ScuttlePuck NHL Hockey Podcast

Auston Matthews puts the Leafs on his shoulders with back to back hattricks. The Oilers stumble out of the gate...is it as bad as it seems? Plus, a new segment. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio

Banter - Calgary

Title player Chico Maki

Feedback

News

Bedard - 1st goal, leads league in Shots on Goal,

Pride Tape Fiasco - Quick discussion - why make this an issue?

Matthews - hat trick in comeback victory game 1

Hat trick in game 2! 7 goals in 2 games!

Sick of Reaves already

Alfredsson back with Senators in role “somewhere between player development and Coaching”. Steve Staios, President

Oilers get pasted 8-1 in season opener and fans are ready to trade everyone and fire the coach

Lose 2nd game to Canucks 4-3 - outshot them 40-16

Sign Adam Erne to 1 yr deal after PTO

Ekholm to play Sat

Logan Cooley - 2 assists as Coyotes beat Devils

Guess the 5th

Stanley Cup Predictions

Last year - Mike - Colorado Dale - Carolina

This year - who will it be?

NEWS SEGMENT What’s the Call?

Bedard doesn’t wear helmet for warmup - what's the rule and what happened?

Crazy Stat

DOPeS

Brett Howden - 2 games for check to head

https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/golden-knights-brett-howden-suspended-2-games-for-illegal-check

It's the Merry Christmas episode! The World Junior Championship is up soon and we have a quick look at the key players. Also, we take a look at the standings in the NHL as we head into the Christmas break. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio

Title Player - Daniel Alfredsson - > Drew Bannister - born in Belleville, grew up in Sudbury, coach of St. Louis Blues

Daniel Alfredsson -> Erik Karlsson 2010-13 -> Drew Bannister 09-10 Binghamton Senators

Celebrini - BU Tom Willander ->

Feedback - Ben in NY - stickers on way

News:

World Junior tourney -

Mack Celebrini - will he get suspended for hit from behind?

Canada looking to 3-peat

Bruins release Poitras to play - last minute - watch for him to be big factor

Team USA probably the favourite

Top Prospects to watch

1. Mack Celebrini -Canada

2. Will Smith - USA

3. Cutter Gauthier - USA

4. Gabe Perreault - USA

5. Konsta Helenius - Finland

The Athletic’s top 10 - 6 are Americans

DJ Smith out in Ottawa - Jacques Martin interim

• great junior coach, maybe not NHL

Oilers going streakin’ win 8, lose 3, win 2

Zach Hyman - Tied for 4th in NHL with 19 G

Leafs - pounded 9-3 by Sabres - Samsonov a problem

What’s solution?

Luongo - ring of honour - what’s your take on retiring numbers

Ducks unis - garbage

Guess the 5th

At the Christmas Break Summary

Crazy StatDOPeS - Bettman affirms 6 gamer for Perron

Friedman - players are pissed that refs are telling them to police themselves, but the suspensions are for guys policing themselves -

We recompose ourselves after a loss to Latvia and then a less than inspiring win over Germany at the World Junior Championships. What does the classic New Year's Eve game vs the USA have in store? We're concerned. We review some interesting stats from the calendar year 2024 and then give our thoughts on some novel ideas to improve the game. As always we have Guess the 5th and Connections! Listen Here: Apple Podcasts Direct MP3 iHeart Radio

Title Player - Ryan Whitney - 481 GP

News

Dallas practice on boxing day - big no no. - $100,000 fine

Latvia beats Canada!

Spengler Cup - seems like fun

Derek Lalonde out in Detroit, MacLellan in - 4th coaching change

Crosby passes Lemieux for Assists with Penguins at 1034

Avalanche sign Blackwood for 5 years, $26.25MM

Kaprizov hurt -

Winter Classic - Chicago vs St. Louis -

St. Louis has been in 2 of last 4 - why?

16 Winter Classics, only 2 Canadian teams

Teams that have never played.

• Edmonton Oilers
• Calgary Flames
• Vancouver Canucks
• Winnipeg Jets
• Ottawa Senators
• Florida Panthers
• Tampa Bay Lightning
• New Jersey Devils
• Carolina Hurricanes
• Columbus Blue Jackets
• New York Islanders
• Colorado Avalanche
• Los Angeles Kings
• Anaheim Ducks

• San Jose Sharks

Guess the 5th

Going Streakin’

CHI 4L, NYR, SJS 3L - Rangers in 8th in Metro - 2-8-0 in last 10, 7 pts out of playoffs, with 5 teams ahead

VGK 6W, COL 4W, BUF 3W

NHL Stats for 2024 - see guide

27 3+ goal comeback wins

EDM 16 game winning streak

AZ move to Utah

Ovechkin - 25 goals to Gretzky - RS+PO - Gretzky 1016, Ovi 942 (-74)

82 game average goals - both at 49

Combined PO + Reg including WHA

Howe 1071G + 1518 =2589

Gretzky 1072G + 2297=3369

GP

Gretzky - 1695 + 93 = 1788

Howe - 1924 + 497 = 2421 (633 more)

Crosby - 600G, 1000A, 1600 PT, 1300 GP 19th PPG regular season - matching Gretzky record

McDavid 900 / 1000PT

Matthews - 69 G - highest since Lemieux in 95-96

McDavid and Kucherov - 4t, 5th players to get 100A in a season

Most KM Skated - McDavid - 605km (378mi)

Connections

John Gee, Nora and Paul Stewart, David Huyben all gave answers.

Ideas to Improve Hockey / NHL

Vary rink sizes - length from 210’ - 190’ - Boston Arena, before 1924 was 220 x 90 but in 1924 was 200 x 80 feet when Bruins moved in.

Width from 80-95 wide -

Boston garden was 191 x 84

Chicago Stadium was 185 x 85

Buffalo - 196 x 85

Player benches across, centred so no “long change”

1934-40 - Penalty shot circle - 20’ Diameter 38’ from goal line

1943 - Red Line added - to speed up game and reduce offside

Penalty shot for defensive zone stick infractions - hooking, tripping, slashing, cross check inside the house. Shoot from circle, puck live if a rebound. Players line up behind circles.

No crosschecks - none

Eliminate standing with puck behind net to reset - defensive team must move puck - can be side to side or backward, but can not stand still waiting for line changes

Presentation - more conversations with players when prepping - similar to F1 - not scripted - just have reporter walking around, talking to equipment managers, maybe get a quick chat with a player if they happen to be standing around.

Stats done by reg+po

Ask for listener ideas - and rationale

Crazy Stat

DOPeS

Find out who will win this year's Stanley Cup by listening to this episode. With Dale in Korea, Mike goes solo and reviews both of our brackets. Also, the Coyotes finally give up the ghost and move to Utah. Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio

Title Player Wade Redden

News

Arizona moves to Utah

$1.2B To Ryan Smith - $200M to owners, for relocation

Name - Stormin’ Mormons?

Utah takes over all hockey ops and Meruelo maintains business operations in Arizona in attempt to get arena built and get an expansion franchise

Meruelo has 5 years to get this done or his provision expires

Impact of Marty Walsh to force NHL’s hand?

Playoffs Preview / Predictions

1. Leafs vs Bruins
2. Islanders vs Hurricanes
3. Lightning vs Panthers
4. Capitals vs Rangers
5. Jets vs Avalanche
6. Canucks vs Predators
7. Stars vs Knights
8. Oilers vs Kings

The Battle of Alberta is back in full swing as Zack Kassian gets suspended and is glad "big boy" hockey is back! The Vegas Golden Knights fire Gerrard Gallant is a strange move. And the Atlantic and Pacific divisional battles are impossibly tight. 

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• Banter: Dale has a sore back
• Check out @PuckDuty
• Title Player Pavol Demitra
• Feedback - 
• Gerrard Gallant fired by Vegas in favour of Peter DeBoer and we aren't sure why
• Ray Shero fired in NJ. Another odd firing.
• Department of Player Safety is taking some heat from the players
• Team of the Week - Winnipeg Jets. Not good numbers, but holding on based on some great goaltending.
• Is drawing penalties an important skill?
• Should the Leafs and Oilers make a trade?
• Leafs update -Do the Leafs have a goaltending problem?
• Oilers update -Oilers are heating up but Pacific is so tight, they are just holding position. What will the Zack Kassian contract look like? Oilers fans are worried. 
• Hot / Not - Tampa Bay and Columbus are both hot but doing it entirely differently
• MILESTONES
• Rathole
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Intro/Outro Music Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers Song: Yertle the Turtle