Rtds / Listen Up Talk

Chuck Bastie interviews skaters Amanda Kessel and Eric Radford, as they were eliminated last week on Battle Of The Blades. Amanda and Eric discuss their participation in the show, as well as the good fortune working with their charities, SickKids Foundation and AMANDA KESSEL is competing with Eric Radford. She is skating for SickKids Foundation. Wisconsin born Amanda Kessel has always been a natural at hockey. Coming from a sports-oriented family, there is no shortage of talent across the Kessel board. Her father was drafted into professional football, and her brothers, Phil and Blake, are also professional hockey players. Kessel played for four years at college level hockey, and helped her team win three national championships. In 2013 she was selected as the winner of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. Kessel has been on Team U.S.A. since 2008 and in the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia, she helped lead her team to a silver-medal win. Most recently, she helped her team win gold in PyeongChang, South Kore