Second City Hockey: for Chicago Blackhawks fans

Welcome to Episode 41 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. Dave, Shepard, and Mil got together to discuss the path the Blackhawks organization is headed on, whether expectations are being met and the appropriate usage of Hawks players, along with a passionate discussion on ranch...

Welcome to Episode 40 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. Dave, Shepard, and Mil gathered to discuss the last week of Blackhawks hockey, including a two-game sweep of the Red Wings, a highlight-reel goal from Philipp Kurashev, continued outstanding play from Kevin Lankinen, and...

Welcome to the first episode of Monday Morning Deep Dish for the 2021 season here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your semi-often destination for an in-depth dive on a particular subject around the Chicago Blackhawks. Shepard, Betsy (LBR) and Jenelle gathered to discuss what advanced analytics mean to hockey and explain them in layman's terms. They also discuss which ones are particular...

Welcome to Episode 39 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. Dave, Shepard, and Mil gathered to discuss the last week of Blackhawks hockey, including a two-game sweep of the Stars, the success of the special teams units and, of course, some very important hot food takes. Learn mor...

Welcome to Episode 38 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. Dave, Shepard, and Mil gathered to discuss the last week of Blackhawks hockey, including their recent homestand, a 6-4 victory over the Hurricanes, the NHL’s COVID-19 outbreak and Mil’s thoughts on a proper grilled chees...

Welcome to Episode 37 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. Dave and Shepard get together with Mil to discuss the last week of Blackhawks hockey, including a pair of blowouts wins over the hated Red Wings, and look ahead to the next week of action. Learn more about your ad choice...

Welcome to Episode 36 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. Dave and Shepard get together with Mil, a new addition to the podcast, to discuss: (2:00) An opening discussion on shuffling of the SCH lineup (6:15) Early impression of the 2021 Blackhawks (19:00) The play from the goal...

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussion with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave talked with Ben Pope, the Blackhawks beat reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. We talked about his upbringing in Raleigh and how he became a hockey fan, his time at Northwestern University, his transition to the Blackhawks b...

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussion with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Brandon talked with Jay Zawaski, an executive producer and resident "Blackhawks guy" on 670 The Score in Chicago, co-host of the Madhouse Chicago Hockey Podcast and the I'm Fat Podcast and author of "Big...

Welcome to Episode 35 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Blackhawks. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss the Blackhawks “big” announcement on Tuesday and react to the media tour from general manager Stan Bowman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Ho...

Welcome to Episode 34 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss: (2:00) An opening disagreement on candy corn (4:30) A very busy weekend of Blackhawks moves and what it means for the Blackhawks short and long-term aspirations (23:15)...

Welcome to Episode 33 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss: (2:30) A common deficiency in their self-scouting report (4:45) Chicago's first-round selection, forward Lukas Reichel, and second-round selection, goaltender Drew Comme...

Welcome to Episode 9 of Monday Morning Deep Dish, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a round-up of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. Shepard and Brandon discuss: (1:23) Options at 17th overall (10:15) Potential options in the second round (16:31) Hypothetical moves the Blackhawks could make (21:46) Drafting goaltenders (26:02) Draft overreactions...

Welcome to Episode 32 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss: (4:30) The reported contract offer made by the Blackhawks to goaltender Corey Crawford (15:00) Potential contract offers for restricted free agents Dylan Strome and Domi...

Welcome to Episode 31 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss: (3:45) Initial reactions to the series, which leads to an Adam Boqvist tangent (8:30) Some of the questionable coaching decisions made by Jeremy Colliton, which includes...

Welcome to Episode 30 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss the upcoming series with the Vegas Golden Knights with a brief discussion of Monday's draft lottery at the end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

Welcome to Episode 29 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss the Blackhawks winning Game 4 for a 3-1 series win over the Oilers and a ticket into the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...

Welcome to Episode 28 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss: (1:45) An opening tangent on what penalties they'd commit to get suspended from the playoffs (4:45) Initial reactions to Games 1 and 2 from the Blackhawks series with th...

Welcome to Episode 27 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 this special edition of the show, Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to preview the upcoming series with the Edmonton Oilers by discussing: (4:15) Their general thoughts on the matchup (12:45) Potential X-factors...

Welcome to Episode 26 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to recap the Blackhawks exhibition victory over the St. Louis Blues in Chicago’s last tune-up before this weekend’s playoff series begin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...

Welcome to Episode 25 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss: (3:30) Corey Crawford's continued absence (12:45) Jonathan Toews' brief absences from practice (15:00) Updates on Calvin de Haan and Connor Murphy's status (2130) The NH...

Welcome to Episode 24 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss: (2:15) Another quick opening tangent on Dave and Shepard's poetic waxing on former White Sox infielder Gordon Beckham (3:45) The news on Blackhawks goaltender Corey Craw...

Welcome to Episode 23 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss: (1:30) A quick opening tangent on running during the heat wave in the Chicagoland area (3:45) A lengthy discussion on the debate surrounding the Blackhawks logo (26:45)...

Welcome to Episode 22 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss: (3:30) The results from Friday night's draft lottery (13:30) Dave and Shepard get into an intense discussion about the idea of tanking for a shot at the No. 1 overall pi...

Welcome to Episode 21 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. Dave, Brandon and Shepard get together to discuss Marian Hossa becoming a first-ballot induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame, along with the induction of current San Jose Sharks GM and longtime Blackhawks defenseman Dou...