The first season of Heated Rivalry is done, and I have enjoyed the heck out of it and have a bunch of thoughts I wanted to put down in podcast form, and thankfully I have WhyHockey to do this, even though it took nearly 100 minutes to get as many of them out as I could! I apologize, but I’ve got timecodes for you to jump to the section you want to listen to right here:
4:45: There’s hockey stuff in the show I didn’t mention on the show with Tommy that I should have!
9:15: I think I know why this show has broken contain, and I go through some personal theories on why.
19:30: Episode 3 recap.
27:00: Episode 4 recap, including an autism spectrum anecdote from your host who is on it
39:05: Episode 5, it rocks! Scott Hunter, I wish what you did in this episode could happen in reality!
48:10: Episode 6, great way to end the season (Shane’s car is a piece of junk).
55:00: How have men in hockey, like Luke Prokop, actually come out publicly? It’s not like what Scott Hunter did, but equally as amazing! (Listen to the Outfield Podcast too!)
1:11:00: How the Empty Netters Heated Rivalry recaps taught me an important lesson on how the NHL and its teams can bring the show’s audience into hockey for good, and how the show’s fanbase can make the sport of hockey better.
1:16:45: Support Brock McGillis, who does the really hard work of changing the culture of hockey on a daily basis, and how out current and former athletes have reacted to the show.
1:27:30: Remaining good points and bad points that I hadn’t mentioned yet.
1:32:15: Can we please not speculate on Hudson and Connor’s sexuality? Pretty please?
And more that I almost certainly didn’t have time to list in here! Enjoy the show, and I hope you stick around, welcome to the wonderful world of hockey and WhyHockey if you’re new here!
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