealing with sports, and about life and facing it everyday with humor and insight.
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Episodes
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Rick Middleton joins Chris and Tim to talk all things Boston Bruins, rivalry with Montreal, and winning gold in the paralympics!
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:00 Knuckles' One Regret
5:00 Rick's Game
12:00 Drafted To NY
20:50 Getting Traded to Boston
28:30 Rivalries
37:30 Bruins Legacy
1:07:15 Sled Hockey
1:19:30 Closing
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Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Doug Shedden, coach and former player, joins Chris and Tim to talk Mario Lemieux, coaching Tim, and the transition from player to coach!
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:30 Early Career/Growing Up
8:00 Mario Lemieux
14:00 Retiring From Hockey
19:45 Coaching Career
27:30 Coaching in Finland
34:38 Tim's Nicknames
38:45 Family
44:00 Russia
46:55 Favorite Player/Place to Coach
55:00 Tim's Scouting Report
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Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
This week, Chris and Tim are joined by Sheldon Souray to talk Montreal, careers after hockey, and sobriety!
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:04 Growing Up
7:20 Draft/Early Career
27:30 Montreal
48:25 Edmonton
1:02:50 End of Hockey Career
1:11:50 New Career
1:16:48 Sobriety/Rehab
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Saturday Feb 03, 2024
Saturday Feb 03, 2024
As a bonus episode this week, we have an exclusive Sean Monahan interview right before the trade! Chris, Tim and Chris talk about Sean's time at the Habs, his time in Calgary, and getting drafted!
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
3:00 Getting Drafted/Time at Calgary
14:18 Time at the Habs
18:50 Hockey Roles
21:00 Free Agent/Getting Traded
23:20 Growing Up
29:45 Mom/Dad Trips
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Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Referee and former NHL player Paul Stewart joins us to talk about officiating, his time playing hockey, and the state of the game today!
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
2:30 Growing Up/Boston
18:25 NHL/Fighting
35:15 Retiring From Hockey
44:00 Officiating Philosophy
58:54 State of the Game Today
1:09:10 Officiating Questions
1:23:39 Closing Questions
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Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
This week, Kirby Dach joins us to talk about getting drafted, injuries, and his Habs teammates!
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
2:55 Mitch Love
4:51 Getting Drafted
10:00 First Year
18:10 21/22 Season
27:20 Playing With The Habs
32:00 Injuries
42:00 Habs Teammates
47:35 Montreal
53:35 Family
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Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
UFC Featherweight Raquel Pennington joins the boys to talk about her MMA Career, Women in fighting, And what she wants to do next
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Paul Martin joins us today to talk about Minnesota, coaching, and battling addiction!
Check out Paul Martin's foundation: Shine A Ligh7 - https://www.shinealigh7.org/
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
3:30 Minnesota
15:55 Olympics
23:45 The Draft
28:30 Coaches
40:00 Addiction
1:06:43 Current Day
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Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Join us this week for one of our most anticipated episodes: Part 2 of our interview with Terry O'Reilly! In this part, our friend John Vatistas talks to Chris and Terry about the fights they had against each other, salaries, and coaching!
Listen to Part 1 here: https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-r48v3-1510447
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
4:17 Salaries
6:42 New York
17:55 Feuds
22:18 Chris and Terry as Teammates
31:26 Coaches
40:20 Reacting to Fights
52:30 Players, Not Just Fighters
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Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Join Knuckles as he relives his epic battles in The Ice Clash Chronicles! 🥊 Episode 2 takes you through a fight that changed the rules of hockey - don't miss 'Ice Clash Chronicles: Brawl In The Hall'! 🔥
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CHRIS NILAN
Chris Nilan was tough. For an Irish kid growing up in Boston, there was no other way. It seemed likely that Chris would end up on the wrong side of prison bars until he found hockey. He defied the odds and became one of the few American’s to become an integral part of The Montreal Canadiens, bringing his toughness & grit, and helping them win a Stanley Cup in ’86. Beyond being one of the toughest enforcers of his era, he could also score; having seasons where he notched over 20 goals. He ended his career as the leader in penalties per minute and still holds the record for the most penalties in a single game. Today he is still considered by many to be one of the National Hockey Leagues most accomplished enforcers. But without hockey as his anchor, he lost his way in retirement, descending into alcoholism & drug addiction, almost losing his life on more than one occasion. After getting sober, Chris began hosting his own sports radio show, OFF THE CUFF on TSN690 radio Montreal In March 2013. After nearly a decade on the show, he was fired by the company for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Tim Stapleton
American Former NHL Player from Chicago. He spent Time with the Toronto Maple Leafs , Atlanta Thrashers, And Winnipeg Jets. In 2011, Tim scored the last goal in Thrashers' history. Tim also played around the world in Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Belarus, and Russia