Kevin Weekes

Pretty much from the 13 game road trip to start the year onward, it's been a lost season for the New York Islanders. They dug themselves too big of a hole and too many things broke wrong for this team in 2022. One of the things that didn't go wrong...

On Jan. 18, 1958, Willie O’Ree suited up for the Boston Bruins and took the ice against the Montreal Canadiens, making him the first Black player in NHL history. O’Ree opened the door for other players of colour to follow in his tracks. Names such as P.K Subban, Jarome Iginla, Wayne Simmons, and Quinton Byfield, the highest-drafted black players of all time, have been starting to show that hockey is for everyone.

According to NHL insider Kevin Weekes, he is hearing that a coaching change is coming shortly with the Florida Panthers, which means current head coach Joel Quenneville is about to be out of a job. Weekes added that ESPN’s John Tortorella is one of the top potential candidates to replace...

Rintoul & Surman – Hour 3 and Hour 4: Who’s Kraken Seattle’s roster?. Seattle Kraken reporter Andy Eide discusses the rumoured picks at the expansion draft as the presentation draws nearer. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

Craig Forrest on UEFA EURO 2020, Lionel Messi's quest for gold in Copa America Final. Former pro footballer Craig Forrest joins Scott Rintoul and Karen Surman to talk about a tough loss for Denmark in the semifinals, and if matches are won and lost in the midfield Italy holds the edge to England. He shares how England's Harry Kane stacks up all-time against strikers and Lionel Messi needs gold in the Copa America Final to aid his case as the best Argentinian footballer of all-time.

Hockey Night in Canada’s Chris Cuthbert talks about what it was like for him calling his first Stanley Cup Final and Kevin Weekes of the NHL network joins to discuss Tampa Bay’s cup win and the rumour mill surrounding Vladimir Tarasenko. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do […]

Brodeur says the Devils locker rooms of his time could never quite find the 'happy medium' when it came to locker room music. The pictures of players walking into the arenas, headphones securely fastened to their heads, headphones of all different shapes and sizes. That wasn't always the case, at...

The NHL TV free agency does not stop. The latest signing is Kevin Weekes to ESPN as a studio and game analyst, The Post has learned. Weekes, 46, is currently an analyst on NHL Network. The former goalie spent two seasons each with the Rangers and Devils and part of one season with the Islanders.

The additions to ESPN’s and TNT’s hockey coverage ahead of their first season with NHL rights this fall continue, and they continue to be a lot of familiar names. The latest ones noted are Kevin Weekes (seen above in a photo from one of his NHL.com pieces), AJ Mleczko Griswold, and Ryan Callahan at ESPN, and Anson Carter at Turner, as noted by Craig Morgan of AZ Coyotes Insider (who’s been in the lead on a lot of recent NHL broadcasting reporting):

Sportsnet and ESPN MLB play by play broadcaster Dan Shulman joins the show to discuss what he thinks about the controversy surrounding the use of foreign substances by pitchers and what he thinks of the Blue Jays season so far. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not […]

The Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers are conducting exit interviews today. One of the juiciest tidbits thus far is coming out of Buffalo as Jeff Skinner makes it clear he wants to remain with the Sabres. Another player isn’t that sure. Jeff Skinner not waiving no move clause, Rasmus...

With the NHL’s national U.S. rights heading to ESPN and Turner next year, there’s been a lot of discussion about who will have on-air roles for those networks. Turner made a couple of additions on that front Wednesday, reportedly tapping Kenny Albert and Eddie Olzcyk (both currently working on NBC’s NHL coverage, plus SiriusXM in Albert’s case) as their lead broadcast team. And Sean Shapiro of The Athletic has some news on who ESPN’s been chasing, including NHL legend Wayne Gretzky:

Episode two of ‘The DFO Rundown’ features a great interview with Kevin Weekes of the NHL Network. He joined Jason Gregor & Frank Seravalli around the nine-minute mark to talk about interviewing for the Pittsburgh Penguins GM job, diversity in hockey, and how being a young goaltender is different now compared to when he was growing up.