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Podcast #39 - Dennis Sobchuck Junior Hockey Icon to WHA Superstar

6/27/2019

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​Dennis “Super Sobby” Sobchuk
was one of the greatest junior hockey players of all-time, who went on to stardom in the World Hockey Association.


Sobby is still a hockey legend in Regina Saskatchewan, where he starred with the junior Pats in the early 1970s. He played 200 games from 1971 to 1974, registering 191 goals and 225 assists.  On a team that included the likes of Clark Gillies and Gregg Joly, he  was named the most valuable player of the 1974 Memorial Cup. He later had his number #14 retired and in 2018 he and Guy Lafleur were chosen as honorary captains of the MasterCard 100th edition of the Memorial Cup event.

His junior career was so impressive that he became the first player to sign with a professional hockey team before leaving major-junior hockey. Dennis signed a 10-year, $1-million contract with the WHA's Cincinnati Stingers in 1973. He played the 1973-74 season with the Pats and was loaned to the Phoenix Roadrunners for the 1974-75 season because the Stingers didn't have an arena in which to play.

Dennis was the centerpiece of the Stingers franchise, notching 44 goals and 96 points in 1976-77 while earning a spot in the 1977 WHA All Star Game.

Three major shoulder injuries would curtail his career, but did not diminish his legend.  After playing in the 1979 Avco Cup finals with Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers, Dennis has a brief NHL stint in Detroit before retiring in 1982.
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You’ll enjoy Dennis’ recollections of a colorful and unforgettable ride in a career that could only have happened in the 1970s.

Host: Mark Willand
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Mike Stevens link
6/27/2019 09:30:02 pm

Really enjoyed Dennis and you replay his hockey life. I have the same attitude and appreciation for the game and what it gave Dennis and me. I also have to say how accurate his stories are. I played with Dennis in Phoenix and his comments on the 74-75 team were amazing. Please pass along my comments to Dennis ( and Gene! ). I have made some comments on the website posts that include Dennis and hopefully he has seen and hopefully appreciated them. Thank you for such a wonderful interview. Well done.

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Mark Willand link
6/28/2019 06:25:44 pm

Mike:

Thanks so much. I have passed your comments along to Sobby.

I always appreciate your feedback -- especially as someone who lived it.

Thank you!

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scott quantrell
6/28/2019 01:21:29 pm

I LOVE everything about the old WHA. I grew up watching the WHA and was lucky enough to see some of the WHA games (Jets) live. This interview with Dennis was enjoyable to say the least. Great anecdotes about a fun league that too few people know was actually VERY good hockey. Can you imagine a Steve Durbano interview here? Geeeeez...that would have been legend. Too bad it's waaay too late.

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Mark Willand link
6/28/2019 06:27:06 pm

Thank you very much, Scott.

I greatly appreciate the feedback.

I loved the WHA and the stories are endless ... we have a lot more en route.

Thanks!

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Kirk Nienaber
7/17/2019 06:31:40 pm

Great memories as a kid growing up in Cincinnati!! Loved Sobby and that whole team. We had a few extremely cold winters then and getting off school and hitting the local creek... you could be Pete Rose in the summer, Isaac Curtis in the Fall and Dennis Sobchuk or Robbie Ftorek in the winter!!

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