Archive for Eric Smith

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My roots for the game come from Fort Wayne where the Komets of the IHL play. They are the most successful minor league hockey program in the U.S. drawing on average of over 10,000 people. Then as I have moved to the Columbus region and the Blue Jackets opened up shop, my passion for the sport as well as the NHL grew even more. I am credentialed by the Blue Jackets and have been covering the team and continue to do so for Hockeybuzz.com since 2007. I have developed some great relationships with the team including front office, coaches and players. I continue to drive to give the Blue Jacket fanbase an inside view that is critical but fair.

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Fire the Cannon Show, TONIGHT!

‘Fire The Cannon’ show hosted by Eric Smith and Lori Schmidt have plenty to talk about tonight as the Blue Jackets continue to get blown out by opponents and now General Manager Scott Howson is starting to trade for players. We will talk about the Kris Russell trade and what Nikita Nikitin will bring. Also, [...]

November 11th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Tonight on the Fire the Cannon Podcast: Season Ending Awards

The Fire The Cannon podcast hosted by Eric Smith and Lori Schmidt has a very interesting show this week. Blue Jackets’ strength and conditioning coach, Kevin Collins will join us. He’ll talk about what strategies he has for the players in the off season, specific ways players need to work out to fit Scott Arniel’s [...]

April 13th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Fire the Cannon Podcast 3/30/2011

The Fire The Cannon podcast hosted by Eric Smith and Lori Schmidt has a loaded show this week. FOX Sports Ohio’s John Michael will come on the show to talk about last night’s victory over Florida, what players he thinks will stay and go and maybe some funny stories from the road this year. We [...]

March 30th, 2011 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Fire the Cannon Podcast – 3/16/2011

The Fire The Cannon Podcast hosted by Eric Smith and Lori Schmidt have another great show this week. Bill Davidge, FOX Sports Ohio color analyst, will be on the show. Davidge will help us review another tough defeat for the Blue Jackets, what the team needs to do to help prevent these swoons next year, [...]

March 16th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Fire The Cannon Podcast: Live Now!

Fire The Cannon show hosted by Eric Smith and Lori Schmidt have another loaded show again this week. Bryan Stewart, director of video scouting and also coach of the state bound Hilliard hockey club, will be on the show. We will see if he gets paid to do more than watch TV and exactly what [...]

March 10th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Fire The Cannon Podcast – 3/2/2011

Fire The Cannon show hosted by Eric Smith and Lori Schmidt have an extremely exciting show lined up. Portland Winterhawks and top Blue Jackets prospect, Ryan Johansen, will join the show. Johansen has had a whirlwind of a year as he was drafted in the first round and forth overall by the Jackets in last [...]

March 2nd, 2011 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Fire The Cannon Podcast 2/23/2011

Fire The Cannon show hosted by Eric Smith and Lori Schmidt have another loaded show again this week. Rob Kunz, 10 TV sports producer and resident hockey expert, will break down the big win last night, what the Jackets will need to do down the stretch and will GM Scott Howson make a trade plus [...]

February 23rd, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Fire the Cannon Podcast 2/17/2011

‘Fire The Cannon’ show hosted by Eric Smith and Lori Schmidt have another loaded show again this week. Scott Torgerson, The Torg, from 97.1 The Fan will be on the show and you know he will hold nothing back when we start talking about the Blue Jackets. Torgerson has contacts around the league and has [...]

February 17th, 2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Filatov’s Move Has Been Coming For a While

After rumors started circulating yesterday, the Blue Jackets announced this afternoon that winger Nikita Filatov has been loaned to CSKA Moscow for the remainder of the season. The prize Russian prospect will play out the rest of the year in the KHL. While the move may have materialized quickly, the ground works have been set [...]

November 18th, 2009 | | 6 comments | Continued
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Live Fire Tonight!

Tonight the Blue Jackets take on the Detroit Red Wings! Check out the live game day blog with our host ERIC SMITH  entitled LIVE FIRE! Just click on the button in the nav to tune in tonight!

November 11th, 2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Down On The Farm On The Fire The Cannon Show

Tonight we will be having Lindsay Kramer, The Post-Standard’s beat writer for the Syracuse Crunch, come on the “Fire The Cannon” podcast tonight. He will be able to give us a full insight on what is going on down on the farm and from what I hear, there is plenty to talk about. How about [...]

October 7th, 2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Programming Change

My “Fire The Cannon” podcast will be moving to Thursday night at 7pm this week due to a scheduling conflict. I will keep you up to date about guests and topics tomorrow. Fire The Cannon! Eric Smith Eric.Smith@HockeyBuzz.com

September 30th, 2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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*Update* Voice of CBJ Co-Hosts This Weeks FTC Podcast

Another special show this week and a very special co-host will join me this week on the Fire The Cannon podcast. The radio voice of the Blue Jackets, George Matthews will sit along side me and help me through the show. There isn’t a more passionate or knowledgeable person that I could be co-hosting with [...]

September 15th, 2009 | | 0 comments | Continued