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Hannah and Michelle are back with an comprehensive preview of the NWHL season. Highlights include: The Whitecaps are overhyped? What's going on with the Riveters coaching? And do the Whale have a chance? Also featuring Oh My God The Beauts Are Good and how the Pride may be a contender again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s our NCAA spectacular episode! A warning ahead of the episode: it’s a long one and a bit different! At the beginning, we chatted about Meghan Duggan and Gillian Apps wedding (mostly their dresses!) and Caroline Ouellette retirement. Then we’ll play for your three interviews. We talked with Grant, Katy, and Nora about each NCAA conference. If you’re interested in specific conferences, here’s wh...

Hannah and Michelle talk about the retirements from Les Canadiennes, thoughts on the Fall Festival and USA Evaluation Development camp, and discuss their favorite Celine Dion songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle takes over hosting duties with special guest Meredith Foster as the two discuss SDHL favorites, players to watch, and the Swedish national team program. Also, Meredith weighs in on the Curious Case of Meeri Räisänen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle discuss what went wrong (and right) at the CWHL draft, talk about other moves in the women's hockey world, and break down the pros and cons of the Champions Cup moving. Also, Let's Stump Hannah returns, along with a particularly good Start/Bench/Cut submission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle debate their favorite new logo, talk about the biggest CWHL and NWHL signings in the last week, and discuss the pros and cons of Boston moving to Worcester. Also, the Wine Fairy makes an appearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#KnightWatch comes to an end this week as Hannah and Michelle talk about Knight signing in Montreal, USA and Canada's U18 and U22 rosters, and how we feel about the Wild partnering with the Whitecaps (conflicted). Also, we talk a LONG time about a particularly tricky Start/Bench/Cut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle and Hannah are back after a week off. This week, they introduce a new segment in which they pick a person in women’s hockey to toast too. They also talk about the CWHL’s rebranding of KRS Vanke Rays, count how many Me(a)g(h)an’s there are in women’s hockey, expansion in a general sense, and a lot more. Michelle also sings, a lot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...

On this week's episode of Top Shelf, Hannah and Michelle talk about Jayna Hefford, the NWHL's leaked schedule, and break out our brackets for the best women's hockey game of the 2017-18 season. Plus, Michelle accidentally comes up with the best episode title we've ever had. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode, we talk about Brenda Andress retiring, ESPYs fashion (seriously, where can we get Nicole Hensley's dress) and the disappearance of the Vanke Rays. Also, we play more Start/Bench/Cut and Hannah and Michelle discuss what they would do if they were the CWHL commissioner. Also also, Australian expansion! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle talk about Shannon Szabados signing in the NWHL, break down the CWHL draft process and new rules, yell about the Sweden Olympic committee, and do a LOT of singing. Like, a lot of singing. Also, we talk about beaches. And our concerns about the Connecticut Whale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle record a special episode of the podcast and react to Hayley Wickenheiser's comments about a potential women's hockey merger with the NHL (!!??!!) We talk about hopes and concerns and try to figure out what the heck is going on with the women's hockey landscape. Spoiler alert: there's a lot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle spend a long time talking about the Hall of Fame and how they induct women's hockey players (spoiler alert, it needs to get better) and also discuss Robb Stauber's most recent appearance and new pro signings. Also, Let's Stump Hannah returns and we answer some good mailbag questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah's back! Michelle and Hannah chat the Beauts signings, KRS re-signings, and the Whale's predicament. Once again, pretend Leveille hasn't been signed. Because we didn't know about it yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah was busy with her day job so Michelle called in some reinforcements! Erik Wollschlager - a Beauts broadcaster, writer, and beer expert - talked Beauts, Buffalo, and beer with Michelle. This was recorded before the Beauts went on a signing tear so just pretend you don't know any of that yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We recorded this during the last week of May right before Free Agency started, so please enjoy this special episode of Top Shelf where Hannah and Michelle reminisce about their adventures in women's hockey. Featuring Michelle hiding food in her scarves and Hannah's phone failing her at the worst possible moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle talk about the Minnesota Whitecaps hiring the Staubers as their new head coaches and talk about what it might mean for the team. Also, thoughts on Team USA's new U18 coaches and some fun mailbag questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle spend a whole episode talking about the NWHL's recent expansion to Minnesota. We talk about the pros and cons of expanding to the Midwest, try to figure out how the heck the NWHL is going to pay for this, and debate about whether you should eat mac and cheese with a fork or a spoon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle welcome Alyssa Longmuir to the show to talk about #FancyStats in women's hockey! We also talk about Australian hockey, the lack of advanced stats in women's hockey, Alyssa's love of marsupials, Nathan Walker's lone personality trait, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle take a look back at some of the highlights from the 2017-18 CWHL season. We talk about China's first year in the CW, Markham's move, Montreal's not-really-struggles, and more. We also pick our favorite players from each CWHL team and talk about the SheIS campaign and Digit Murphy's departure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(CW: Mentions of a coach's emotional/physical abuse from 32:25-33:40) Welcome back to another episode of Top Shelf! Hannah and Michelle talk about the recent world championships and how China performed in their first major international tournament since revamping their program. We fall down another Bulgaria rabbit hole, Hannah embarrasses herself, and we discover another women's hockey league with...

Hannah and Michelle talk about the NWHL regular season and highlight some of the top storylines from 2017-18, including new partnerships, consistency, and how the league did without their Olympians. Also, Michelle makes Hannah cry, neck sweaters, and the Mighty Ducks. Featuring #BestKessel and the Muller siblings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle welcome Meredith back on the podcast to talk about the SDHL playoffs and everything we could possibly need to know about the Swedish league. We also bring back the 45 second game recap and a couple of particularly difficult Start/Bench/Cuts. Also, Hannah's mom makes a surprise appearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah and Michelle talk about the Isobel and Clarkson Cup Finals (with some special audio clips from Clarkson!), debate about the length of playoff series (Team Chaos) and each take a turn trying to describe a game in just 45 seconds, which goes about as well as you'd expect. Clock noise taken from Public Domain via SoundBible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PLAYOFF PANDEMONIUM! Hannah and Michelle talk about the Frozen Four winner and talk about the Patty Kaz (again), break down what happened in the CWHL playoffs, and discuss the NWHL semifinals. Also, we make some bold predictions and end up yelling at each other during Start/Bench/Cut because of course we did. Oh, and we talk about Noora Räty taking bathroom breaks. We're not sure why. Learn more a...