The Ice Garden

Michelle takes over hosting duties with special guest Meredith Foster as the two discuss SDHL favorites, players to watch, and the Swedish national team program. Also, Meredith weighs in on the Curious Case of Meeri Räisänen.

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NEW LOGO ALERT. How amazing is our new logo? The Ice Garden’s Casey Sudetic blew us away with this design. Please go give her some love on Twitter!

This week on the Founding 4 Podcast Mike and Erica talk about the last NWHL signings in August — Kaycie Anderson, Jordan Smelker, and Mary Parker — and we get to the mailbag questions that cut off at the end of last week’s show due to some technical difficulties.

We discuss the first-year players we are most excited for, the biggest names still out there in free agency — we’re looking at you Alexa Gruschow, Janine Weber, and Meghan Duggan — and share our thoughts on when/if we will see a partnership between the Boston Pride and Boston Bruins now that the CWHL’s Blades have relocated to Worcester.

Do you have any questions you’d like to hear answered or topics you’d like us to cover in the near future? If so, please reach out to us here in the messages or on Twitter using #Founding4Pod!

As always, thanks for listening and for spreading the word about our show! Also, be sure to check out our friends Hannah Bevis and Michelle Jay and their Top Shelf Podcast. And keep an eye out for some upcoming crossover Squadcast episodes that will be available to our Patrons!

We still can’t get over how amazing our new logo is. We need shirts. And mugs. And shirts made out of mugs.

Be kind to yourself, always,

Mike & Erica

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Hannah and Michelle discuss what went wrong (and right) at the CWHL draft, talk about other moves in the women's hockey world, and break down the pros and cons of the Champions Cup moving. Also, Let's Stump Hannah returns, along with a particularly good Start/Bench/Cut submission.

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This week on your favorite NWHL-centric podcast Erica and Mike catch you up on a ton of signings, including the return of founding members of the NWHL Madison Packer and Gigi Marvin!

On top of all those signings, we also covered several pieces of news this week. Tatiana Rafter is bound for Russia, Anya Battaglino has hung up her skates, and we have two new assistant coaches in the league — one of whom is the NWHL’s first full-time player-coach! Oh, and the Champions Cup will now be a one-and-done game in the U.S. Great news for Riveters fans.

As always, thanks for listening and for spreading the word about our show! Also, be sure to check out our friends Hannah Bevis and Michelle Jay on the Top Shelf Podcast. Keep an eye out for some upcoming crossover Squadcast episodes that will be available to our Patrons!

Stick taps,

Erica & Mike

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Hannah and Michelle debate their favorite new logo, talk about the biggest CWHL and NWHL signings in the last week, and discuss the pros and cons of Boston moving to Worcester. Also, the Wine Fairy makes an appearance.

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This week on the Founding 4 Podast Mike and Erica had SO MUCH to talk about! To start, OG NWHLers Blake Bolden, Emily Pfalzer, Kiira Dosdall, and Jillian Dempsey are ALL back!

As if all of the names above weren’t enough to get us talking, there were even more NWHL signings since last week. We break down the rosters around the league.

We also dug into questions from our listeners including when we might see multi-year contracts, what we hope to see from the Whitecaps’ partnership with the Wild, and more!

Do you have any questions you’d like to hear answered or topics you’d like us to cover in the near future? If you do, please reach out to us here in the messages or on Twitter using #Founding4Pod!

Also, be sure to check out our friends Hannah Bevis and Michelle Jay and their Top Shelf Podcast. And keep an eye out for some upcoming crossover Squadcast episodes that will be available to our Patrons!

Have a great week, friends! Stay cool, find some laughter, and remember to take care of yourself. Always.

Stick taps,

Erica & Mike

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#KnightWatch comes to an end this week as Hannah and Michelle talk about Knight signing in Montreal, USA and Canada's U18 and U22 rosters, and how we feel about the Wild partnering with the Whitecaps (conflicted). Also, we talk a LONG time about a particularly tricky Start/Bench/Cut.

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Since our last show the Boston Pride have certainly been busy! In episode 34 we talk about the recent NWHL signings, how the Pride (and their blue line) are slowly coming together, expectations for the Whitecaps in their first NWHL season, and we try our best to pronounce Meaghan Pezon’s last name (please forgive us).

In addition to covering the latest developments in the NWHL offseason, we also have a conversation about the class action suit filed against the University of North Dakota by nearly a dozen of its former hockey players. We share our thoughts on Title IX, as we understand it, and the obstacles that women’s athletics programs face at the collegiate level.

Have a great week, friends! Stay cool, find some laughter, and remember to take care of yourself. Always.

Stick taps,

Erica & Mike

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Michelle and Hannah are back after a week off. This week, they introduce a new segment in which they pick a person in women’s hockey to toast too. They also talk about the CWHL’s rebranding of KRS Vanke Rays, count how many Me(a)g(h)an’s there are in women’s hockey, expansion in a general sense, and a lot more. Michelle also sings, a lot.

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We're back to break down the latest signings and recap the 50+ players that have signed contracts. We also spend some time talking about noteworthy names who have yet to re-sign, including the league’s reigning MVP and the head of the NWHLPA.

Speaking of the NWHLPA, we also catch our listeners up on a new deal that is currently in the works between the league and its players.

Finally, we dedicate some time to talking about Cassie Campbell’s comments about Dani Rylan being an obstacle in the way of making #OneLeague happen. As you might expect, Erica and Mike had some opinions to share about Campbell’s comments.

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Erica & Mike

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