The Hockey Show, Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, is back tonight with our normal setup as the Olympics are over, the Paralympics are a week from starting, the NHL is back, and all of the craziness involved with those changes can be discussed. I'm not sure I've ever felt as less excited for hockey as I was last night with NHL players being back on the ice after what we witnessed in Milano-Cortina, but it's going to be hard for the NHL to replicate the hockey we witnessed in Italy. That being said, we have lots to go over and discuss tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT!
At some point, we need to address the elephant in the room so it might as well be tonight as Teebz and Jason will discuss the image to the left where the US men's hockey team made an appearance to be honoured by politicians. This may be a heated discussion as our hosts discuss the optics of appearing at the White House while playing for a Canadian team, the lack of respect shown to the US women's team, and the extra honour bestowed upon Connor Hellebuyck before looking at the NHL returning to TV and just how bad those broadcasts look, the Olympic injuries seen and why some owners may think twice about sending players, the Canada West men's and women's semifinal series, and there's a big weekend of sledge hockey coming up that needs to be highlighted! It should be a feisty show tonight with everything on the agenda, so make sure you're ready for The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT on one of 101.5 FM, Channel 718 on MTS TV, or via UMFM.com!
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Tonight, Teebz and Jason will chat about being honoured, reading the room, obvious misogyny, bad broadcasts, returning hurt, semifinal series, live parahockey, and much more exclusively on 101.5 UMFM and on the UMFM.com web stream!
After having two weeks of incredible to hockey watch where television viewers weren't bombarded by sports betting commercials and digitals advertisements all over the boards, it was back to NHL hockey tonight where if it can be sold, it will be. While the action on the ice will once again make us wish for a third line that boasts Sidney Crosby and Nick Suzuki, the advertising was particularly noticeable this evening after having streamed a vast number of Olympic hockey games where advertising wasn't allowed. To be blunt, watching the NHL return to the ice and TV tonight was a chore with all the repeated commercials and uneffective advertising.
I realize that the easiest way to get around this problem is to continue to stream games where most networks have not monetized their internet streams with commercials. I know of several ways to find streams, so there's a good chance I might be able to avoid the grossly excessive sports betting commercials that seem to be the only thing the NHL allows networks to advertise. That won't solve the digital ads constantly flashing around the boards that are neither effective nor insightful, so I can't really avoid those advertisements.
Some will look at this complaint and just categorize it as "old man yells at cloud," but the difference tonight was definitely noticeable compared to this past weekend. I get that the NHL is a business and needs to generate revenue to remain in business, but the IOC operates under the same "make money" mandate to stay in business and they seemed to be able to run a two-week tournament without the myriad of garbage advertising being shown by networks. I think we can all admit, at this point, that the NHL is willing to take any money dumped at its doorstep regardless of who dropped it there without any questions.
Does it have to be this way? No, of course not, but, as stated above, there isn't any amount of money that the NHL won't take for any reason. When I did watch Olympic hockey games on television, the commercials were often more about the Olympic spirit and companies that support the Olympic teams rather than just being random advertisements. Why can't NHL broadcasts employ that idea?
In the end, it seems we were treated to some amazing hockey in Italy, and, thanks to the IOC's broadcast policies, the lack of commercials and digital ads was noticeable, making their broadcasts so much better than what the NHL gives us. Watching the Seattle-Dallas and Winnipeg-Vancouver games felt like the NHL was brainwashing me to love commercials as if I were Derek Zoolander.
The NHL could be so much better with its broadcasts and its network partners, but it has no monetary incentive to do so. That will always be the problem until someone can figure out how the NHL can be a billion-dollar industry on its own without selling off the game's integrity for some Brink's truck of money. Honestly, it's hard to judge whether or not the NHL actually cares about that integrity because it if can be monetized the NHL seems to have a plan for that. Again, it could be better, but there's zero incentive to actually be better.
I'll leave you with this: I watched all of about ten minutes of the Seattle-Dallas game and one period of the Winnipeg-Vancouver game before I turned them off. I just couldn't watch the games after having experienced the Olympic broadcasts. I guess it WILL take some reprogramming of my brain to get back into NHL hockey.
You might recognize the player to the left if you're a Winnipeg Jets fan. That's CJ Suess who skated for both the Jets and the AHL's Manitoba Moose in his career before deciding to take his talents overseas to Germany this past season where he signed with the Dresden Eislöwen. There was no doubt that this was going to be a tough season for the Eislöwen as they had been promoted from the DEL2 last season to play in the Penny DEL this season against some of the German superpowers like Berlin, Munich, and others. There has been all sorts of personnel turnover, though, as Dresden has been going through players faster than they go through bags of pucks, and we found out today that CJ Suess had left the Eislöwen after he and the team agreed to terminated his contract, making him a 31 year-old free agent.
I'm not here to lobby any team to sign Suess, but the options he'll have at this point of the season are relatively small. He scored just four goals and five assists in 31 games in Germany, and I don't know how many European teams will be hunting for a veteran, bottom-six guy. Suess could jump into a more offensive role if he can find it, but hunting for that opportunity in late February normally doesn't materialize unless one is a can't-miss player. That's not CJ Suess.
This departure, though, might be more due to the environment in Dresden. Earlier this month, Ice Lions captain Travis Turnbull left the team to sign in the DEL2, forward Andrew Yogan left Dresden for Norway's Stavanger Oilers, and January saw Jens Baxmann takes over as sporting director. Baxmann admitted in an interview with rbb24.de that "even if we had the economic means, we can no longer strengthen ourselves with other players" due to not having enough roster spots, so perhaps the terminating contracts of players who underperformed is Baxmann's way of solving that problem.
If that was his solution, Baxmann just opened up three roster spots in February held by veteran, import players. Turnbull and Yogan landed with new teams as reported above, so what becomes of CJ Suess?
That might be the toughest question he has to answer before going into the summer. There's probably a good chance he can find his way onto a DEL2 team or land in one of the other European leagues, but his options will be limited as to which teams have the flexibility to bring in an older, import player. Teams in Sweden and Switzerland usually fill their import roster spots very quickly, so there won't be much to find there. Norway, where Yogan went, could be a spot, we saw a former DEL player sign in Slovenia this week, and there could be options in the KHL if one wants to give that option a test.
Unfortunately, Suess may be forced to wait until summer to find a new team when free agency opens. He could return to North America where a number of AHL teams would likely welcome him, but the contract he signs might be for less money than what he'd receive in Europe. Of course, he could find a new team in Europe to join, but, like Dresden this year, there's no guarantee he'll finish the season there. This is the reality for a 31 year-old, hard-working forward.
My hope is that CJ Suess finds a team where he can be a veteran leader and help the younger players find a path to the next level. Whether that's in the AHL or in Europe is up to him, but there's no doubt in my mind that CJ Suess can still be a valuable asset for a team in the right role. He has experience, he's skated in the NHL, he's had success at the AHL and NCAA levels, and he's shown he can adapt his game to play the role he's assigned. Those are valuable traits.
Maybe we'll see the guy who wore #20, #25, and #27 for the Moose and #73 for the Jets back in Winnipeg next season? It could happen!
I'm not American nor will I ever be one, but the citizens of the country connected to Canada had a lot to celebrate over the last few days with their men's and women's Olympic teams capturing gold medals at the Milano-Cortina Olympics. Americans should be proud of these men and women, but it seems one man was not as proud of the women as much as he was of the men after "joking" with the men's team via a phone call that "I do believe I probably would be impeached" if he didn't invite them to the White House on Tuesday.
I will fully admit that I hate discussing politics on this site, and the US political scene is one that I try to avoid altogether. For as much as that saga affects life in Canada, it's just exhausting to follow and the drama that comes with it is nothing more than self-aggrandization and delusional commentary. Frankly, I try to avoid all of it.
The US women's team was dominant throughout their time in Italy, allowing just two goals in the seven games they played, setting a shutout record that likely won't be broken for some time, and proving that they are the best team on the planet right now. You would think an individual who concerns himself with winning "bigly" would be more than excited to welcome this dominant team to the White House, but he didn't even bother to contact them after winning.
It should be no surprise that the US women's team declined the offer.
"We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our gold medal-winning U.S. Women's Hockey Team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement," the U.S. women's team said in a statement released Monday. "Due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the Games, the athletes are unable to participate. They were honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgment."
I appreciate their polite response to what was clearly them being treated as an afterthought, but we may want to dig further into this because this isn't the first time that there has been an inequality committed by the current regime. Let's bring out the shovels!
On February 4, 2026, the current administration decided to release a statement on National Women and Girls in Sports Day. In that statement, the leader of the country wrote, "Under my leadership, every woman's safety, dignity, and work ethic will always be protected" which seems a little hollow after making jokes about not inviting the dominant US women's team to the White House.
Some will say, "Teebz, he was just making a joke in the moment!" which is unfortunately true, but upholding the team's dignity should have been a priority considering he issued that statement just three weeks ago. Leaving the jokes aside, though, the "work ethic" part should be easy to reinforce considering this man has the ability to sign decrees into law, so we should see him reward the women of the US National Women's Hockey Team in some way, right?
The Atlantic's Jemele Hill wrote an article on March 4, 2025 where she pointed out that "[t]he Department of Education announced recently that Title IX, the federal law that requires colleges to provide equal per-player funding for men's and women's sports, does not apply to name, image, and likeness payments paid directly to athletes from colleges and universities." NIL deals often pay athletes for usage of their name, image, and likeness when it comes to those athletes' legal rights to control how their name or image is used.
With this new change to the laws under the current administration, it means that Title IX rules in US colleges and universities no longer applied to NIL deals, allowing universities to direct more of their annual salary cap of up to $20.5 million per school to sports and athletes where they wanted rather than distributing it more evenly.
In short, highly-marketed sports like NCAA football and men's basketball could receive the vast majority of that NIL money at some schools as the rules under the previous administration where schools "had to distribute that money between male and female athletes in proportion to their participation rates" was erased from the record.
For players like Abbey Murphy and Caroline Harvey who, in all likelihood, could end up in an EA Sports video game as part of the rostered Olympic teams, it would mean they may receive little to no money despite the big roles each played in the American gold medal victory. We already know that most NCAA female athletes have "a difficult time keeping pace with their male counterparts in the new era of NIL money," as Hill writes, and the 2025 change made things even harder for women athletes to be paid equally at the NCAA level. After all, paritynow.com' Hannah Taylor noted that women's sports "comprise 15% of total sports media coverage" in 2024.
This isn't new either thanks to recent reports. In 2022, USA Today pointed out that for every dollar spent on men's sports in the NCAA, the same schools "spent just 71 cents on women" as the newspaper's investigation and analysis "focused solely on sports with comparable men's and women's squads." NCAA women's sports already started in a deficit, and now the NIL money change pushes them back again.
Tell me again how the women's team's work ethic is being protected?
I was somewhat disappointed to see that USA Today's report didn't include hockey, but let's look at an example that should serve as the foundation for this argument. Canada's Gavin McKenna's reported NIL deal with Penn State "is 'in the ballpark' of $700,000, a source tells ESPN." Do you think Abbey Murphy, who was dominant for Team USA in Italy and for Minnesota throughout her NCAA career, has a deal like that waiting for her with the Golden Gophers? Hint: not a chance.
In knowing that this current administration slashed any chance of universities evenly distributing NIL monies, why would anyone expect the NCAA players on America's women's hockey team to show up willingly to the White House when they were turned into a punchline by the current office holder and whose administration has taken money out of their pockets despite the expectations to win gold always being present? The women did the right thing in declining.
They have returned from major events more often with gold. They have worked just as hard, if not harder, than the men to put their sport on the world stage. They have all graduated with or are in the processing of getting university degrees so they can contribute to society in a meaningful way beyond their hockey careers. They are heroes and icons to many, and have inspired countless more. They are pillars on which women's hockey has been built and will grow.
As a Canadian, I hold the American women's hockey team in high regard. They are exceptional players, better people, and I can assure everyone that they are neither afterthoughts nor punchlines for poorly-delivered jokes. Treating them as such shows just how meaningless that statement on National Women and Girls in Sports Day was from this administration, and their actions in making it harder for women to gain NIL deals is more evidence that this administration uses women's sports as pawns in their political games.
If there's one thing I've learned in life when it comes to jokes, it's that it's never just a joke. There's always a little truth in every joke, and it would appear that there's a mountain of evidence proving that this administration doesn't think highly of women's sports despite Team USA's women's hockey team being the most dominant team in modern Olympic history en route to winning a gold medal.
The US women have been classy throughout this ordeal, but declining the invitation was the right choice. No jokes are needed there.
Four teams took to the ice this weekend as we looked to narrow the field from six to four teams who are in pursuit of a Canada West banner and a berth to the U SPORTS National Championship in Elmira, Ontario. UBC and Mount Royal earned the byes this week by finishing atop their respective divisions while Saskatchewan, Regina, and MacEwan are already making plans for next season. That left Alberta, Calgary, Manitoba, and Trinity Western to sort out who would be moving on to the Canada West semifinal series and who would join the three teams in getting ready for next season. Let's find out which two teams are moving on in this week's edition of The Rundown!
FRIDAY: The opening game between the Spartans and Dinos took place at Father David Bauer Arena where Trinity Western came in looking to put forth a good effort after missing out on hosting a playoff game. Calgary was looking to find its winning ways again after stumbling into the playoffs on a three-game losing streak. Both teams knew that winning meant everything in these games so a good start in Game One would be crucial!
Spartans goals: Ella Boon (1), Kyra Anderson (1), Keelyn Pisani (1), Kailey Ledoux (1), Ella Boon (2)
Spartans assists: Sadie Isfeld (1), Brook Dorash (1), Kara Yackel (1), Sadie Isfeld (2), Michela Naccarato (1), Emily Karpan (1), Chayce Kullman (1), Kyra Anderson (1), Olivia Leier (1)
Spartans netminder: Kate Fawcett (26/27)
Dinos goals: Jess Martens (1)
Dinos assists: none
Dinos netminders: Amelia Awad (5/8) in 12:10; Maisie Cope (22/24) in 47:50
Result: 5-1 victory for Trinity Western over Calgary.
SATURDAY: The Dinos came into Game Two in do-or-die mode as they needed to rattle off two-straight wins to keep their season alive. The Spartans, having won Game One, were looking to close out the Dinos and head home with the sweep in order to get ready for the semifinal series. Would we see a Game Three played in this quarterfinal on Sunday?
Spartans goals: Chloe Reid (1), Chloe Reid (2), Kyra Anderson (2), Olivia Leier (1)
Spartans assists: Kailey Ledoux (1), Kyra Anderson (2)
Spartans netminder: Kate Fawcett (15/17)
Dinos goals: Josie McLeod (1), Bree Kennedy (1)
Dinos assists: Kyla Mitenko (1), Brooklyn Anderson (1), Solana Cooper (1), Alex Spence (1)
Dinos netminder: Maisie Cope (27/30)
Result: 5-1 victory for Trinity Western over Calgary. Trinity Western wins the series 2-0 over Calgary and will move on to the semifinal.
FRIDAY: The opening game between the Bisons and Pandas took place at Clare Drake Arena where, historically, no team not named the Pandas wanted to play. Manitoba, however, had just come off a series against Alberta where they had taken three of four possible points, so it seems that the Bisons might be carrying some momentum into the quarterfinal having won five-straight games that started with the win in Edmonton. Alberta had swept MacEwan one week earlier, so something had to give as these two teams met with a berth in the semifinal on the line!
SATURDAY: The Pandas came into Game Two with their backs against the wall, and that always seems to make them more dangerous because they've been in this situation before. The Bisons come into Game Two playing their best hockey of the season with six-straight wins to their name, and they were looking to make it seven wins and a sweep over the Pandas to wrap up the series. Would this series need a third game on Sunday?
Bisons goals: Sophia Heidinger (1), Kelsey Huibers (1)
Bisons assists: Sara Harbus (1), Louise Fergusson (1), Louise Fergusson (2)
Bisons netminder: Emily Shippam (18/21)
SUNDAY: Do or die. Win or go home. All the marbles. For two teams separated by a single point in the standings and having split four games this season, it seems almost appropriate to have a fifth game to determine the winner. With the rubber match set to go Sunday night, which of these teams will earn the right to play in the Canada West semifinal next weekend?
Bisons goals: Brenna Nicol (2), Norah Collins (1), Brenna Nicol (3), Sadie Keller (2), Hanna Bailey (1), Julia Bird (2)
Bisons assists: Aimee Patrick (1), Louise Fergusson (3), Brenna Nicol (2), Sadie Keller (1), Julia Bilous (1), Jessie Haner (1), Brenna Nicol (3)
Bisons netminder: Emily Shippam (20/22)
Pandas goals: Abby Soyko (1), Natalie Kieser (2)
Pandas assists: Riley Smith (2), Abby Soyko (1)
Pandas netminders: Mackenzie Dojahn (15/19) in 29:33; Grace Glover (4/4) in 29:15
Result: 6-2 victory for Manitoba over Alberta. Manitoba wins the series 2-1 over Alberta and will move on to the semifinal.
There are no standings to worry about per se, but the playoff picture needs to be updated. Frankly, I don't get how Trinity Western crosses back into the Western Division when they had crossed into the East Division as the third-place team, but that's what Canada West has in its setup this season. I think it's dumb as it seems that the second-place teams were the ones doing the crossing. Make it make sense.
It should be noted that the TWU-UBC series has times posted in PST while the Manitoba-Mount Royal series has times posted in MST.
West Preview
No one should be surprised that UBC was 6-0 against Trinity Western this season, outscoring them 20-7 in those games. On UBC ice, the Thunderbirds outscored the Spartans 10-4, so one might think this series favours the Thunderbirds in every way. It won't be as lopsided as one may believe, but I suspect that the very well-rested T-Birds will let Grace Elliott, Annalise Wong, Jaylyn Morris, and Elise Hugens do what they do best to get them back to the Canada West Final.
Trinity Western will push back with the likes of Kyra Anderson, Ella Boon, and Chloe Reid who had great series against the Dinos, but they're going to need Kate Fawcett to steal them a game at the very least if the Spartans hope to dethrone the Thunderbirds in the Battle of British Columbia. Trinity Western was good against Calgary, but they'll need to be better against UBC if they want a banner.
East Preview
The Mount Royal Cougars will welcome the Manitoba Bisons to Calgary next weekend. The Cougars were 3-1-0 against the Bisons this season including one overtime victory, and were 2-0 at home back in October against the Bisons. Clearly, things have changed for the Bisons as the calendar flipped, so this should be a good test for the Cougars if they want to play for a banner. They'll be led by Allee Gerrard, Sydney Benko, Kiana McNinch, and Julia Duke up front while Summer Fomradas and Isa McPhee push the offence from the blue line. Scout Anderson will likely see the bulk of the goaltending work.
The Bisons come into Calgary having eliminated last season's Canada West champions, having won seven of their last eight games, and having won five of their last six road games. Led by Brenna Nicol, Sadie Keller, and Louise Fergusson through the Alberta series, they'll try to kick-start the big guns as Dana Goertzen, Aimee Patrick, Norah Collins, and Sara Harbus had just one goal and one assist combined. Emily Shippam will need to come up big once again next weekend, but that secondary scoring has to please Jordan Colliton.
It will also mark the first playoff series between student and master as Colliton was Mount Royal's assistant coach under Scott Rivett last season. Will the familiarity she has with the Mount Royal lineup help the Bisons in their quest for a banner? We'll find out next week!
Honour Roll
Each week on The Rundown, I highlight the best performances from the weekend's games. It won't always be the top scorer or the best goalie, but I'll have a reason for who gets picked each week. Making history is always a good reason to be named to The Honour Roll, but Emily Shippam is not the player named this week. Instead, it's a player who racked up six points in territory where visitors haven't had much success in helping her team win twice on the road as Manitoba Bisons forward Brenna Nicol made The Honour Roll this week!
In seven previous playoff games, Nicol had recorded two goals and an assist. She doubled that output in three games this season, scoring the opening goal and adding the primary assist on the game-winner in Manitoba's 5-2 win on Friday. She was kept off the scoresheet on Saturday, but she roared back in the elimination game on Sunday by scoring twice - opening the scoring and scoring the game-winner - and adding two more helpers in pushing the Bisons to a 4-1 lead through 29:33 of play as the Bisons took control of the game.
Six points on a weekend is always big, but to be involved in so many key goals that helped the Bisons advance is where Brenna Nicol elevated her play. The Bisons will need another big weekend out of her next week, but her efforts on key plays this weekend did not go unnoticed as Manitoba Bisons forward Brenna Nicol made the list!
Stay Out Of The Box
Manitoba entered the series with Alberta with the third-best penalty-killing efficiency in Canada West, having surrendered just ten power-play goals on 85 shorthanded opportunities (88.2%). One has to wonder if the team simply abandoned all sense of how to kill penalties on their late-season surge because the Pandas were quick to inflict damage at an alarming rate with the extra player.
Alberta scored five times on 12 power-play opportunities, pushing the Bisons' penalty-killing efficiency to 58.3% - easily the worst of the four semifinalists. That being said, it also goes to show how important both sides of the special teams coin are as Alberta scored five of its eight total goals with the player advantage while Manitoba survived their series with Alberta in spite of the woeful PK numbers.
How, you ask? By going 6-of-9 on their own power-play opportunities.
If Manitoba cleans up their PK effort over this next week, the Cougars may have their hands full in their semifinal series next weekend.
Olympic Success!
The image to the right is the medal ceremony at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, and #53 who is receiving her bronze medal is none other than UBC Thunderbirds forward Vanessa Schaefer! Schaefer played in all seven games for Switzerland, but was held pointless in the tournament. She finished with a -4 rating in 64:12 of ice time, averaging 9:10 of ice time per game. However, she and her teammates would capture the bronze medal after a 2-1 overtime win over Sweden as the defence-first Swiss come home with hardware!
Schaefer returns home to prepare for the series against Trinity Western where she'll play a more prominent role for the Thunderbirds. Can she add a Canada West championship and a U SPORTS National Championship to her Olympic bronze medal?
Total Members: Two
I wrote a couple of articles this weekend about Manitoba Bisons netminder Emily Shippam being credited with a goal on Friday night, and Saturday's article was a plea for better record keeping in women's hockey by all parties, especially by those whose entire purpose is to manage the game. I had also asked that if anyone knew of any other goalies who had scored in U SPORTS, and I got a whopping zero responses to that request which was expected.
Where I didn't expect silence was from both Canada West and U SPORTS who had a chance to really promote Shippam's goal as a "look over here" moment. Neither even attempted to post any history of goalie goals by women who scored which is all sorts of disappointing considering that U SPORTS and/or the OUA should have footage of the Nicole Kesteris goal somewhere. Instead, it was radio silence again.
If anyone can tell me what responsibilities U SPORTS and the four conferences have in keeping and updating women's hockey records, I'd be grateful. HBIC has more U SPORTS women's hockey history on it than the sites for those five "entities" do, and that's shameful.
Closed On Weekends
If it wasn't for the Calgary Dinos being true to their YouTube effort, there likely wouldn't have been highlights for Game Two of their series against Trinity Western. As you likely saw with Manitoba and Alberta, there were only Game One highlights because the Pandas don't make the effort and Canada West, who posted the Game One highlights, didn't bother to post anything for Game Two.
It's hard to be supportive of anything Canada West does at this point. They seem to be more in the camp of "don't" than "do", and I honestly wonder what their purpose is other than saying "we exist". Once again, I'll bring in Bob and Bob from Office Space to ask the obvious question because it seems like Canada West's offices are closed on weekends when most of their member schools are competing.
The Last Word
One team from British Columbia will head to the U SPORTS National Championship. That's guaranteed with the Trinity Western-UBC semifinal series as these two teams meet in the playoffs for the first time. Can the Spartans upset the Thunderbirds for their first appearance in the Canada West final or will we see the Thunderbirds play for another tapestry for their arena en route to Elmira, Ontario?
The other semifinal features the two most recent National Champions from Canada West as Manitoba won in 2018 while Mount Royal captured the championship in 2023. There has obviously been turnover on the Bisons' side, but the efforts we've seen from Manitoba since the calendar flipped to 2026 cannot be ignored. The Cougars, though, have been in this situation before and they'll be ready to roll on Friday when the series opens. Is this the year the Cougars earn a banner or will the Bisons get a shot at adding another to their arena?
We'll know those answers by next Sunday. Four teams are left standing. Only two will advance. Who will those two teams be?
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