Bryan Thiel (Senior Writer)

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  • 100 articles written
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Bryan's Bio

Bryan has established his writing career both in journalism, and also in theater, as well as some work for various NHL rumor sites (Namely Insider Rumors). Entered into the Broadcast Television program at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario, he has had the opportunity to hone his skills as a scriptwriter, while publishing sports articles in his spare time.

Bryan (in the middle in the picture)hopes to become involved in sports on the broadcasting side of things in the near future, as well as keeping his writing going. Bryan's watched any and all sports since the age of four, and has an intimate understanding of the game of baseball as a level three umpire.

He's hosted the TV Program Conestoga Sports Couch, as well as a current host for CGIQ 88.3's the EndZone on Wednesdays in the Kitchener/Waterloo area at 6:00-6:30 pm.

Bryan is also a Bleacher Report NHL Community Leader—questions or comments? Just ask! Simply fire me an Email at bryanthiel74@hotmail.com, add me on Facebook (The Bryan Thiel from London, Ontario—where you can also read some of my earlier work) or just post a note here on my bulletin board!

Also, for NHL writers concerned about not having their work looked at by an editor, you can also fire me a line and I'll be more than happy to take a look for you—that's what I'm here for!

Favorite Teams include: Toronto Maple Leafs, Jays, Raptors, and Toronto Rock (National Lacrosse League), San Diego Padres, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, and Columbus Blue Jackets.

Favorite Players include: Asdrubal Cabrera, Howie Clark, Roy Halladay, Jake Peavy, Wes Welker, John Pohl, Larry Izzo, Brett Favre, Jamario Moon, David Wright, Reed Johnson, Trevor Hoffman.

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Favorite Athletes

Howie Clark, Kevin Millar (I don't get it either), Wes Welker, Darcy Tucker, Mats Sundin, Asdrubal Cabrera.

Favorite Sports Teams

Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Toronto Maple Leafs/Jays/Raptors, San Diego Padres

All Time Sports Moment

Catching Roy Halladay come within one out of a no-hitter against the Tigers on the final day of the '98 season and watching Bobby Higginson take him deep. I also got to see McGowan's near no-hitter against the Rockies this past season, and any time the Yankees or Sox come to town—it's simply electric.(I just kind of extended the "Game Attended" thing. My all-time sports moment would either be Canada's 2002 Gold Medal, Super Bowl XLII, Martin Gelinas ending the Leafs greatest cup run in years in OT in 2002 (Game 6), and then Darcy Tucker killing Sami Kapanen but having Jeremy Roenick go down the ice and score on the same play. Toronto is like Boston pre-2001—not a lot of great memories.

Most Memorable Game Attended

The London Knights record-breaking unbeaten streak to open the season game (um...nice sentence) in 2004/05. It was 0-0 in OT so fans just got fed up and chucked teddy bears on the ice (it was the teddy bear toss game, so it was great).

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Joe Dimaggio's 56 game hit streak or Ripken/Favre's iron man streaks. Dimaggio's streak is simply unbelievable, and if anyone ever breaks it I would hope it's a sure-fire Hall of Famer—not a shmuck. As for Ripken and Favre? To stay that good for that long and be able to hold down a solid, contributing role on any team for as long as they have deserves recognition.

Ruth or Mays?

Babe Ruth—he loved to be fat and drunk.

Unitas or Montana?

I've seen more highlights of Montana, and I've also heard more about him. Looking at Unitas' stats, he looks to have had an astounding career, but being more familiar with Montana, I'd go with him.

Pele or Maradona?

Um...I don't watch soccer...(I thought it said "Madonna" at first) but if I had to go on reputation? Pele.

Jordan or Gretzky?

Gretzky. I took a shining to Basketball AFTER the Jordan era strangely enough. Although Space Jam was one of my favorite movies growing up as a kid, I have to say Gretzky.

Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

If by ACC you mean Air Canada Centre then you have my answer.

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  1. by Ken
    about 15 hours ago

    You called the American Airlines Center in my article the American Airlines Arena...I guess its better than having you call it the Air Canada Center. LOL...thanks for the edit tho...it looks great.

  2. by Josh
    about 21 hours ago

    Thanks for the note, Bryan. I've really enjoyed what I've read of your work so far. Keep it up!

  3. by Sean
    1 day ago

    I don't count Royce Clayton, so I'm comfortable with four. :)

    Also, I mentioned you in my Celtics article. I figured I owed you since I've been mentioned like three times in your articles.

  4. by Alan
    1 day ago

    thanks for the mention, bryan. I actually didn't realize that i forgot to cite where it came from. I copied and pasted it for the specific reason to say that it was from NHL.com, but i must've gotten sidetracked, cuz i was watching the detroit-dallas game while "writing" that article. i fixed it though, so thanks a lot

  5. by Ivahn
    1 day ago

    Hey Bryan congrats on the 100th article

  6. by Sean
    1 day ago

    You are turning into me in 2003. Luckily, we fired Grady and replaced him with Tito, then won a World Series. Had that not happened, I might have lost my mind completely by now...

    Doc Rivers is putting me right back into the Grady Little days. I swear, if the Celtics lose tonight (combined with Specters ridiculous press conference) I can NOT be held responsible for what I write.

  7. by Ryan
    1 day ago

    Alright, sorry about the confusion. And you're articles are always solid, so if I'm getting the mediocre ones then I'm quite impressed.

    On a side, shortly after your piece I worked on a piece explaining how Toronto's lack of offense was injry related, and it made me laugh. Thanks for that.

  8. by JJ
    2 days ago

    The answer to all your problems: Tell him he can trade Adam Lind for Barry Zito ONLY IF he comes to the top of the CN Tower and brings a Civil-War Era cannon complete with gunpowder to the top (tell him it'll be shot off in celebration of Zito coming to Canada).

    I get the feeling the same thing needs to happen in Chicago—a last-place finish—for something to be changed with the White Sox. While I'm not rooting for it (and I'm sure you aren't rooting for the Blue Jays to fall into last either), it certainly would bring about change.

    It's a shame, too, because your rotation looked awfully good coming into the year...

  9. by JJ
    2 days ago

    The answer to all your problems: Tell him he can trade Adam Lind for Barry Zito ONLY IF he comes to the top of the CN Tower and brings a Civil-War Era cannon complete with gunpowder to the top (tell him it'll be shot off in celebration of Zito coming to Canada).

    I get the feeling the same thing needs to happen in Chicago—a last-place finish—for something to be changed with the White Sox. While I'm not rooting for it (and I'm sure you aren't rooting for the Blue Jays to fall into last either), it certainly would bring about change.

    It's a shame, too, because your rotation looked awfully good coming into the year...

  10. by JJ
    2 days ago

    The answer to all your problems: Tell him he can trade Adam Lind for Barry Zito ONLY IF he comes to the top of the CN Tower and brings a Civil-War Era cannon complete with gunpowder to the top (tell him it'll be shot off in celebration of Zito coming to Canada).

    I get the feeling the same thing needs to happen in Chicago—a last-place finish—for something to be changed with the White Sox. While I'm not rooting for it (and I'm sure you aren't rooting for the Blue Jays to fall into last either), it certainly would bring about change.

    It's a shame, too, because your rotation looked awfully good coming into the year...

  11. by JJ
    2 days ago

    The answer to all your problems: Tell him he can trade Adam Lind for Barry Zito ONLY IF he comes to the top of the CN Tower and brings a Civil-War Era cannon complete with gunpowder to the top (tell him it'll be shot off in celebration of Zito coming to Canada).

    I get the feeling the same thing needs to happen in Chicago—a last-place finish—for something to be changed with the White Sox. While I'm not rooting for it (and I'm sure you aren't rooting for the Blue Jays to fall into last either), it certainly would bring about change.

    It's a shame, too, because your rotation looked awfully good coming into the year...

  12. by MJ
    2 days ago

    Good point. But what else can they do? Hockey is the most legitimate sport Versus could have hoped to land, and that's sad considering the tiny audience it brings in this country. With the questions being via e-mail, he probably just choses to end the conversation if you ask him that one and you get no definitive "he slammed the phone down" or "he stormed out of the room" to print, either.

  13. by Sean
    2 days ago

    There, I've exonerated Matt Walsh.

    I feel much better now.

    -Sean

  14. by Sean
    2 days ago

    Love the interview with the Versus guy. Still think OLN/Versus was the second worse decision the NHL has ever made.

    They should have gotten less money to go to a popular network rather than taking more money to become the tool to help make an unpopular network more popular.

    Were the games on ESPN, for example, you might see more than 15 second highlights and 3 minutes with Barry Melrose on Sports Center... The NBA dominates ESPN because it's on ESPN...and like it or not, most sports fans take their queues from ESPN.

    Versus is a disaster.... at least, I would think so if I knew where it was on my cable lineup.

    -Sean
    PS: What makes JJ think that scenario isn't believable?

  15. by JJ
    2 days ago

    Hey Bryan, how much longer do you think Ricciardi has left before the Jays take him to the top of the CN Tower and shoot him out of a cannon into Lake Ontario (or some other, more believable situation tantamount to firing him)?