In the second part of our 2024-25 NHL season preview, we look at the 16 Western Conference teams.
We also preview this week’s Champions Hockey League games and round up all the key talking points from the Swedish Hockey League.
You can find the podcast on all the major podcast platforms or direct from the following link:
https://hockeywithice.podbean.com/e/s2-ep7-nhl-western-conference-preview-24-25
Our latest podcast episode looks at some of the key talking points as the European leagues have started their regular seasons over the past week.
We discuss the exciting Penny DEL opener between Augsburger Panthers and Ingolstadt in Germany, as well as the upcoming visit of the Buffalo Sabres to Munich at the end of this week for the grand opening of the new SAP Gardens facility.
Opening night in the Hockey Allsvenskan brought us a classic clash between Oskarsham, relegated from the SHL last season, and the sleeping giants of Swedish hockey, Djurgården. We discuss all of the drama, from the ‘5 and game’ penalty issued to Djurgården’s Daniel Brodin, the 12 rounds of penalty shots to determine a winner, and the fashion style of Djurgården’s Head Coach Robert Kimby.
We then discuss all of the opening day games from the Swedish Hockey League, from David Tomasek’s four-goal performance for Färjestad, Malmö and Örebro serving up some humble pie for the many people predicting that they will be in the relegation zone, to some depressing injury reports for HV71 and Rögle.
And then we move across the Atlantic to the NHL where the teams started their pre-season games over the past weekend.
The podcast is available via all of the usual podcast platforms, or you can listen to it direct at https://hockeywithice.podbean.com/e/s2-ep5-european-regular-season-and-nhl-pre-season/
Our latest podcast is a bumper 90-minute episode in which we preview the 2024-25 Swedish Hockey League competition.
It includes an in-depth guide to the domestic Swedish hockey system, provides plenty of useful pointers on pronunciations, and then looks at all 14 teams that form the SHL this season.
I’ve included chapter markers in the podcast so you can navigate to different sections, although how they appear (possibly ‘if’ they appear) may depend on what platform you listen your podcasts through. You can find the episode direct here: https://hockeywithice.podbean.com/e/s2e4-swedish-hockey-league-preview-2024-25.
In our latest podcast episode, we look back at the first two Matchdays of the 2024-25 Champions Hockey League competition, including the famous victory for the UK’s Sheffield Steelers against SHL team Växjö Lakers.
We look at all of the key talking points from the CHL and preview the two matchdays coming up from this Thursday through Sunday.
We also discuss the Leon Draisaitl contract extension and some of the little contractual tricks players, agents and teams are able to use when signing long-term contracts.
You can find the podcast on all the major platforms or listen direct from the podcast subsite here.
A video excerpt from the episode is also now published on our YouTube channel.
The Hockey With Ice podcast is back for another season.
Our first full episode offers a detailed guide to this season’s Champions Hockey League. We look at the tournament format, all 24 teams involved and what to look out for ahead of the opening fixtures starting on Thursday September 5th.
You can find the podcast on all major platforms (Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music etc), or access it directly via the podcast subsite.
In the podcast, I offer my prediction for the four teams that I think will make the Semi-Finals (with the caveat that this is subject to change due to play-off match-ups!). Take a listen and then let me know in the comments whether you agree or who else you think could go all the way and lift the trophy in February.
Full details on the Champions Hockey League can be found on their official website.
The Hockey With Ice podcast is back for the 2024-25 season. We’ll be publishing a new episode every Monday night UK time throughout the hockey year.
The podcast is available across all the major podcast platforms and we’ll be publishing video excerpts on the YouTube channel too.
The first full episode will be published next Monday, September 2nd, previewing the Champions Hockey League 2024-25 competition.
Before then, a new podcast trailer has been published this evening launching Season 2.
