After dusting off our brains from a long, hot summer and time off we ease our way back into the season discussing the first few series of the year as well as getting caught up on the big stories from the summer.

We wrap up our 7th season discussing the NCAA national championship game which a couple of us attended. Hot button topics such as should college games only have school bands play or let sing alongs to Mr. Brightside entertain the crowd? Also we make our bold predictions on things to watch for next season.

Each of the guys were assigned a team to break down as to why the can win and why they won't. Mailbag brings us to the question on if a college hockey NIT would work. Additionally too would bringing a feature from 1995 help hockey and TV viewers. All of this a more this week.

We break down how the college hockey tournament is down to 4 teams now. More so games then growlers, a short mailbag and trivia all on this weeks episode.

The NCAA bracket is official and we do our best at picking our own brackets and figure out who the last man standing is.

This week we make our bracket based on our projections from the conference tournament final games. We get controversial on Herb Brooks and to celebrate our 150th episode, we play a new game. All of this and more on this weeks pod.

The conference tournaments are each broken down as we conclude who gets the at automatic bids and who would be considered for the elusive at large selections. We answer some hard hitting tax related questions in the mailbag. We learn more about Willie in trivia and get Mike's reaction to the fantasy transfer portal.

It's that time of year where the fellas pick and discuss the Minnesota State Hockey Tournament. Mailbag asks is this years Boston College squad the best scoring team you can remember. Later on we almost become an SNL podcast. That and more on this weeks pod.

Mike tries another beer on live on air and we spend a lot of time talking about the transfer portal. In Alaska, Friday night was alright for fighting and we talk about that and any potential outcomes of that. Trivia and pick'ems is tightening up.

This week we are down one but still put in a full strength show with breaking down the Girls MN State tournament bracket. Also is Willie looking like a genius with Colorado College finally living up the hype he has given them the past decade. Mailbag, Games and Growlers and here the current pick'ems and fantasy hockey standings.