The Full 60 with Craig Custance

The Athletic

Craig Custance is an NHL Insider for The Athletic…

  • 53 minutes 38 seconds
    Erin Andrews, driven to succeed in and out of her comfort zone

    Erin Andrews, Fox sports sideline reporter for the NFL, joins Craig on the season final of the Full 60. Craig and Erin covered the Atlanta Thrashers together back in the early 2000's and used to binge watch the OC together with Craig's wife on Thrasher off nights, so this was a bit of a reunion podcast for the two of them. Andrews discusses her start in the broadcasting industry, and how her father Steve is her inspiration in getting into the business. She also addresses her friendship with John Tortorella, and how much he means to her as he helped teach her the game of hockey, and the right questions to ask, when she covered the Lightning in Tampa Bay.

    Erin looks back on when she met her husband, Stanley Cup Champion Jarret Stoll during the lockout in 2013, ahead of the Kings 2nd Cup win in 2014, and the tight bond that the players and the families still have today.

    Erin promotes her Wear by Erin Andrews team apparel association with the NHL, which was announced last week. Wear by Erin Andrews was already in partnership with the NFL, NCAA and NBA, and Erin a huge hockey fan of the LA Kings and Tampa Bay Lightning is really excited to be in business with the NHL. Erin discusses her drive to always try new things, wanting to be involved in many new projects, in and out of her comfort zone, and teases new projects with Michael Strahan and comedian Kevin Hart. EA also shares with Craig, her best conversation ever, with the goat himself, Tom Brady.

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    20 May 2021, 7:02 am
  • 21 minutes 46 seconds
    Bonus Episode: The Athletic’s Small Business Story | Part 3 of 3

    Part Three of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann continue on about the company’s expansion into the U.K., how the team got through the shutdown of sports and challenges that lay ahead. Writers, Marcus Thompson, Anthony Slater, Zach Harper and David Aldridge give their thoughts on that process as well.

    For the complete lineup of episodes, visit delltechnologiespodference.com

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    15 May 2021, 6:00 pm
  • 16 minutes 35 seconds
    Bonus Episode: The Athletic’s Small Business Story | Part 2 of 3

    Part Two of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann continue on about the company’s first steps into the marketplace. The challenges they met selling this idea to investors, and journalists they were trying to recruit, specifically with the expansion into the Bay Area. Writers, Marcus Thompson and Anthony Slater give their thoughts on that process as well.

    For the complete lineup of episodes, visit delltechnologiespodference.com

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    15 May 2021, 5:00 pm
  • 16 minutes 53 seconds
    Bonus Episode: The Athletic’s Small Business Story | Part 1 of 3

    Part One of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode we hear from The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann about how they met, how an idea for better sports coverage materialized into a significant media player in the sports landscape and the spirit at the heart of The Athletic’s culture. For the complete lineup of episodes, visit delltechnologiespodference.com

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    15 May 2021, 4:00 pm
  • 57 minutes
    It's Taco Thursday with former NHL goalie Eddie Lack

    Former NHL goalie Eddie Lack talks about his time in the NHL and with Team Sweden. Lack, one of the more outgoing characters in our game discusses his new passion for real estate in the Phoenix area, his assistant coaching job with Arizona State University and his obsession with tacos.

    He also stick taps Ryan Miller's career, as his former teammate recently played his last NHL game.

    Eddie also talks about the common denominator which links great goalies like Henrik Lundqvist, Roberto Luongo, Ryan Miller, Eddie Belfour and Jacob Markstrom together, and he takes your questions on his best goalie moment, the controversial Heritage classic start in Vancouver, the World Hockey Championships, and of course his quest to find the perfect taco. 

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    13 May 2021, 9:33 pm
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    60 Year old Intern Ned Colletti, thriving with his gig in San Jose with the Sharks.

    World Series Champion Ned Colletti is Craig's guest this week on the Full 60. Ned, the author of 'The Big Chair', shares his philosophy on roster construction, and building a team into a winner. The former LA Dodgers General Manager and San Francisco Giants assistant GM discusses his love for hockey, which began as a kid in Chicago, cheering for the great Jean Beliveau, to covering the Flyers as a beat writer, to his current position, working for Doug Wilson and the San Jose Sharks, as a scout.

    Ned, who teaches a course on Sports Administration at Pepperdine University, talks about bringing a different perspective to the Sharks front office, He also highlights his relationships with Doug Wilson, Ron Hextall, Dean Lombardi and Brian Burke, thew biggest qualities that he looks for in a player, and the secret to a good negotiation.


    In Craig's Two Cents: Custance offers his opinion on the shakeup in New York, with the Rangers owner James Dolan firing President John Davidson, and General Manager Jeff Gorton with only a handful of games remaining for the up and coming blueshirts, this season,

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    6 May 2021, 7:06 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Craig Conroy, at home in Calgary with the Flames.

    Craig Conroy, the Assistant General Manager of the Calgary Flames joins Craig Custance on this week’s Full 60.

    Craig talks about the Flames getting back into the playoff race, what he thinks is missing from Matt Tkachuk’s game, and how meticulous Chris Tanev is with his sticks.

    Craig discusses his time with Calgary as a player and an assistant manager, and how his special relationship with Jerome Iginla was formed, on and off the ice. Conroy tells Custance what the difference is between Brian Burke and Brad Treliving when making trades, and how the Flames are going to scout the Under 18 tournament. Craig also shares his favorite stories on former teammate Brett Hull and about that time he fought Patrick Roy in practice as a member of the Montreal Canadiens.

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    29 April 2021, 7:01 am
  • 1 hour 38 minutes
    Kevin Weekes on his career on the ice, and in front of the camera in the NHL

    Former NHL goalie Kevin Weekes, the lead studio analyst at the NHL Network is Craig's guest this week on the Full 60. Weeksie looks back on his career as a goalie for Florida, Vancouver, Carolina, Tampa, the Islanders, Rangers and Devils, his struggles, his triumphs and dealing with racial discrimination in the game that he loves. Weeksie also talks about the new TV contract for ESPN, his friend Henrik Lundqvist, breaking the Anthony Mantha trade on deadline day, and his love and admiration for the great MJ, Michael Jordan.

    Kevin also discusses his drive to one day manage a franchise in the NHL and he answers your twitter questions, including thoughts on PK Subban, Henrik Lundqvist, Sidney Crosby, how close he was to getting the Pittsburgh job and the dreaded trapezoid.

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    22 April 2021, 7:04 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    The Athletic vs ESPN post trade deadline roundtable

    Emily Kaplan and Greg Wyshynski from ESPN return to the Full 60 to discuss the NHL trade deadline, with the Athletic's Craig Custance and Dom Luszczyszyn. The crew goes in-depth on Anthony Mantha, Taylor Hall, Nick Foligno, as it pertains to where and if those players slot on the Athletic's NHL player tiers, and ESPN's top 100 list for next season.

    In addition, the panel revisits the top players on their respected lists, continuing the debate on where to slot Auston Matthews, Artemi Panarin, Seth Jones, Dougie Hamilton and many more.

    Plus, Em, Wysh, Dom and Craig argue over what character on the legendary TV show Cheers they would be: that is, after Greg and Craig explain to Dom and Emily what exactly Cheers is. 

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    15 April 2021, 8:31 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    The moral compass of Ottawa Sports media, Ian Mendes

    Ian Mendes, the host of The Athletic Hockey Show is Craig's guest this week on the Full 60. 

    Ian discusses the positive vibes coming out of Ottawa, as the Senators future looks very bright with some of the NHL's best young talent on the roster.

    Mendes shares his philosophy on life, including his passion to learn from young people, his quest to learn about gender and race rights, as the moral compass of the Ottawa Sports scene vows to use his platform for good to make his corner of the Earth a better place, Plus Ian shares the story of the medical battle that his daughter Elissa went through early on in her life, and the support that she and the entire Mendes family felt from the sports world.

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    8 April 2021, 6:57 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Glenn Healy - NHL Alumni Executive Director

    Stanley Cup Champion Glenn Healy, the executive director of the NHL Alumni Association is Craig's guest on the Full 60. Heals discusses the alumni associations transformation into an important resource for retired NHL players. Glenn talks about his time with the NHL PA, and as an analyst with TSN, Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada. Heals shares with Craig how he ended up as a player at Western Michigan, to slugging it out in the minors with Robbie Ftorek, before an NHL career with the Los Angeles Kings, NY Islanders, NY Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs.

    Heals a notorious bagpiper tells Craig how he got started playing the unique instrument and how it led to him bagpiping in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Manhattan, and performing on stage multiple times with rock legend Paul McCartney, plus his love for his Scottish roots and playing for NHL legendary head coaches Pat Quinn, Mike Keenan and Al Arbour.

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    1 April 2021, 7:06 am
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