Pucks On Net

The gang gets together in the Pucks on net living room for the first time in a month to chat about what seems to have been a pretty slow week in the world of hockey. Ryan, Sheila, Dave and special guest Jeff hold down the fort this week.

A loose episode about the Vancouver Canucks, Ilya Bryzgalov's Oiler debut, Cory Schneider being a complainy pants and whether or not Canucks fans would show the same sort of support that San Jose Sharks fans showed Brent Burns after his big hat trick on Friday night.Being based in Vancouver, the gang reminisce about the life and times of Gilbert Brule, include his best years with the Vancouver Giants, his encounter with U2's Bono and above all else, Jeff's on ice interview and feature with him back in his BCIT days.

Enjoy everybody!

We’ve got a full table inside the Mountain View Room this week on Pucks on net. Ryan, Dave, Geeta and Jeff all sit down and chat about the week that was in the NHL.

With no set topic this week, Jeff tells about witnessing a heart attack during the lingerie half time show at the shark club during Monday Night Football, and the gang talks about the opposite directions the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks are headed.

We dive deep into the Comrie furniture empire that is The Brick and Geeta dishes some NHL Hollywood gossip!

Finally, Ryan tries to make some sense of the countless outdoor stadium games this year in the NHL. Is it a Winter Classic? A Heritage Classic? A Stadium Series? How many games do the Rangers play as the road team? It’s all very confusing, it’s like discussing hybrid icing or the new NHL Playoff bracketing. Jeff also comes up with the perfect way to save NHL hockey in the sun belt!

A very fun and loose episode this week, our Seinfeld episode to say the least, it’s about nothing but everything all at the same time.

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The gang is once again recording live from the Pacific Coliseum during a huge hockey weekend in Vancouver. Dave, Sheila and Ryan sit down and chat about what's happening this week in the world of hockey and are joined by a very special guest.

One of the Vancouver Canucks 2013 1st round draft picks (24th) Hunter Shinkaruk chats with Ryan to start the show as he caught him outside the Medicine Hat Tigers dressing room before his big game against the Giants Friday night. Hunter talks about the pressure and expectations playing in Vancouver that is in store for him. We also chat about Trevor Linden and dentistry. The gang chats about the continuously struggling Edmonton Oilers, new brass in Buffalo and if Steven Stamkos is joining Team Canada this February at Sochi.

Ryan gives his first installment of 'LIVE From the heartland' in which he gives a quick run down of all the things happening with the team nobody cares about, the St. Louis Blues.

Later in the show, we have our first 'Mystery Box' segment in which everyone came to the show with a secret topic to talk about. Dave talks about Jim Balsillie ruining Blackberry AND almost ruining Canada's chances of a new NHL team. Ryan discusses the WHA restart in 2004 during the NHL lockout that fell absolutely flat and Sheila was unable to think about a topic, but discusses her ongoing love and appreciation for Big 44 Todd Bertuzzi.

All this and more on this week's Pucks on net! Enjoy everybody

Once again, the gang is recording live on location from the Pacific Coliseum. Geeta, Dave and Ryan are discussing one of our nation’s biggest tragedies, Team Canada’s performance at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games. Before we discuss Marc Crawford’s terrible shootout decisions, we chat about what’s happening in the NHL these days, the Carolina Hurricanes and their ‘Second Chances’ Program, what’s wrong in Philadelphia and Edmonton. Ilya Bryzgalav is set to be an Oiler and we discuss why this decision is absolutely horrible.

The gang also discusses which goalies are hall of fame bound, and agree Tim Thomas is not, despite having the 5th best selling jersey in the NHL these days.

Ryan shares an embarrassing coming of age tale about trading a Joe Sakic rookie card for a pencil box full of Sarah Michelle Gellar photos.

Then comes the Nagano Olympics. We break down the wrong decisions Bobby Clark made building that team. Starting from the coaching down. He wound up building a slow lumbering team of role players, and took the spotlight off Wayne Gretzky and pointed it towards big #88 Eric Lindros.

Definitely a fun episode this week! Enjoy everybody

Dave and Ryan are live on tape on location from the Pacific Coliseum in scenic East Van. Home to the WHL's Vancouver Giants and the old home of the Vancouver Canucks, we set up shop like a lemonade stand in the stands and chat with whoever comes by.

John Ashbridge, Giants and Canucks’ PA announcer joins us first. He chats with us about the Pavel Bure's #10 being retired, his friendship with Gino Odjick and the unusual way Boston Bruins' power forward Milan Lucic joined the Vancouver Giants'. Later, we're joined by Vancouver Giants d-man and Calgary Flames prospect Brett Kulak. He sits down for a loose conversation about wearing #69 on Don Hay's hockey team, the NHL draft combine and what his first taste of pro hockey was like, last season playing a handful of games with the AHL's Abbotsford Heat.

Finally, hip-hop artist and friend of the show Dan, aka Cuddle Puppy, joined us. We chat about high school hockey in Yellowknife, his hop influences and of course, Mike Modano! Cuddle Puppy performed the Giants rap song heard through out the podcast.

One of the biggest shows we've ever produced and easily the most fun.

Enjoy everybody!

This week's episode begins with the warm familiar voice of Vancouver Canucks and Vancouver Giants public address announcer John Ashbridge with a public service announcement and warning regarding the Pucks on net podcast.

Sheila finally returns to the podcast after a brief hiatus and joins Ryan and Dave to discuss what's going on in the world of hockey.And the answer, frankly, is not much. A bit of a slow weekend this week, that was until the big Thomas Vanek and Matt Moulson trade happened a few hours after recording this episode, but none the less, we chat about the likeable Calgary Flames and the many things not to like about the Buffalo Sabres.

Afterwards, we chat about one of the worst teams in NHL history, the 1992/93 expansion Ottawa Senators. They won a measly 10 games that year. They assembled a lunch buck journeyman team and purposely lost in order to draft high the following year.

The gang also chats about bad halloween costumes, HBO's Girls and Ryan's recent trip to Moose Jaw.All this and more on a very special episode of Pucks on net.

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The gang is back for a Sunday afternoon edition of Pucks on net! Dave, Geeta and Ryan get together to talk about what was a big week for goaltenders. Mike Smith scoring an empty net goal, Marty Biron retiring and all the happenings in the NHL early in the season.We also chat about our favourite NHL Entry Draft busts but before we can discuss the likes of Alex Daigle and Pavel Brendl or Pat Falloon, Geeta shares with us a tale of a first date she had on Friday night and tells of the worst (and equally hilarious) first date anyone may ever have!

We even revisit the Queen's 2001 visit to Vancouver and Owen Nolan's desire not to shake her hand!

A really fun conversation this week, we get together on a foggy Vancouver day with the Canucks and Bluejackets game on in the background.

The gang decides to have the first Pucks on net at the movies episode this week! After the very exciting first week of NHL regular season action, Ryan and Dave decide to kick their feet up and watch a classic, The Mighty Ducks! Sheila was once again missing this week, disappearing mere minutes before we began to record. Look for her face on milk cartons in your local grocer tomorrow!

We watched most of the movie, this week's episode features all the highlights!

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The first week of the NHL Season was too much for us too handle here at Pucks on net, thus the slight delay in recording this episode.Sheila is missing this week, so friend of the show Geeta joins Dave and Ryan to co-host the first Pucks on net of the 2013-14 NHL Regular Season. We chat about the new mandate to make Sidney Crosby a regular Joe six pack and chat about new friend of the show, Alex Auld. We discuss Rick Nash's six degrees of separation with Ed Belfour and then dive into our discussion about the delicate psyche of the goaltender. We mostly just chat about our favourite crazy goalies of the past, The Mighty Ducks and the Geeta and Dave find the six degrees of seperation between Ed Belfour and Curt Schilling. An exceptionally fun and lose conversation this week with more Willa Ford than the average person can handle!

It's the most majestic night of the year! The REAL NHL Awards show here on Pucks on net. The esteemed Pucks on net panel get together to give out the awards the NHL seems to neglect year after year. Ryan, Dave and Sheila sit down, in their finest rented tuxedos and formal wear to chime in with their opinions on just who should walk away with the awards. Will Phil Kessel walk away with more than one award this year? And just what arena will win the award for worst in the league? Be sure to take a listen, this is a very fun episode!