re hockey guest spots in article of rec sport hockey sclark epas utoronto ca susan clark asks hi guys i m looking to answe a bit of trivia what hockeplayers have appeared on major talk shows on tv i e letterman carson leno arsenio etc i e shows of a national nature include canadian equivalents if you can think of any this can include nhl olympic and world champion ship players i m pretty sure i ve seen gretzky and lemieux but i was wondering if there were any others i am not so sure about the celebrated players of the game but tod hartje who played for harvard in college and then went on to play in the ahl initially for moncton and currently for providence thanks to daryl turner for the update appeared on david letterman s show about two years ago now tod has the distinction of being the first american born player to go and play in the former soviet union this was arranged by jets gm mike smith while tod was playing in moncton at about the time all those european players were coming over to north america to play in the nhl tod spent a year playing in russia and played with or against some of the russian players who have just entered the nhl in the last two years he wrote a book on his experiences called behind the red line check it out and appeared on the letterman show to talk about them mike note i hope i have my facts straight it has been a year since i read tod s book i wanted to dig the book out to double check but realized i lent it to a friend and he hasn t returned the book yet just wait til i get a hold of him
