Here's something a little special. Audio.

A few weeks ago, I met with Doug Shedden, the Canadian head coach of Team Finland, for a story I wrote to a magazine that's going to be out soon. Since the story is going to be in Finnish, and I only used parts of the interview, I thought it'd be a) OK and b) interesting for you to hear some of that interview now.

Here it is. In case you want to throw the file in your iPod and listen to it on the bus, in the car, at the rink, here's the file. This was recorded after a practice so the sounds you hear in the beginning are some goofy hockey players, obviously exhausted after a practice. Enjoy!

Here's a link to a little conversation I had with The Dish on Sports's Andrew Findlater about Off The Post, the collection of my blog entries on nhl.com.

Listen to Andrew and me here. It's a good 15 minutes of hockey talk you may enjoy.

And then, get the book here.