The Ice Garden

PLAYOFF PANDEMONIUM! Hannah and Michelle talk about the Frozen Four winner and talk about the Patty Kaz (again), break down what happened in the CWHL playoffs, and discuss the NWHL semifinals. Also, we make some bold predictions and end up yelling at each other during Start/Bench/Cut because of course we did. Oh, and we talk about Noora Räty taking bathroom breaks. We're not sure why.

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Hannah and Michelle preview the playoff matchups in the CWHL, the NWHL and the NCAA, talk about the madness that was the first round of the Frozen Four, and give their takes on the Hilary Knight signing in Montreal and whether it ACTUALLY means the sky is falling.

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The NWHL regular season is over and Mike and Erica were all over it in this week’s episode of the Founding 4 Podcast. We also talk about the Beauts signing Jordan Juron, some thoughts on the NWHL award season, and, of course, the 2018 Isobel Cup Playoffs. But first, we broke down the final weekend of the 2017-18 NWHL regular season.

The Riveters found their even strength scoring touch in a 4-1 victory over the Pride that was headlined by the return of Miye D’Oench and Madison Packer scoring the only hat trick of the 2017-18 season. Do you hear that? Yes, that’s music to the ears of Riveters fans.

Earlier on Saturday night the Beauts extended their winning streak in a 4-1 victory of their own despite a valiant effort from the Whale. It was all Connecticut in the first period, but the home team got derailed in the second period. A delay of game penalty put Buffalo on the power play and that was all that the Beauts needed to find their game. The visiting team scored three straight goals in the second and added an empty netter in the final minute of the third.

But that's not all! We also get opinionated and break down some of our favorites for the 2018 NWHL Awards and dig into the playoff matchups between the Riveters and the Whale and the Pride and the Beauts.

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Hey, Founding 4 Podcast fans! 

Mike & I are back for another week to chat all-things NWHL. We kick off the episode chatting about the newest rookies in the league, Sam Donovan, and Mallory Souliotis. Both debuted in Boston last week but had slightly different introductions to the pros. In this episode, we also discuss the much improved Boston Pride team and the red-hot Beauts. Each organization is showing as of late why they have ownership of the first two Isobel Cup titles in NWHL history.

The Whale and the Riveters face-off in the first round with a franchise-first trip to the final on the line. Can the Connecticut Whale play spoiler and make their first trip to the Isobel Cup Final? Can the Riveters revive their offense and again become the team to beat? Only time will tell, more on that next week.  

However, first, we have our regular season finale previews. Mike gives his thoughts on the Riveters at Pride, while I share my players to watch and score predictions for Beauts at Whale. Additionally, we revisit expansion talk, with the help of some amazing listener suggestions.

Mike grabs his money bags and makes his top three expansion picks from our latest submissions. I follow with a few of my own (as well as a deep-rooted opinion about deep dish “pizza”) before we close out and get ready for the final week of the regular season (Where did the time go?). 

As always, make sure to check out the latest episode of Top Shelf with Hannah Bevis and Michelle Jay. We also hope you will subscribe to our TIG Podcast Network Patreon. We are looking to cover all of the women’s hockey like never before! Become a partner, advocate, and investor in the game today!

xoxo,

ELA

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Hannah and Michelle welcome special guest Joe Barbito, who comes on the show to talk about the national tournament. We chat Pairwise, make predictions on who's going to win it all, and ask the most important question we've ever answered: if the Top 3 Patty Kaz nominees were restaurants, what would they be?

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Can you believe that there are only two weeks of NWHL regular season action left? After this weekend’s games the NWHL’s regular season wraps up on Saturday February 10.

This week on the Founding 4 Podcast Mike and Erica tackle the two statement wins from last weekend’s action. We also sink our teeth into the Riveters’ injuries, head coach Chad Wiseman’s comments about his team playing selfish hockey, the Pride’s power play, Buffalo’s winning streak, the Whale’s offensive struggles, and we make our own picks for the NWHL Player of the Week!

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In this episode, Hannah and Michelle talk about their post-Olympic thoughts, where we might see Olympic players land, and spend more than half the show on Stump Hannah and mailbag questions. Damn, we had some good questions this week. And of course, we play another round of Bench/Start/Cut.

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Join us for a special gold medal edition of Top Shelf! Hannah and Michelle record their live reactions during the gold medal game between Team USA and Team Canada. There's a lot of swearing, a lot of yelling, and a lot of crying. It's mostly happy crying, we promise.

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The NWHL season is back underway after the 2018 All-Star Weekend and Mike and Erica are ready to talk all about it! In Episode 16 we break down last weekend’s action and set the stage for our first weekend of NWHL hockey after Team USA’s first Olympic gold medal in 20 years. We know that you’re all hungry for more women’s hockey after this year’s unforgettable Olympics. We are too!

Mike and Erica also talk about the Riveters scoring four goals for the first time in a long time, Connecticut’s special teams, the Beauts’ intimidating winning streak, the Pride getting Janine Weber back in the lineup, and we share some amazing ideas for expansion teams from our listeners! Seriously, they were unbelievably creative and brilliant. We need a team in Philadelphia named the Journey now. It has to happen.

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Hannah and Michelle sing a little, yell a little, and argue a little. So, the usual. We talk about whether women's hockey should stay in the Olympics (DUH), our bronze medal predictions, and who surprised us in the quarter and semifinals. Also, we play more Start-Bench-Cut.

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