Second City Hockey: for Chicago Blackhawks fans

Welcome to Episode 78 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discuss the possible outcomes for the Blackhawks at the upcoming trade deadline. The crew also takes a look at one specific angle of Wednesday's game against the Red Wings and...

Welcome to Episode 77 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discuss one of the potential roads ahead for the Blackhawks, recap the last week of games, dive into some lineup changes and, of course, explore a food take. Learn more about...

Welcome to Episode 76 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discuss the Blackhawks recent call-up of prospect Lukas Reichel before recapping the last week of games and diving into some food discussion, per usual. Learn more about your...

Welcome to Episode 75 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy kickoff 2022 by recapping the Hawks ongoing losing streak, assessing Kirby Dach's play and discussing recent roster moves made by the Hawks. The Crew also gives some food thou...

Welcome to Episode 74 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discuss the Blackhawks' weekend Daily Double of overtime losses as well as concerns associated with the ongoing spread of COVID-19 throughout the NHL. And, in what'll be our f...

Welcome to Episode 73 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy assembled during the third period of Wednesday's Blackhawks game against the Capitals for some live reactions to the gameplay while also discussing the current state of the t...

Welcome to Episode 72 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy talk about the Blackhawks current in-game strategy and whether or not it's a recipe for long-term success in today's NHL. The crew also dives into Jacob Trouba's hit on Jujha...

Welcome to Episode 71 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discuss the Blackhawks recent offensive struggles and what can be done to get the team back on track. They also dive into the analytics vs. eye test debate and debate the bes...

Welcome to Episode 70 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy recap the Hawks recent win against the Coyotes and look ahead to their upcoming road trip. The crew also gets into some prospect talk as well as Thanksgiving meal do's and do...

Welcome to Episode 69 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy talk about the Blackhawks first two games under new interim head coach, Derek King, as well as what the future could hold for this group under new management and then dives i...

Welcome to Episode 68 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this episode, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discuss the Blackhawks 1-8-2 start to the season. A few specific topics include Jeremy Colliton's lineup decisions and Kirby Dach's development (or possible lack thereof). As...

Welcome to Episode 67 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. On today’s emergency episode, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy react to the fallout from Tuesday's public reveal of the internal investigations into sexual assault allegations against former video coach Brad Aldrich. Learn m...

Welcome to Episode 66 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Shepard and Betsy discussed two more Blackhawks defeats, topped off by a miserable 6-3 loss to the Red Wings at home on Sunday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Welcome to Episode 65 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discuss the Blackhawks struggles over their first four games of the 2021-22 season and what the future of the organization could look like. The crew also answers questions from Twi...

Welcome to Episode 64 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy preview the 2021-22 Blackhawks season by discussing everything around the players and coaching staff, then make some predictions for the Hawks in '21-22. Learn more about your ad c...

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave talked with Evan F. Moore, co-author of the book "Game Misconduct: Hockey's Toxic Culture and How to Fix It," which is available everywhere on Tuesday, Oct. 12. Together they discussed several topics related to t...

Welcome to Episode 63 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discuss the Blackhawks preseason thus far, take a deeper look at some of the individual players standouts, offer some general expectations for the season and reel it all in with a...

Welcome to Episode 62 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discuss their thoughts on the first few days of the Blackhawks training camp, what to look for during the upcoming NHL season and give a food take. Learn more about your ad choices...

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave talked with Jack, aka JFreshHockey, one of the rising names in the world of hockey analytics. Together they discussed all angles of the debates around analytics and touched on some Blackhawks-related topics at the end. Lea...

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave talked with Sam Fels, who now writes for Deadspin but is formerly of Second City Hockey and his own Blackhawks-focused website Faxes From Uncle Dale. Together the two discussed the topic of why we care about sports so much...

Welcome to Episode 61 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discuss players from the upcoming Blackhawks Top 25 Under 25 series, answer questions from the SCH commentariat and address a food take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...

Welcome to Episode 60 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy go more in-depth on the Blackhawks big additions from the 2021 offseason, some offseason banter and a food take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

Welcome to Episode 59 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discuss the recent trades, free agent signings and draft picks made by the Blackhawks. The crew also reflects upon some favorite Niklas Hjalmarsson moments and gives a smokin' food...

Welcome to Episode 11 of the 2021 Monday Morning Deep Dish, here on the Second City Podcast network, your biweekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Shepard, Mil and LBR break down the NHL's upcoming expansion draft with the Seattle Kraken, first examining the Blackhawks' protected list and any potential surprises before talking about surprises l...

Welcome to Episode 58 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discuss the recent trade by the Blackhawks that sent team future Hall-of-Famer Duncan Keith to the Edmonton Oilers. The crew talks about Keith's legacy, memories, some trade rumors...