Founding 4 Podcast

Connecticut Whale defender Jordan Brickner is the featured guest for the seventh installment of The Original Eight series. Brickner moved to Connecticut from Chicago for what she thought would be one season in the National Women's Hockey League. Today, she is one of eight players to suit up for all five seasons of the league.

Unfortunately, Brickner suffered an injury in December that cut her fifth season short. However, we spoke to her earlier this month and she seems to be in good spirits about the future of the Connecticut Whale.

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Music: Wallflowers & Caverns by Bad Snacks
Photo Credit: Matthew Raney

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The Founding 4 Podcast is an independent women's ice hockey podcast hosted by Erica L. Ayala. The podcast lives on Transistor.fm and is part of the Sports Talk with Erica L. Ayala podcast network. Please like, share, subscribe, comment, and rate our show. That is how we get more eyes/ears on women in sports.

Sports Talk with ELA is sponsor by our Patreon community. For the cost of a slice of NYC pizza a month, you help bring more coverage to women in and around sports. You can also make a one-time donation via PayPal.

The Original Eight Series features one-on-one interview with the eight players who've played in the NWHL since the inaugural season. This episode features Connecticut Whale defender and alternate captain Elena Orlando.

Elena Orlando started her NWHL career in Brooklyn with the New York Riveters, but is no stranger to the Nutmeg State. Orlando played hockey and rugby at Quinnipiac University. She played one season in Sweden before joining the Riveters for the 2015-16 season. In addition to being an NWHL veteran, Orlando is a nurse and youth hockey coach.

Lando reunited with Riveters teammate and All-Star captain Madison Packer during the 2020 NWHL All-Star Weekend. In 2017, she was honored with the NWHL Foundation Award, given to one player from each team who most actively applying the core values of hockey to her community as well as growing and improving hockey culture.

• #NWHLxWISS present NURSE AND ORIGINAL NWHLER ELENA ORLANDO
• WATCH Orlando join @GamerDoc on NWHL Open Ice
• THIS or THAT with Elena Orlando

As always, thank you for your support! This Patreon platform is growing and I'm excited for what the future holds!

Photo Credit: Erica L. Ayala

Follow Elena Orlando on Twitter: @e_orlando14

Follow The Founding 4 Podcast on Twitter @Founding4Pod
Follow Erica L. Ayala on Twitter @elindsay08

Music: Caverns by Bad Snacks

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The Founding 4 Podcast is an independent women's ice hockey podcast hosted by Erica L. Ayala. The podcast lives on Transistor.fm and is part of the Sports Talk with Erica L. Ayala podcast network. Please like, share, subscribe, comment, and rate our show. That is how we get more eyes/ears on women in sports.

Sports Talk with ELA is sponsor by our Patreon community. For the cost of a slice of NYC pizza a month, you help bring more coverage to women in and around sports. You can also make a one-time donation via PayPal.

The Minnesota Whitecaps have been a family affair since inception. Jack Brodt created the women's ice hockey team to keep his daughter Winny Brodt on the ice as a post-graduate with USA Hockey dreams. Jack White designed the original Whitecaps logo, one his daughter Brooke would wear for years alongside Winny.

Sixteen years later, Scott Richards is the latest dad to add to the history of the Whitecaps. With Jack White's blessing, Scott Richards created Cappy, a puck head in a helmet and dressed in the new NWHL-version of the Minnesota uniform. His daughter Audra played her first NWHL season out east with the Riveters. Now she plays for her hometown team and helps fill in as Cappy from time to time.

Listen to Scott & Audra Richards discuss Cappy! We discuss, pronouns, social media, being part of the Whitecaps legacy, and more!

Follow Cappy on Twitter: @MinnesotaCappy
Follow Audra Richards on Twitter: @audra_21

The Founding 4 Podcast is an independent, NWHL-centric women's ice hockey podcast hosted by Erica L. Ayala. The podcast lives on Transistor.fm and is part of the Sports Talk with Erica L. Ayala podcast network.

Sports Talk with ELA is sponsor by our Patreon community. For the cost of a NYC slice of pizza a month, you help bring more coverage to women in and around sports. Join the Patreon Posse TODAY!

Please like, share, subscribe, comment, and rate our show. That is how we get more eyes/ears on women in sports.

Follow the show on Twitter @Founding4Pod
Follow Erica L. Ayala on Twitter @elindsay08

Music: "Wallflowers" by Bad Snacks

The NWHL returns after an International break. Hear from Week 5 NWHL Veda Player of the Week Kelsey Neumann, Connecticut Whale netminder Sonja Shelley, and my unfiltered thoughts about who and what is needed to usher women's hockey to the next level.

Link to The Hockey News article
Link to Sportsnet article

Sports Talk with ELA is sponsor by our Patreon community. For the cost of a NYC slice of pizza a month, you help bring more coverage to women in and around sports. Join the Patreon Posse TODAY!

The Founding 4 Podcast is an independent, NWHL-centric women's ice hockey podcast hosted by Erica L. Ayala. The podcast lives on Transistor.fm and is part of the Sports Talk with Erica L. Ayala podcast network. Please like, share, subscribe, comment, and rate our show. That is how we get more eyes/ears on women in sports.

Follow on Kelsey Neumann on Twitter @lilneumy
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MUSIC:
"So Long Analog" by Noir Et Blanc Vie
"Kickin' it With Aliens" by Sarah, The Illstrumentalist

Angélica Rodríguez & Erica L. Ayala are back and talking PHF Free Agency. On this episode, originally recorded on Twitter Spaces, were discuss the big spenders in PHF Free Agency and their impact on a growing league.

• Is Kacey Bellamy worth her contract?
• What can we expect from Nora Räty in net for the Riveters?
• Why we need more Mike Murphy's in the world
• How do the PWHPA plans effect PHF free agency?
• And much more ...

Show Notes and Timestamps can be found below:

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