The Athletic Hockey Show

On today’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Julian discuss Kris Letang hitting the 1,000 games played milestone and whether he’s a Hall of Famer or not, a potential LA Kings-Arizona Coyotes regular season game in Australia, the Calgary Flames with a legitimate chance to jump into the final Western Conference playoff spot on Wednesday night at the Winnipeg Jets. Plus, the guys cl...

On this special edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Julian McKenzie is joined by The Athletic NHL’s Sean McIndoe, Dan Robson, Daniel Nugent-Bowman, Robert Rossi, and Kevin Kurz to discuss the evolution of fighting in the game of hockey, the physical, mental, and emotional toll fighting can have on the combatants, whether it’ll ever be completely removed from the sport, and more. Subscribe to The...

It's a return of the bestie hour as Hailey and Sean are reunited with Dom Luszczyszyn to dive into the playoff outlook for both Conferences, including the fight down the stretch for the Central's crown, the Jets' spiral allowing playoff hopes for team like the Predators and Flames to stay alive, Auston Matthews starting to look like himself again, and more. To wrap up, in celebration of baseball's...

Ian Mendes and Sean McIndoe talk the latest on the Senators' sale front, as Ryan Reynolds is back in Ottawa, and a possible first round playoff preview as the Rangers take on the Devils Thursday night. Also, as the regular season nears its close, which is more impressive, the gap between the Bruins and the rest of the league, or Connor McDavid and the rest of the league's players? Also they discus...

Brianna Decker, Olympic gold medalist and six-time world champion joins Craig Custance and Sean Gentille on The Athletic Hockey Show USA to discuss her reasons as to why she retired, breaking her leg in her final game, jumping into the coaching ranks at Shattuck St. Mary's her involvement with the PHF and continuing the work to help grow the women's game. Craig and Sean take a look at the recent t...

On this week’s Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show, Ian and Julian are back to discuss Joe Biden chirping the Toronto Maple Leafs on Parliament Hill, if we’ve seen the last great moment between the Caps and Pens with Ovechkin and Crosby as the headlining stars, unique best-on-best tournament concepts, Brooks Koepka heckling Aaron Ekblad, the Buffalo Sabres’ statement on their Pride Night to...

Hailey and Sean kick off a new Thriday show diving into the Penguins' push for the postseason and beyond. Then, Canadian gold medalist Erin Ambrose joins the show to preview the Women's World Championships, reflect on the PWHPA and the Dream Gap tour, coaching, the Maple Leafs, and thoughts on NHL Pride Nights. To wrap up, Producer Danielle joins in for a NHL goal song mini-draft. Save on a subscr...

Ian and Sean discuss Connor McDavid scoring his 60th goal of the season, and if hitting the 70-goal mark is possible for him as the regular season winds down. Then, a look at the wild card race in the Eastern Conference, and who looks like they could squeeze their way in between the Penguins, Panthers and Islanders. In the West, do either the Kraken or Jets have a chance at upsetting a division le...

On the Wednesday Roundtable, Rob, Jesse and Russo marvel at Alex Ovechkin who set the NHL record with the most 40 goal seasons, they discuss Jared Bednar's three year extension with Colorado and take a look at the playoff races in the East and West, with Florida and NY Islanders vaulting past Washington and Pittsburgh, and Winnipeg and Seattle holding on in the West over Calgary and Nashville. Mat...

Katie Strang, the Athletic's investigative reporter joined Craig Custance and Sean Gentille on The Athletic Hockey Show USA, to discuss her and Hailey Salvian's reporting on the hazing and abuse allegations directed towards Harvard's women's hockey team, the alleged abusive behavior by coach Katey Stone and how some of their alumni allegedly took part in hazing within the program and Craig, Sean a...

Ian, Julian, and guest cohost Mark Lazerus kick off the week with the Monday edition of The Athletic Hockey Show and discuss in depth James Reimer refusing to wear a Pride Night jersey for the San Jose Sharks over the weekend, voting being open for The Athletic NHL’s best goal song in the league project, the Arizona Coyotes falling behind in the Connor Bedard sweepstakes, the Nashville Predators p...

On a rare FRIDAY Thriday show (does that make sense?), Hailey and Sean recap their week and discuss Marc-André Fleury's desire to square up against Jordan Binnington in Wednesday's Blues-Wild game, before diving into an action-packed slate of Thursday games that had both playoff and tankathon implications. Save on a subscription to The Athletic: theathletic.com/hockeyshow Subscribe to The Athletic...

Ian is joined by guest co-host Mark Lazerus talk about the NHL diving into a broadcast for a younger audience with this week's "Big City Greens" animated game, and maybe other ways to draw in kids to the sport. Then, the two discuss the viral video of Carson Briere, son of new Flyers GM Daniel Briere. Next, the NHL Draft Lottery date has been set, and a listener writes in a suggestion on a way to...

Rob Pizzo and Jesse Granger discuss proposed rule changes at the GM meetings, the Bruins reaching 50 wins at a record pace, and as Chuck Fletcher was relieved of GM duties in Philadelphia, who else could be on the hot seat? Then, checking in from Florida, Russo chats with Flyers interim GM Daniel Briere about his new role and his plans for the team going forward, and Russo and Gentille give their...

It’s Monday, so Ian and Julian are back on The Athletic Hockey Show to discuss the Calgary Flames and Ottawa Senators flipping roles from just a week ago, whether Ron Hextall deserves an apology now that his Pittsburgh Penguins seem poised to make the postseason, first round playoff matchups the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes would rather avoid, Connor McDavid looking like he’ll become just...

On this week’s Prospect Series episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, Max and Corey discuss some of the top prospects that were moved at last week’s NHL trade deadline, Corey’s latest 2023 NHL Draft ranking, and the guys open up the mailbag and answer listener questions to close things out. Subscribe to The Athletic Hockey Show on YouTube: http://youtube.com/@theathletichockeyshow Get a 1-year subsc...

Hailey and Sean return to discuss the Wild losing Kaprizov to injury, and the roster announcement for Canada's IIHF Women's World Championship team. Next, they comment on the recent decisions some teams have made regarding Pride Nights, before diving into a listener mailbag. Subscribe to The Athletic Hockey Show on YouTube: http://youtube.com/@theathletichockeyshow Get a 1-year subscription to The...

With the trade deadline in the rearview mirror, Ian and Sean discuss the human side of trades and the toll it takes on players. Then, with the Kraken releasing a Brandon Tanev bobblehead for Thursday's game, they brainstorm some more potential NHL bobblehead ideas. Also, Tony DeAngelo gets a two-game suspension for spearing Corey Perry, and is it time to worry about the Winnipeg Jets? Next, in "Gr...

David Poile, the President of Hockey Operations and GM of the Nashville Predators, joins Rob Pizzo, Jesse Granger and Michael Russo on The Athletic Hockey Show roundtable to look back on his 41 years in the NHL as a General Manager, why he decided that now was the right time to step down, what the city of Nashville means to him and how excited he is that his old friend Barry Trotz will be taking o...

Craig and Sean welcome the Athletic and TSN Hockey Insider Pierre Lebrun for a post trade deadline discussion on the winners and losers of the deadline, the trades that almost went down and the seeds that have been planted by general managers for the next active time for the league at the NHL draft in Nashville. The guys talk about the NFL combine and how Anthony Richardson made a huge impact and...

Ian and Julian are here for a brand new Monday episode of The Athletic Hockey Show to discuss which current NHLer could host SNL, their favorite trades from the 2023 NHL trade deadline, the Calgary Flames looking like they’re going to miss the playoffs while the Ottawa Senators have arrived as a playoff contender, Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper benching Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov,...

Cohosts Ian Mendes and Hailey Salvian are joined by The Athletic NHL’s Fluto Shinzawa, Mark Lazerus, Sean Gentille, and James Mirtle, to recap all the deals from this year's NHL trade deadline and discuss how they'll impact the stretch drive into the playoffs. Please note: this episode was recorded live on Friday, March 3, 2023. Watch a replay of the show on YouTube and subscribe while you’re ther...

Ian and Sean discuss the lively NHL week leading up to Friday's trade deadline, including Filip Hronek to Vancouver, the Senators' win in the Jakob Chychrun trade, Tyler Bertuzzi to Boston, and react to the David Pastrnak contract extension. Then, Jesse Granger joins for "Granger Things" to discuss Jonathan Quick's trade from Los Angeles, the Connor Bedard effect on betting lines, and how the Coyo...

This week on the Wednesday roundtable, Rob, Jesse and Russo discuss the flurry of activity leading up to the trade deadline, including Patrick Kane officially becoming a Ranger, Jonathan Quick being dealt to Columbus, Mattias Ekholm landing in Edmonton and the Maple Leafs making three trades in an hour on Tuesday. Tom Fitzgerald, the General Manager of the New Jersey Devils joins the show to discu...

With Craig on assignment, Sean welcomes Shayna Goldman as our guest co-host this week. Gentille and Shayna critique the most recent trades, including Timo Meier landing in New Jersey, the Leafs getting Jake McCabe and Sam Lafferty, Boston acquiring Dmitry Orolov and Garnet Hathaway and Tampa sending all their picks to Nashville for Tanner Jeannot.  Phoenix Copley of the Los Angeles Kings joins to...