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With the 2026 Winter Olympics right around the corner, Purple Posts is celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest moments in Olympic women’s hockey history. On this episode, host LJ Bachenheimer is joined by Meredith Foster, editor and international hockey expert at The Ice Garden, to talk about Sweden’s remarkable run to a silver medal at the 2006 Torino Games. With a roster based around previous success and college connections, plus a young phenom in goal, Sweden pushed through challenges and the world’s best women’s hockey teams to earn their spot in the gold medal game. LJ and Meredith walk through the team’s identity, the career of “cheat code” forward Maria Rooth, the remarkable shootout win over Team USA, and more. Stay to the end for our 2026 Olympics predictions!

Purple Posts is a podcast about the memorable, funny, and sometimes just strange moments in women’s hockey history, presented by The Ice Garden Podcast Network. If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and become a paid subscriber today.

Intro and outro music: Modestly Rude by Jhovanny Fontanez © copyright 2009. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. https://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Nobuo3000/19015

With the international break over, join Geremy on this solo cast talking about what's next regarding the Olympics and what's real about the PWHL results so far.

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Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy  writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to manage medical care for a pro women’s hockey league? Today's guest can tell you all about it.

On the first episode of Purple Posts People, host LJ speaks with Dr. Tina Atkinson, the PWHL’s Chief Medical Officer. Throughout their conversation, Dr. Atkinson details her extensive career in sports medicine, the work she and her team do to care for athletes’ physical and mental health, and the challenges and complexities of managing medical systems for a league that spans eight cities across two countries. 

Purple Posts People is an interview-focused spinoff of Purple Posts, The Ice Garden’s offbeat women’s hockey history podcast. On each episode, get to know a different person working in women’s hockey in a unique or interesting role, brought to you by the same team behind the rest of The Ice Garden Podcast Network’s great offerings. If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and become a paid subscriber today.

Intro and outro music: Found Smoke by Pitx © copyright 2014. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. https://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Pitx/48064

Crease Huddles is back on your podcast feed with your host from Giants in the Crease, Geremy! Making a return appearance is Sarah Nurse superfan and just a hockey fan in general Rebecca (or Becca or Bex)! Come join us on this journey as we talk all the latest hockey news while dealing with everything that comes with recording in the evenings. We think we did alright!

On this episode:

• When does the feeling of panic really start to settle in if you're watching your team playing not so great? 
• When do we see Seattle/Vancouver turn into the monsters the majority of fans/media were expecting them to be?
• Overall been a weird start to the season, what's going on?
• PWHL expansion talks are heating up in the zeitgeist, does the Takeover Tour offer any clues of where they are going?
• What PWHL teams are going to come back with an advantage post-Olympic break, players riding the high of winning a Medal or players motivated to end their season on a good note after a disappointing Olympics?

If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠become a paid subscriber today⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy  writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.

On this episode of Purple Posts, host LJ is joined by Maya Smith, The Ice Garden’s Vancouver beat writer and a native Calgarian, to talk about the extensive and often-chaotic women’s hockey history of Maya’s hometown. From the old-timey Alpine Cup scene to the many leagues of the early 2000’s, and teams with names like the Calgary Grills, Oval X-Treme, and the inexplicably nicknamed Team Alberta “Honeybadgers,” Calgary has plenty of stories to dive into. Along the way, LJ and Maya do plenty of real-time research while reflecting on Maya’s youth hockey career and LJ’s lack of Canadian knowledge. 

Purple Posts is a podcast about the memorable, funny, and sometimes just strange moments in women’s hockey history, presented by The Ice Garden Podcast Network. If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and become a paid subscriber today.

Intro and outro music: Modestly Rude by Jhovanny Fontanez © copyright 2009. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. https://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Nobuo3000/19015

Part 2 of Episode 7 features the same guests, the same hosts, and more predictions. They talk more PWHL predictions like breakout players and stats, plus some SDHL and NCAA predicitions.

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Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy  writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.

Crease Huddles latest episode is a two-parter of predictions!

Geremy is joined by Meredith, LJ, and Natalia as they give their predictions and hot takes about various topics. This episode they focus on the PWHL talking about leadership groups, new rules, record setters, and more.

If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and ⁠⁠⁠⁠become a paid subscriber today⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy  writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.

Crease Huddles is back, and there's a ton to cover. This episode, LJ joins Geremy to talk about hockey in Australia, who will be the last undefeated team in the NCAA, PWHL branding, and what's happening in Ottawa. Plus this past week was essentially the international break for the whole word and lot of tournaments took place with implications for future IIHF World Hockey Championships as well as the Olympics.

If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and ⁠⁠⁠become a paid subscriber today⁠⁠⁠.

Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy  writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.

It's part two of Crease Huddles PWHL preview. This itme is the four Canadian team - Montreal Victoire, Ottawa Charge, the Toronto Sceptres, and Vancouver Goldeneyes. Geremy is again joined by the beat writers for each team, with the exception of Montreal - Elisha, Melissa, and Maya.

If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and ⁠⁠become a paid subscriber today⁠⁠.

Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy  writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.

This episode of Crease Huddles is the first of a two-part series previewing the upcoming PWHL season. First up is the four USA-based teams - Boston Fleet, Minnesota Frost, New York Sirens, and Seattle Torrent. For each team, Geremy is joined by one of our beat writers - Lydia, Reid, Natalia, and Silvia - to discuss the 2025-26 season!

Stay tuned for the four Canadian teams!

If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and ⁠become a paid subscriber today⁠.

Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy  writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.