The Athletic Hockey Show

Ian shares his experience in getting Snoop Dogg on the phone for a twenty minute interview, what he learned about the rapper's push for the Ottawa Senators ownership, and he and Sean discuss this fascinating time for the team. Also, with Game 2 of Maple Leafs- Panthers on deck for Thursday night, Sean's thoughts on outcome of Game 1, and attempts to get Ian to make another series prediction. Next,...

This week on the roundtable, Rob, Jesse and Russo take a look back on Tuesday night's second round, game one road wins for Florida and Seattle over Toronto and Dallas, before looking ahead to the upstart New Jersey Devils facing off against the Carolina Hurricanes, and the Edmonton Oilers taking on the Golden Knights in Vegas.  The guys welcome Murat Ates from Winnipeg, to discuss the fiery honest...

This week on The Athletic Hockey Show USA, Craig and Sean talk about the New York Rangers elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs, and how the blue shirts trade deadline acquisitions weren't a factor at all in the series with New Jersey. The guys discuss the second round and the fact that US TV probably isn't salivating over teams from Seattle, Florida, Carolina, New Jersey, Toronto and Edmonton...

On today’s jam-packed Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Julian discuss the Florida Panthers’ stunning Game 7 overtime win to eliminate the record-breaking Bruins in Boston last night, the Calgary Flames relieving Darryl Sutter of his head coaching duties, Rick Bowness staying on as Winnipeg Jets head coach, the Seattle Kraken ousting the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Av...

On this week’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Corey is on location in Basel, Switzerland at the U18 World Championship and is joined by Max and FloHockey’s Chris Peters to discuss Team USA’s tournament so far, including the big line of Will Smith, Gabe Perreault, and Ryan Leonard, Cole Eiserman’s impressive play, now just 4 goals away from Cole Caufield’s all-time goals recor...

Hailey and Sean discuss the Vegas Golden Knights eliminating the Winnipeg Jets from round one, give a postmortem on the Jets' season, and look ahead to Friday night's packed slate of elimination games. Subscribe to The Athletic Hockey Show on YouTube: http://youtube.com/@theathletichockeyshow Get a 1-year subscription to The Athletic for just $1 a month when you visit http://theathletic.com/hockey...

Ahead of Thursday night's Maple Leafs- Lightning matchup, Ian checks on how Sean is feeling about the team, about watch parties, and the pair make some predictions. Then, the Kraken may be the feel good story of the playoffs so far as they push the Avalanche to the brink of elimination, and Sergei Bobrovsky looks like his old self again in the Panthers' win over the Bruins Wednesday night to stave...

Rob Pizzo, Jesse Granger and guest co-host Jeremy Rutherford look back on the Islanders outlasting Carolina and forcing a game five, the Stars Jake Oettinger shutting out Minnesota, who can't seem to stay out of the box as Dallas takes a 3-2 series lead and we welcome Daniel Nugent-Bowman from Edmonton to talk about the Oilers big game five win over Los Angeles in what we feel is the best first ro...

Craig and Sean breakdown a shocking turn of events in Tampa Bay last night which has Toronto, inexplicably one game from eliminating the Lightning, Jack Hughes highlight reel goal which sees the Devils tie their series with the Rangers and Cale Makar's date with player safety after his hit on Jared McCann. David Quinn, the Head Coach of the San Jose Sharks, and the bench boss for Team USA's squad...

On this Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Julian are joined by The Athletic’s own Mark Lazerus to recap a great weekend of playoff hockey and discuss how Leon Draisaitl is somehow still underrated, who should start in goal for the Edmonton Oilers in Game 5, if people are sleeping on the Carolina Hurricanes, which series is going to Game 7 a week into the playoffs, whether a Toron...

To wrap up the week, Hailey and Sean share their thoughts on Thursday night's playoff games, before diving into a power ranking of their interest levels the in round one matchups so far. Subscribe to The Athletic Hockey Show on YouTube: http://youtube.com/@theathletichockeyshow Get a 1-year subscription to The Athletic for just $1 a month when you visit http://theathletic.com/hockeyshow Upgrade yo...

Ahead of Thursday night's game, Sean shares his thoughts about the Maple Leafs' loss to the Lightning in Game 1, and if this playoff round could be a major tipping point for this team and their future. Also, the Minnesota Wild's decision to play Fleury in Game 2 despite Filip Gustavsson's fantastic performance in Game 1 backfires with a 7-3 loss to the Stars. Then, in Granger Things, Jesse Granger...

On the Wednesday roundtable, Rob Pizzo, Michael Russo and Jesse Granger welcome Seattle Kraken General Manager and Hockey Hall of Famer Ron Francis. They discuss the franchises first playoff appearance, super rookie Matty Beniers, the job Dave Hakstol has done behind the bench and the Kraken's underrated team ahead of their playoff debut win over the Colorado Avalanche. Plus the guys stick tap Chr...

Craig and Sean look back on the first night of the Stanley Cup playoffs, with the shorthanded Boston Bruins beating Florida, Carolina outlasting the Islanders, the Wild beating the Stars in double overtime on the heels of a controversial hit by Matt Dumba on Joe Pavelski and the Kings coming back and upsetting the Oilers in game one in overtime. John Wroblewski, the head coach of Team USA, joins C...

It’s opening night of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs and Ian and Julian have you covered on this Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show as the guys pick which one playoff series will definitely go to 7 games, which series will end in a sweep, and which teams would shock the world if they won the Cup. Plus, the guys discuss the breaking news that Brad Treliving and the Calgary Flames have agreed...

On a brand new Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max, Corey, and FloHockey’s Chris Peters recap this year’s Frozen Four, including what’s next for guys like Collin Graf, Brock Faber, and Logan Cooley, and discuss Corey’s redraft of the 2022 NHL Draft, this year’s Calder Trophy race, thoughts on the upcoming IIHF World U18 Championships, and the guys close things out with listene...

With most of the matchups finalized as of Friday morning, Hailey and Sean go through the round one slate of the playoffs and discuss which ones they are most excited about... and then the other ones. Also, the Anaheim Ducks clinch last place and the best lottery odds for the #1 pick, but a couple spins on the Tankathon simulator plays out differently. To wrap up, Erik Karlsson has essentially lock...

Ian Mendes and Sean McIndoe discuss Jonathan Toews playing his final game for the Blackhawks on Thursday night, and both Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin missing the playoffs this year. Also, is there any hotter seat than Penguins GM Ron Hextall's, and the futures of Dallas Eakins in Anaheim and Pierre Dorion and DJ Smith in Ottawa. Next, Ian gives DGB powers to pick the playoff matchups, and the m...

On the Wednesday roundtable, Adam Fantilli, the Hobey Baker winner and presumptive second selection overall in the 2023 NHL draft joins to talk about his magical season with Michigan, the frozen four, playing with his brother in Michigan, idolizing Patrice Bergeron and looking forward to the NHL draft in June, in Nashville. Rob, Jesse and Mike look back on a devastating loss by Pittsburgh to Chica...

On the Tuesday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show USA, Craig and Sean discuss the tight race in the East for the wild card slots, with the Panthers and Penguins poised to get in and the NY Islanders falling apart and out of the East race. The guys stick tap Claude Giroux and Joe Pavelski's 1000th NHL points and put the lid on a very disappointing season for the Calgary Flames who were eliminated...

Ian and Julian kick off the final week of the NHL regular season on today’s Monday episode of The Athletic Hockey Show and discuss Toronto Maple Leafs EBUG Jett Alexander playing the final 1:10 of a 7-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens over the weekend, the Boston Bruins setting the NHL’s single-season wins record of 63 against the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday, Mark Lazerus’ piece about disincenti...

After an eventful Thursday night of NHL games, Hailey and Sean take a lap around the league to discuss the Seattle Kraken clinching a playoff berth for the first time in team history, Cale Makar being out indefinitely for the Avalanche, the volatile ups and downs of the Minnesota Wild in the Western Conference. Then in the East, the Panthers holding on to a wildcard spot, an argument for Matthew T...

Ian kicks off this episode with a travel pitch for Sean, then asks him how he would feel if Mats Sundin ended up working in the Senators' front office. Then, as the regular season nears its conclusion, and the wild card spots come down to the wire, should we be pulling for the Predators to make the playoffs? Next, Jesse Granger joins the show for "Granger Things", discussing the technology used in...

On the Wednesday roundtable, Rob Pizzo, Jesse Granger and Mike Russo look back on a busy week in the hockey world, as the playoff picture becomes clearer and the regular season winds down. The guys talk about Calgary losing to Chicago in a must win game, the overachieving Nashville Predators and how Florida, led by Matthew Tkachuk have vaulted past Pittsburgh and the NY Islanders in the East wild...

Sean Gentille and guest co-host Max Bultman take a look at the tight race in the East for the wild card with the New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins and Florida Panthers gets tighter. Plus the guys analyze Hobey Baker finalists Adam Fantilli, Matthew Knies and Logan Cooley and what wild card teams do the division leaders not want to face in the first round. Former NHL'er Danny Dekeyser joins S...