Ex Panthers Forward Kenny McKie talks to the OTHUK Podcast
Oct 16, 2015 21:59:37 GMT
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Post by crazyken on Oct 16, 2015 21:59:37 GMT
The latest Old Time Hockey UK Podcast, episode 025 features former Panthers and Peterborough forward Kenny McKie
Progressing through the Glasgow ranks, playing for the first team Dynamos and then the Great Britain U18 team, Kenny,
now an apprentice joiner by trade, decided that a move away from Glasgow might be just the sort of lift he needed.
A conversation with then Nottingham Panthers supremo, Gary Keward, gave him the opportunity to do just that, and so
he moved south to join the East Midlands club – the year was 1982.
He fondly recalls his time there:
"My first Panthers game was at Billingham, when we arrived back at the Ice Stadium at 1.00 am fans were already
queuing up for tickets, it was unbelievable, back in Glasgow we had to throw people in to try to get a crowd!
That evening I skated out to 2500 screaming fans, it was incredible, we won 12 – 1 and I scored the last goal".
Kenny also tells of how Panthers forward Dwayne Keward introduced him to his pre game meal, a “Big Mac Meal”,
I’d never had one before, Kenny explains, as at that time, there were no McDonalds in Glasgow – can you imagine
that now!
You can listen to the full Podcast interview on our website here:
Old Time Hockey UK
or
You can download the Podcast to your iPhone here:
iTunes
or
if on Android
you can download the Podcast here:
Stitcher Radio
You may also want to check out my other "non Panthers" Podcast interviews,
i.e.
Podcast episode 23 Scott Neil
and also
Podcast episode 24 Hilton Ruggles
Progressing through the Glasgow ranks, playing for the first team Dynamos and then the Great Britain U18 team, Kenny,
now an apprentice joiner by trade, decided that a move away from Glasgow might be just the sort of lift he needed.
A conversation with then Nottingham Panthers supremo, Gary Keward, gave him the opportunity to do just that, and so
he moved south to join the East Midlands club – the year was 1982.
He fondly recalls his time there:
"My first Panthers game was at Billingham, when we arrived back at the Ice Stadium at 1.00 am fans were already
queuing up for tickets, it was unbelievable, back in Glasgow we had to throw people in to try to get a crowd!
That evening I skated out to 2500 screaming fans, it was incredible, we won 12 – 1 and I scored the last goal".
Kenny also tells of how Panthers forward Dwayne Keward introduced him to his pre game meal, a “Big Mac Meal”,
I’d never had one before, Kenny explains, as at that time, there were no McDonalds in Glasgow – can you imagine
that now!
You can listen to the full Podcast interview on our website here:
Old Time Hockey UK
or
You can download the Podcast to your iPhone here:
iTunes
or
if on Android
you can download the Podcast here:
Stitcher Radio
You may also want to check out my other "non Panthers" Podcast interviews,
i.e.
Podcast episode 23 Scott Neil
and also
Podcast episode 24 Hilton Ruggles