THE #ESHOW

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we wrap-up the North Division with the Seacoast Spartans. Jake Basile chats with Brett Tryder, looking back on the best season in franchise history for Seacoast. Tryder reflects on what made last year's group so successful, and talks about what it's like trying to replace both the league MVP and the league's leading scorer. In the ever-difficult North Division...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we highlight the fourth and final new EHL team for the upcoming 2023-24 season, the Boston Jr. Terriers. Jake Basile chats with Cody Gonyeau, as he prepares his organization for their inaugural season of junior hockey. Jumping into the East Division, Gonyeau knows the challenging opponents his team will face right from the get go. However, the Terriers bench b...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we feature the newest team in the Central Division, the Providence Hockey Club. Jake Basile chats with Jeff Perreault as he gears up to lead Providence through their inaugural season in the junior ranks. After spending the 2022-23 season with the Philadelphia Hockey Club, and previous years in the USPHL, Perreault brings a wealth of junior hockey experience to...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we feature one of the newest members of the EHL, the Pennsylvania Huntsmen. Jake Basile chats with Matt Reid, as the Huntsmen gear up for their first season at the Junior A level. Pennsylvania's introduction to junior hockey came at the EHLP level this past season, as they advanced all the way to the Mid-Atlantic Division finals against the New Jersey 87's. It...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we head North to Laconia, New Hampshire, and highlight the New England Wolves. Jake Basile chats with Tim Kunes, as the former National Champion at Boston College, prepares for another season at the helm in arguably the toughest division in the league. Working alongside Wolves' General Manager and EHLP Head Coach, Andrew Trimble, Kunes has helped the Wolves ta...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we head back to the East Division, and highlight the Seahawks Hockey Club. Heading into the program's 7th season in the league, Bill Zaniboni sits down with Jake Basile to discuss what his organization has established in a little over half a decade. Looking back on this past year in particular, and outside of the 21 victories their EHL team racked up, it was a...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we welcome back the Bridgewater Bandits to the EHL and EHLP. Jake Basile chats with Scott Drevitch, as the Bandits make their return to the league, after departing following the conclusion of the 2016-17 season. Drevitch highlights the feelings Bridgewater has towards returning to the EHL and EHLP, and discusses how anxious they are to get started. Having esta...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we feature a program that is racking up their total number of appearances at the Frozen Finals, the Railers Jr. Hockey Club. Jake Basile chats with Sean Bertoni, as the Head Coach and GM looks back on last season, but also ahead with his sights set on redemption this upcoming year. Both teams, EHL and EHLP, made their 2nd Frozen Finals appearances this past Ma...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we feature the first of two new programs in the South Division, the New Jersey Bears. Located in Flemington, NJ, the Bears have purchased and relocated the Protec Jr. Ducks franchise this off-season. Jake Basile chats with Jason Kilcoyne, as the former Assistant Coach of the 2016-17 EHL Champions, the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers, discusses his return to the league...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we shift our way back to the East Division, and highlight the Express Hockey Club. Jake Basile chats with Nic Cota, as the former defenseman for the Express looks back on his first season as the Head Coach down in Walpole. While the 2022-23 campaign unfortunately ended for Cota's team in triple overtime of game #3 in the East Division Final, he's still beyond...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we feature the only EHL program that has appeared in all five editions of the Frozen Finals, the New Hampshire Avalanche. Jake Basile chats with Chris Cerrella, as the Head Coach and General Manager of the Avs reflects on another record-setting season for his program. While Cerrella has helped over 160 players make that NCAA Commitment while playing in the EHL...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we work our way back to the Central Division, and highlight the Hockey Club of Rhode Island. Jake Basile chats with James Mello, as HCRI turns the page towards their second season in the EHL. The inaugural campaign for the league's first-ever franchise in Rhode Island went as well as they could have hoped for, as the team finished in 2nd place in their divisio...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we head back south and feature the Philadelphia Little Flyers. Jake Basile chats with Mark Catron, following another solid season in the league, highlighted by the EHL team's second consecutive appearance at the Frozen Finals. At the top level, Philadelphia has reached the finals in four of the five years of the event, while their EHLP team has made two appear...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we shift back to the East Division and highlight the East Coast Wizards. Jake Basile chats with Kory Falite ahead of his 8th season with the program, and his 4th year as the Head Coach. Falite reflects on what was another solid season this past year, including helping advance nine players onto NCAA Division II and III schools for the third straight campaign. T...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we highlight the program with the longest history in junior hockey, the New York Apple Core. Jake Basile connects with Lenny Caglianone following his first season coaching in the EHL. Caglianone is a former player in the league, as he served as a captain on the blue line for the New Jersey Rockets back in the inaugural season of the EHL. The native of New Jers...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we head back to the South Division and feature Team Maryland. Heading into their 6th season in the EHL, Team Maryland was one game away from reaching the Frozen Finals for the first time in franchise history this past March. Jake Basile chats with Josh Fusco about the 2022-23 season, and the run his team went on down the stretch. Backed by one of the best goal...

On this week's episode of the #EShow we feature an 'Original 6' franchise in the Valley Jr. Warriors. Jake Basile chats with Ryan McGrath as he prepares his EHL team for their move up to the North Division. McGrath and Sean Collins, the new Head Coach for the Warriors' EHLP team, are busy preparing for the upcoming 2023-24 season, with a strong number of returning players coming back to the progra...

On this week's episode of the #EShow we work our way north and feature the Vermont Lumberjacks. Jake Basile chats with Seth Gustin ahead of his third season with the program and second year at the helm of the EHL team. The Lumberjacks are coming off another solid season at both levels, having advanced some of their players onto top programs in NCAA Division III hockey. Looking ahead to the 2023-24...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we head to the Central Division and feature a club that has been right on the verge of reaching the EHL Frozen Finals for the past two seasons. Jake Basile chats with Greg Heffernan as he gears up for his third campaign with the Connecticut Chiefs. Heffernan brought with him to the Chiefs a resume that includes a 12-year stint as the Head Coach at Western New...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we head south for our next featured coach, as Adam Bartholomay joins the podcast for the very first time. Bartholomay is busy preparing the Philadelphia Hockey Club for their second season in the EHL, and his return to the bench at the junior level. Bartholomay served as the Assistant GM for the program this past year, but has plenty of experience previously i...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we begin our off-season coach's corner with Rich DeCaprio from the Boston Jr. Rangers. Coming off of the franchise's second EHL Championship, DeCaprio is quickly preparing for the 11th season in league history for the Rangers. Boston is one of the EHL's 'Original 6' teams that have operated in every season since the league was formed back in 2013. Combining th...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we recap the 2023 EHL Frozen Finals, the 5th edition of the league's annual championship event. It was a week to remember in Providence, RI, as the EHL and EHLP combined to bring us tremendous action throughout the five-day stretch. Ultimately it was the Boston Jr. Rangers winning it all in the EHL, and the New Jersey 87's skating away victoriously in the EHLP...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we preview the 5th edition of the EHL Frozen Finals. Kicking things off in the Weekly Rundown (2:37), we recap the #RoadToProvidence for the 4 teams in the EHL and the 4 teams in the EHLP. Simply put, this was the best postseason in the history of the league, as over 50% of the First and Second Round series needed a game #3 in order to determine a winner. Movi...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we look back on the first seven days of postseason play in the EHL and the EHLP. Starting things off in the Weekly Rundown (4:32), we break down what unfolded in each of the four divisions in the EHL and the three divisions in the EHLP. Further along, inside the #ECrew Fantasy Challenge (52:44), we're down to the final week of the Fantasy Season as Team OG loo...

On this week's episode of the #EShow, we wrap up the Regular Season and set the table for the Postseason. Inside a jam-packed Weekly Rundown (2:31), this year's Annual Awards are given out throughout the EHL and the EHLP, and we give an update on all the final seeds and matchups for upcoming playoffs. Further along in the #ECrew Fantasy Challenge (53:35), we reset our picks for the first week of t...