For the eighth episode of Charges, Rex brings Chris "Knuckles" Nilan onto the show to talk about his career and post career struggles. Rex and Chris discuss: How he became a hockey player & where he grew up (1:51 ), how he ended up playing in college & NHL (5:56 ), how he became an enforcer & fighting as a kid (11:32 ), winning The Stanley Cup & drinking culture in the NHL (19:57 ), being out of the game in retirement & surgeries (23:18 ), opiods & drug use (28:44 ), his process of getting clean (40:25 ), an arrest in incident (42:54 ), his relationship with reputed gangster Whitey Bulger (47:45 ), & what he is doing now (55:28 ). This episode is not to be missed!

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Charges is Created by CTRL Media & Portal A. It's produced by DBPodcasts in association with iHeartMedia. 

Executive Producers: Steve Nash, Brandon Kraines, Ezra Holland, Nate Houghteling, and Todd Barrish.

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Artist: Illegal Kartel (@illegal_kartel_mikal_shakur)

Produced by: Gene Crenshaw (@yuyuthemaker) and Draft (@Draft3009)

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