The world of sports lost a great man this past weekend when hockey legend Jean-Guy Talbot passed away at the age of 91 years old.

I was lucky enough to meet Jean-Guy Talbot a few times because his son Michel was my roommate in college back at S.U.N.Y. Plattsburgh.

In fact, the first time Canuck, the nickname we called MichelF in college, got a visit from his dad at college, his dad brought us multiple cases of O'Keefe Beer!

It is something I will never forget!

Jean-Guy Talbot actually worked for O’Keefe Beer after he retired from hockey.

Being a broke college student with little money, it was so cool to meet a hockey legend, let alone get some free beer in the process — good free beer at that!

A couple of summers ago, we had all of our college buddies get together in Sea Isle City, and we called Jean-Guy on his 88th birthday from the beach!

We actually Facetimed him, and he said he was really happy to see us all together drinking beers on the beach!

Outside of hockey and beer, Jean-Guy was a great husband who was married for 71 years to his wife Pierrette Talbot.

Not to mention a wonderful father and grandfather as well.

Jean-Guy Talbot is a true hockey legend in its latest form.

In fact, I found out about his passing from another hockey legend, Joe Watson.

Joe phoned me on Saturday morning to let me know Jean-Guy Talbot had passed away.

Whenever Jean Guy’s name came up with Joe Watson, he would always tell me, “Matty, Jean Guy was on the greatest hockey team in Montreal Canadiens history. They won five Stanley Cups in a row — that will never happen again.”

I was texting with Canuck over the weekend, and he told me the TV and radio coverage in Quebec is unbelievable.

TV crews came to his parent's house for an interview.

Plus, the mayor called them to send the family his condolences.

All of the city flags will be at half-mast for a week, and there’s a book of honor at the town hall for people to sign to pay homage to Jean-Guy Talbot.

What a great guy.

What a great life.

What a great human.

Jean-Guy Talbot #17.

As many of you know after reading my post about the Stanley Cup from yesterday, I spent the last week on vacation down the Jersey shore.

And from many of my other posts before that, you know I enjoy going for some long bike rides — especially down the shore!

So what could be better than squeezing in a nice bike ride on a week's long vacation? Squeezing in a nice bike ride on a week’s long vacation with a great friend of mine, of course!

I got to go on a great ride with my buddy Casey Boy from The Preston and Steve Show on our sister station, WMMR.

We rode through multiple shore towns as we got in a practice ride in preparation for this Sunday’s Ben To The Shore ride! For those that don’t know, the Ben To The Shore Bike Tour is a charity event that raises funds for Families Behind the Badge Children’s Foundation, which is for the families of fallen first responders and police officers.

It is always a lot of fun and something I look forward to each year!

During our practice route, Casey Boy and I rode about 25.81 miles from Wildwood to Town Bank to Cape May Point to Cape May then all the way back to Wildwood where we started.

It was a great time and has me ready to conquer the 65-mile Ben To The Shore ride! This will actually be my tenth year riding in the event and each year it gets better and better.

If you are interested in donating, visit fbbcf.org or visit the Team WMMR Rock and Rollers page.

I can’t wait for Sunday and hopefully, the weather holds up for the ride! I’m sure there will be a lot of people on the ride for this great cause!

Who do you think will cross the finish line first, me or Casey Boy?

Here's a selfie Casey Boy took on our ride. It is of Casey, Pattyann, and myself. What a great crew.

I took this during our ride. I'm not sure how I kept my balance! Just ahead of my leading the way are Casey and Pattyann.

Like I mentioned in the photo above, there they are leading the way. It's a tight bridge like many down the shore. Luckily, we all managed to make it across.

The first sign you see in Town Bank. Apparently, it is the birthplace of the South Jersey. I wonder what it was like in 1635?

Outside the beautiful Willow Creek Winery. What a cool sign. We definitely needed to check this place out on the ride.

The land the winery was on was beautiful. Look at those flowers! The property was huge.

You know we had to make our way into the winery! Riding on the bricks was not as hard as you would think. It was even cooler on the inside.

You know I had to grab a group picture inside the winery! I am actually wearing a jersey from a previous Ben To The Shore ride! I wonder what this year's will look like?

Just a group of people that love a good bike ride. I know we all can't wait for Sunday's ride. Hopefully, the weather is as nice as it was on this day!

The map of our 25-mile ride. We covered so much ground. It is nuts looking at it in map form!