THURSDAY COMMENTARY – PINCH ME - The Rod Pedersen Show

(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary at 9:50 am and 5:20 pm on Cat Country 98 FM)

I SWEAR I HAVE TO PINCH MYSELF ON A DAILY BASIS.

JUST HAVING WHL HOCKEY BACK AFTER A ONE-YEAR ABSENCE IS A DREAM FOR A DUB JUNKIE LIKE ME.

THEN, TO BE ABLE TO CALL REGINA PATS GAMES ON ACCESS-NOW TV, WITH ALL THE GAMES BEING AGAINST OUR DIVISION RIVALS, IT’S AN ABSOLUTE DREAM COME TRUE. AND IT’S IN OUR OWN BACKYARD!

IF THE HUB CENTRE – OR “DUBBLE” – WAS IN SASKATOON OR WINNIPEG, I ASSUREDLY WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO CALL THESE GAMES.

THAT’S WHAT I LIKE TO CALL A GOD SHOT.

MEANWHILE MORE THAN A FEW FOLKS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WERE GETTING TIRED OF THE CONSTANT CONNOR BEDARD HYPE FROM YOURS TRULY SO ON LAST NIGHT’S BROADCAST OF THE PATS’ 3-2 WIN OVER SWIFT CURRENT, I TONED IT DOWN CONSIDERABLY.

BUT HE DIDN’T.

THE WHL’S FIRST EXCEPTIONAL PLAYER REGISTERED TWO POINTS INCLUDING A BREAKAWAY GOAL AND NOW HAS FOUR STRAIGHT MULTI-POINT GAMES TO BEGIN HIS MAJOR JUNIOR CAREER.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR A NICKNAME FOR THE PHENOM AND FORMER PATS BROADCASTER KEVIN GALLANT HAS SUGGESTED, “BEDZKY”. (HE WASN’T A FAN OF “THE MOUSE”).

I MENTIONED IN MY DUBNETWORK.CA COLUMNS THAT MY GOAL WAS TO MAKE PEOPLE SICK OF THE NAME CONNOR BEDARD AND IT’S TAKEN LESS THAN A WEEK INTO THE REGULAR SEASON!

BUT JUST GO TO TSN.CA TODAY OR SURF ANY NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND YOU’LL NOTICE CONNOR BEDARD IS THE TALK OF HOCKEY.

AND HE’S RIGHT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.

PINCH ME.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.