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Last Sunday we were fortunate enough to be invited down to GM Place for the Canucks Open Practice.

Record as of this episode: 32-22-8
Northwest Division: 3rd
Western Conference: 7th

Aside from covering the usual episode topics, we hung out with and interviewed the guys from the Ultimate Canucks Search, as well as one of the Ultimate Fans, Richard Loat (of Facebook application fame).

JJ got on the microphone to interview passers-by, while we also got the chance to sit down with Kent - the voice behind the We Are All Canuckleheads podcast.

We had a blast, and it was great to have the entire gang together to record one of those rare “face to face” episodes.

• John’s Flickr photo set from the Open Practice
• Rebecca’s Flickr photo set
• Alanah’s recap post
• JJ’s recap post

Photo Credit: lovewillie on Flickr.

Photo Credit: John on Flickr.

Our tour of the Northwest Division comes to an end with this episode. Alanah tracked down John Shipley of the St. Paul Pioneer Press for this one. He is the guy in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” who reports on the Minnesota Wild for the newspaper, and we get his insights on the upcoming season for the team as well as the view of the league as a sports reported in the U.S. It’s a short interview, but Alanah gets into the details and raises some hell with our fellow divisional friends.

(Originally recorded on September 25, 2007)

• St. Paul Pioneer Press

The tour of the Northwest Division continues with Alanah taking on her nemesis, the Colorado Avalanche. In this episode, she grabbed a couple of her favorite Avs fan bloggers, Greg from “Hockey Rants” and Tapeleg of “Jerseys and Hockey Love”. Together, they take a look at the team as whole, looking back into the past and what they expect from the coming season. Oh, and you can’t forget some good ol’ trash talkin’.

(Originally recorded on September 24, 2007)

• Hockey Rants (Greg)
• The Post-Pessimist Association (Greg)
• Jerseys and Hockey Love (Tapeleg)

Alanah takes the helm on this episode and scores an interview with the authors of The Battle of Alberta, Matt and Andy. They are, respectively, fans of the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers who have been writing about their favorite team since 2005. You wouldn’t think that a Flames and Oilers fan could get along on one blog, but this interview shows that these guys love to talk hockey. Plus, you ever wonder what die hard fans of the Albertan teams think about the Canucks? Alanah digs deep to find out.

(Originally recorded on September 20, 2007)

• The Battle of Alberta

In this special episode, J.J. and Alanah take control of the podcast to interview Shanel Pratap from CBC Vancouver. He does the sports for the noon news hour and weekend sports anchor on the CBC. Shanel also spent four days at Canucks training camp in Victoria, B.C. Our crew chats with him, gets inside his head a little, and look ahead at what we can expect by what he saw at training camp.

Also, Rebecca got some air time on local radio station 95 Crave after her experience at the opening pre-season game at GM Place. Listen all the way to the end to catch it.

• CBC Sports
• 95 Crave