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Crease Huddles Episode 15: Good Ole Playoff Preview
3w ago00:39:15Tap to summarizeIt feels like the season started two years ago but we're finally here, the 2026 PWHL playoffs are happening! It's a solo episode as co-host Natalia is off doing vampire witch things but not to worry, it's going to feature all the stats and takes you have come to expect from Crease Huddles. Don't forget to also read the playoff previews that the wonderful beat writers of The Ice Garden have published!https://www.theixsports.com/the-ice-garden/
Transcribe →Crease Huddles Episode 14: Playoff Race Out, Awards Race In Part Two
Apr 1200:53:21Tap to summarizeThe long awaited Part Two is here jammed pack with Natalia and Geremy debating on the remaining awards. Check out who they think are the leading candidates for Defender, Rookie, and Goalie of the Year. Of course they save the most controversial for last, MVP.
Transcribe →Crease Huddles Episode 14: Playoff Race Out, Awards Race In Part One
Apr 1200:54:41Tap to summarizeNatalia and Geremy are back on the airwaves bringing to you a race update. This time though it's not about the playoffs. In Part One of Episode 14, your Crease Huddles hosts dive into transfer portal news, draft declaration news, and the front runners for Coach/Forward of the Year with more to come in Part Two
Transcribe →Crease Huddles Episode 13: The Signing, the Trade, and the Race
Mar 2200:26:14Tap to summarizeThe PWHL have a trade and signing to announce so your dutiful hosts Natalia and Geremy go over the new roster moves in the PWHL. There's a playoff race happening too so find out who has the edge for maybe the last playoff spot available.
Transcribe →Crease Huddles Episode 12: Playoff Madness
Mar 2200:32:19Tap to summarizeJoin Natalia and Geremy as they go through the playoff madness coming out of the NCAA and SDHL. Both leagues are close to crowning a champion. How did we get here and who is expected to win? Press play and nerd out
Transcribe →Crease Huddles Ep 11 Part Two: Last Season's Championships But This Year
Feb 2800:44:58Tap to summarizeWith the Olympics over many leagues such as the NCAA and SDHL are headed into the playoffs. Learn who the favourites are to go far, the potential upsets, etc. as your favourite nerdy hosts Natalia and Geremy dive into what's happening post-Olympics.
Transcribe →Crease Huddles Ep 11 Part One: Future Olympic Speed Skater
Feb 2800:33:11Tap to summarizeThe Olympics are over so Crease Huddles is back with Episode 11 featuring your favourite nerdy podcast hosts, Geremy and Natalia. How did their predictions fare? Who did they think surpassed expectations and who disappointed? Get the full post-Olympic conversation in Part One of Episode 11.
Transcribe →Crease Huddles Episode 10 Part 2
Feb 500:50:31Tap to summarizeBack in your ear is all that you missed from Part One of Crease Huddles Episode 10. In Part Two we cover the bottom four PWHL teams and all the Olympic fun conversations to have. Learn more from Natalia about why you should be a Team Italy Truther.-Ottawa being overtime Queens-Will the Hockey Gods save Toronto?-What's going on with the expansion teams-Who have the best odds of upsetting Canada/USA at the Olympics-Natalia goes full Finland truther-Can Italy match China from the 2022 Olympics?-Is youth an advantage for Czechia and Sweden?Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.
Transcribe →Crease Huddles Episode 10
Feb 500:46:19Tap to summarizeCrease Huddles is back and better than ever with it's first permanent co-host, Natalia! Listen in on Part One of Episode 10 to get all your latest hockey news and what we're seeing out of the top four PWHL teams-An update on the SDHL as it nears the end of it's regular season-Who are the surprising teams in where they are placing in the NCAA NPI rankings and who is potentially in trouble on missing out on the national tournament-What did we think about the biggest trade in PWHL history-Is Boston a shoe-in for the PWHL playoffs?-Why Minnesota is seemingly an offensive powerhouse-New York's youth movement-Is Ann-Renee Desbiens going to be a back-to-back Goalie of the Year winner?Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.
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Purple Posts Episode 7: Sweden's 2006 Olympic Miracle
Feb 100:42:55Tap to summarizeWith the 2026 Winter Olympics right around the corner, Purple Posts is celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest moments in Olympic women’s hockey history. On this episode, host LJ Bachenheimer is joined by Meredith Foster, editor and international hockey expert at The Ice Garden, to talk about Sweden’s remarkable run to a silver medal at the 2006 Torino Games. With a roster based around previous success and college connections, plus a young phenom in goal, Sweden pushed through challenges and the world’s best women’s hockey teams to earn their spot in the gold medal game. LJ and Meredith walk through the team’s identity, the career of “cheat code” forward Maria Rooth, the remarkable shootout win over Team USA, and more. Stay to the end for our 2026 Olympics predictions!Purple Posts is a podcast about the memorable, funny, and sometimes just strange moments in women’s hockey history, presented by The Ice Garden Podcast Network. If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and become a paid subscriber today.Intro and outro music: Modestly Rude by Jhovanny Fontanez © copyright 2009. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. https://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Nobuo3000/19015
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