Handsome Hockey Podcast

Hey Everyone. Our long promised but not yet delivered Premier Hockey Federation - formerly known as the NWHL - Season 7 preview is here. We tackle the long and winding offseason full upheaval: name changes, trans inclusivity policy, and the ESPN+ streaming deal. We also preview each team in the league, predict the end of regular season standings and, as per usual, give you numerous ways for us to...

One topic and one topic only in this episode as we do a deep dive into the released report regarding the sexual assault coverup presided over by the Blackhawks brass in 2010. Some heads have rolled. Some have stayed shockingly still attached to their negligent bodies. While some should really shut up. We talk about all of those heads and the tepid response by the league as we try and wrap our head...

Hockey is back and so are we with some NHL vibes, some quick hits, and observations from the first six or so days of the season. We finally don't have to talk about Evander Kane, but we do talk about the Hayes family releasing Jimmy Hayes' toxicology report, unvaccinated hockey players, the birth of the Kraken, NHL on ESPN and TNT, Katie Guay's AHL debut, Manon Rheaume's Bally Spor...

Hey there. We are back with our 2021-22 NHL season preview. This episode is chocked full of only some of the information you need to get ready for the upcoming season. It does, however, have jokes both good and bad, and our battle with not one but two fruit flies as we record. Also talked about: Brady Tkachuk dodging Eugene Melnyk's calls, Robin Lehner speaks out, COVID troubles in Edmonton an...

We're finally back and we've got a lot of hockey talking for you. We talk about the NWHL rebrand to the PHF. We also talk about Evander Kane, Patrick Kane, MAF's new goalie mask, and late movement on the RFA front. Also, the omnipresent oppression of COVID persists for a third season. This time in the form of the very few remaining vaccine holdouts in the NHL including Tyler Bertuzzi a...

Hey all. Episode 43 is here and we're talking about the Coyotes eviction notice and Stanley Cup cuisine. We rehash Mitchell Miller and Evander Kane because they just won't go away. We recap the women's worlds, including Hilary Knight's milestone. We finish with some of the signings since you last heard from us, Carolina's spite parade, and finally we recap our ridiculous progno...

We are back with our sporadic summer episodes. There's not a lot of hockey happening right now, so we dive deep into the new Mountain Dew alcoholic beverages, remember Four Loko, and think about when we were "cool" (hint: it was never). In actual hockey news, we talk about the NHLPA strongly recommending vaccination for its constituents, strongly recommending that players not play in O...

We're back. After two weeks off we have a lot to catch up on. We briefly talk about the Seattle expansion and NHL drafts, including Montreal's "mistake" and Chicago's ham-fisted efforts at proving they care. Then we dive into the latest in Evander Kane's troubles, Jake Virtanen's agent statement, Tony DeAngelo getting yet another chance at redemption and other NHL free...

In this episode Jake and Evan focus on the upcoming Seattle Expansion and NHL Entry drafts, with mock drafts while we mock drafts, including some dialogue on Logan Mailloux. We also recap all the player transactions you can shake a stick at.

If you guessed we're talking about Chicago you are correct. However, we talk about way more fun stuff, like Nikita Kucherov being a hero to all, Brendan Gallagher's non-hockey woes, the Kraken, Vladimir Tarasenko trade requests, Patrick Kane aka the best hockey player in the NHL, and shenanigans galore. Don't worry, Jake edited out his Moby cover.

Recorded before Tampa Bay's Game 5 win, this episode features Evan and Jake's take on a largely underwhelming Stanley Cup Finals. We also speak about the NWHL Draft (much more to come), the passing of Matiss Kivelnieks, more Canadian indigenous school news, the sorry state of everything in Chicago and much more, including Jake's embarrassing attempt to close the episode.

Only a few topics of discussion this week as Jake and Evan dive deep into the Stanley Cup Finals: The unstoppable force (Tampa juggernaut) versus the immovable object (Montreal defensively). We lay out keys to the series and make our bold predictions which, if we are wrong, harm us in no way whatsoever. Then we dive deep - again - into the ever evolving situation in the Chicago Blackhawks sexual a...

This time around Evan and Jake chat in depth about the news that upper level executives knew about the sexual assault allegations against a video coach in the organization and chose to not go to the authorities. That comes after a deep dive into the NHL playoffs, where we make predictions for the rest of the way that will probably be wrong. Also covered is Stephen Johns' retirement and activis...

In this episode Jake and Evan are all over the place: NHL Playoffs, Taya Currie the first woman drafted into the OHL, Digit Murphy gets kicked upstairs, journalists asking Carey Price terrible questions, MORE lawsuits against the Chicago Hockey Team, Seth Jones wants out, Ukrainian soccer kits, and some bad singing.

In this episode Jake and Evan talk about the discovery of the remains of 215 indigenous children at a Canadian residential school and the hockey world's response to it. On a lighter note, we dive into the NHL playoffs, including the Kaiju matchups between Carolina/Tampa and Colorado/Vegas. There's also talk about Nashville courting bad friends, Carolina's Twitter shenanigans, and Naomi...

This week we actually have good things to talk about including the NHL's playoff anthem that is an absolute banger from BIA. Also, teams and networks hiring women, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC folks as commentators and front office staff and, of course, we break down all the Stanley Cup playoff action you can shake an 85 flex stick at.

In this episode Evan and Jake have an update on the Jake Virtanen sexual assault allegations and on a lawsuit detailing sexual assault in the Chicago Hockey Team organization, this from a former player. We also talk about Tampa Bay playing an all Black line of Mathieu Joseph, Gemel Smith and Daniel Walcott, what might be Pekka Rinne's final shining moment as a Predator, the Canucks and Flames...

This week we obviously have to talk about Tom "Oops I Did It Again" Wilson and his antics that turn hockey into a violent circus act. We also spend some time with Caitlyn Jenner's heel turn with regards to trans girls/women in girl's and women's sports, fired coaches, a brief playoff preview (more to come) and we have an exercise on building the best cap friendly team we can.

In this go-around Jake and Evan dive in on the allegations against Jake Virtanen and discuss how best to respond to them on the internet. We also recap the NWHL awards and revel in how great we are at predictions, chat about the insanity of Connor McDavid and Austin Matthew's seasons and finally dive into our planned rivalry series, starting with one of the best: Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

In this go-round Evan and Jake spend some time speaking about the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict, its impact on the present, what we hope is the impact on the future, and how the hockey world reacted. We also talk about our picks for the NWHL awards ceremony which we swear we recorded before they were announced, what's left of the NHL playoff races, and Jake apologizes for being a jerk to Patric...

This week Evan and Jake continue to prattle along about stories that won't go away and we promise we eventually talk about hockey. Before that, though we harp on gun violence and the American police officer's penchant for murdering black and brown folks. We bring back the yawn scale to recap the NHL trade deadline, update where we stand with Digit Murphy's transphobia, talk about cunni...

In this episode we do a deep dive on Digit Murphy's (and much of American South's) objection to trans women in women's sports. We also revisit the yawn scale for ranking NHL trades as the trade deadline looms. We've also got more Canucks COVID cases, Nico Hischier as Bane, and we rank great Gallaghers through history. 

It was a week of all stars behaving badly: Connor McDavid elbows, Nathan MacKinnon helmet tosses, and Sidney Crosby being shot by invisible snipers. We also talk about the crushing grip of COVID in Vancouver, the Sabres finally winning, Kirill Kaprizov's stranglehold on the Calder, and Evan's neighbors dog dropping unclaimed bombs on his front lawn. 

Welcome to Episode 25 of the Handsome Hockey Podcast. In this one Evan and Jake talk women's hockey, the Isobel Cup has been raised by a very deserving Boston Pride. We also talk about NWHL expansion, COVID finally shutting down a Canadian team, the mostly decided playoff races, what Jake would have done to be on Legends of the Hidden Temple, and about why you should wear a face cage. Thanks f...

Episode 24 is here and the lead is Jake and Evan previewing the NWHL's Isobel Cup playoffs which, much like the phoenix, have risen from the COVID ashes and will take place on March 26th and 27th. We also talk about Evander Kane's courtroom drama, talk our midseason picks for Hart and Vezina, imagine a totally fake and not at all possible reality where Nikita Kucherov is healthy for the la...