Coliseum Chronicles: the Penalty Box Podcast

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Steve Jaques to the Penalty Box. Steve is yet another tough Western boy who played in the 'Dub when it was truly the jungle. There have been many tough dudes who've donned the crest of the New West Bruins yet none put up a single-season PIM total higher than Steve Jaques. BTW-remember that stickfight between the Tri-City Americans & the Seattle T-Bir...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Brandon DeFazio to the Penalty Box. My paesano played one season in the Islanders organization, spending 2012-13 in Bridgeport. DeFazio annually put up solid numbers & was one of the premier power-forwards during his AHL tenure, earning him time in "the Show" with Vancouver. The second part of his career is something I call the "Brandon DeFazio World...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Brandon DeFazio to the Penalty Box. My paesano played one season in the Islanders organization, spending 2012-13 in Bridgeport. DeFazio annually put up solid numbers & was one of the premier power-forwards during his AHL tenure, earning him time in "the Show" with Vancouver. The second part of his career is something I call the "Brandon DeFazio World...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Rick Hayward to the Penalty Box. The penalty box is Rick's second home as he spent 3,808 minutes in the sin bin as a pro. Hayward is ranked 2nd all-time in IHL history in PIMs with 2,712 in 512 games. He trails only Kevin Evans in that department. Numbers like that are conducive to some great stories & Rick definitely delivers. This is part two. I ho...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Rick Hayward to the Penalty Box. The penalty box is Rick's second home as he spent 3,808 minutes in the sin bin as a pro. Hayward is ranked 2nd all-time in IHL history in PIMs with 2,712 in 512 games. He trails only Kevin Evans in that department. Numbers like that are conducive to some great stories & Rick definitely delivers. This is part one. I ho...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Matt Carkner to the Penalty Box. He's certainly no stranger to the sin bin as he spent 2,312 minutes in the box as a pro, 397 of which were accumulated as a member of the Islanders organization. There are some pretty special moments discussed with Matt and I'm honored he's allowed me to bring you his story. I hope you people enjoy listening as much a...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Matt Carkner to the Penalty Box. He's certainly no stranger to the sin bin as he spent 2,312 minutes in the box as a pro, 397 of which were accumulated as a member of the Islanders organization. There are some pretty special moments discussed with Matt and I'm honored he allowed me to bring you his story. I hope you people enjoy listening as much as...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Vern Smith to the Penalty Box. Only seven men in the modern era of Springfield Indians hockey can say they spent more time in the sin bin than Vern did. Vern's aggressive, hard-hitting style has made him a Springfield hockey legend. Vern lived the dream by skating on Nassau Coliseum ice as a member of the New York Islanders with some of the all-time...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Dean Trboyevich to the Penalty Box. After a stellar high school career in hockey-mad Minnesota, "Turbo" went to the University of Alaska Anchorage and later turned pro. Dean spent part of his first pro season in Troy, NY playing for the Capital District Islanders where he amassed 65 PIMs in 22 games. His professional travels would take him to such pl...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Barry Dreger to the Penalty Box. It's an environment he's more than comfortable being in. In his professional career, Dregs spent 3,277 minutes in the sin bin. That's essentially 54.5 complete hockey games. The Orlando Solar Bears legend had a cup of coffee early in his career with the Capital District Islanders and we discuss that and much more. Thi...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Barry Dreger to the Penalty Box. It's an environment he's more than comfortable being in. In his professional career, Dregs spent 3,277 minutes in the sin bin. That's essentially 54.5 complete hockey games. The Orlando Solar Bears legend had a cup of coffee early in his career with the Capital District Islanders and we discuss that and much more. Thi...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I bring you the fourth installment of my new series "Talking Isles Enforcers With...". For this episode, I welcome Trevor Stienburg to the Penalty Box. In this new series, guests who've never suited up for the Islanders will tell stories about current and/or former Islanders who they've either fought, played with or played for. I think it's a nice change from...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Wayne Doucet to the Penalty Box. "Douce" was a 2nd round pick of the Islanders in 1988 and brought the same grit & intensity to pro hockey that he displayed in the OHL. Doucet is 12th all-time in scoring for the Capital District Islanders and ranks only behind Dean Chynoweth & Kevin Cheveldayoff on the all-time CDI penalty minute list. I hope you peo...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I bring you the third installment of my new series "Talking Isles Enforcers With...". For this episode, I welcome Darcy Harris to the Penalty Box. In this new series, guests who've never suited up for the Islanders will tell stories about current and/or former Islanders who they've either fought, played with or played for. I think it's a nice change from the u...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Nolan Clayton to the Penalty Box. Nolan is one of the goalies for the New York Riptide lacrosse team. You read that correctly, he's a goalie. Similar to another Ontario native who played goal in the Coliseum, Nolan plays with a fire & passion that will no doubt endear him to the Coliseum faithful. Opponents should be very careful treading too close t...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Benn Olson to the Penalty Box. Big Benn is a veteran of almost 300 pro games in the AHL, ECHL, and EIHL. Olson spent parts of two seasons with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers & attended Islanders training camp in 2011. Protecting people is in his blood as he followed his brother Glenn into the world of hockey & post hockey, Benn is a firefighter in Briti...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today is the fifth & final episode of my five part series of "All-Time Top 10 Toughest". I now present to you my official top 10 all-time Islanders enforcers. It all comes down to this. I hope you people enjoy it!  If you have a moment please rate & review the show & please tell your friends.   Follow the show on Twitter at  @ColiSinBinPod  & my personal account at ...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I bring you the second installment of my new series "Talking Isles Enforcers With...". For this episode, I welcome the "Nigerian Nightmare", Rumun Ndur, to the Penalty Box. In this new series, guests who've never suited up for the Islanders will tell stories about current and/or former Islanders who they've either fought, played with or played for. I think it'...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today is the debut episode of my new series "Talking Isles Enforcers With...". For this episode,  I welcome the "Killer", Kevin Kaminski, to the Penalty Box. In this new series, guests who've never suited up for the Islanders will tell stories about current and/or former Islanders who they've either fought, played with or played for. I think it's a nice change from...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Long Beach Long Island's own Joey Diamond to the Penalty Box. Joey is such an easy guy to root for. While not the biggest guy on the ice, he always played like a giant. If you've never seen him play, think of a style similar to Kevin "Killer" Kaminski. Joey worked his way up through the Long Island hockey scene to one one of the biggest college progr...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today is the eighth installment of my "Seasons" series as I break down the fights of Steve Webb from the 1996-97 season. Webby spent the majority of the 1995-96 season with Muskegon of the CoHL...basically an universe away from the NHL. Yet the following fall he found himself with an invitation to Islanders camp and never looked back. His wrecking-ball style and fea...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Ken "Bam Bam" Belanger to the Penalty Box. Kenny played parts of three seasons with the Islanders organization & battled all the big boys. In 71 games he scored 8 points and accumulated 260 PIMs. Overall, the former AHL All-Star is a veteran of 248 NHL games, totaled 695 NHL PIMs and he doled out a boatload a beatdowns. Ken has also done very well fo...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome Memorial Cup & Calder Cup champion Rod Dallman to the penalty box. Rod was a big part of the Prince Albert flu back in the day where he teamed with guys such as Dave Manson, Ken Baumgartner, and Darin Kimble to make the Raiders one of the baddest teams in the Western Hockey League. Later Rod spent several years in the Islanders organization and was a...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I bring you part two of my chat with fellow Paesano Drew Fata. Drew spent two seasons in the Islanders organization playing 8 games with the big club scoring a goal, an assist & 9 PIMs. He also played in one playoff game as well. He really made an impact with Bridgeport playing in 135 games, scoring 24 points and amassing 382 PIMs (good for 10th all-time in fr...

Thanks for tuning in everybody! Today I welcome fellow Paesano Drew Fata to the Penalty Box. Drew spent two seasons in the Islanders organization playing 8 games with the big club scoring a goal, an assist & 9 PIMs. He also played in one playoff game as well. He really made an impact with Bridgeport playing in 135 games, scoring 24 points and amassing 382 PIMs (good for 10th all-time in franchise...