NASTY KNUCKLES PODCAST

Riley Cote and Derek Settlemyre react to the breaking news of the Philadelphia Flyers firing head coach John Tortorella. Nasty Knuckles is a Baller Sports Network production. Nasty Knuckles is an original show created by co-hosts Riley Cote and Derek "Nasty" Settlemyre. The show will feature a mix of interviews, never before heard story-telling, hockey-talk, and maybe some pranks... The guys will...

One of the funniest players in the history of hockey Keith Yandle joined us this week! Before we get to our interview, Riley Cote and Derek Settlemyre start the show talking about what they’re up to and how they spent their birthdays. Jumping into some hockey talk they discuss the Flyers 1-6-0 homestand, Travis Konecny’s struggles, and the Flyers front office sticking to the rebuild plan. Jumping...

Derek and Riley start the show discussing what the Philadelphia Flyers did at the NHL Trade Deadline, including trading Scott Laughton to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Andrei Kuzmenko to the Los Angeles Kings, and Erik Johnson back to the Colorado Avalanche. Moving along we discuss the Flyers awful homestand, Cam York being scratched and his comments towards John Tortorella, and the current Eastern Con...

Hall of Fame NHL defenseman Chris Pronger joined us for an interview for a second time! Before we hop on with Prongs, Riley and Derek start the show discussing Derek’s son’s recent games, Pavel Datsyuk’s flute, and Max Talbot night in Pittsburgh. Jumping into some Flyers talk, Riles and Nasty talk about the overtime loss to the Penguins, OT win vs the Jets, loss to the Flames, Joel Farabee and Mor...

NHL winger Colby Armstrong from Spittin Chiclets joined the pod this week! Before we hop on with Army, Riley and Derek start the show discussing Canada beating USA in the championship game of the 4 Nations Face-Off, McDavid scoring the game winning goal, Jordan Binnington coming up clutch. Moving along we talk about the Flyers 3 game winning streak, Philly’s win against Edmonton, Michkov Couturier...

Riley and Derek start the show recapping the 4 Nations Face-Off so far, previewing Canada vs USA championship game, starting a game with 3 fights in 9 seconds, the Tkachuk brothers, Crosby’s effort level, Team Sweden and Sam Ersson, injuries piling up, and Tom Wilson. After that, Philadelphia Flyers LEGENDARY captain Mike Richards returns to the show for a 3rd time, as we debut our new segment “Ca...

Riley and Derek start the show discussing the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl win, the Ed Snider Pro-Am Game, and Michael Leighton’s induction into the AHL Hall of Fame. They get into some Flyers talk, discussing losing to the Capitals and beating the Penguins, Ovechkin getting closer to Gretzky’s goal record, Michkov vs Ovi, and Andrei Kuzmenko’s Flyers debut. Former Flyers winger Arron Asham join...

Riley and Derek begin the show discussing the flu bug going around and Riley actually showing up to mens league last week. Diving into some hockey talk they discuss the Philadelphia Flyers trading Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost to the Calgary Flames for Andrei Kuzmenko, Jakob Pelletier, and draft picks. Ryan Pinder from FlamesNation joined us for an interview! Ryan gives us his perspective on the F...

Riley and Derek start the show talking about haircuts and mens league. Jumping into some Flyers talk we discuss the Flyers hot streak, Sam Ersson’s strong recent stretch, defense getting better, Scott Laughton’s absence, Ryan Poehling’s injury, Rodrigo Abols NHL debut, Ivan Fedotov officially being the NHL backup to Ersson, and some notes from Danny Briere’s recent press conference involving Rasmu...

Riley and Derek start the show talking about their past weekend, mens league, and coffee. Jumping into some Flyers talk, Riles and Nasty discuss the Flyers going 2-1-1 in their recent stretch, Cutter Gauthier’s first game in Philadelphia, the comeback win against the Florida Panthers, the Foerster-Cates-Brink line, shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, and the Flyers Quarter-Century Team. Mo...

Riley and Derek start the show talking about losing their mens league championship. Jumping into some Flyers talk they discuss the recent West Coast trip, Sam Ersson’s injury, and Ivan Fedotov’s impressive game in Toronto. They move on to talk about World Juniors, USA winning Gold, and Canada’s meltdown. Going around the NHL Nasty and Riles mention Ovechkin 23 goals away from Gretzky, the Maple Le...

Philadelphia Flyers legendary captain, and 2 time Stanley Cup Champion with the Los Angeles Kings Mike Richards joins us this week! Before we get into our interview with Richie, Riley and Derek start the show talking about their Christmas, and Nasty’s trip to Pittsburgh and running into Jeff Carter and Niko Dimitrakos. Jumping into some hockey talk they discuss World Juniors (5:48), the Flyers rec...

Riley and Derek start the show getting excited for Christmas! Jumping into some Flyers talk they discuss the Flyers win over the Red Wings and Scott Laughton’s 4 goal game, Philly’s loss to the Minnesota Wild and their analysis over the last handful of games. Hopping around the league the boys discuss the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers continued struggles. On a more positive note they discuss...

Riley and Derek start the show by talking about their past weekends and Christmas shopping. Jumping into some hockey talk, the boys discuss the Philadelphia Flyers losing 3 straight but bouncing back against the Blue Jackets, the Tippett-Frost-Michkov line, Konecny continuing to produce, and Flyers goaltending. Going around the league they discuss Luke Richardson being fired by the Blackhawks, the...

Riley and Derek take a field trip over to Flyers practice to talk with sam Ersson, Travis Sanheim, Joel Farabee, and Morgan Frost! Before they head over, the boys recap their Thanksgiving and jump over to some hockey talk starting with the awesome Gaudreau tribute between Calgary and Columbus. Moving ahead they discuss the Flyers hot streak, the goalies stepping up in Ersson’s absence, Bobby Brink...

Riley and Derek start the show by discussing their fun time at Flyers Casino Night. Jumping over to some Flyers talk they discuss the recent stretch of games and Matvei Michkov’s hot stretch. Moving on to another rookie, Riley’s been very impressed with Macklin Celebrini. The boys break down friend of the show Jim Montgomery’s new gig with the Blues, tip their cap to Sidney Crosby on getting his 6...

Riley and Derek start the show by discussing their previous weekends including the Flyers Warriors Gala and their men’s league game. Jumping over to some Flyers talk, the boys discuss Matvei Michkov’s overtime goal in Ottawa, Ivan Fedotov and Aleksei Kolosov playing well, and the last 3 games against Ottawa, Buffalo, and Colorado. They mention a couple big milestones including Helge Grans’ impress...

Riley and Derek start the show by discussing their previous weekends. Jumping over to some Flyers talk the boys discuss their recent stretch of games and John Tortorella scratching Matvei Michkov. Going around the league they dissect Craig Berube and William Nylander up in Toronto, the Pittsburgh Penguins struggled and the future of Crosby, Malkin, and Letang there, and Hall of Fame weekend. Forme...

Riley and Derek start the show by poking a little fun at John Tortorella’s recent postgame press conference, and talking about each other’s past weekends. Jumping over to some hockey talk the boys discuss the Philadelphia Flyers struggles and being in last place, Sam Ersson’s injury, Aleksei Kolosov, and a couple sick snipes from the Fly Boys this past week. Moving on they discuss Dylan Holloway t...

Riley and Derek start the show by discussing Riley’s recent trip to Greece, and thanking everybody who came out to the tailgate we recently hosted. Moving on to some NHL talk the guys discuss the Flyers start to the season, Aleksei Kolosov getting called up and Ivan Fedotov’s struggles, Jett Luchanko getting sent back to juniors, Sean Couturier’s hat trick, and a wild game against the Wild. Then,...

Riley and Derek start the show by discussing their mens league game this weekend, our tailgate before the Flyers game on Saturday October 19th, and the Flyers Warriors Gala. Former Philadelphia Flyers defenseman and co-host of Snow The Goalie Chris “Bundy” Therien joined us in studio for a FOURTH time!! Bundy starts the show by telling us what he’s up to these days, how his family is doing, and th...

Philadelphia Flyers director of player development Riley Armstrong joined us for an interview! Before Armstrong joins us, Derek Settlemyre and Riley Cote talk about Nasty’s trip to Nashville and the issues he’s had since. Jumping over to some NHL talk Nasty and Riles discuss the Sabres and Devils start to the season, Tuesday night’s games, all of the goalie contract news that has happened recently...

Riley and Derek start the show discussing Cote’s return to their mens league team. Moving over to NHL talk they start out with what’s going on with Jeremy Swayman and the Boston Bruins. The boys preview the upcoming season starting with the Atlantic Division and the Stanley Cup winning Florida Panthers. They unpack the playoff chances for the Buffalo Sabres, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Boston Bruins....

Riley and Derek start the show by talking about their mens league and Riley continuing not to show up, Nasty’s son’s team, and Riley’s weekend celebrating. Moving on to some NHL talk they discuss the Flyers first two preseason games, Craig Berube’s funny postgame press conference answer, Guy Gaudreau attending Flyers practice, Tony DeAngelo heading over to the KHL, and Kyle Okposo retiring. Before...

Riley and Derek start the show by talking about NHL training camps opening up, the Flyers Rookie Camp, Matvei Michkov and Alexei Kolosov. Jumping around the league they discuss James van Riemsdyk signing in Columbus, and Sidney Crosby’s extension with the Penguins. Before we get to our interview, we send our condolences to Stephen Peat. Chairman & CEO of Comcast Spectacor and Governor of the P...