Not a lot of fel­las have worn num­ber 50, but ​‘tendy supreme Corey Craw­ford cer­tain­ly stands out as a two-time Stan­ley Cup and Jen­nings award win­ner. He back­stopped a few mon­ster Black­hawk teams in the 2010’s before his career trailed off and end­ed pre­ma­ture­ly due to con­cus­sion issues — he’s a real beau­ty though and we had fun talk­ing about him and his many nicknames!

Then in peri­od two, we fill you in on all of the must haves for your favourite hock­ey play­er this hol­i­day sea­son — we’re not talk­ing shiny bells and whis­tles here, we’re giv­ing you the essen­tials. And we spend way too much time talk­ing about stick tape and the best ways to apply it…

And then, it’s almost time for anoth­er hol­i­day favourite — the World Junior Hock­ey Cham­pi­onships! The big tour­ney kicks off with Cana­da vs Fin­land in the nation’s cap­i­tal on Box­ing Day, and we talk a lit­tle bit about this year’s squad of fresh faces.

All this and some weird Christ­mas tunes…