NHL Squad Goals & Building Canada's Olympic Team

This week, the Media Mavens sit down to chat with Stuart Ballantyne, CEO Rogers Place & ICE District at Oilers Entertainment Group. Holding a lifetime career throughout the world of Canadian hockey, Ballantyne had worked at Molson Sports & Entertainment for seven years before working with Hockey Canada, Vancouver Giants Hockey Club, Canada Winter Games before finding a home with the Oilers Entertainment Group. Most notably in recent memory, Edmonton’s arena played a key role during COVID-19, acting as one of two hub cities to finish up that season in the midst of the pandemic. “We wanted to be able to keep going and sure enough in the end, Toronto and Edmonton became the two hub cities to finish last season.” Ballantyne explained. With the Mavens, Ballantyne discusses his long career, Edmonton’s new arena, how hockey has changed during COVID-19 and what goes on behind closed doors in running a sports team. Tune in this week to learn about “NHL Squad Goals & Building Canada’s Olympic Team” and how much goes in to running your favorite hockey team! For more information on Media Mavens Podcast, its guests or Host, Sarah Miler CEO, Axis Entertainment, Inc, please contact [email protected] or drop us a line at 310 276-2220