9: What Happens in the Tunnel, Stays in the Tunnel

(April 24, 2022) Three friends, fast and loose on all things narratively juicy in the National Hockey League! 

 

(Engineering notes: One of the friend's fidgets can be heard occasionally in the background; I promise I won't play with it on the pod again... Puff's audio is also occasionally a bit staticky for reasons beyond my comprehension, but it's not bad!) 

 

Link in the Notes

On the ice

• Freddie Andersen can dangle. 
• Carey Price returns. Nick Suzuki has the appropriate outfit. 
• Black on-ice officials working together for the first time. 
• Patrick Kane breaks some ankles and surprises himself. (and will we ever know what happened with that fan in Nashville?)
• Ilya Samsonov does a header. Soccer goalie style. 
• Jamie Benn gets benched. First time he’s gone face first into someone else’s box. 
• Sens-Habs. Kastelic celebrating his first career goal with a fight. RIGHT AWAY. Two goals, no assist, no Gordie Howe. Also, Jimmy Stu lives in the Habs’ heads rent fucking free, wow. (and drew three penalties)
• Boko Imama first career goal. A nice suck it to every racist asshole who’s stood in his way. 

Off the ice

• Schrodinger’s goalie: the Robin Lehner story
• Josh Manson: a lot of chicken. 
• Ryan Hartman: an icon. Flips off Evander Kane, when fans raise money for the fine, he donates it to a children’s hospital. 
• Lightning players talk to Sara Civian about their drip. 
• Bo Byram is back, and he’s had a rough time. Iris gets emotional. 
• It’s hard to recognize your teammate after a haircut. Poor Kahkonen. 
• Macklemore and Marshawn own part of the Seattle Kraken now. Marshawn has fun on the Zamboni about it. 
• Dave Filoni - Pittsburgh Star Wars connection 
• Matthew Tkachuk beats his dad’s record. The 99 points puck story. And falling on his face when getting 100 points. 
• Charlie Macavoy’s sister interns for the Rangers. But look at the cute! 
• Stars had a harrowing plane experience after a painful road trip. 
• Wild prank filling car full of packing peanuts?

Social media

• Grandma Power goes to her first Leafs game. And her first Sabres game. 
• UMich boys celebrate their CBJ boys. 
• Canes fan looks for 15 minutes of fame after fight. 
• Brady Tkachuk and Josh Norris “sing” Mr Brightside after loss to the Leafs. 
• Avs young guns try CLIMBR and do an ad. 
• Keep your chin up, Ryan Graves.