Bad Hockey Card of the Day: Chris Kotsopoulos

Interview With Chris Kotsolpoulos

This is Chris Kotsopoulos. He was a no-nonsense defenseman in the 1980s. He did not have a lot of skill, but he had lots of heart, desire and physicality. He played hard and had that mean streak that GMs wish every defenseman had. As a result, he was a sought after commodity, holding down a NHL job for 9 seasons.

Nowadays Kotsopoulos runs his own blog, Kotsy's Korner, where he shares his thoughts on the goings on with the New York Rangers.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Chris Kotsopoulos. Click here for our full conversation.

Kotsopoulos Finds His Voice

Former Hartford Whaler depth defenseman has a new job. He's doing colour commentary for Quinnipiac University hockey games.

That in itself is not as interesting as the process of how it all came about. The New Haven Register has a great piece on how he purposely has ignored the game for much of 18 years and how he stumbled upon Quinnipiac's Life After Hockey program.

I particularly enjoyed this paragraph:

"But, Kotsopoulos says, there’s one difference between preparing to play and preparing to go in front of the camera. He was never this terrified. Of anything. Not for Wayne Gretzky in his prime. Not for the 1981 Campbell Conference finals against the New York Islanders. Not even to trade punches with Bob Probert, the best hockey fighter of all time."

Catch up with Chris Kotsopoulos at New Haven Register.com