In a record setting performance, Alex Nedeljkovic scores a goal and adds an assist, the first time an NHL goalie has managed that feat. Meanwhile, did Connor McDavid escape discipline for a sneaky elbow?  Mike continues to be flummoxed by the unwillingness of Leafs fans to enjoy this season.     Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio

Title Player Don Marcotte 

News

Ndeljkovic scores - 16th goalie to score, 11th to shoot it

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-goalie-goals-all-time-313758920

Took a hit to make the play!

Also had an assist - 1st time ever goal and assist

Scored 2 in AHL and 1 in ECHL - 1st ever 

McDavid chicken wing - no fine or suspension - what do you think? 

https://youtu.be/NX8P28Fjats?si=b8ALcjbaZgyl7BIX

Oilers sign Klingberg - $1.75 AAV - 32 yrs old - gets $1MM - $350k bonus plus salary - hasn’t played since Nov 2023

Oilers beat Kings, Wild and Avalanche this week - were done 3-0 to Avs and came back. 

Matthews continues to score despite Leafs struggles lately 

Rumours that Marchand might be on the trade block

- last year of 8 yr contract - $6MM

- 36 yrs

- if Bruins fall out of playoffs will they move him? 

Guess the 5th 

Columbus Blue Jackets - where did they come from? 

Last 10 - 8-10-0 

6W in a row

Currently in 1st wildcard in East

Fancies

GF% 51% (11)  xGF% 48.71% (25) SH% 10.03% (3) SV% (25) 

Since Dec 1

GF% 51.55% (12) xGF 45% (28) SH% 9.8 (8) SV% 91.12 (17) 

Since Dec 22 - have scored a PPG per game

Have been on a hot streak but nothing to indicate it’s real - 

Schedule has been pretty soft over this span 

Connections - 

Last Week - lubes, swing, flase, teardrops - anagrams of NHL team names

This Week - Claude Julien, Alain Vigneault, Pat Burns, Benoit Groulx 

Crazy Stat - 

DOPeS - Tsyplakov 3 games hit to head https://www.nhl.com/news/new-york-islanders-maxim-tsyplakov-suspended-3-games

Does Zach Hyman's purchase of the Brantford Bulldogs mean the Belleville Bulls are returning? TSN put out it's first Trade Bait board and Pettersson and Miller are the first two names. Will one of them actually get moved? What should the Oilers and Leafs be looking to do?    Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio

Title Player  Claude Larose

Junior in Peterborough 59-60 - Peterborough TPT Petes  - Toronto Peterborough Transport was sponsor

Other team name origins - 

Hamilton Fincups -

Brantford Alexanders -

Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds

 

News

Zach Hyman family buys Brantford Bulldogs - first step to Belleville Bulls returning? 

Andleauer interview

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/andlauer-says-belleville-is-here-to-stay-provides-update-on-lebr~3059615

Canadiens keep rolling - Habs GM Kent Hughes - does he listen to ScuttlePuck? Mid-season interview was asked about trade deadline and he basically said - we’re a game above 500 - relax.

Matthews - 7 points in 3 games back from injury

Will he play in 4 Nations? 5 weeks away 

Leafs 1st in division, 2nd in Conf, 5th in league 

Marner 4th in NHL in points - are Leafs fans enjoying this?  

OIlers playing well but can’t gain on hot Knights and Kings -

Jets honour Hellebuyck with 300 wins - wore Hellebuyck sweaters, number 300.  .

NCAA Sweaters - saw some BU highlights - NHL needs more 2 colour teams - 

Streakin’ - 

Dallas 7W Red Wings 6W

Sharks L3

Guess the 5th

First Trade Bait Board is out on TSN.ca

1. Elias Pettersson
2. JT Miller - Rangers interested - NMC / Canucks keep struggling, will this happen? 
3. Brock Nelson
4. John Gibson
5. David Savard
6. Will Borgen
7. Marcus Petterson
8. Scott Laughton
9. Trent Frederic
10. Yanni Gourde

Other names

Taylor Hall

Ryan O’Reilly

Any players Leafs should target?

Oilers potential

Giibson - 91.6% SV - would put him in top 10 in league. Skinner currently 25th. 

O’Reilly

Evander Kane out with knee surgery - gaming the cap system. Can add $5.1MM in salary and have Kane for playoffs

CONNECTIONS:

LAST WEEK - Pavel Bure, Jay Bouwmeester, Trey Augustine, Niklas Sundstrum - all won 3 consecutive medals at WJC

THIS WEEK - Swing, false, teardrops, lubes 

Crazy Stat - 

DOPeS - Zach L’Heureux - 3 games for slew foot https://scoutingtherefs.com/2025/01/46746/preds-lheureux-suspended-three-games-for-slew-foot/

 

We recompose ourselves after a loss to Latvia and then a less than inspiring win over Germany at the World Junior Championships.  What does the classic New Year's Eve game vs the USA have in store? We're concerned. We review some interesting stats from the calendar year 2024 and then give our thoughts on some novel ideas to improve the game.  As always we have Guess the 5th and Connections!    Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio

Title Player Andre Savard - 

News

Caps game - Ovechkin now 23 away

USA wins gold in OT over Finland

Canada loses in 2nd straight year to Czechia - lots of controversy - left Michael Misa - 33 goals for Saginaw, Beckett Sennecke - 26 G, 59P in 33 GP OSH.  Carter Yakemchuk Zayne Parekh - both over PPG as defencemen

Canadiens are hot - now in playoffs by points but behind Senators in PTS% 8-2-0 in last 10 

Includes wins over FLA, TBL, VGK, COL

For real? 

Since Dec 1 - GF% 51.31 xGF% 48.38 CF% 50.03 

Before Dec 1 GF% 41.35 xGF% 45.82 CF% 46.47 

Jakub Dobes - Czechia goalie played 2 nhl games - Shut out Florida, then 1G against Col 

Crazy that they are in playoff spot with 51.3 PTS% (41 pts in 40 GP - 84PTS projected) 

In 2023-24, Worst PTS% to make playoffs was 55.5 (91 pts)  VGK was 2nd wildcard in West with 98 PTS (59.8%) 

Guess the 5th 

41 Game Mark Predictions review

CONNECTIONS: 

Martin Biron, Sean Avery, Martin Brodeur, Rob Ray 

Nora - all four have a rule named for them or had a rule changed because of them. 

THIS WEEK 

Pavel Bure, Jay Bouwmeester, Trey Augustine, Niklas Sundstrum 

40 Game Who is For Real? 

Based on xGF% - GF%  (high positive number means probably going to improve, low negative number means probably going to fall off)

WPG -6.98

TOR -5.59

VGK -5.1

NAS +8.83

PIT +6.72

PHI +5.76

41 Games Stats Leaders

Goalies

Crazy Stat

DOPeS 

Hamilton $2000 for embellishment - Friedge says lots of complaints about diving -https://www.nhl.com/video/hamilton-fined-for-embellishment-6366654206112

Norris back in Dec https://www.nhl.com/video/all-of-monday-s-goals-6366759964112

Bennett fined for roughing - NHL shows videos of embellishment fines, but not others

We recompose ourselves after a loss to Latvia and then a less than inspiring win over Germany at the World Junior Championships.  What does the classic New Year's Eve game vs the USA have in store? We're concerned. We review some interesting stats from the calendar year 2024 and then give our thoughts on some novel ideas to improve the game.  As always we have Guess the 5th and Connections!    Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio

Title Player - Ryan Whitney - 481 GP

News 

Dallas practice on boxing day - big no no. - $100,000 fine 

Latvia beats Canada!

Spengler Cup - seems like fun

Derek Lalonde out in Detroit, MacLellan in - 4th coaching change

Crosby passes Lemieux for Assists with Penguins at 1034

Avalanche sign Blackwood for 5 years, $26.25MM

Kaprizov hurt - 

Winter Classic - Chicago vs St. Louis -   

St. Louis has been in 2 of last 4 - why?

16 Winter Classics, only 2 Canadian teams

Teams that have never played. 

• Edmonton Oilers
• Calgary Flames
• Vancouver Canucks
• Winnipeg Jets
• Ottawa Senators
• Florida Panthers
• Tampa Bay Lightning
• New Jersey Devils
• Carolina Hurricanes
• Columbus Blue Jackets
• New York Islanders
• Colorado Avalanche
• Los Angeles Kings
• Anaheim Ducks

• San Jose Sharks

Guess the 5th 

Going Streakin’

CHI 4L, NYR, SJS 3L - Rangers in 8th in Metro - 2-8-0 in last 10, 7 pts out of playoffs, with 5 teams ahead

VGK 6W, COL 4W, BUF 3W

NHL Stats for 2024 - see guide

27 3+ goal comeback wins

EDM 16 game winning streak 

AZ move to Utah

Ovechkin - 25 goals to Gretzky  - RS+PO - Gretzky 1016, Ovi 942 (-74) 

82 game average goals - both at 49 

Combined PO + Reg including WHA 

Howe 1071G + 1518 =2589 

Gretzky 1072G + 2297=3369 

GP 

Gretzky - 1695 + 93 = 1788

Howe - 1924 + 497 = 2421  (633 more) 

Crosby - 600G, 1000A, 1600 PT, 1300 GP 19th PPG regular season - matching Gretzky record 

McDavid 900 / 1000PT 

Matthews - 69 G - highest since Lemieux in 95-96 

McDavid and Kucherov - 4t, 5th players to get 100A in a season

Most KM Skated - McDavid - 605km  (378mi)

Connections 

John Gee, Nora and Paul Stewart, David Huyben all gave answers. 

Ideas to Improve Hockey / NHL

Vary rink sizes  - length from 210’ - 190’  - Boston Arena, before 1924 was 220 x 90 but in 1924 was 200 x 80 feet when Bruins moved in. 

Width from 80-95 wide - 

Boston garden was 191 x 84

Chicago Stadium was 185 x 85 

Buffalo - 196 x 85 

 

Player benches across, centred so no “long change” 

 

1934-40 - Penalty shot circle - 20’ Diameter 38’ from goal line 

1943 - Red Line added - to speed up game and reduce offside

 

Penalty shot for defensive zone stick infractions - hooking, tripping, slashing, cross check inside the house. Shoot from circle, puck live if a rebound. Players line up behind circles. 

 

No crosschecks - none

Eliminate standing with puck behind net to reset - defensive team must move puck - can be side to side or backward, but can not stand still waiting for line changes 

Presentation - more conversations with players when prepping - similar to F1  - not scripted - just have reporter walking around, talking to equipment managers, maybe get a quick chat with a player if they happen to be standing around. 

Stats done by reg+po

 

Ask for listener ideas - and rationale

Crazy Stat

DOPeS 

 

Mark Allred from the Black N' Gold podcast returns to tell us all about the Bruins season so far - Montgomery fired, Swayman contract and what's to come after a mediocre start.  And then we preview the world junior tournament.    Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio

Title Player - Craig MacTavish  

News

Injuries - Matthews - does this go back to rib injury from cross check last year

Hyman - scary shot to face 

Mark Allred

• How's the Bruins season so far
• Swayman
• Where did the offence go
• Montgomery out, Sacco in

Guess the 5th 

Connections - Last Week - David Perron, Wendel Clark, Francois Beauchemin, Mark Recchii - all played on the same team 3 different times

This Week - Pat Lafontaine, Martin Biron, Mike Donnelly, Taylor Pyatt

World Junior Preview

In last 12 tournaments - Canada 5, US 4, Fin 3 

B Pool

Sweden - 

Czechia

Switzerland

Slovakia 

Khazakstan

Crazy Stat - NFL 

Dopes - Rempe 8 games - https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/new-york-rangers-matt-rempe-suspended-8-games

Elbowing and Boarding 

23 games since last suspension for elbowing

Heiskenen - 

Some big moves went down in the NHL over the past week with Jacob Trouba, Cam Fowler and David Jiricek all getting traded, in very different deals. Linus Ullmark is hot in Ottawa and the Senators are looking good. Can they get to a playoff spot?    Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio

Title Player - Yvon Lambert - 

News 

Trades this week! 

Cam Fowler  a strong pickup for St. Louis - currently in 6th in division - Krug on LTIR, Ducks eat $2.5MM - Blues trying to save season

Colorado looking to solve their goaltending woes and Wedgewood clearly wasn’t the solution. Have traded both goalies in past 2 weeks.

Have played 6 goalies this year. Currently last in league in sv% - .870 and still in playoff position

Trades last week.

Trouba - Rangers threatened to put him on waivers if he didn’t accept a trade to Anaheim. He had a 15 team no trade list and presumably Anaheim was on the list - 

Rangers struggling - 5-1 loss to LA last night - tied for 5th with NYI and PIT

Jiricek trade

Guess the 5th

Connections - Last Week - dustin Brown, John Tavares, Mike Modano, Joe Thornton

This week - David Perron, Wendel Clark, Francois Beauchemin, Mark Recchii 

 

Ullmark - hot for Sens as they have rallied - .967SV% over past 5 games

 

EBUG last night - Zach Dietz was at the game to watch but had to go to his car to get his gear. 

Video of him running with his gear to get to rink because traffic was so slow 

https://theplayoffs.news/en/watch-ottawa-senators-emergency-backup-goalie-zach-dietz-sprints-to-the-arena-with-full-gear-after-anton-forsbergs-injury/

Laine back to play Winnipeg - first time against Hellebuyck though - made a joke about Hellebuyck having Patty Flu 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9aGUe-Lr2wI

Crazy Stat

Going Streaking - 

Wins - Oilers at 5 / Caps at 4

Losses - CHI, MTL, BUF, FLA 2

OTL CBJ 2 

Next Week 

World Junior preview 

Title player - Dale McCourt 

Feedback -

News

Luke Richardson fired

Anders Sorensen in as interim

What were Hawks expecting?  Friedman seems to think team no happy with Bedard’s development

McDavid up to 7th in points.  

Necas at 41, 1.58P/GP Maintaining the pace. 

PWHL Season Starts

No Escape Rule - players on team taking penalty can’t change at start of penalty

HOT / NOT 

Atlantic - TOR, BOS 7-3-0 / BUF - 3-5-2  - Bruins 4W - new coach bump? 

Metro - WAS 7-2-1 / NYR 4-6-0 CBJ L3  Penguins - 5W in last 6

Central - MIN 7-2-1 / CHI 2-7-1  - CHI L5 

Pacific - VGK 7-2-1 / SEA 4-6-0 - LAK W5 

Home / Away records 

CGY 10-3-1  / 3-6-4 

VAN 4-5-3 / 10-2-1 

DAL 10-2-0 / 6-8-0

TOR 12-4-0 / 4-5-2 

Guess the 5th

Connections 

LAST WEEK Robert Carpenter, Thomas Harley, Josh Dume, JT Compher

Dustin Brown, John Tavares, Mike Modano, Joe Thornton

4 Nations Faceoff teams announced

No Scheiffele, Bedard, Hyman 

Canada 

• F Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
• F Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
• F Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins
• F Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
• F Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning
• D Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche

Rest of the roster

• F Sam Bennett, Florida Panthers
• F Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning
• F Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning
• F Seth Jarvis, Carolina Hurricanes
• F Travis Konecny, Philadelphia Flyers
• F Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs
• F Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers
• F Mark Stone, Vegas Golden Knights
• D Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets
• D Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues
• D Alex Pietrangelo, Vegas Golden Knights
• D Travis Sanheim, Philadelphia Flyers
• D Shea Theodore, Vegas Golden Knights
• D Devon Toews, Colorado Avalanche
• G Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues
• G Adin Hill, Vegas Golden Knights
• G Sam Montembeault, Montreal Canadiens

 

USA

• F Jack Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights
• F Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
• F Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers
• D Adam Fox, New York Rangers
• D Quinn Hughes, Vancouver Canucks
• D Charlie McAvoy, Boston Bruins

Rest of the roster

• F Matt Boldy, Minnesota Wild
• F Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets
• F Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning
• F Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils
• F Chris Kreider, New York Rangers
• F Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings
• F J.T. Miller, Vancouver Canucks
• F Brock Nelson, New York Islanders
• F Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa Senators
• F Vincent Trocheck, New York Rangers
• D Brock Faber, Minnesota Wild
• D Noah Hanifin, Vegas Golden Knights
• D Jaccob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes
• D Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets
• G Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets
• G Jake Oettinger, Dallas Stars
• G Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins

 

FINLAND

• F Sebastian Aho, Carolina Hurricanes
• F Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers
• F Mikko Rantanen, Colorado Avalanche
• D Miro Heiskanen, Dallas Stars
• D Esa Lindell, Stars
• G Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators

Rest of the roster

• F Joel Armia, Montreal Canadiens
• F Mikael Granlund, San Jose Sharks
• F Erik Haula, New Jersey Devils
• F Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars
• F Kaapo Kakko, New York Rangers
• F Artturi Lehkonen, Colorado Avalanche
• F Anton Lundell, Florida Panthers
• F Patrik Laine, Montreal Canadiens
• F Eetu Luostarinen, Florida Panthers
• F Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago Blackhawks
• D Jani Hakanpaa, Toronto Maple Leafs
• D Niko Mikkola, Florida Panthers
• D Olli Maatta, Utah Hockey Club
• D Rasmus Ristolainen, Philadelphia Flyers
• D Juuso Valimaki, Utah Hockey Club
• G Kevin Lankinen, Vancouver Canucks
• G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres

SWEDEN

• F Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators
• F William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs
• F Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers
• D Gustav Forsling, Florida Panthers
• D Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning
• D Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh Penguins

 

Rest of the roster

• F Viktor Arvidsson, Edmonton Oilers
• F Jesper Bratt, New Jersey Devils
• F Leo Carlsson, Anaheim Ducks
• F Joel Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild
• F William Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights
• F Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings
• F Elias Lindholm, Boston Bruins
• F Gustav Nyquist, Nashville Predators
• F Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks
• F Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings
• D Rasmus Andersson, Calgary Flames
• D Jonas Brodin, Minnesota Wild
• D Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres
• D Mattias Ekholm, Edmonton Oilers
• G Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild
• G Jacob Markstrom, New Jersey Devils
• G Linus Ullmark, Ottawa Senators

 

Crazy Stat

 

DOPeS

Timo Meier - v1 Game for Crosscheck -

https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/devils-timo-meier-suspended-1-game-for-cross-checking

Bruce Dowbiggin and Evan Dowbiggin, authors of the new book Deal With It tell us about the book and some of the great NHL trades that they cover in it. Also we get some insights in to the process of trades in the NHL and also some history on the Alan Eagleson saga from the early 90s.    Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio

Title Player - Paul Henderson -

Interview: Bruce Dowbiggin and Evan Dowbiggin discuss their new book Deal With It. 

Buy on Amazon at https://www.amazon.ca/Deal-Trades-Stunned-Changed-Hockey-ebook/dp/B0D236NB35/

Or go to https://brucedowbigginbooks.ca

Twitter / Instagram: @dowbboy 

News

Bruins celebrating 100 years 

McDavid up to 11th in points - 20 points in last 9 games

Some new names in the top 10 over past years - 6  players over 1.5PPG

Oilers beat Avalanche 4-1 - 3 straight, up to 3rd. Knoblach matchups interesting 

Leafs hold on against Lightning - looking strong despite near collapse 

Matthews back - any word on injury? 

Bissonette -  gets beat up at restaurant 

https://youtu.be/y_lI27vNOVM?feature=shared

GUESS the 5th

Connections - Last week - Mario Lemieux, Alexander Mogilny, Luc Robitaille, Rob Ray - all scored on first shift in first game in NHL

This week - Robert Carpenter, Thomas Harley, JT Compher

Hot / Not

ATLANTIC - TOR 8-2-0 / FLA 4-6-0  - FLA have 3W streak and still 4-6-0 in last 10

METRO - WAS / PHI 7-2-1  (3W)/ NYI 2-4-4 - NYR 5L Streak broken / PHI, PIT 3W / WAS 4W 

CENTRAL - MIN 6-2-2 / CHI 3-6-1 - Jets slowing down 5-5-0  - MIN keep rolling - Gustavsson - .929 - NAS 3 OTL in a row! and 5 of last 10 OTL MIN 3W

PACIFIC -  EDM 7-2-1 / SJS 4-4-2 - EDM, LAK 3W

 

Crazy Stat 

We are at the quarter point in the season so we have a look at how our predictions are shaping up. Sidney Crosby hit the 600 goal milestone and we discuss how high he'll get on the all time list. Joe Thornton's number was retired by San Jose this week and we get into a discussion about his legacy.    Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio

Title Player Howie Morenz

News

Crosby 600 goals  - how high will he get? 

Montgomery fired by Boston

Montgomery hired by St. Louis (Bannister fired) 

Hughes hit on Norris - suspendable? penalty? 

https://youtu.be/EJFW8L2LuZQ?si=RVpB9U5fEfgaFg7M

Joe Thornton Jersey Retirement

Guess the 5th

Connections - Mario Lemieux, Alexander Mogilny, Luc Robitaille, Rob Ray 

Predictions Review

Hot/Not

Crazy Stat

DOPeS - Whitecloud hit on Knies - ? https://youtu.be/51rieZIXzAs?si=4SObkqj4qopX_OZf

The Leafs beat the Oilers in OT so Dale and I discuss, including Ryan Reaves, suspension-earning hit on Darnell Nurse. It got him 5 games and we have opinions on that. We also dig into the fancy stats to project whose starts are mirages and whose are the real deal.     Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio

Title Player Busher Jackson  - Connor McDavid

News

Oilers 3 vs Leafs 4

Reaves hit - 5 games

Matthews out for 6 games - any idea on injury?

McDavid hits 1000 points in 659 games

How do things look for the Oilers?

NEED a goaliie. Skinner got them to final, but with a .901

Reg season .905

This year .877

Might want to get a goalie coach while they’re at it

PREDICTION: Bowman trades Bouchard for a goalie 

Jets at 15-2

This is a mirage and could see a precipitous fall

Guess the 5th

Connections  

LAST WEEK Steve Larmer, Craig Ramsay, Danny Grant, Doug Jarvis - Peterborough Petes

Fancy stats update - whose results are real, who is not

Hot / Not  

Atlantic FLA 7-3-0 / MTL 3-6-1 

Metro CAR 8-2-0 / PIT,CBJ 3-5-2

Central WPG 8-2-0 / NAS 2-5-3 (STL 3-6-1) 

Pacific VGK 7-2-1 / ANA 3-6-1 Sharks last by a point 

 

Crazy Stat 

DOPES

Tyler Jeannot - 3 Games 

https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/tanner-jeannot-suspended-3-games-for-illegal-check

 

Matt Stienberg - 2 Games

https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/colorado-avalanche-matt-stienburg-suspended-2-games

The NHL reveal the sweaters for the 4 Nations Faceoff and we give our thoughts. Dale's a big nickname guy and we discuss the best ones in the NHL today and also the best in history.     Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio

Title Player John McKenzie  

News

4 Nations cup sweaters 

https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/first-look-of-2025-4-nations-face-off-jerseys

Very straight-forward. 

Like that they have picked colours so every team only needs 1 colour. 

Yamamoto on waivers

Rempe to AHL - fighting down?  Surprised to see 

Lafreniere - 7 x $7.45 - good bet for Rangers

Penguins 3-6-1 to start - 

- how much pressure to make changes? 

Jets 8-0 

2 away from Leafs record of 10 wins in 93-94

Guess the 5th

Connections 

LAST WEEK -  John Vanbiesbrouck, Barrasso, Billy Smith Pelle Lindbergh

Vezina trophies - all won vezina with sv% below .900

THIS WEEK Steve Larmer, Craig Ramsay, Danny Grant, Doug Jarvis 

Nick names - Josh Kirkland - nickname “Costco” - great

Some other good ones 

Arber Xhekaj - wifi 

Ryan Lomberg - Lomberghini

Marcus Johanssen - JoJo 

Tomas Tatar - Tuna

Shesterkin - The Sheriff

Quinn Hughes  Huggy Bear - 

Best all time?  - 

Newsy Lalonde

Boom Boom Geoffrion

Chico Resch

Rogi Vachon

Moose Dupont

Cujo

 

Surprising Starts

WPG 8-0 

MIN - 5-1-2 

CGY - 5-2-1

PIT - 3-6-1

 

Sharks 

0-7-2 - no one surprised but Friedman

 

Crazy Stats