The Ice Garden

Hannah and Michelle chat about For The Game, a bit more generally about the state of women's hockey, and what's on our pj pants. We touch on the role of social media and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle and Hannah are back! This week, a little late, is dedicated to CWHL memories and history. They start off talk about their own memories before accidentally veering in Let's Stump Hannah. The end of the show is three voice memos - two from CWHL fans and one from Liz Knox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle talk about the latest IIHF World Championships! Talking points: the goal that was and then wasn't for Finland, should Canada start panicking, and what's going on with Sweden? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle recap the three championships in North America. We discuss Annie Pankowski's dominance with Wisconsin, wonder why the heck Marie-Philip Poulin dressed for the Clarkson Cup, and marvel at the Whitecaps victory in their first NWHL season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle talk about the chaos around the CWHL folding and try to make sense of it all (with mixed results). They also preview Worlds and discuss which teams and players they're most excited to watch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle and Hannah have Gabs Fundaro on the podcast this week. Gabs is The Ice Garden’s NCAA writer and also covers the NCAA at her own site, At Even Strength. We cover the full range of college hockey topics — from how the tournament is playing out to our Patty Kazmaier thoughts to how we would decide which players to recruit if we were coaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...

Hannah and Michelle look back at what predictions they got wrong (many) and right (some). There's an intense discussion about how to improve the NCAA championship setup and we also talk about what you do when one of your playoff teams gets stranded in New York because of unexpected weather.(Minnesota nice? More like Minnesota ICE) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

Michelle and Hannah chat about NWHL and CWHL playoffs! They make predictions, get confused, and Michelle can't stop thinking about a sweater she wants. This was recorded before the NWHL play-in game so we did not yet know if we would be right or wrong. Just mentally go back in time and pretend its Tuesday night with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle talk about the end of the regular season, discuss some playoff scenarios (real and hypothetical) and answer some excellent mailbag questions. Michelle sings and Hannah's cat continues to cause shenanigans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Top Shelf Episode 57: The Rivalry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle talk about what's working (and what's not) when it comes to marketing women's hockey. Highlights include: All-Star games, Wisconsin's Fill The Bowl, media, in-game signage, sports information departments and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle and Hannah take a look at the NWHL All-Star weekend! We chat about the past events, this year’s snubs, and what we think Nashville means for the future of the NWHL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle talk about the NHL and its relationship from women's hockey. We cover the history of partnerships between NHL teams and women's hockey clubs, the 2019 NHL Skills Competition, Kendall Coyne, #PayDecker, and much, much more. Michelle really loves penguins and Hannah's cat Gigi is very noisy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Hannah and Michelle pick their All-time All-Star teams. There were rules. Each team could only have 12 forwards, six defenders, and three goalies. We were allowed to pick a player from a specific era (aka, Daryl Watts Patty Kaz Year, Alina Muller’s Olympic performance). Each team needed two coaches as well. They can be either existing coaches (ie: Katie King Crowley) or players you’d li...

This week Michelle and Hannah focus on Sunday’s CWHL All Star game. They chat who’s in and who’s not, the three different sets of coaches, and, maybe most importantly, the Barenaked Ladies. Hannah introduces a new segment called “Michelle tries to spell” and also tries to turn Barenaked Ladies songs into women’s hockey parodies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle and Hannah are back together! It takes a bit of time to get into the episode, as they got a tiny bit distracted to open the podcast. But, this week they talked streaming and broadcast in women’s hockey. They break down the pros and cons of the different ways leagues stream, discuss what model they’d want to see, and dream up a new way to package games. A mailbag question gets them both a...

This week Michelle is joined by Eleni Demestihas. They chat NWHL standings, go maybe too in-depth about Boston College’s long standing woes against WCHA teams, and more. Michelle also forgets how to open and close the show after taking two weeks off so just bear with her! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle break down all of the head coaching changes in women's hockey (THREE OF THEM! IN THREE WEEKS! LIKE WHAT??). Also, we pick out what our goal songs would be if we were actually pro hockey players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle talk about NWHL upsets, media relations in the CWHL, and Calgary's new leadership group. Also, Let's Stump Hannah makes a return and Michelle waits patiently to rage about #OneLeague (again). Seriously. Please make it stop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our Thanksgiving episode, Hannah and Michelle start off with what we’re thankful for and Thanksgiving dinners. We take a look a few of the games over the weekend — including the Whale’s first win. Mailbag questions lead us to make NWHL v CWHL team game matchups. Hannah drinks gross wine and Michelle sings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle talk about the Four Nations tournament. Should Canada start panicking? And how did #TheYouth do in this tournament? Also, we talk about Jayna Hefford, Cassie Campbell-Pascall, and the Hall of Fame, and discuss how we feel about the NWHL's All-Star location. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle and Hannah cover a lot of ground this week, from the Blade’s goaltending situation to the Beauts crazy PDO to a bit of a preview for Four Nations. Michelle also uses a lot of big words. Hannah makes a crazy but extremely spot on pitch for the next Director of Women’s Hockey at USA Hockey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah welcomes Alyssa Longmuir to the show while Michelle recovers from a wedding and also watches the Red Sox in the World Series. Hannah and Alyssa talk about Aussie hockey, fancy stats in women's hockey, and our favorite animals from Down Under. It's a grand time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle take a look at what happened in the NWHL and CWHL last week. We talk about why the Rivs might be struggling, the insanity of Shannon Miller's new systems with the Inferno, and a record-breaking coach in the NCAA. We also have the best Start/Bench/Cut question ever recorded and Hannah and Michelle get into a heated discussion about raincoats (again). Learn more about your ad cho...

Hannah and Michelle preview the 2018-19 season and talk about the league as a whole, what they're excited to see from each team, and who they think will make the Clarkson Cup. Also, Michelle has a spicy take about Alex Carpenter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices