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No Holden Back Podcast Episode #1: AHL Hall of Famer Darren Haydar
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Ben Holden
Welcome to the No Holden Back Podcast, where we interview players across the North American hockey landscape! In our premiere episode, host Ben Holden chats with a member of the 2020 Hall of Fame Class in the American Hockey League, Darren Haydar.
The two discuss:
– Haydar’s beginnings in the sport
– Views on establishing a winning culture
– Weighing major junior hockey in Canada versus NCAA hockey in the U.S.
– His playing career at the University of New Hampshire and forming a friendship with a Hobey Baker Award winner
– Spending his draft day on a pontoon boat
– Hoping for a shot at the NHL, while putting up gaudy numbers in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Grand Rapids
– Being inducted into the American Hockey League’s Hall of Fame
– Meeting his wife and being with her during her battle with cancer
– His ongoing battle with Multiple Sclerosis
– The end of his playing career
– Two minutes in The Sin Bin
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