The Sports Hub

In this very special edition of The Sports Hub Network, host Denis J. Puska visits with JP Marineau and Patrice Beauparlant who went on quite an adventure in February. The two friends cross-country skied, snowshoed and walked from Fort Albany on the James Bay Coast all the way back to their hometown of Hearst Ontario. They did this to raise money for the youth camp Camp Source De Vie. They will sh...

Join host Denis J. Puska as he previews the final four in the Northern Ontariio Junior Hockey League playoffs and recaps the awards that were handed out. He also spends time with Hearst Lumberjacks defenseman and team captain Adam Shillinglaw to preview the series versus the Timmins Rock as well as discuss his junior hockey career. 

Join host Denis J. Puska for an inside look at the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Playoffs and speaks with coaches Marc Alain Begin of the Hearst Lumberjacks and Darryl Moxam of the Greater Sudbury Cubs. The Coaches talk about their seasons and their respective first round opponents.  

Host Denis J. Puska spends time with Kapuskasing Ontario Canada native Bryan Hince to talk about his hockey journey from his small town in Northern Ontario to Junior B Hockey in St. Marys to NCAA Division III at Plattsburgh State University to a professional career that led him to the Southern Professional Hockey League and Knoxville, Tennessee. He was recently induced into the Ice Bears Wall of H...

Host Denis J. Puska has a special look at the history of the Hearst Lumberkings organization that is celebrating 75 years. It includes an interview with hockey historian Al Jansson as well as longtime hockey player Yves Brunelle. There will also be excerpts of a ceremony put on by the Hearst Lumberjacks of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League recently courtesy of Flo Hockey. 

Host Denis J . Puska spends time with some members of the Kapuskasing Flyers to discuss the club's recent trip to the James Bay Coast to Moosonee and Moose Factory. The Flyers went along with the Timmins Majors to teach hockey clinics, learn more about the way of life up north and to play two Great North U18 Hockey League games. Guests are Head Coach Alex Plamondon, players Theo Bourdon-Lemoyne, F...

Host Denis J. Puska is interviewed by long time northeastern Ontario broadcast journalist Bob McIntyre to discuss some of Puska's hockey memories from his first hockey broadcast at the age of 14, to bus rides and various experiences in minor pro hockey and junior hockey in the southern United States. Puska has been calling hockey games for over 40 years including over 700 games in Texas. This is p...

Host Denis J. Puska spends time with Joe Dominey who will be one of 25 amateur cyclists taking part in The Tour 21 -and the grueling challenge of riding the full Tour de France route, one week ahead of the professionals in June of this year (2025). The team will follow the same route as the professionals and raise over one million dollars for Cure Leukemia, the officla charity partner of the Tour...

Join host Denis J. Puska as he spends time with Mylene Coloumbe-Gratton the owner and operator of Follow Her North a Tourism business based in Hearst Ontario. Follow her North offer summer and winter tourism including snowmobile trips to the James Bay Coast. Mylene is a young business person who has taken her tourism business to another level. In the interview, she shares her passion of what she d...

Host Denis J. Puska spends time with Robert Morris University Head Coach Derek Schooley to get his reaction to the NCAA announcing that Canadian Hockey League players will now be eligible to play at US Universities where they were not allowed previously. The new ruling could change the hockey landscape in the future. 

Join host Denis J. Puska for a special inside junior hockey edition of the Sports Hub Network. Puska looks at all of the changes in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League this year and how it's working with the teams and the standings. He also has two special guests that started in the NOJHL but have gone onto bigger and better things. Noah Tegelaar played for the Blind River Beavers but now su...

Join host Denis J. Puska as you will meet Canadian Strongman Maxime Boudreault from Kapuskasing Ontario. Maxime talks all about the sport and growing up in his hometown. He and his wife Sam have started Strongman Corporation Canada as a way to give back to the sport. Puska also has his thoughts on a variety of sports topics in a new segment called What We Are Watching. 

Join host Denis J. Puska for a special inside look at horseracing and the uniforms the jockeys wear. It's Matt Darby the owner of Speed Silks to talk more about his business and helping the jockeys go faster. Plus on the program more about the NCAA getting closer to allow Canadian Hockey League junior players to play collegiate hockey and a tribute to my mom who passed away May 1. 

Denis Puska spends time with long time Timmins hockey coach and member of the Timmins Sports Heritage Hall of Fame Committee Mike Mulryan to talk about a new statue of the late Father Les Costello that was unveiled at the McIntyre Arena in Schumacher. Puska also talks about the NOJHL season wrapping up with a new champion crowned the Greater Sudbury Cubs and has a tribute to long hockey voice of H...

We visit once again with Steve Antunes the manager of economic development for the City of Elliot Lake to discuss what has happened since the city was awarded Kraft Hockeyville 2024 at the end of March. He talks about the ambitious fundraising campaign for local residents as they try to help the city offset the costs of reconstructing Centennial Arena. There is also new information on the arena an...

Host Denis J. Puska discusses more about the move by the Arizona Coyotes to Salt Lake City Utah. He also begins Puska The Prognosticator as he gives his thoughts and predictions of Round One of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup Playoffs and who he sees moving on. 

Host Denis J. Puska visits with former Toronto Star Sports Editor and Writer Mary Ormsby about her new book The World Fastest Man, The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson. A story that captivated Canadians during the 1980s. There's also a news and notes segment on the Arizona Coyotes of the NHL and the new ownership of the Grand Slam of Curling. 

Join host Denis J. Puska as he talks about some of the big issues in the world of hockey from the Newfoundland Growlers announcing their immediate departure from the ECHL to Elliot Lake winning Kraft Hockeyville 2024. He also has a special interview with Brock McGillis who wrapped up is 100 day Culture Shift Tour talking to minor hockey associations and teams in Canada about inclusivity in sports....

On Episode 10 of The Sports Hub Network, host Denis J. Puska visits with Canadian and world ladies curling champion Heather Houston. She recently had the Northern Ontario Ladies title named after her. She is a Canadian Hall of Fame Curler. She talks about the award bestowed on her, the sport of curling and where it is headed in the future. 

On Epsiode 9 of our show we present a preview of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League's post season that gets underway later on this week. Eight teams all after a championship and a trip to the Nationals and the Centennial Cup. Plus our guest is Trevor Bonoh the skip of Team Northern Ontario to talk about their success at the recently completed Montana's Brier the Canadian Men's Curling Champ...

This Episode is all about the city of Elliot Lake's bid to win Kraft Hockeyville 2024. The city's arena Centennial Arena has been shutdown since September forcing hockey teams, figure skaters to play in neighbouring communities. We hear from Steve Antunes Manager of Economic Development with the City of Elliot Lake and Jef Jarmovitch from the Elliot Lake Vikings of the Northern Ontario Junior Hock...

On Episode 7 of The Sports Hub Network, host Denis J. Puska spends time with Indoor Football League Commissioner Todd Tryon to discuss his journey from player to business partner, to owner to now commissioner. Plus we will dive into the IFL then and now and the future. The IFL boasts 16 teams across the USA in 2024 and expands to 18 in 2025. 

Episode 6 features an interview with Robin Yates, the co-founder and vice-president of Nobis, a Toronto based outerwear company. We talked about his involvement with the recent NHL All-Star game in Toronto, working with NHLPA and the NHL Alumni and about the company Nobis. 

The Sports Hub Network catches up with Canadian Junior Hockey League Chairman of the Board Robert Mazzuca to talk more about what recently took place with the Alberta Junior Hockey League and the BCHL and what lies ahead for Junior Hockey in Canada.

Bobby Ray from Curling Canada joins The Sports Hub Network to talk about the sport of curling in Canada. How the numbers are doing, and does the tv exposure and sellout crowds in the stands help to grow the sport.