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02-01-2012, 02:42 PM #1
Darren McCarty on Hardcore Pawn
Trolling the channels I came across this show on TruTV called "Hardcore Pawn". It's a pawn shop located in Detroit. A mix of Pawn Stars / Antiques Roadshow with some sleaze added.
Anyway, who appears in the show but Red Wings Alumni Darren Mccarty! McCarty actually applies for a job at the pawn shop and is hired. I'm hoping that this was a ploy by the shows produces to generate interest in the show and not real. During the show the shop owner says that McCarty was a hockey player, then a sports announcer, then "fell on hard times". They made it sound like Darren was a charity case.
It's sad to think that could be true. Someone so beloved by the city, a professional athlete, would have to resort to working in a pawn shop. So, again, I'm hoping it was a "made for tv" moment. But then again, when you think about Boogard and Belak and the other guys who had trouble once they left the game...Hidden Content
Collecting: Hidden Content (95% complete) / Hidden Content (88.4% complete) / Eric Lindros (35% complete) / Ilya Kovalchuk (45% complete)...and to a lesser extent...Hidden Content (65% complete) / Hidden Content (48% complete) / Brian Propp (70% complete)
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02-01-2012, 05:23 PM #2
I Live around Detroit and have been to American Jewelry and Loan a couple of times in the past and have seen him working there so its legit. Last time I was there was in September though so if he's still there now I have no idea.
You could probably google the phone number of the store and make up some story about having hockey memorabilia to sell and ask if they have a hockey expert and find out if Darren is still there.
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