Winging It In Motown: for Detroit Red Wings fans

On this episode of Fer Sure, we talk to Andrew Thomas, who in addition to being a former professor at Carnegie Mellon, co-founder of seminal hockey stats site War On Ice, and an analyst for the Minnesota Wild, was on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Jay is still swamped with work, but Sara joins again as co-host, and even gets to play a game against a trivia heavyweight!

Here’s what we have for you this time (all time locations are without the ads because they are put in after we upload the episode)

00:00:00 - Intros, Andrew’s time with Minnesota and experience in the world of hockey stats

00:16:01 - Who wants to talk about Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? We did. We also talk about trivia in general, and Andrew’s presentation on how to prepare for Jeopardy.

00:36:56 - “If You’re Not in Third Position, You Might Miss the Playoffs.” I put together a game based on Andrew’s viral dancing chops on Millionaire. They have to guess if a name is a ballet dancer from a Russian Ballet Company or a member of the 2010 U-18 Russian Hockey Team. Of course Sara thought of the name “Plie-r or Player” after, which is annoying because it’s clearly better.

If you are using a podcast app, you can find both this podcast and WIIM Radio (our podcast devoted to the Red Wings) in the same channel - Winging it in Motown. As of right now, you can’t find it on Google Play, but an app like Stitcher should work if you use an Android device for your podcast listening. Also, you can now find us on Spotify! Search for Winging it in Motown.

Here is the link to our merchandise store. You can get Fer Sure t-shirts in a variety of colors and styles, hoodies, notebooks, stickers, and much more. We also recently launched a Facebook page, through which we hope to increase our fan interaction. You can find that here.

Here are Andrews slides from his RITSAC presentation we discuss. You can access the video of his presentation here.

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Welcome to the latest edition of WIIM Radio! For this episode, Kyle is back in the host’s seat! Joining him were JJ and me (Peter). Additionally, we had a guest! Alan from SB Nation Tampa Bay Lightning site Raw Charge joined us to talk about Yzerman’s history in Tampa.

Here’s what we got up to, including time stamps (Time stamps don’t include the advertisements because we have no control over how long the ad breaks are):

00:00 - The Yzerplan Part 2: His time in Tampa and what it means for Detroit

23:42 - The Yzerplan: Part 2 continued

49:37 - Reader Questions and Final Thoughts

You can listen via the embedded player above or download on your favorite podcasting app, including Spotify! We can also hold it in our hands and walk up to a giant in Skyrim, hoping that they will club our lifeless body to your home.

As always, WIIM Radio is rated R for language and conspiracy to bootleg hand sanitizer.

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Heads Up: Our editor Jay said that there were some audio drop outs near the end. Sorry for any parts that are hard to understand.

Welcome to the latest edition of WIIM Radio! For this episode, I am hosting again, with JJ and Sara joining me. Here’s what we got up to, including time stamps (Time stamps don’t include the advertisements because we have no control over how long the ad breaks are):

00:00 - A little NHL News. The Brome signing

31:15 - The Yzerplan: Part 1

01:08:31 - Reader Questions and Final Thoughts

You can listen via the embedded player above or download on your favorite podcasting app, including Spotify! We can also bury it in the ground in hopes that it will be discovered years later and thought to be a new segment of the Epic of Gilgamesh

As always, WIIM Radio is rated R for language and not knowing how to read social cues since everyone is wearing masks.

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On this episode of Fer Sure, we talk to Ryan Stimson, who wrote a book on hockey tactics called Tape To Space. Jay could not be here this episode, but we are joined by special co-host Sara, whom you may know from recent episodes of WIIM Radio. Unsurprisingly, she did a great job joining the show.

Here’s what we have for you this time (all time locations are without the ads because they are put in after we upload the episode)

00:00:00 - Intros, What Clone Team Would be Best?

00:21:14 - Pitfalls When Looking at Statistics

00:36:36 - Matching NHL teams to machines from Horizon Zero Dawn.

If you are using a podcast app, you can find both this podcast and WIIM Radio (our podcast devoted to the Red Wings) in the same channel - Winging it in Motown. As of right now, you can’t find it on Google Play, but an app like Stitcher should work if you use an Android device for your podcast listening. Also, you can now find us on Spotify! Search for Winging it in Motown.

Here is the link to our merchandise store. You can get Fer Sure t-shirts in a variety of colors and styles, hoodies, notebooks, stickers, and much more. We also recently launched a Facebook page, through which we hope to increase our fan interaction. You can find that here.

Here is the trailer for the Horizon Zero Dawn game, if you haven’t seen it, so you can have an idea of what we are talking about

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Welcome to the latest edition of WIIM Radio! We have a great group of JJ, Sara, and me for this one. Here’s what we got up to, including time stamps:

00:00:00 - Teaser for Yzerplan series, Will the NHL start playing in July under a new proposal?

00:24:05 - NHL Draft, How dumb would it be to have it in June if the season does start in July? - Detroit RFAs

01:01:10 - Expansion Draft Question from last time - Reader Questions

You can listen via the embedded player above or download on your favorite podcasting app. We can perform it for you as an interpretive dance for $850,000 in singles.

As always, WIIM Radio is rated R for language and Zoom bombing government meetings.

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Welcome to the latest edition of WIIM Radio! We have the same great group of Kyle, JJ, Sara, and me as last time for this one. Here’s what we got up to, including time stamps (Time stamps don’t include the advertisements because we have no control over how long the ad breaks are):

00:00:00 - What is the plan going to be for the Wings’ defense?

00:11:27 - What about goalies? What are some likely scenarios for next season?

00:24:21 - “Yzerman of the People” - What does Stevie Y have up his sleeve for this offseason? What is the overall direction? What about potential UFA Torey Krug?

00:47:47 - Reader questions and some nice words about the community.

You can listen via the embedded player above or download on your favorite podcasting app, including Spotify! We will hand deliver it to your door, as long as you don’t get within 6 feet of us (and pay us a monthly fee of $65,000)

As always, WIIM Radio is rated R for language and light treason.

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On this episode of Fer Sure, we talk to Dylan Galloway from Future Considerations and Will from the draft website Scouching. Jay wasn’t able to make it for the interview, but we talked for about an hour on all things draft. For our listeners who are fans of the Red Wings, there is a lot of talk specific to Detroit.

Here’s what we have for you this time (all time locations are without the ads because they are put in after we upload the episode)

00:00:00 - Intros, Classic NHL games

00:13:55- Ad Break 1

00:14:01 - Interview

01:15:13 - Ad Break 2

01:15:18 - What have we been up to outside of hockey?

If you are using a podcast app, you can find both this podcast and WIIM Radio (our podcast devoted to the Red Wings) in the same channel - Winging it in Motown. As of right now, you can’t find it on Google Play, but an app like Stitcher should work if you use an Android device for your podcast listening. Also, you can now find us on Spotify! Search for Winging it in Motown

Here is the link to our merchandise store. You can get Fer Sure t-shirts in a variety of colors and styles, hoodies, notebooks, stickers, and much more. We also recently launched a Facebook page, through which we hope to increase our fan interaction. You can find that here.

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Welcome to the latest edition of WIIM Radio! We have a great group of Kyle, JJ, Sara, and me for this one. Here’s what we got up to, including time stamps:

00:00:00 - Status of the season, and what the heck could the playoff format be?

00:17:58 - Break 1

00:18:06 - Draft Draft Draft!

00:34:58 - Break 2

00:35:06 - Reader Questions - Awards

You can listen via the embedded player above or download on your favorite podcasting app. We can send it to you in smoke signals for one small payment of $10,000.

As always, WIIM Radio is rated R for language and excessive laughter

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We were fortunate to have Ryan, Brad, and Evan from the Winged Wheel Podcast as our full-episode guests. It was a lot of fun, and hopefully you have as much fun listening to it. Stay safe!!

Here’s what we have for you this time (all time locations are without the ads because they are put in after we upload the episode)

00:00:00 - Intros, Season Suspension Musings, Draft Pondering

00:21:11 - Ad Break 1

00:21:17 - Getting Creative to Salvage The NHL Season

00:34:44 - Ad Break 2

00:34:49 - Reader Question, What The Hell Are We doing With All This Time

If you are using a podcast app, you can find both this podcast and WIIM Radio (our podcast devoted to the Red Wings) in the same channel - Winging it in Motown. As of right now, you can’t find it on Google Play, but an app like Stitcher should work if you use an Android device for your podcast listening. Also, you can now find us on Spotify! Search for Winging it in Motown

Here is the link to our merchandise store. You can get Fer Sure t-shirts in a variety of colors and styles, hoodies, notebooks, stickers, and much more. We also recently launched a Facebook page, through which we hope to increase our fan interaction. You can find that here.

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Here’s what Peter and Jay have for you this time (all time locations are without the ads because they are put in after we upload the episode)

Interview with Katie Strang: (0:00 - 26:55) - We were fortunate enough to be able to talk to Katie about her latest article for The Athletic. We talk about the process of reporting and writing a major story like this, from the journalistic process to the emotional toll it can take.

A few other things: (26:55 - END) - This episode is a little shorter than others recently, but we still had to make sure we cover a few of the latest topics. We talk about what George Parros should do next, what to expect for the trade deadline, and an important anniversary in hockey history.

If you are using a podcast app, you can find both this podcast and WIIM Radio (our podcast devoted to the Red Wings) in the same channel - Winging it in Motown. As of right now, you can’t find it on Google Play, but an app like Stitcher should work if you use an Android device for your podcast listening. Also, you can now find us on Spotify! Search for Winging it in Motown

Here is the link to our merchandise store. You can get Fer Sure t-shirts in a variety of colors and styles, hoodies, notebooks, stickers, and much more. We also recently launched a Facebook page, through which we hope to increase our fan interaction. You can find that here.

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