Comcast SportsNet debut ‘Inside Look’ featuring Stan Mikita on Friday, February 3.
Comcast SportsNet’s Chris Boden hosts an exclusive one-on-one interview with Chicago Blackhawks Ambassador/Hockey Hall of Famer Stan Mikita.
Mikita discusses everything from his youth growing up in Czechoslovakia, memories of his first NHL goal with the Blackhawks, the 1961 Stanley Cup championship team, his reaction to teammate Bobby Hull leaving to join the WHA, his bout with oral cancer and much more.
In addition, viewers are urged to check out Comcast SportsNet’s website, CSNChicago.com, for additional interview content never before seen on TV. Fans will also be able to watch every Inside Look guest interview online after it debuts on Comcast SportsNet. Comcast SportsNet will also re-air Inside Look with Stan Mikita on the following dates/times: Tue, Feb. 7 at 7pm – Thu, Feb. 9 at 11am – Sat, Feb. 11 at 9pm – Mon, Feb. 13 at 9pm – Sat, Feb. 18 at 12 noon – Sat, Feb. 25 at 6pm & Wed, Feb. 29 at 7pm.
Note the following quotes from Inside Look with Stan Mikita presented by Cadillac premiering Friday, February 3 on Comcast SportsNet:
Mikita on his youth growing up in Czechoslovakia:
“Well, I didn’t have much of a life there. I was only eight-years-old when I left. So eight years and probably half of that understanding what I was all about. First of all, I didn’t know the English language…that’s number one against you. But the big thing was that it was going to be a change (moving to Canada) and I didn’t think that they were going to go through with this adoption the more I thought about it after the fact. The first thought was ‘what are they talking about adoption to Canada and so on,’ I thought ‘well jeez, this could be fun.”
Mikita on his first NHL goal with the Blackhawks:
“This was probably the greatest goal scored in the history of hockey. Ted Lindsay was my first left winger, and I learned an awful lot of things from Ted, including some things I shouldn’t be doing, but the play was that we shot it in the corner and I went for the net, and all of a sudden, somebody spun me around and I feel something on my left cheek (motions to his behind), ‘who in the hell hit me with that stick?!’ Now the place is going crazy, puck’s in the net…’what happened?’ I said. They said ‘you just scored,’ I said ‘I got hit in the ass with a puck!’ Well, it went from there and in the net. So that scenario goes ‘boy, there must be a God up there.”
Mikita on his most vivid memory of the 1961 Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks:
“The thing that stood out to me was Glenn Hall. I’ve never seen a man play goal that fast and that quick; he might’ve developed the flap. Stop and flap and he’s ready to go again, so he was never out of position. When a guy like him can pitch a shutout against a team, especially that team, the Montreal Canadiens (in the first round), and he did it twice in a row, which was the fifth and sixth games, and then we went on against Detroit. But that series there…ever since then, I’ve never seen a goalie play better.”
Mikita on being remembered & loved by old fans and the respect earned by a new generation of fans:
“I don’t know how a life can be better when you sit back…you have your moments, as we all do…I have my moments, as you all do. The point is…we’re here. She’s (his wife Jill) still here…the kids are happy, or at least they look happy…and….it’s a good life.”
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