The long hot summer continuers, but good news! NHL hockey will be back before you know it. More good news...there is actually some NHL news to talk about. Brad Burud and Blake Friars are back to discuss the NHL Draft Lottery and the controversy surrounding it. Then they talk about the Hall of Jokes selections and how this process seems so archaic. Then we roll into the current progress in the NHL's return to play plan. It is complex and there is a ton of speculation going on. Like who are the hub cities and does anyone really care? We wrap with some random league news and of course three questions. Get ready for a hockey summer.

This is a weird week...We should be celebrating the Stanley Cup being hoisted this week but instead we are left waiting...waiting for the season to resume. The good news is we now have a return to training camp date and a return to game action plan...That is great news. On this episode Brad Burud and Blake Friars rundown various news from around the NHL, and then dive into NHL Awards. They breakdown all the awards and give their choices for this years awards. They wrap up another entertaining episode with a little name association game and the always popular three questions..are you ready for summer hockey?

Hockey fans continue to power through the never ending NHL pause. Brad Burud and Blake Friars breakdown the great news that the NHL announced last week. Hockey will be back this summer and the Stanley Cup will be awarded. They breakdown the steps needed for a return, the 24 team playoff format and then talk about the many hurdles that the league faces before the puck drops again. The two hockey fans also discuss what play in series they are looking forward to the most and they wrap the show up with another installment of three questions. Great hockey talk as we wait for hockey.

The Great Hockey Debates - Part 2
Noah Grant joins Brad Burud and Blake Friars for another interesting episode of THE DEBATE Hockey Podcast. As the NHL is on pause we dive into some of the greatest debates in the hockey world.
1- Should Hockey Greatness be measured by Stanley Cups
2- Advanced Analytics or Traditional Scouting
3- 3 point for win System or Standard 2 point win System
4- Replay Review or No Replay Review
5- NHL Players in Olympics or Amateur Players in Olympics
6- Owners have the Power or Players have the Power
7- NCAA or CHL Jr Hockey OHL/WHL/QMJHL
Making the best of no hockey with some pretty intense debates.

The Great Hockey Debates - Part 1
Noah Grant joins Brad Burud and Blake Friars for another interesting episode of THE DEBATE Hockey Podcast. As the NHL is on pause we dive into some of the greatest debates in the hockey world.
1- Shootout or No Shootout to determine overtime ties
2- Increase Scoring or Leave the game alone
3- Pro-Fighting or No-Fighting
4- Salary Cap or Free Market
5- Home Jerseys - Light or Dark
6- Advertising of Jersey or No Advertising
7- Current Playoff System or Different Playoff System
Making the best of no hockey with some pretty intense debates.

One Hundred Episodes! Brad Burud and Blake Friars are proud to have survived 100 great episodes of hockey debate. It all started on Oct 22nd 2017. Two and a half years later we are at the century mark. In this episode we look back at all the funny moments, horrible predictions and laughs. We also dive into all the NHL happenings that we discussed over the 100 episodes. Brad and Blake talk about their greatest hockey moments and they look ahead to the future of the podcast and their personal lives. We are very proud to have made it to 100 episodes and we would like to thank all of our listeners and fans over the years. It has been a wild ride and we thank you. We also look forward to the next 100.

The quarantine continues and so does the hockey talk. Brad Burud and Blake Friars discuss happenings around the NHL, and talk about what they have been doing during all this free time. Then it is time to talk "Faces of the Franchise". Noah Grant (KVSC - 88.1 FM - St. Cloud State hockey broadcaster) joins the show and the three hockey minds talk about who they think is each teams face of the franchise is. Then we wrap with a 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs trivia challenge between Blake and Noah. It is interesting and entertaining, and a surprise winner!

No sign of hockey in the near future, but we still want to talk hockey. Brad Burud and Blake Friars push through the difficult quarantine by having a little fun. Its time to play a little name that NHLer. All current players, how will Blake do? Hopefully better than the are you smarter than a fifth grader experiment. Thats not all we also update the current NHL status as it relates to the Coronavirus and the sudden and sad passing of Colby Cave. Keep your spirits high...life is hard right now...escape with a little NHL hockey talk.

The long wait for hockey continues, but that is not what we want to talk about. Brad Burud and Blake Friars want to take your mind off the difficult times the world is fancy. Put the pandemic behind you and lets talk hockey...Brad and Blake talk about the news and happenings around the National Hockey League. Then it is time for the two to talk about their all-time favorite player for every franchise. How many will they have the same...I am guessing not too many. We encourage our listeners to create their own list and message us on Facebook. It is time to talk hockey and have a little fun doing it.

Life without hockey continues and it is not getting any easier. Especially since life is very scary now. Hockey has always been my escape during difficult times, well this is a very difficult time and we have no escape from sports...well we do have podcasts... Brad Burud and Blake Friars want to be your escape...and we also want you to laugh. This episode should do that. We talk a little hockey and then we test Blakes knowledge with a little "Are you smarter than a 5th grader". The questions are not easy I can tell you that...then we roll into a little NHL trivia and yes we are a little smarter in this category. It's fun, it's an escape and we really need this at this time. Please everyone stay home -- lets flatten the curve.