As the Stanley Cup Finals heat up after Pittsburgh jumped back into the series with a crucial game three victory, so too is AFITC with a great lineup of guests who will join us on the program over the next two weeks.

#88 Justin Hodgman, a forward with the Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League, scored the championship winning goal in triple overtime of game seven of the IHL finals, capping an impressive comeback in which the Komets rebounded from a three games to one deficit against the Port Huron Icehawks to capture the Turner Cup.

Prior to joining the Komets late in the 2007-2008 season, Hodgman skated with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League, leading the Otters in regular season scoring.

During the interview, Hodgman explains what it was like on the Komets' bench as the game stretched into multiple overtimes, how he was able to find such success so quickly in the IHL and lets us know if Steven Stamkos is the real deal and worth all the hype after having played with him and against several times throughout the OHL season. Hear the answers to those questions and many more in On The Bubble on Episode 3.39 to be released in the morning of June 2nd, 2008.

Episode 3.40 of AFITC will be released on June 9th, 2008 and feature the return of #14 Matt Stajan of the Toronto Maple Leafs to the program. Stajan, who appeared on AFITC during Season Two on Episode 2.37, had a strong season with the Maple Leafs while emerging as one of the club’s leaders during a tumultuous campaign.

By the end of the season, several media pundits were lauding Stajan’s leadership as the stuff of a potential captain. We’ll ask Matt about that along with what caused last season to go awry, how much of a distraction the numerous off ice issues surrounding the Maple Leafs proved to be, his thoughts heading into next year and much more.