THIS WEEK ON NL SPORTS TALK: Newfoundland Hockey Around the World

There was a time when keeping tabs on Newfoundland and Labrador hockey players playing away from home meant waiting for the sports section of the newspaper.

Every so often, you’d see one of those great local graphics: a table of names, teams and statistics showing where Newfoundland players were making their mark around the hockey world. NHL, AHL, university hockey, Europe. It was a little snapshot of where our players were and how they were doing.

Those newspaper graphics may be a relic of the past, but the idea behind them still holds up.

In Episode 3 of the NL Sports Talk podcast, we bring that tradition into the podcast era.

As the 2026-27 hockey season begins, NLSN Managing Editor Chris Ballard takes a look around the hockey world to see where Newfoundland and Labrador players are competing, from the NHL and AHL to the ECHL, NCAA, U SPORTS and professional leagues overseas.

Who are the established names? Who’s climbing the ladder? Who’s starting a new chapter at the university or professional level? Who did we miss? And who might be a name worth keeping an eye on?

Consider this episode the modern-day version of that old newspaper hockey graphic.

Episode 3 of NL Sports Talk is available now on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts.