Rink Stories

Where Bob reports from an actual hockey game
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Massachusetts returns to hockey activity after a two-week pause. Bob calls in from The Bog in Kingston MA and Matt asks: What is it like at the rink? How was the enforcement of the protocols? Did all of the kids wear their masks over their mouth and nose while playing? What was it like to have body checking again? Did the parents behave themselves? How did the actual game go?
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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.

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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Work hard. Have fun. Stay safe.

Where Bob chats with Moose.

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Rebecca Morse (aka Moose) is entering her 5th season as a member of the Metropolitan Riveters. A 5-8 blueliner out of Westfield, NJ, Moose is an Isobel Cup champion and NWHL all-star. Prior to the NWHL, she played 4 years at Providence College, where she also earned BS and MBA degrees. She was class valedictorian and captain of the hockey team at the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid, NY.

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In this wide-ranging conversation, Bob, Matt and Moose discuss: Maintaining good hockey form during the pandemic; stinky hockey bags; the finer points of one-timers; fireworks and bottle service with the Isobel Cup; recommitting to hockey after a career pause; being a fan of the NJ Devils; surviving a job interview with Lou Lamoriello; protecting the goalie; and rough play in the NWHL.

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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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Follow Moose (@moose_x_ing)

https://twitter.com/moose_x_ing

https://www.instagram.com/moose_x_ing

Check out the Metropolitan Riveters

https://riveters.nwhl.zone/

https://www.instagram.com/riveters/

Work on that one-timer

https://twitter.com/Riveters/status/1285582091116261376

Take the pledge

https://blackgirlhockeyclub.org/getuncomfortable/ 

https://twitter.com/moose_X_ing/status/1308865370112110597

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Work hard. Have fun. Stay safe. 

Where Bob and Ben discuss the public health order in Massachusetts  prohibiting indoor ice rinks and ice skating facilities from operating from October 23, 2020 to November 7, 2020.

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Ben Mottola is a proud bantam Dad and  a 5-8 right winger out of Marblehead MA . Previously, he joined us in Episode 3 as the first  ever guest  on the Rink Stories podcast.

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Statements released on 10/22 concerning the shutdown of hockey:

From the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
https://www.mass.gov/news/massachusetts-to-temporarily-pause-all-indoor-ice-rink-and-ice-skating-facilities-operations

From Mass Hockey
https://www.mahockey.org/news_article/show/1129248 

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein and the Mo’Nobs. If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing. 

Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.

Follow Matt @OneThrowin 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

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Work hard. Have fun. Stay safe.

Rink Stories welcomes two leaders of the Black Girl Hockey Club: Vegas Golden Knights fan Tunisha Singleton and Washington Capitals fan Fatou Bah.

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Two years ago, Black Girl Hockey Club started out as a meetup group for women of color to attend NHL games. Since then its mission has broadened as a certified nonprofit organization, raising money for diversity education, hockey skills training and youth hockey scholarships.  In September of 2020, BGHC was featured in The New York Times, highlighting its efforts to influence the league’s diversity and inclusion efforts.

In this episode we discuss: How Black Girl Hockey Club started; What it's like to attend an NHL game as a BIPOC; the NHL's response to recent events and its own problems with race relations; How to be an ally; The nature of fandom; The sad plight of an LA Clippers supporter; Stamkos vs Ovechkin; and much more. Don't worry, we also have a few laughs along the way.

NOTE FROM BOB: Matt and I consider this to be our most important episode so far. Here we get perspectives on our sport that every hockey person should hear. At the outset of this conversation, we tell Tunisha and Fatou to be as candid as possible about this country's issues with race, particularly as it relates to hockey, and they took us up on our invitation. #GetUncomfortable

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein, the Mo’Nobs, and TFIC.

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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Learn more
https://blackgirlhockeyclub.org/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/sports/hockey/a-black-fan-club-sought-to-diversify-nhl-stands-now-theyre-aiming-at-its-c-suites.html

Take the pledge
https://blackgirlhockeyclub.org/getuncomfortable/

Support youth hockey
 https://blackgirlhockeyclub.org/bghc-scholarship/

Follow BGHC
https://twitter.com/BlackGirlHockey
https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlhockeyclub/?hl=en

Follow Tunisha Singleton, PhD
https://twitter.com/TSingletonSays
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-have-questions-podcast/id1531590204
https://tunishasingleton.com/

Follow Fatou Bah
https://twitter.com/FatouSadio
https://www.instagram.com/fatousadio/?hl=en

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Work hard. Have fun. Stay safe. 

Where Bob talks St Cloud State hockey with Kirsten Krull.

For the past two seasons, Rochester MN native Kirsten Krull (@KirstenKrull on Twitter and Instagram) was the ice side reporter for Husky Productions, covering the St Cloud State Huskies. Today, she is the host of the Storyteller podcast.

Kirsten, Bob and Matt discuss: Starting out in sports reporting; Herb Brooks; Minnesota geography; Saint Clodoald; St Cloud State University history; the Cornell-SCSU rivalry; OG female sports reporters; the glass ceiling; and keeping occupied during the quarantine. Plus, wisdom from Giuseppe.

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein, the Mo’Nobs, and a little piano from Bob Winter. 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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Work hard. Have fun. Stay safe. 

Where we look back at the best of Rink Stories so far, from the ridiculous to the sublime moments. A look behind the curtain, outtakes, and how we get to the final product. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry....

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf. Artwork and music by Ken Klein, the Mo’Nobs, TFIC, with special guest Giuseppe.

If you like this episode listen to more episodes; subscribe, rate, and review; follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram; follow @OneThrowin, Matt’s new podcast, throwin' one back. 

We are pleased to announce the debut of the Throwin' One Back podcast, hosted by our very own Matt Hopf, aka producer of the Rink Stories podcast, a NJ Sports Guy in LA, who still loves Rutgers football and hoops, NY Giants, and the NY Mets.

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Here, we present Throwin’ One Back Episode 3: The one where Steve Mason of the Mason and Ireland Show on 710 ESPN LA and the Culture Pop podcast joins Matt and Bob to discuss his work on the movie, Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen, his podcast Culture Pop, why the BIG10 and SEC see the science of Covid19 so differently, and his time on the Mason and Ireland Show since 2004. 

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Go here to subscribe and listen to other episodes. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/throwin-one-back/id1530257371 

Follow Matt @OneThrowin on Twitter and Instagram

Where Bob and Doug discuss everything you ever wanted to know about the art and science of ice resurfacing

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In this episode, Bob and Matt welcome Doug Peters, regional sales manager at the Zamboni Company and host of the Ask the Zamboni Experts podcast. We get: the history of ice resurfacing and the Zamboni Company; driving in California during the pandemic; metonymy vs synecdoche: the benefits and pitfalls of being the brand synonymous with ice resurfacing; follower questions; the path to becoming a competent maker of ice; what makes good ice; the ice rink in Hawaii; a wiffle ball story; Veterans Memorial Rink in Cranston as photo subject; why floor scrubber users contact the Zamboni Company; the possibility of a 10-hour ice resurfacing video; the curse of the TD Garden no longer using  Zamboni machines; the strange similarities of the Reading Rockets and Rutgers logos; a touching promise to send Bob and Matt some Zamboni swag; plus, a preview of Matt's new Throwin' One Back podcast.

Follow along with photos discussed in this episode, starting at about 39:30: https://photos.app.goo.gl/z2h4pexHJaoREJM67

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein, TFIC and the Mo'Nobs. 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.

After you get all caught up on Rink Stories and Throwin' One Back, check out Doug's Ask the Zamboni Experts podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-the-zamboni-experts/id1513636079

Where Bob speaks with Brett Riley, the inaugural head coach of the Long Island University Sharks, the NCAA’s newest Division 1 ice hockey program. 

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Bob, Matt, and Brett discuss: the challenges of starting a new D1 program, from scratch, in the summer of 2020: putting together a roster, finding a place to play, scheduling games, funding the program, bringing the players into quarantine on campus; his playing career at Needham (MA) High School, The Governor's Academy, and Hobart College; the differences between DIII and DI college hockey; the long list of distinguished hockey coaches and players who share his last name; and, the "forgotten miracle" that was the 1960 USA Olympic gold medal hockey team (7:58).

Plus, our correspondent Giuseppe provides an update from inside the Toronto NHL Hub (27:35)

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf. Artwork by Ken Klein. Music themes from TFIC, the Mo'Nobs and Bob Winter.

Please subscribe, rate and review this podcast. It helps. 

Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.

Where Bob speaks with Cara Morey about her team’s amazing 2019-20 season.

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Cara Morey is the head coach of the Princeton Women’s Ice Hockey team. In March, her team won the ECAC Tournament for the first time, vanquishing the #1 Cornell Big Red in an overtime thriller. A 5-6 blueliner out of Hensall, Ontario, she was an all-Ivy and all-ECAC performer in two sports at Brown University. 

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In this wide-ranging conversation, Bob, Matt and Cara discuss: the greatest win in the history of Princeton women’s hockey, growing up in Hensall ONT, playing 8(!) sports in HS, ditching ringette for ice hockey, her life-changing decision to attend Brown University with legendary coach Digit Murphy, and her philosophy for raising hockey players. 

Plus, another exclusive report from Giuseppe inside the Toronto NHL Hub. 

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Produced by Matt Hopf. Music and artwork from Ken Klein, the Mo’Nobs, TFIC and Bob Winter. 

Subscribe, rate and review our podcast. Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.