Second City Hockey Podcast

Welcome to Episode 139 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's a full lineup of Dave, Betsy, Mil and Eric, who gathered during Tuesday's game against the Seattle Kraken to discuss the Corey Perry saga, Patrick Kane signing with Detroit, the Anthony Beauvillier trade and, of course, a food take.

Welcome to Episode 138 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy and Eric together to discuss the last handful of Blackhawks games, a big change in the power-play lineup that had the group excited and the upcoming food-centric holiday.

Welcome to Episode 137 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's the full lineup of Dave, Mil, Betsy and Eric assembling to wax poetic about a few incredible performances from Connor Bedard, discuss one of the linemates that appears to have found success with Bedard and then Eric offers a controversial Thanksgiving food take.

Welcome to Episode 136 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy and Eric assembling to discuss another Blackhawks win followed by another Blackhawks loss, a second lawsuit filed against the team stemming from 2010, and Dave reports back with food thoughts from a trip down south.

Welcome to Episode 135 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's a full lineup as Dave, Eric, Mil and Betsy assembled to chat about the last two Blackhawks games that had wildly different outcomes, a position switch for Lukas Reichel, a couple of league-wide topics and -- of course -- a food take!

Welcome to Episode 134 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's the trio of Dave, Eric and Mil discussing some recent struggles for the Blackhawks this season, a couple of league-wide topics and, of course, a food take that ends in a bit of nostalgia.

Welcome to Episode 133 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, the trio of Dave, Betsy and Eric assembled to discuss the first four games of the 2023-24 Blackhawks season, including early thoughts on youngsters like Connor Bedard, Kevin Korchinski and more!

Welcome to Episode 132 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Mil returned and joined back up with the trio of Dave, Betsy and Eric returned to preview all angles of the upcoming 2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks hockey season.

Welcome to Episode 131 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. The trio of Dave, Betsy and Eric returned to discuss a handful of preseason games, talk about the futures of youngsters like Kevin Korchinski, chat about some standout Connor Bedard moments and, of course, get into a food take.

Welcome to Episode 130 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. After a long summer hiatus, the trio of Dave, Betsy and Eric gathered to share their final thoughts on the Top 25 Under 25 series and to look ahead to the Blackhawks slate of preseason games.

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric take a brief hiatus from the hockey talk and are joined by Windy City Gridiron's Taylor Doll to preview the upcoming Bears season.

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric are joined by Kelly from Broad Street Hockey and Alex from The Cannon, with the group exploring each NHL team's worst contract via fantasy draft.

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric talked with Corey Sznajder (@ShutdownLine on Twitter), who runs the All Three Zones project and is a recurring guest from last summer. The hockey conversation was brief before the rest of the show was dominated by the trio remembering some albums from 2003.

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave is flying solo and is joined by two members of the Total Saints Podcast, which covers Southampton FC, currently playing in the Championship after being relegated from the Premier League. The guests are Ben Stanfield, who founded and regularly appears on the podcast, and Alfie House, who appears on the show while also covering the team for the Daily Echo in Southampton. The discussion traveled back-and-forth across the pond, covering the promotion/relegation system (or lack thereof in the US), in-stadium experiences in each country, and much, much more. And, of course, there are a few food-related topics at the end.

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric talked with Russ Rankin, who's a scout for the WHL's Tri-City Americans and the longtime lead singer of the punk rock band Good Riddance. The conversation went back-and-forth from hockey to music throughout, touching on Russ being a New Jersey Devils fan, his entry into the hockey world and more.

Welcome to Episode 129 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this emergency recording, the group of Dave, Mil and Betsy gathered to discuss Tuesday evenings breaking news that team owner Rocky Wirtz died at the age of 70.

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric talked with Mark Lazerus of The Athletic, who's been a Blackhawks beat reporter for the last decade. In a wide-ranging discussion, they discussed the Connor Bedard hype, the changing media landscape within Blackhawks coverage and the sports media scene as a whole and, of course, dove into a couple food-related items.

Welcome to Episode 128 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Betsy, Eric, and Mil gathered to wrap up a busy week of Blackhawks moves, including the 2023 NHL Draft, free agency and the acquisition of a notorious team villain.

Welcome to Episode 127 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this impromptu episode, Dave, Betsy and Eric quickly assembled to discuss all angles of the trade that brought Taylor Hall (and Nick Foligno) to Chicago.

Welcome to Episode 126 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Betsy, Eric, and Mil gathered to reflect on the Stanley Cup, preview next week's draft, touch on a few news items, explore a food take ... and then end with a big announcement on something new that SCH is going to do next week.

Welcome to Episode 125 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Betsy, Mil, and Shepard talked the Stanley Cup, the Memorial Cup, and a few Blackhawks-related news items before getting to the filling in the middle of a food take.

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric talked with Dante De Caria, who's been the play-by-play announce for the Regina Pats for the last few seasons. So, you'll shocked to hear that Connor Bedard was a key part of the conversation.

Welcome to Episode 124 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Betsy, Eric, and Shepard discussed the ongoing Stanley Cup Playoffs a little bit more, went through a lengthy exercise on scenarios involving possibilities of the Blackhawks trading up in the NHL Draft and then briefly touched on Blackhawks news item before filling up on a food take.

Welcome to Episode 123 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Betsy, Mil, and Shepard discussed the ongoing Stanley Cup Playoffs, reviewed a few more position groups from the last Blackhawks season, explored some more big-picture items related to Connor Bedard and then topped it off with a pizza topping discussion/revelation.

Welcome to Episode 122 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. On this episode, Dave, Betsy, Mil and Eric gathered during the live broadcast of the NHL Draft Lottery. You probably know what happened. There's a healthy preamble, but the real fun starts right around the 29-minute mark.

Welcome to Episode 121 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. Betsy returned and joined the trio of Dave, Mil, and Shepard to discuss a few notable Blackhawks forwards from the last season, the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and then a food take that will twist you into a pretzel.

Welcome to Episode 120 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. With Betsy still out, Eric joined up again the trio of Dave, Mil, and Shepard to reflect on the official end of this era of Blackhawks hockey, look ahead towards the new one that's now beginning and then rank their way through a food take.

Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. To kick off the offseason that started for the Blackhawks on Friday, Dave and Eric talked with Alex Connor, the site manager of The Cannon, another former SB Nation website striking out on its own with coverage of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Together, the trio discussed the various paths each team took to the bottom of the standings, the tanking philosophy in general, and briefly touched on burning topics like Justin Fields and wearing shorts to inside an ice hockey arena.

Welcome to Episode 119 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. With Betsy out, Eric joined the trio of Dave, Mil, and Shepard while the Blackhawks were playing the Penguins on Tuesday night to reflect the last few weeks of Blackhawks games and slowly turn their attention towards what lies ahead for the team.

Welcome to Episode 118 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. The usual crew of Dave, Mil, Betsy and Shepard gathered to wrap up the discussion on the Blackhawks' pride night, converse about the looming official end of the Toews and Kane era, see what a few young prospects have been up to at the NHL level and then explore a spicy food take on the way out.

Welcome to Episode 117 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. With Mil out, Eric joined up with Betsy, Shepard and Dave for a lengthy discussion on the Blackhawks decision to not wear Pride-themed warmups for Sunday's Pride Night game against the Canucks before exploring a quick food take on the way out.

Welcome to Episode 116 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy gathered to talk about the Blackhawks recent win over the Bruins, what it does and doesn't say about the team (and coach Luke Richardson) in the long-term, and then, of course, they dove into a food take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 115 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy gathered to a play a game centered on the futures of several current members of the Blackhawks roster, discuss the Minnesota Wild joining a few other NHL teams in an unfortunate trend and, of course, explore a food take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 114 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this emergency recording, the group of Dave, Eric, Betsy, and Shepard gather to discuss every angle of the Blackhawks' decision to trade Patrick Kane to the Rangers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 113 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy discussed the initial round of trades made by the Blackhawks, briefly touched on the Patrick Kane trade saga (with more news expected later in the week), lamented another health-related issue for Jonathan Toews and then, of course, explored a food take — this one of the sparkling variety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 112 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. Mil returned to join back up with Dave, Shepard and Betsy to discuss the trade discussions swirling around a few member of the Blackhawks and then are joined by Ryan Nanni, the managing editor of SB Nation's Secret Base and co-host of the Shutdown Fullcast, who has a special goal for 2023 that's detailed on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 111 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. With Mil unavailable this week, Dave, Shepard and Betsy are joined by one of SCH's newest additions in Eric, who all assembled to discuss the future of Toews and Kane based on what was written by a Blackhawks beat reporter, check in on the slumping IceHogs, look ahead to the all-star weekend and — of course — got into a food take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 110 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Mil, Shepard and Betsy opened with some thoughts on the approaching end for Second City Hockey and the other SB Nation NHL sites, discussed the Blackhawks' recent run of games and then, of course, explored a food take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 109 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Mil, Shepard and Betsy gathered to take a look around the rest of the league and lament the re-assignment of Lukas Reichel back to the AHL before exploring a food take that deals with the loss of a favorite concession stand option at the United Center for one of the show's panel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 108 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Mil, Shepard and Betsy gathered to discuss a pair of Blackhawks victories, Lukas Reichel's sudden emergence, Blackhawks prospects at the World Juniors and, of course, a food take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 107 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Mil, Shepard and Betsy gathered for the first podcast of 2023 to examine what a pair of ugly Blackhawks losses says about coach Luke Richardson, briefly touch on a report on Max Domi's future, recap the first week from the World Juniors and then — of course — dive into a food take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 106 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Mil, Shepard and Betsy discussed the futures of Blackhawks franchise fixtures Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, a recent round of roster moves made by the team and then ended the conversation with, of course, a holiday-themed food discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 105 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Dave, Mil, Shepard and Betsy quickly tore through the week of games missed while on hiatus, discussed the historical Tuesday night at the United Center, explored Lukas Reichel's brief NHL stint, and then dove into an internationally-themed food discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 104 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Mil returned alongside Dave, Shepard and Betsy to offer their impressions from the first 20 games of Luke Richardson's tenure behind the bench, reactions to Kirby Dach's moment at the United Center on Friday and of course, dive into a food take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to a Episode 103 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. With Mil out this week, Dave, Shepard and Betsy assembled to discuss the Marian Hossa retirement ceremony, how the Blackhawks should handle its young players in the lineup this season and, of course, dive into a food take with Thanksgiving right around the corner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to a Episode 102 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, the usual group of Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy have assembled to discuss the last week of Blackhawks games, take a look at the NHL standings and, of course, discuss a food take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to a Episode 101 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, the usual group of Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy have assembled during the first period of Tuesday's game against the Islanders to discuss the Blackhawks' now losing four games in a row, an incident from the end of regulation against the Wild and, of course, dive into a food topic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to a very special Episode 100 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, the usual group of Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy have assembled during the first period of Tuesday's game against the Panthers to discuss Chicago's strong start, answer some questions from the SCH comment sections and, of course, dive into a spooooooooooky food take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 99 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, the usual group of Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy have assembled to recap the first three games from the '22-23 Blackhawks regular season, discuss a big-picture topic related to the health of athletes in the short and long-term, and explore a food take that recently took over the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 98 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, the usual group of Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy have assembled to preview the Blackhawks' 2022-23 season that gets started this week, discuss the interesting storylines to watch from around the league and dive into a discussion on the proper drink to compliment a pizza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 97 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, the usual group of Dave, Shepard, Mil and Betsy have assembled to discuss the Blackhawks first round of preseason games, explore what it'll be like to watch a team that is not assembled to win games in the 2022-23 season and dive into a few food takes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices