Light the Lamp Podcast

The 2025 Frozen Four takes place this Thursday with the championship game on Saturday. First matchup - two NCHC squads fighting it out with the red hot Western Michigan Broncos taking on the defending champs in the Denver Pioneers. Can Western keep their amazing season alive, or will the champs go back-to-back? Then after that, we have a very exciting game between Boston University & Penn State. Both teams representing their re...

Wow. What a fantastic weekend of regional round hockey. We had it all. Upsets, blowouts, close OT matchups, controversy. And as the dust settles, we have our Frozen Four. Western Michigan vs Denver & Penn State vs Boston University. We break down each and every game from the first round slate and dive into what is left of our brackets (it’s not good). Listen INNNNNNN

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After a long season, we have made it. The big tournament is here. And we start off the week with some BREAKING NEWS. Brad Berry is OUT as UND’s head hockey coach. A very decorated career with North Dakota comes to an end, after missing the tournament this season. Was this the right move? We break down our brackets as we get into the first round. Some really good matchups coming up like BU vs Ohio State, Mankato vs Western, and Minn...

Conference tournaments are in full bore now and we are ready for some “Mapril Madness” iykyk. Tune in as we hop around each conference to check in as the madness begins. BC gets taken down in the Hockey East, Holy Cross gets bounced by Bentley, ASU sneaks by UMD, and much much more. Listen in gents. It’s playoff time

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What a wild turn of events. The upsets have started in the tournaments. Minnesota. What are you doing Goldy?? Notre Dame is bringing the St. Patricks shocker, upsetting the Gophers in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. What does this mean going into the National Tournament. Michigan also gets upset by Penn State, one of the hottest teams in the country. We break down all of it, from Atlantic, CCHA, and the start to the NCHC...

We’ve made it ladies and gentleman. We’ve got tournaments in the queue. Atlantic hockey is in full swing and we have multiple regular season conference winners declared. We break down all the the tournaments, our picks, and what we expect going into the national competition. What did we get wrong? What did we get right? It’s playoff puck babbbyyyyy

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We have 2 conference winners and are ready for playoff hockey. Shout out to Mankato and Holy Cross for winning their respective conferences. Big Ten is in a dead heat. Michigan State loses a game to Penn State and Minnesota jumps up to 1st in the conference. Can the Spartans pick it up? Or will the Gophers prevail? Arizona State and Western Michigan are still battling it out going down the stretch. Can Arizona clutch up? It’s getti...

The Hockey World has not been bigger than this, not only do we have a red hot college hockey season rollin, the first 4 Nations tournament is in full swing with USA dominating its maple syrup drinking Canadian brothers. Is America back?? In the college world, the NCHC is getting spicy, with UMD putting ASUs momentum on hold. Can the Sun Devils bounce back? Maine and BC are pulling away in the Hockey East with both squads sitting on...

Congratulations to ol’ Boston U winning stunner against Boston College to take the Bean Pot on Monday. High flying action with a whooping 88 combined shots wth. Another blowout win with a 4-1 rout against the top dog in the country. Was this the least competitive BeanPot in recent memory? What about these Sun Devils? ASU splits an intense series with Denver and has only 3 loses since mid-November. How far can they go? Another big w...

Another Beanpot semi final is in the books and it was a blowout. Boston College continues to show their dominance as the #1 team in the country killing the Northeastern Huskies 8-2 to roll to the championship. And Harvard didn’t look too academic losing 7-1 against Boston U. We now get a beautiful BC vs BU rivalry. Who can take the Pot? ASU continues to defy all odds fighting for the top spot in the NCHC. Can they hold on in their ...

he East coast is COOKING at this point in the season. We had the “Battle of Commonwealth Ave” last week, and this week, the daddy of them all. The BEANPOT tourney is next Monday. 4 East Coast schools will battle it out for the Pot championship. Can NorthEastern continue to dominate in this tournament, or does a favorite like BC or BU show up for another crown? Tune in for our semi-round coverage!

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It's the new year, and we are already seeing squads starting to switch up their play in 2025, one in particular, SCSU. St Cloud is on a 4 game losing streak, getting swept by both ASU and UMD. Can the Huskies pull it together in a tough NCHC? The Hockey East is also doing Hockey East things with Boston University, Boston College, and Maine all in a dead heat for the lead. Which will pull it out? Another stacked slate this week ...

We’re back. We missed a lot. And our New Years Resolution…is to give it to ya. January is here and it is time for teams to clutch up. We’ve had some big surprises in the season so far and each of us has some takes. We give our most surprising and disappointing teams at this point in the year. Lots of holiday tournaments were played over the last few weeks and we break them down, including some electric matchups this week. Will we s...

Ho Ho Ho. You’ve been good this year, so we are giving you another episode of LTL as your present! We were gifted with some great matchups last week including a battle in the Big Ten between Michigan State & Minnesota, NCHC with NoDak & SCSU, and Michigan Tech & Bemidji. As we go into the holiday break, we wanna know, what’s 2025 going to bring for these squads? Is the new year going to benefit teams like UMD? Tune in a...

It’s COLD! You know who’s not…Minnesota. We have a new number 1 in the national rankings as the Golden Gophers shut out rival Michigan 2 nights in a row. Can they keep rowing the boat, or will the spartans put a hole in their win streak in conference play. Another week coming up as we get 1 week closer to the new year. Mankato is looking like the runaway favorite for the CCHA, Western Michigan keeps it rolling in the NCHC, and the ...

A little Thanksgiving hiatus does a man wonders. We are back, without a Ryan again, but do you know who isn’t back…North Dakota! We talk their struggles as they are currently 6-7-1 and tied for 6th within the NCHC. We know it’s early, but we are concerned, (maybe excited.) We have another BANGER week in college puck coming up with many great matchups. Minnesota & Michigan battle it out in a classic. A hot Western team looks to ...

Another week comes and goes. We are thankful for all our fans, and we love a little good PairWise talk. Big shifting in the rankings this week so we start off going over the teams with surprising positions. Lots of great matchups last week and this week, some conference matchups to get us in the mood for standing. Tune in friends.

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It’s getting chilly out here and we got some breaking news. AIC, after 20+ years of being a D1 program with success in the Atlantic conference, will get dropped down to D2 next season. We break down the big storylines and reflect the ever-changing landscape of college hockey programs. Lots of big games last week including some shakeups in the BIG Ten and Hockey East. Tune in friends 🌆

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Halloween is over and last week’s matchups rizzed us up HARD! Huge wins for Michigan and Cornell both getting giant non-conference wins against UND and Boston University. The Big Ten has been crazy to watch with 6 of 7 teams ranke...