This week on The Godfather of Hockey we have civil servant, father, husband, and coach at Fort DuPont, Robert Primus. Coach Rob, a New Jersey native, graduated from Virginia’s Hampton University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science in marketing; he earned a certificate from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2007. He began government service in 1991 with the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg. From 2002 to 2018, he served as Chief of Staff to former Rep. Michael Capuano. Most recently he was sworn onto the federal Surface Transportation Board on January 6th, 2021. If that date rings a bell, and it should, he was in the bellows of Capitol Hill getting sworn in by House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn and only a few short hours later he was being ushered out under high security as the Insurrection was in full swing a few floors above. Coach Rob talks about the ups and downs of life on Capitol Hill. The lessons he has learned from Coach Neal and how a kid who could only roller skate could so easily fit in on the ice at Fort DuPont. Rob then discusses what it will take for ice hockey to truly fulfill the statement "Hockey is for everyone."
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Hosted by: AJ Messier & Steven Hoffner
Produced by: Michael Mayers
Script Copy by: John Grigg
Original Music by: BrYonge "Accurate"