Where Goon meets Glitz, from the Ice to the Armchair, balanced and objective hockey analysis and reporting.
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St. John Fisher Cardinals – A Year in Review
In late Spring 2025, a friend of the podcast who was in the transfer portal asked me for my thoughts about transferring to “St. John” for their inaugural season. After the quickest and laziest research I’ve done in my life, I asked , “Isn’t that an elementary school down the street from my house?” Before… Read more
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Toronto Sceptres @ Boston Fleet: A Defensive Standoff on St. Patrick’s Day
On 17 March 2026, the Toronto Sceptres visited the Boston Fleet at the Agganis arena for the two teams’ third match of the season. At puck drop the Fleet were 9-5-2-3 (39p and 68.4p%) in first place in the league standings, while the Sceptres were 7-1-5-8 (31p and 47.0p%) sitting in an approximate tie with… Read more
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2026 NCAA NC Women’s Frozen Four Primer
Damn, I love playoff hockey, and doubly so whoever slated the Division 3 Quarterfinals on the Saturday between the Division 1 (NC technically) semi-finals and the National Championship game. This year’s Frozen Four features, and this is a lot to read, the first set of 4 teams from 3 different conferences, without an ECAC school… Read more
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Southern Maine Huskies 2025-2026 Season in Review
Continuing the trend of schools who completed their first season in the LEC, we turn our attention to the women’s game for the first time (at least in this conference). Despite an incredible postseason run in 2023-2024, the Huskies were unable to replicate their postseason success in their final year in the NEHC. With four… Read more
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Boston Fleet Trade Teresa Schafzahl to Seattle for Jessie Eldridge
Sitting comfortably at my desk at 8:07pm EDT, the incomparable Kyle Cushman forcibly woke me from a daze to announce that the Boston Fleet had traded Teresa Schafzahl to the Seattle Torrent for Jessie Eldridge. There’s a lot to unpack here, and since I’m not as smart as Danielle Marmer or Meghan Turner, I’m not… Read more
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New York Sirens @ Minnesota Frost: Momentum is a Funny Thing
On 15 March 2026, the PWHL’s Takeover tour returned to Denver, CO for a contest between the (at puck-drop) 5th place New York Sirens and the 3rd place Minnesota Frost. New York carried an 8-0-3-8 (27p and 47.4p%) into the game against Minnesota’s 8-3-3-4 (33p and 61.1p%). Sitting just one point out of the league’s… Read more