Rink Stories

Gabriel Foley is a senior editor at Last Word on Hockey and a left winger out of Peoria Illinois. In this episode, Gabriel talks about his latest 2021 NHL draft rankings, and the boys discuss these compelling questions: Who are the possible #1 picks? Which European country will likely have 6 first rounders? Which college team has 3 potential 10-top draftees? Why will there only be one tendy taken in the first round? Not to mention,

What is the deal with hockey in Peoria? What are the all-time high and low points of being a Blues fan? As a player, how embarrassing is it when youth hockey parents act like jackasses at the games? What does every parent and player need to know about recovering from a concussion? And, why does Gabriel (smartly) bring the love for Cornell and the hate for Rutgers?

Plus our usual fun and funny stuff, including relevant commentary from these past guests:

• Episode #3: Ben Mottola, Marblehead hockey dad
• Episode #5: Matthew Jasper, creator of the book Home Ice
• Episode #27: Doug Peters of the Zamboni Company
• Episode #31: Digit Murphy, President and Head Coach of the NWHL's Toronto Six
• Episode #33: Pete Perram, Head Coach of the NWHL's Buffalo Beauts

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf and is a Remsen Ave Production. Artwork  by Ken Klein. Incidental music by Ken Klein, the Mo’Nobs, and Bob’s Lounge

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Catriona Le May Doan is a 4-time Olympian,  2-time Olympic gold medalist and 5-time world champion in speed skating. A native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, she is Chef de Mission for Team Canada going into the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. 

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In this wide-ranging conversation, Catriona enlightens us on: What is the Chef de Mission? Will it be  cold enough in Beijing for the Winter Olympics? What's it like when your kid becomes faster than you on hockey skates? Why is ringette the fastest game on ice?  Is speed skating a rich kid's sport?  Do speed skaters ever skate clockwise to balance out muscle development?  Who are the greatest Saskatonians?  Why has the world record in the women's 500M dropped so precipitously since the days of Bonnie Blair? Are you OK with being anointed  the Official Speed Skater of Rink Stories?

Plus, Catriona's response to a Wrist Shots question brings back memories of our discussions  about a certain favorite hockey movie. To hear full interviews of those excerpted, check out:

• Episode #33: Pete Perram, Head Coach of the NWHL's Buffalo Beauts
• Episode #30: Steve Seftel , Author of Shattered Ice
• Episode #29: Ken Klein, Musical Director for Rink Stories
• Episode #17: Cara Morey, Head Coach of Princeton University Women's Ice Hockey
• Episode #10: John Messuri, Head Coach of Arlington (MA) HS

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf and is a Remsen Ave Production. Artwork  by Ken Klein. Incidental music by Ken Klein, the Mo’Nobs, TFIC, and Bob’s Lounge. 

If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing. IOW, tell your friends.

Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.

Check out our new YouTube channel

Matt's new podcast, Throwin' One Back, is available wherever podcasts are found.

Follow Matt on Twitter and Instagram 

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A week+ into the NWHL's 2021 Bubble season, there is no shortage of headlines and questions. Who is the favorite to win the Isobel Cup? Which team is the biggest disappointment? Will the Bubble's safety and health protocols win the day? What is the significance of the league's dust-up with a certain sports website? We break it all down here, along with a dollop of our usual silliness.

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Check out the NWHL Bubble Hockey season and 2021 Isobel Cup Playoffs at the 1980 Rink-Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, NY, January 23 - February 5, 2021

• Watch the NWHL's Isobel Cup semi-finals and finals on TV: 
• Follow the NWHL on Instagram, Twitter and Twitch

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf and is a Remsen Ave Production. Artwork  by Ken Klein. Incidental music by Ken Klein, the Mo’Nobs, TFIC, and Bob’s Lounge. 

If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing. IOW, tell your friends.

Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.

Check out our new YouTube channel 

Matt's new podcast, Throwin' One Back, is available wherever podcasts are found.

Follow Matt on Twitter and Instagram 

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Work hard. Stay safe. Don't be a dick. This is Rink Stories.

Pete Perram has been coaching girls and women hockey for more than 20 years. When the NWHL Bubble season hits Lake Placid NY on Jan 23, he will begin his second season as coach of the Buffalo Beauts. Please welcome this 6-1 pugilistic centerman out of Edmonton Alberta.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Pete and the boys discuss: the new-look Buffalo Beauts roster; Anchor Bar vs Duff’s; striking gold at open tryouts; the evolution of women’s hockey; coaching the Swiss women’s team to the IIHF podium; crazy pee-wee parents;  and, what to expect from the NWHL Bubble tournament.

Check out a video of Pete’s Wrist Shots discussion on our new YouTube channel:

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Follow Pete Perram on Twitter 

Check out the NWHL Bubble Hockey season and 2021 Isobel Cup Playoffs at the 1980 Rink-Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, NY, January 23 - February 5, 2021

• Watch the NWHL's Isobel Cup semi-finals and finals on TV: 
• Get a Fan Package or Fan Face:
• Follow the NWHL on Instagram, Twitter and Twitch

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf and is a Remsen Ave Production. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein, the Mo’Nobs, and Bob’s Lounge. 

If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing.

Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.

Our new YouTube channel 

Matt's new podcast, Throwin' One Back, is available wherever podcasts are found, like here:

Follow Matt on Twitter and Instagram 

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Work hard. Stay safe. Don't be a dick. This is Rink Stories.

Kaleigh Fratkin is a 5-8 blueliner out of Burnaby, British Columbia. When the NWHL's Bubble season starts in Lake Placid NY, she will play her 6th season in the league, the 4th with the Boston Pride.

Here Bob and Matt learn about the amazing Fratty's hockey journey, from being the first girl to play Major Midget AAA hockey in British Columbia to multiple Frozen Four appearances with Boston University to becoming the 2020 Defender of the Year in the NWHL. A perennial all-star with a 76 mph slapshot, no defender in NWHL history has more points, and few have more PIMs.

This is her story.

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Check out the NWHL Bubble Hockey season and 2021 Isobel Cup Playoffs at the 1980 Rink-Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, NY, January 23 - February 5, 2021

• Watch the NWHL's Isobel Cup semi-finals and finals on TV: https://www.nwhl.zone/news/nwhl-isobel-cup-semifinal-and-final-live-on-nbcsn 
• Get a Fan Package or Fan Face:
  https://www.nwhl.zone/tickets 
• Follow the NWHL on Instagram, Twitter and Twitch

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf and is a Remsen Ave Production. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein, the Mo’Nobs, and Bob’s Lounge. 

If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing.

Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.

Our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6-QmCX87-j6YCGKfyXOBIQ 

Matt's new podcast, Throwin' One Back, is available wherever podcasts are found, like here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/throwin-one-back/id1530257371

Follow Matt on Twitter @OneThrowin and Instagram @throwin_one_back

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Work hard. Stay safe. Don't be a dick. This is Rink Stories.

Digit Murphy is the President and Head Coach of NWHL’s newest team, the Toronto Six. In January, she will lead her squad into the league’s Bubble season in Lake Placid NY. For 22 years, Digit was the Head Coach at Brown University, where she won 318 games. A 5-6 forward out of Cranston RI, #9 played her college puck at Cornell University, where she had 213 points on 123 goals and 90 assists. 

In this episode Digit and Bob discuss: The NWHL Bubble; coaching the expansion Toronto 6 during the lockdown; the enduring significance of Title IX; Rhode Island rinks; Cornell memories; and our usual fun and funny stuff.

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf and is a Remsen Ave Production. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein, the Mo’Nobs, and Bob’s Lounge. 

If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing.

Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.

Check out Matt's new podcast, Throwin' One Back, available wherever podcasts are found, like here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/throwin-one-back/id1530257371

Follow Matt on Twitter @OneThrowin and Instagram @throwin_one_back

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Follow @DigitMurphy on Instagram and Twitter

Check out the NWHL Bubble Hockey season and 2021 Isobel Cup Playoffs at the 1980 Rink-Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, NY, January 23 - February 5, 2021

• Watch the NWHL's Isobel Cup semi-finals and finals on TV: https://www.nwhl.zone/news/nwhl-isobel-cup-semifinal-and-final-live-on-nbcsn 
• Get a Fan Package or Fan Face:
  https://www.nwhl.zone/tickets 
• Follow the NWHL on Instagram, Twitter and Twitch

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This is Rink Stories.

This week we welcome Steve Seftel, a  6’3”left winger out of Kitchener Ontario, who made it all the way to the NHL after the Washington Capitals selected him in the 2nd round of the 1986 draft. His 2019 book, Shattered Ice, details, in lively fashion, the long arc of his hockey and life journey.  The boys discuss: Steve's decision to write the book; starting out on the outdoor rinks of Kichener Ontario; rising through the ranks on legendary teams like the Kitchener Greenshirts, Kingston Canadians, and Baltimore Skipjacks; starting across from Bob Probert in his first NHL game; a years-long battle with mental illness; finding gratitude for his accomplishments in hockey; rediscovering joy in tying up the skates again; and other topics.

Plus our usual fun and funny stuff.

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf and is a Remsen Ave Production. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein, the Mo’Nobs, and Bob’s Lounge. Additional narration by Sophia Hopf.

If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing.

Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.

Check out Matt's new podcast, Throwin' One Back, available wherever podcasts are found, like here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/throwin-one-back/id1530257371

Follow Matt on Twitter @OneThrowin and Instagram @throwin_one_back

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Purchase Shattered Ice: 
https://www.amazon.com/SHATTERED-ICE-Steve-Seftel/dp/1999058143  

Follow Steve Seftel on Instagram  @SteveSef and Twitter @slseftel

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Where Bob looks for hope among  a flurry of discouraging  headlines 

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This week Bob and Matt welcome Ken Klein, the Official Artist of Rink Stories. The boys talk about: Ken’s musical and visual art, Long Island University’s auspicious D1 debut, the plague in college hockey,  hockey news from Massachusetts and Minnesota, “the health and safety of our players,” the psychological impact of quarantine, and other happy topics. 

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf and is a Remsen Ave Production. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein, TFIC, the Mo’Nobs, and Bob’s Lounge. 

If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing.

Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.

Check out Matt's new podcast, Throwin' One Back, available wherever podcasts are found, like here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/throwin-one-back/id1530257371

Follow Matt @OneThrowin and Ken @kenkleinmultimedia  on Twitter and Instagram.
 
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Work hard.  Stay safe. Don't be a dick. THIS is Rink Stories.

The dingy arenas. The crowds big and small. Cold feet grinding on the ice. The clacking of sticks.  The tings and booms of the puck. A sublime experience for those missing the real thing.

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf and is a Remsen Ave Production. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein, TFIC, the Mo’Nobs, and Bob’s Lounge. 

If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing.

Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.

Check out Matt's new podcast, Throwin' One Back, available wherever podcasts are found, like here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/throwin-one-back/id1530257371

Follow Matt @OneThrowin on Twitter and Instagram.
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In this episode, Bob and Matt welcome back Doug Peters, regional sales manager at the Zamboni Company and host of the Ask the Zamboni Experts podcast. Hear the whole truth about what happened with that unfortunate incident in Rochester NY, where an 11-second video of a spectacular hydraulic fluid mishap on a NON-Zamboni ice resurfacing machine caused a viral sensation. They discuss: How did the Zamboni Company react when they heard the news? How do you protect the brand when it's misrepresented in a story like this? What caused the fire? Did the driver do the right thing? How did nobody get hurt? What safety lessons do we learn? Nothing to do with ice resurfacing, why is Bob all of the sudden ripping the Cornell Big Red?

The lesson, as always, Matt reminds us, "All Zambonis are ice resurfacing machines, but not all ice resurfacing machines are Zambonis."
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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf and is a Remsen Ave Production. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein and the Mo’Nobs. Narration by Sophia Hopf.

If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing.

Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.

Check out Matt's new podcast, Throwin' One Back, available wherever podcasts are found, like here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/throwin-one-back/id1530257371

Follow Matt @OneThrowin on Twitter and Instagram.
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Check out Doug's podcast, Ask the Zamboni Experts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-the-zamboni-experts/id1513636079
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Work hard. Have fun. Stay safe.