Matt Cooke on NHL Player Safety, retirement and coaching kids at Chaska High

Straight From The Source with Michael Russo: A show about the Minnesota Wild

Former Wild, Canucks, Penguins and Caps forward Matt Cooke joins SFTS to discuss his new role as Chaska High's boys' hockey coach, and he and his family's decision to settle down in Minnesota. Cooke looks back on his somewhat controversial NHL career with Vancouver, Washington, Pittsburgh and Minnesota. Matt also offers his opinion on NHL Player Safety department and what a disciplinary hearing is really like. Cooke also addresses current players like Tom Wilson, Ryan Reaves and Nazem Kadri and what he thinks of their play on the ice. Plus, Matt dishes on Billy Guerin, Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin and the 2003 Wild-Canucks series from a Vancouver perspective.

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