• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Scars, plasma and exposed dermis, oh my!
• Canucks bleeding out
• Sell low, buy pretty much nothing
• So long Eddie, so long Shawn, so long Juice
• Vancouver media and their goldfish attention sp…
• Prust is trade bait at the deadline
• What about Ryan Miller & the twins?
• Brandon Saad gets PAID
• Will Phil Kessel finally hit 40 goals?
• Three Dressed Up as a Nine by Trooper
• Thanks for Listening

Adios, Mr Kassian. May your IQ be always in your favour.

• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Mike Zunino can’t hit but he frames pitches like a master
• Paxton designed Zunino’s mitt
• Robinson Cano has a sky high baseball IQ
• A happy little dance at shortstop
• John loves Felix Hernandez
• John loves Kyle Seager, too
• John loves being a nerd, three
• Being a manager is a tough gig
• Stompa! by Serena Ryder

• Introduction
• Thanks John
• Whitecaps take a loooooong road trip
• Want to be an MLS referee? Your fraud charge is no problem!
• Whitecaps got jobbed in Colorado
• Even the Rapids thought it was a bad call
• The Whitecaps haven’t inspired much confidence
• July and August will be hectic, to say the least
• Is Pedro back?
• Are Kah and Waston worth the fouls and cards?
• Fix You by Coldplay
• There’s always money in the banana stand

• Introduction
• Pop Tart Girl by the Orchid Highway
• The Russians have left the ice
• McKayla is unimpressed with Ilya Kovalchuk
• Kudos to Alex Ovechkin
• Mike Babcock is a Leaf. What a shocker
• Kessel & Phaneuf, your days are numbered
• Brian Burke, one ego to rule them all
• Will there be apotheosis for Babs in T-dot?
• Who will be GM?
• The Wreck of the Maple Leafs Season — a parody by Peter Gross

• Introduction
• John Stewart, ladies and gentlemen
• John’s shower is a puzzle worthy of Perseus himself
• A quick trip in the way back machine
• Dave Niehaus, the Jim Robson of baseball
• Felix Hernandez, future resident of Cooperstown
• James Paxton throws one pitch. Really well, but still.
• Pitchers are like noodles
• Felix has it all
• The bullpen has had a slow start
• Call of the Wild by the Matinée
• There’s always money in the banana stand

• Steve Ewen bumper
• Russell was conceived to A Flock of Seagulls
• The Whitecaps should beat the Union
• Robbo concedes his side should have won this game
• This is why Edmonton can’t have nice things
• Pedro had himself a tidy little game
• David Ousted: save of the week?
• Whitecaps are too deep to lose to Edmonton
• Darren Mattocks inspires our musical selection
• Pedro Morales — You’re Welcome!

• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Recording under the big roof
• 42.2km is a looooong way
• People along the route are quite lovely
• Be quiet or I will cut you
• Anyone want to sponsor a trip to Greece?
• Halfs are the way to go
• How do you spell recovery?
• Watch out, nipples!
• Who’s got two thumbs and ain’t an elite runner?
• BMO Vancouver Marathon route
• Some spectators make a day of it
• Portland, here I come
• Russell says, “Nope, nope, no, nope, nope, no.”
• I Ran (So Far Away) by A Flock of Seagulls

• Exploding intros
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Pedro likes to doff the jersey, doesn’t he
• Laba gets too handsy for our taste
• More like the Yellowcaps, amirite?
• Kendall Waston: the Todd Bertuzzi of MLS
• Arbuthnot’s prognosticatin’ successes
• Ousted has been Oustanding
• Techera and Earnshaw — as good as their billing?
• Vastly improved depth
• Russell doodles with the best of them
• Next World by the Orchid Highway
• Again! Again!

• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Vancouver Canucks: plosion guards extraordinaires
• Russell sucks at basketball brackets
• The Canucks outperformed expectations
• The Flames deserved the win
• Stats don’t apply to the Calgary Flames
• Call-in shows feature some… interesting people
• Breaking: Willie Desjardins is 114 years old
• Don’t bring a nativity scene onto the ice
• If you don’t like the twins, you’re a bad person
• People still talk trash about Luongo
• The Sediins & Bobby Lu will be in the Hall of Fame
• Russell: Break up the Sedins
• Vrbata-Bonino-Higgins: a great third line
• Refrain: The twins need help
• Help! by the Beatles

• Shoddy math
• Next World by the Orchid Highway
• Arbuthnit? Arbuthnet? Arbuth… Russell, anyway
• The Seven Deadly Sins
• Montreal Canadiens versus Ottawa Senators
• A little playoff trivia fo’ ya
• New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
• Tampa Bay Lightning vs Detroit Red Wings
• New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
• Nashville Predators vs Chicago Blackhawks
• Jason & Russell make it interesting
• Anaheim Ducks vs Winnipeg Jets
• St Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild
• Bonus fantasy Anaheim vs Minny, StL vs Jets content
• Russell stopped listening a while ago
• William Tell Overture by Russell ArbuthNOT
• William Tell Overture by random symphony orchestra
• Thanks for listening

• Intro
• Raunchy Harmonica by Harpdog Brown
• Compound nouns
• Are you trapped in your car?
• Cream cheese
• Canucks v Flames
• Shaming Russell Arbuthnot
• The Conjugation of Radim Vrbata
• Thar be decent hockey in this here league, arrr
• Canucks favoured
• How can the Flames not miss Giordano?
• Get yer statstats out
• Official predictions
• Challenge extended
• No Money in the Till by Harpdog Brown

• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Russell mails it in
• Linden, Bure, Odjick, this guy influenced a generation of Canucks
• Quinn’s hand in the Vancouver Giants
• Pat Quinn talks about Gordie Howe & Bobby Orr
• Pat Quinn memorial night at Rogers Arena
• Canucks down the stretch
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• We are professionals

• Intro
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Jason can’t skate
• Milos Raonic unlocks the Beat Rafa Nadal badge
• Cceci n’est pas une pipe
• Jason plays Nostradamus
• March Madness exists
• Buenos noches, Steve Nash
• Wayne Gretzky transformed hockey, bless his record-breaking soul
• Steve Nash is awesome, but he couldn’t have saved the Grizzlies
• Steve Nash, Simon Whitfield, what’s in the water over there?
• We really ought to do some research
• Nike Academy — will corporations name teams in the future?
• Corporate logos already abound
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• Smell my shoe

• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• False start / Rubber Ducky
• Jaromir Jagr’s 8th NHL team
• Holy hairstyles, this guy has scored a ton of points
• Whence the scoring after the twins & Vrbata?
• The Canucks 2nd power play unit is embarrassing
• Vrbata probably won’t make 30 goals
• No Cup since 1967 — Russell blames Phil Kessel
• Thanks to CIVL Radio
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway

Anytime you add a 68 to a 1 the total will always amount to good times…… #JagrBomb

— Strombone (@strombone1) February 27, 2015

• Intro
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• I’m fatigued
• Où sont les pamplemousses?
• John Tortorella is Yoda
• Willie’s ahead of Torts so far
• Davis Cup coming back to UBC
• Daniel Nestor ages not
• Eugenie Bouchard’s legs are all Photoshop
• NHL DOPS: Dmitry Kulikov gets four games
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway

Pucked in the Head rises from the dead, groans uncomfortably and attempts to bite your brain to death before you deliver the all-important head shot takedown.  The NHL watched carefully, strategizing the zombification of the World Cup of Hockey. Sports poet Russell Arbuthnot sits in the big chair, but Jason Kurylo still manages to dominate the discussion.

Bonus: Spot the attempts to include NFL football references! Enjoy.

It’s here at last: episode 54 of the podcast, in which Chris and Jason discuss the most egregious omissions from Team Canada men’s hockey rosters, from 1972 right through to the 2014 Olympic team. Sadly, we neglected to include the sublime Tessa Bonhomme, whose sudden dismissal from the 2014 women’s squad sent shock waves through the sport.

• Intro
• Get ‘er rollin’
• 2014 Sochi Olympic snubs
• 2010 Vancouver Olympic snub
• 2006 Turin Olympic snub
• 2004 World Cup of Hockey snub
• World Championships snub
• 2002 Salt Lake Olympic snub
• 1998 Nagano Olympic snub
• 1996 World Cup of Hockey snub
• 1986 World Championships snub
• 1991 Canada Cup snub
• 1987 Canada Cup snub (hint: it’s the same dude!)
• 1972 Summit Series snub
• Wrap it up
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

Here’s episode 53 of the Pucked in the Head podcast, in which Chris admits to having “pale delicate skin that blisters easily” but makes up for it by calling Jason out on several vocabulary errors. Oh, and we also talk hockey.

As many of you have observed, Chris and I don’t have much of a track record when it comes to laying down podcast tracks. Thus, when we do manage to throw one together it’s a bloody miracle of the first order. We hope you enjoy!

• Intro
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• WTF is a ‘Metropolitan Division’?
• Do you know Conn Smythe’s full name?
• Wherefore art thou Ilya?
• Time to wrap it up
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for Listening

Episode 52: Leafs & Habs & Midgets, oh my!

• Intro
• Sofa Surfer Girl / Regularity
• Ovi’s back
• 2013 Esso Cup in Burnaby
• NHL Eastern Conference playoffs
• Time for a Change
• Thanks for Listening

• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• 30 seconds of soccer talk
• Vancouver Giants season is over
• Hybrid icing / a lack of brains
• Habs & Ducks
• Chicks dig stats
• Ducks & Habs
• The Canucks are whelming Chris Withers
• Columbus just might make the playoffs
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for Listening

Can you believe it? We’ve finally made 50 of these damned podcasts. Half a century of Pucked in the Head.

We yak about old guys, young guys, rule changes that should have been, and other fanboy wank. Jason hasn’t had his morning coffee, so in the course of today’s podcast, he threatens to drop the gloves with Gary Bettman, cut Chris open like a Tauntaun & climb inside for warmth. Of course, he’s talks a big game but he barely has the wherewithal to cut upon a steak if it’s too rare. He does, however, reach all the way back to the very first episode of this podcast — when it was still called Bernier is a Turd — to find Chris’s famous Andrew Alberts goat call.

Without further ado, here you go!

• Caffeineless crankypantses
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• NHL fans: these are the drones Bettman was looking for
• Marty Brodeur: surprisingly good to start
• Teemu Frontenac?
• Staged fights suck balls
• Don’t get beat up by Gary Bettman
• Time to wrap it up
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening (Andrew Alberts goat call edition)

Jason and Chris dance around the line between blogger and journalist. Just how much fanboy should creep into a blogger’s actions should they garner media accreditation — partial or full — with the teams they cover?

Listen after the jump, or hit us up on iTunes.

• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Cody Hodgson – why the G, my friend? WHY THE G?!?!?
• Should a guy with a MEDIA badge ask for autographs?
• Chris inspires SPEECHLESSNESS in Jason!
• Well that didn’t last very long
• Chris hates Andy Moog
• Time to wrap it up – Parallel 49 Ugly Sweater Milk Stout
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening (Marcus Foligno)

• Introduction
• Locked Out of Heaven by Bruno Mars
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Somebody Approved This: Grizzly Adams Halloween Jersey
• We don’t really miss NHL hockey all that much
• Taylor Hall on AHL hockey
• Abbotsford Heat still don’t get attendance love
• Jason strokes his own photo ego
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway

With loads of people complaining about “NO HOCKEY”, Chris and I decided to talk about the options that abound for puck-crazed fans to scratch the itch left by Gary Bettman and his immovable shitshow. Along the way we tackle the disaster that replacement players would present, and Chris makes several points that I have no answer for. History in the making!

Give us a listen, won’tcha?

• Opening theme by the Orchid Highway
• Is second honeymoon like second breakfast?
• Are replacement players on the NHL horizon?
• Calling out supposed “hockey fans”
• Closing theme by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by The Orchid Highway
• O Captain My Captain, have you gone potty yet today?
• Logo, logo, wherefore art thou in my twitter feed?
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening.

After way, way, WAY too long, we at Pucked In The Head have finally found the time to not only record, but actually edit a podcast and upload it to the server. Yes, thank you. We’re a little out of practice, so forgive us as we get a little ranty about the current NHL labour situation.

• In a world…
• Sofa Surfer Girl by The Orchid Highway
• Welcome back.
• CBA BS.
• Time For A Change by The Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening.

No matter which team you like best, there’s a special feeling that precedes a big matchup against their biggest rival. This year, people around the hockey world stopped to watch the Vancouver Canucks battle the Boston Bruins in a one-game rematch of last year’s injury-filled Stanley Cup final. But as much as the Bs and Canucks hate each other, they’ve got nothing on these: the Top Seven Team Rivalries in Sporting History – part one. (Note: there may not be overt hockey content in this episode, but we use the great sport on ice as comparison approximately 3,657.29 times during this podcast.)

Introduction
Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
The Boat Race
The Glasgow Derby
Basketball’s biggest rivalry
Wait: did you say a *kick* to the head?
Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
Thanks for listening

Pucked in the Head 044 – Team Rivalries part 1

For reference, here’s a link to Brendan Shanahan’s video explaining his ruling, wherein he calls Brad Marchand “a f*cking douche”. Wait, sorry, that’s us. Shanaban says #63 is “predatory” and “purposefully… aims to flip Salo over his back”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05-O-uRuKyY

And for those who haven’t seen it yet, a little magic and a request: We’ve been unable to ascertain just who put this wonderful ad spoof together, but if you know, please tell us – we’d love to give that person the credit they deserve. Well done, mystery Photoshop wizard!

Episode 043: An Ode to Brad Marchand

• Intro
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Brad Marchand is a douche
• The prosecution rests
• The defense has to work really hard
• Judgement: yeah, he’s pretty much a douche
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

Episode 043 – Brad Marchand is a douche

• NHL Realignment
• Opening Theme – Sofa Surfer Girl by The Orchid Highway
• Bye bye, Minnesota!
• Conference Outline
• Schedule Format
• Playoff Format
• Rivalries
• More Playoffs
• Conference Names
• Closing Theme – Time For A Change by The Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening.

• Solving The Trap
• Opening Theme – Sofa Surfer Girl by The Orchid Highway
• Need Moar Goalz!
• Laviolette calls out Boucher
• It’s all Tampa’s fault.
• Illegal Defence
• It’s still Tampa’s fault.
• Rugby-Style Standings
• NHL Shot Clock
• No Coaches
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme – Time For A Change by The Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening.

But no, the stupid Florida Panthers called him stupid “Bootsy”.  And stupid Kevin Bieksa calls him stupid “Grizz”, just because stupid David Booth hunts big, stupid game in the stupid off-season.

Not that we’re bitter.

Here’s the conclusion of our two-parter on the best Canuck nicknames of all time, which started in Episode 31.

Enjoy.

• Intro
• Sofa Surfer Girl by The Orchid Highway
• Recap of Episode 31
• #3 – “Suitcase”
• #2 – “Steamer”
• #1 – “Jovocop”
• Bonus – “Captain”
• Bonus – “King”
• Bonus – “Haaaaroolllld”
• Bonus – “Luuuuu”
• Time for a Change by The Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

The Northeast Division is one hell of a dogfight just about every single year. This season should be no exception, as the Sabres and Bruins duke it out for the division title while the Habs and Leafs fight for the final playoff spot. Ottawa? Well, someone’s gotta be a fifth wheel I guess.

• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• The Northeast Division
• The Toronto Maple Leafs
• The dirty rotten stinkin’ (Cup-winnin’) Boston Bruins
• The Montreal Canadiens
• The Buffalo Sabres
• Everything you ever wanted to know about Lindy Ruff
• Oh yeah, the Ottawa Senators
• Wrap it up
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening.

With fighting very much in the NHL fan’s collective consciousness right now, Jason and Chris weigh in on whether the dinosaurs who say the Canucks are pussies are right. Spoiler: they aren’t.

• The Canucks are “soft”, apparently.
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• The void in Chris’ skull.
• B-Mac angry!
• The role of fighting in hockey.
• Chris with the rare valid point.
• More about fighting in hockey.
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway.
• Thanks for listening.

Warm, sunny destinations! California! Phoenix! (For one more year, anyway.) Dallas! (They’re on the Atlantic, not the Pacific, but the NHL does hockey, not geography.)

It’s Pucked in the Head’s 2011-12 Pacific Division preview, in which we utterly fail to convey the magnitude of the Dallas Stars’ 2012 suckage!

• The Pacific Division
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Hockey in California
• The Anaheim Ducks
• The Dallas Stars
• The Phoenix Coyotes
• The San Jose Sharks
• The Los Angeles Kings
• Time to wrap it up.
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway.
• Thanks for listening.

Original Six powerhouses! Nouveau expansion also-rans! And the St Louis Blues!

It’s Pucked in the Head’s 2011-12 Central Division preview – complete with a pre-season chat with Nashville Predators expert Buddy Oakes from Preds on the Glass!.

• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Welcome back, Chris.
• Momentary gear geek-out.
• The Central Division.
• The dirty rotten stinkin’ Chicago Blackhawks.
• Ditto, Detroit Red Wings.
• The Columbus Blue Jackets.
• The St Louis Blues.
• The Nashville Predators (featuring Buddy Oakes).
• Closing comments.
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway.
• Thanks for listening.
• Bonus: the full interview with Buddy Oakes.

In this year’s series of NHL division previews, we start with the Southeast Division, home of two of the league’s most prolific scorers.

• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Let’s start with the Jets.
• The new Jets logo/jersey situation.
• RIP Rick Rypien
• The Jets on the ice.
• The Washington Capitals
• The Tampa Bay Lightning
• The Carolina Hurricanes
• The Florida Panthers
• Scottie Upshall’s gal pal Melanie Collins
• Melanie’s non-existent inhibitions.
• Melanie and some other chick’s crack.
• The Florida Panthers are a bad team.
• Final Predictions
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening.

From August 26th to September 5th, 2011, an amazing group of forty women will be playing hockey continuously in an attempt to set the Guinness world record for the longest hockey game ever played. The record will be broken around 10:00am on Labour Day.

We challenge you to get down to Burnaby 8-Rinks and, whether it be with your wallet, your time or just your voice, contribute to this great event. For more information, why not read our Seven Things about the Longest Game article as you listen?

• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• On Location
• The Longest Hockey Game in history
• Holy hell, CF is brutal!
• We challenge you to donate.
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening – Zamboni wood edition.

Over a month after the Boston Bruins quite literally broke the Vancouver Canucks’ back – well, okay, one of their backs, anyway – Chris Withers is still bitter about the whole thing. We decided to get together to shoot the breeze anyway.

• Introduction
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• Shooting the Off-Season Shit
• The Bruins left a bruise on Chris Withers
• Chris needs some rebound hockey
• The Longest Game for CF
• NHL Free Agent Frenzy
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

Pucked in the Head is so giddy about seeing the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup final, they were barely able to contain themselves long enough to put together a podcast prior to Game 1. But here it is, in all its season-ending glory, with a few jokes about severed fingers and Japanese monster movies thrown in for good measure. We hope you enjoy.

• Introduction
• Opening theme by the Orchid Highway.
• We’re in the Stanley Cup finals!
• Where were you in 1994?
• An ode to the Lightning.
• Tip of the hat to San Jose.
• Final predictions – like they’re a surprise.
• Closing theme by the Orchid Highway.
• Thanks for listening.

The Canucks have no decent nicknames at the moment, unless you count Sami Salo’s Balls of Steel. With guests Kennedy Goodkey and Rob Tarzwell, we look back over the forty years of team history to discuss the best nicknames in Vancouver Canucks history. Here’s part one.

• Intro by the Orchid Highway
• Top Seven Canuck Nicknames of All Time, Part I
• #7 – “The Russian Rocket”
• #6 – “Bones”
• #5 – “Spider”
• #4 – “Cowan the Bra-barian”
• Outro by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening
• Neener neener neener

Guests

Kennedy Goodkey
Centre
Shoots right
Chirpy, with bad knees, but tends to score big goals in the playoffs.

Kennedy is an actor, writer and film-maker in Vancouver, BC. You can check out his YouTube series Best Picture, or his serialized novel Necropolis, or see his film The Beast of Bottomless Lake on Super Channel in Canada. Kennedy grew up watching the Canucks, but admits not getting a true handle on just how deep the roots were till he hit university. Ironically, that’s about the time the Canucks had a decent team for the first time.

• Episode 31: Top Seven Canuck Nicknames of All Time, Part I
• Episode 40: Top Seven Canuck Nicknames of All Time, Part II

Rob Tarzwell
Defense
Shoots right
5’4″
140 lbs
Dig, dig, dig. Check like you won’t survive. Inadvertently screen the goalie as often as possible.

Dr. Rob Tarzwell is a Vancouver psychiatrist with a second specialty in nuclear medicine. His clinical interests include the use of radiotracers to study blood flow, glucose utilization, and neuroreceptors in brain disease and psychiatric disorders. Speaking of psychiatric disorders, Dr Rob has been a fan of the Canucks since 1988, when Gretzky got traded to the Kings. He narrowly escaped the 1994 game 7 riots downtown Vancouver, and still sometimes wakes up in cold sweat to the sound of a ringing post.

• Episode 31: Top Seven Canuck Nicknames of All Time, Part I
• Episode 40: Top Seven Canuck Nicknames of All Time, Part II

The Vancouver Canucks are the first team in the expansion era to lead the NHL in both goals for and goals against. Daniel Sedin won the Art Ross trophy, and they won the Presidents’ Trophy going away. Will that push them through to their first Stanley Cup? Pucked in the Head explores the first round of the 2011 playoffs, Western Conference style.

• How the West Was Won
• Opening theme by the Orchid Highway
• Bring on the first round!
• #4 Anaheim vs #5 Nashville
• #3 Detroit vs #6 Phoenix
• #2 San Jose vs #7 Los Angeles
• #1 Vancouver vs #8 Chicago
• RK17 raffle
• Time for a Change by The Orchid Highway

Every year, we try to wrap our pretty little heads around the playoff picture. We fail miserably, but we hope you’ll enjoy listening to us devolve into grunting, excrement-flinging monopods during this 20-minute chat anyway.

• Intro
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• 2011 Playoffs
• #1 Washington vs #8 NY Rangers
• #2 Philadelphia vs #7 Buffalo
• #3 Boston vs #6 Montreal
• #4 Pittsburgh vs #5 Tampa Bay
• Wrap Up
• Time for a Change by The Orchid Highway
• Chris Can’t Count

Hockey fans are everywhere. One at a time, we’ll bring them to you. Here is Pucked in the Head’s first episode of… Interview with a Fangirl.

• Ridiculous Intro
• Sofa Surfer Girl – The Orchid Highway
• Cathy Chuchro – AKA @KeslerGirl
• Time for a Change – The Orchid Highway

Introduction to a Fangirl

Cathy Chuchro
Defense
Shoots right
Famous for a spinorama and a mean left hook

Since the age of 11, Cathy Chuchro (a.k.a. @keslergirl) knew that acting was her passion. After High School drama and a few nudges from her teacher, she enrolled in the Theatre Studies program at Red Deer College and continued on with the Motion Picture Arts program. Appearing in numerous plays and films that went onto various festivals around the world, Cathy is also co-founder of Ignition Theatre, a company that helps emerging artists gain professional experience. Cathy has always been a hockey fan, but attending her first Canucks game solidified it. The moment Ryan Kesler stepped onto the ice Cathy became intrigued. His passion, determination, and drive for the game – as well as media attention being in the spotlight – is something she can relate to. She continues to audition and perform for productions in Vancouver, and Ryan still inspires her to dream big. Case in point, Cathy looks forward to the day she’s modeling for the RK17 line.

• Episode 28: Interview with a Fangirl

In our latest foray into the wonderful world of hockey-themed tuneage, Jason and Jamie dissect the famousest (yes) hockey ditty of all: The Hockey Song by Stompin’ Tom Connors. Want a new drinking game? Take a sip whenever Jamie says “Golden Mean of Songwriting” during this episode of Pucked in the Head.

• Intro
• Who the hell is Stompin’ Tom?
• The Hockey Song by Stompin’ Tom Connors
• Jamie sings Stompin’ Tom.
• Jason holds his head in his hands.
• Comments from the Peanut Gallery.
• Time for a Change by the Orchid Highway
• Oh crap, there’s more.

Note: Jason in fact does know that Jellyfish is a band from San Francisco, California, not a British power pop trio. He also knows Etobicoke is a suburb of Toronto, Ontario, and not a remote northern mining town. It’s called sarcasm, people.

James Macdonald
Right Wing (Guitar, Stage Left)
182 cm
75 kilos
Shoots left
Not afraid to go hard in the corners

Guitarist for Vancouver-based rock band The Orchid Highway, ‘Jamie’ is a grizzled veteran of many tours across Canada, the US, and the UK. (They took their sticks on tour for the shinny games!) A fan of the game, he began cheering for Swedes back in the WHA Winnipeg Jets days, and was overjoyed when Vancouver drafted the Sedins 2nd and 3rd overall. An opinionated bastard, Jamie always has something to say.

• Episode 18 – Hockey Songs I: Fifty Mission Cap by the Tragically Hip
• Episode 21 – Hockey Songs II: The Ballad of Wendel Clark by Rheostatics
• Episode 26 – Hockey Songs III: (I Feel Like) Gerry Cheevers (Stitch Marks on My Heart) by Chixdiggit!
• Episode 27 – Hockey Songs IV: The Hockey Song by Stompin’ Tom Connors

As regular listeners of this podcast will be well aware, we at Pucked in the Head believe that life isn’t solely about hockey. It’s also, occasionally, about hockey music. Here is the third chapter in our look at excellent hockey-related music. Today we ponder, peruse and play… (I Feel Like) Gerry Cheevers by Chixdiggit.

• Intro
• Sofa Surfer Girl by The Orchid Highway
• Gerry Cheevers – the man of a thousand stitches
• Chixdiggit
• I Feel Like Gerry Cheevers by Chixdiggit
• A little critical review action
• Wrap up
• Time for a Change by The Orchid Highway

James Macdonald
Right Wing (Guitar, Stage Left)
182 cm
75 kilos
Shoots left
Not afraid to go hard in the corners

Guitarist for Vancouver-based rock band The Orchid Highway, ‘Jamie’ is a grizzled veteran of many tours across Canada, the US, and the UK. (They took their sticks on tour for the shinny games!) A fan of the game, he began cheering for Swedes back in the WHA Winnipeg Jets days, and was overjoyed when Vancouver drafted the Sedins 2nd and 3rd overall. An opinionated bastard, Jamie always has something to say.

• Episode 18 – Hockey Songs I: Fifty Mission Cap by the Tragically Hip
• Episode 21 – Hockey Songs II: The Ballad of Wendel Clark by Rheostatics
• Episode 26 – Hockey Songs III: (I Feel Like) Gerry Cheevers (Stitch Marks on My Heart) by Chixdiggit!
• Episode 27 – Hockey Songs IV: The Hockey Song by Stompin’ Tom Connors

Continuing our look at the best hockey nicknames of all time, we bring you the best nicknames that didn’t play goal or for the Canucks.

• Intro
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• An ode to old-timey nicknames.
• Top 5 Skater Nicknames of All Time
• #5 – “Captain Serious”
• #4 – “Cyclone”
• #3 – “The Little Ball of Hate”
• #2 – “The Rocket”
• #1 – “Boom Boom”
• Wrap up.
• Time for a Change by The Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

The Canucks recent callup of Lee Sweatt, dubbed “Rudy” by his new teammates, reminded us of the dearth of good nicknames in hockey today. To spur on the creativity of today’s NHL players, here’s some examples of great hockey nicknames. And this is just the goalies!

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Top Seven Goalie Nicknames of All Time
• Nicknames in Other Sports
• Baseball
• Basketball
• American Football
• Boxing
• Hockey Nicknames – First up, goalies.
• #7 – Georges “The Chicoutimi Cucumber” Vezina
• #6 – Cecil Ralph “Tiny” Thompson
• #5 – Frank “Mr Zero” Brimsek
• #4 – Lorne “Gump” Worsley
• #3 – Andre “Red Light” Racicot
• #2 – Dominik “The Dominator” Hasek
• #1 – Nikolai “The Bulin Wall” Khabibulin
• Wrap it up, boys!
• Pink Floyd – One of These Days (1971)
• Thanks for Listening

Keeping up the age-old tradition, “If Kevin Weekes can do it, why can’t we?”, Chris and Jason cobbled together some opinions and rugged good looks to create our very own show. The result? Broadcasting gold. And so we bring you Episode 23 of Pucked in the Head: Mid-Season Trophies

• Mid-season reflection
• Intro
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• The Hart trophy would go to…
• What’s Russian for “Olympic Hangover”?
• Coach of the Year thus far…
• The Norris trophy winner is…
• Best between the pipes thus far…
• Rookie of the Year…
• What IS the Selke, anyway…
• Time for a Change by The Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

Since we recorded this podcast, the Canucks have followed up their remarkable 20-game undefeated streak by getting shut out twice in four games. Even carrot-top himself, Cory Schneider, lost two in regulation.

Still, our boys are tied for first in the league, and sit atop the Western Conference. Our observations about team chemistry on ice, smarts off the ice, and the horrid waste of time that is Tron: Legacy still stand.

• We be smug, y’all!
• Sofa Surfer Girl by The Orchid Highway
• Tron Legacy: the NJ Devils of movies
• Holy Hanssen, we’re in top spot!
• Gillis is following the Red Wings model
• Is Ryan Kesler the Canucks MVP?
• Jason taps Luongo for MVP
• Solid team from stem to stern
• Chris discovers the key to success
• If the playoffs started today
• Time for a Change by The Orchid Highway

At Pucked in the Head, we believe there’s more to life than just hockey. There’s also hockey music. We’re here to talk about a little Canadian band called Rheostatics.

• Intro
• Rheostatics
• Dave Bidini – Tropic of Hockey
• who are the Rheostatics anyway?
• The Ballad of Wendell Clark
• That’s a wrap
• Time For a Change by The Orchid Highway

James Macdonald
Right Wing (Guitar, Stage Left)
182 cm
75 kilos
Shoots left
Not afraid to go hard in the corners

Guitarist for Vancouver-based rock band The Orchid Highway, ‘Jamie’ is a grizzled veteran of many tours across Canada, the US, and the UK. (They took their sticks on tour for the shinny games!) A fan of the game, he began cheering for Swedes back in the WHA Winnipeg Jets days, and was overjoyed when Vancouver drafted the Sedins 2nd and 3rd overall. An opinionated bastard, Jamie always has something to say.

• Episode 18 – Hockey Songs I: Fifty Mission Cap by the Tragically Hip
• Episode 21 – Hockey Songs II: The Ballad of Wendel Clark by Rheostatics
• Episode 26 – Hockey Songs III: (I Feel Like) Gerry Cheevers (Stitch Marks on My Heart) by Chixdiggit!
• Episode 27 – Hockey Songs IV: The Hockey Song by Stompin’ Tom Connors

In the first of Pucked in the Head’s Hockey Songs series, we look in depth at the Tragically Hip’s Fifty-mission Cap. Thanks to our musical guest, Jamie Macdonald, guitarist and vocalist from the Orchid Highway.

• Intro
• Welcome to Jamie Macdonald
• Sofa Surfer Girl by the Orchid Highway
• The Tragically Hip
• Early Hip – New Orleans is Sinking
• Fifty-mission Cap
• Hockey History 101 – Bill Barilko
• A little musical analysis
• That’s a wrap
• Fifty-mission Cap redux
• Thanks for listening

James Macdonald
Right Wing (Guitar, Stage Left)
182 cm
75 kilos
Shoots left
Not afraid to go hard in the corners

Guitarist for Vancouver-based rock band The Orchid Highway, ‘Jamie’ is a grizzled veteran of many tours across Canada, the US, and the UK. (They took their sticks on tour for the shinny games!) A fan of the game, he began cheering for Swedes back in the WHA Winnipeg Jets days, and was overjoyed when Vancouver drafted the Sedins 2nd and 3rd overall. An opinionated bastard, Jamie always has something to say.

• Episode 18 – Hockey Songs I: Fifty Mission Cap by the Tragically Hip
• Episode 21 – Hockey Songs II: The Ballad of Wendel Clark by Rheostatics
• Episode 26 – Hockey Songs III: (I Feel Like) Gerry Cheevers (Stitch Marks on My Heart) by Chixdiggit!
• Episode 27 – Hockey Songs IV: The Hockey Song by Stompin’ Tom Connors

• Intro – The All-Douche Episode
• Opening Theme
• All Douche All the Time
• Douche #1: Don Cherry
• Douche #2: Rob Ford
• Douche #3: Mike Gillis?!?!
• Douche #4: Chris Withers
• Douche #5: Colin Campbell
• Douche #6: Sean Avery
• Douche #7: Paul Bissonnette
• Douche #8: Ilya Kovalchuk
• Douche #9: Alexander Ovechkin
• Douche #10: The HHOF Committee
• Closing Theme

• Introduction
• Theme by the Orchid Highway
• An Ode to #19, Markus Naslund
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for Listening

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• The 2011 NHL All-Star Ballot
• Colin Campbell is a hobbit.
• The All-Star ballot is a joke.
• On the blueline…
• Chris has a nuanced and elegant argument.
• Jason wins the argument the old fashioned way: he earns it.
• The boys pick their All-Stars.
• Then they get a little off-topic.
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Ode to the Northwest Division
• Jason is a pappy!
• Our first hockey-related baby gift
• Alberta hockey is awful
• The Edmonton Oilers suck.
• The Calgary Flames suck.
• The Minnesota Wild are okay.
• The Colorado Avalanche are comme si, comme ca.
• The Vancouver Canucks are gonna win the division, dang it.
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Central Division Preview
• The Dirty Rotten Stinkin’ Chicago Blackhawks
• MsBlackhawks & HockeyBroad bloggers
• The Detroit Red Wings
• The Nashville Predators
• Preds on the Glass Podcast
• The St Louis Blues
• The Columbus Blue Jackets
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening

• Intro/Theme by The Orchid Highway
• Pacific Division Preview
• San Jose Sharks
• Phoenix Coyotes
• Anaheim Ducks
• Dallas Stars
• Los Angeles Kings
• What’s a preview without predictions?
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway
• Thanks for listening!

• Intro/Theme by The Orchid Highway
• Southeast Division Preview
• Washington Capitals
• Do the Caps even need a goalie?
• Tampa Bay Lightning
• Chris reads the Douche-O-Meter
• Stevie Y makes it a destination team
• Florida Panthers
• Carolina Hurricanes
• Atlanta Thrashers
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway

• Intro / theme by The Orchid Highway

• Atlantic Division Preview

• The New York Islanders

• Alexei Yashin’s STILL screwing the Isles?!?!

• John Tavares: Face of the Franchise

• James Wisniewski

• “Kelios”? Really, Chris?

• The New York Rangers

• Memo to Glen Sather

• Memo to Brent Sutter

• The Douche-O-Meter

• The Blueshirt Blueline

• King Lundqvist

• The Philadelphia Flyers

• A roster with legs

• The Pittsburgh Penguins

• Buh-bye, bottom six!

• Is Marc-Andre Fleury the guy?

• The New Jersey Devils

• Enough with the Kovalchuk, already!

• Hedberg ain’t the backup answer

• Anton Volchenkov: Shot Blocker Extraordinaire

• Chris’s predictions

• Jason’s predictions

• Wrap up

• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway

• Thanks for listening

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Northeast Division Preview.
• The Toronto Maple Leafs.
• Dion Phaneuf: Douche or just good captain?
• Carl Gunnarsson, Leafs’ secret weapon.
• The Boston Bruins.
• Leafs fans must hate Tyler Seguin.
• Marc Savard under pressure.
• The Ottawa Senators
• Sergei Gonchar, PP savior.
• Goaltending will kill the Sens.
• The Buffalo Sabres
• Ryan Miller backs a solid team.
• Leopold a good Sabres D-Man.
• Can they stay healthy?
• The Montreal Canadiens
• Carey Price: It’s do or die, boy!
• PK Subban is the real deal.
• Jason’s Predictions.
• Chris’s Superior Predictions
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Chris is a pussy.
• Modano to the Wings.
• Bourque went to Colorado to get a ring.
• Mike Modano wants ANOTHER ring.
• Career overview.
• The Wings make a good move.
• The Stars do not make a good move.
• Holy cats Mrs Modano is HOT!
• Three goals shy of Guy Lafleur.
• Is Shaq a whore?
• Is Jordan a whore?
• Is Johnny Damon a whore?
• Chris hates people who live out their boyhood dreams.
• Lebron didn’t do it for money.
• Don’t throw away your marriage for Gabriela Sabatini.
• DEFINITELY not for Jennifer Capriati.
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway

• Cheesy Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Our first out of doors podcast
• We are Pucked in the Head
• Front Loaded Contracts: Bad Faith, Good GMing, or both?
• Kovalchuk: worth the worry?
• Is Richard Bloch a stooge?
• Remember Gretzky’s personal services contract?
  The CBA has loopholes. (Or, “Nuh-uh!”)
  Looney Tunes legal contract means another lockout.
  Bettman must kill this wabbit.
  Don’t blame Luongo.
  It’s the GMs who are to blame.
• Marian Hossa’s deal vs Ilya Kovalchuk’s deal.
• I miss not knowing how much players make.
• Chris Pronger & Roberto Luongo’s deals.
• Garth Snow’s Crazy Deal Emporium!
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway

• Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
• Top Five Shocking Endings in Sports Memory
• #5. Numb in Nashville.
• #4. It’s Miller time!
• #3. Too many men, are you KIDDING me?
• #2. It gets through Buckner!
• #1. Ghana but not forgotten.
• Wrap up.
• Closing Theme by the Orchid Highway

• Intro / theme by Orchid Highway
• July 1 = Canada Day = Free Agent Day!
• F*ck you, G*rdo
• Is Mike Gillis a genius?
• MG is not a good looking man
• Draft pickup: Keith Ballard
• Bernier a Canuck no more
• Michael Grabner is the sweetmeat of this deal
• Somehow I don’t think YouTube was on Gillis’s mind
• Ballard clips Vokoun in frustration
• Ballard hates Vokoun, in fact
• Gillis wins the Hamhuis sweepstakes
• Manny Malhotra comes to town, too
• It’s sad to see Wellwood go
• Why all the Wellwood-is-fat jokes, people?
• D-FENCE!
• Mitchell done like dinner? Kevin Bieksa to move?
• Tambellini & Perrault round out FA Day acquisitions
• Canucks stack up well on paper
• Jason throws down the gauntlet
• Chris thinks our new D sucks? WTF!?!?!
• Jason’s big prediction

• Intro / theme by Orchid Highway
• Congrats to the dirty rotten stinkin’ Blackhawks
• Awards night at the Cinema on Granville Stree
• Five Hole for Food comes to Vancouver July 9
• Habs move Halak’s rights to St Louis
• Cam Neely named Bruins President
• Congratulations to ex-Canuck Brent Sopel
• Five Hole for Food redux
• It’s NHL Awards time!
• Lady Byng (Most Sportsmanlike Player)
• Hart Trophy (MVP)
  Vezina (Goalie of the Year)
• Jason pulls Al Pacino out of his butt?
• Calder (Rookie of the Year)
• Jack Adams (Coach of the Year)
• Was it Kick a Ginger Day?
• Norris (Defenseman of the Year)
  Outro

• Gary Bettman = Count von Count?
• Steve Nash: real man
• Still taking name suggestions
• Lots of Canadians in the final
• The Mullet vs the Wookie
• Do the Flyers deserve to be here?
• Will Vancouverites ever stop talking about 82 & 94?
• Chicago in 5. Or 6. Chicago, anyway.
• Marian Hossa, bah. Chris Pronger’s impressive.
• Chicago is DEEP, like good pizza.
• Winter Classic news
• Should Vancouver host a winter classic?
• Is Winnipeg viable?
• Stevie Y goes to Tampa Bay.
• How much does Mark Messier suck?
• Memo to Glen Sather