Fellowship of the Rink - Ep 66

Joe Smith of The Athletic talks Minnesota Wild & NCAA Golden Gophers among other various hockey topics (NHL, College Hockey, MSHSL)

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SHOW NOTES

Hockey News

Minnesota Frost win BACK-TO-BACK Walter Cups as PWHL champions

Team USA wins gold at IIHF World Championship

Tough decisions for Bill Guerin heading into 2026 Winter Olympics

Tage Thompson a realistic target in a Marco Rossi trade

Could a New York Islanders center be a better trade option

Alex Goligoski Interview

Minnesota Wild branding

Nerd itch

Trading cards

Comparing parenthood as an NHLer to welcoming a newborn post-retirement

Gopher Hockey

Committing off the back of consecutive National Championships

Playing with Phil Kessel

Pittsburgh Penguins

2009 Stanley Cup run

Mario Lemieux pool party

Along with Fleury, only guys to play with AND for an NHL legend in Bill Guerin

Minnesota Wild

Advice to Marc-Andre Fleury about post-retirement life and what roles he might be able to pursue in the organization

Role as "Wild Intern"

Kirill Kaprizov vs Sidney Crosby

Futures of Zeev Buium & David Jiricek

Pros and Cons of finishing your career at home

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Production of The Sota Pod

EP 66 - feat. Alex Goligoski | Frost Repeat | USA IIHF Worlds Gold | Tage Thompson trade? | Fellowship of the Rink