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The PuckPedia Hockey Show Episode 20: NHL on ESPN’s Arda Öcal
On Episode 20 of The PuckPedia Hockey Show we welcome the host of the NHL on ESPN and Sportscenter Arda Öcal.
We start off talking about his childhood and how his father raised him to grow up a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, living close by to the old Maple Leaf Gardens (3:30). Then we started talking about how he wanted to get into broadcasting, and he idolized Hockey Night in Canada host Ron MacLean growing up (4:45).
Then he took a normal day job for a few years while doing the broadcasting gigs on the side, until he eventually went all-in with Rogers TV where he was able to get his hands on a…
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