The Hockey Show - Episode 480

The Hockey Show, Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, is back tonight with all sorts of pandemic talk once again as it feels like we're repeating all the same mistakes we did in 2020 when it comes to COVID-19. Because we seem unable to break the cycle we're in, there are tournaments and games being cancelled across the world, and there's certainly some doubt as to whether the 2022 Beijing Olympics will feature hockey's biggest stars. We examine this and other stories tonight on The Hockey Show!

Teebz and Jason Pchajek dive right into the cancellation of the 30th FISU Winter Universiade Games and what it means for both the athletes and the city of Lucerne. From there, they discuss all the postponement of games across the OHL, AHL, and NHL, and they ask the hard question about NHLers going to China with the new travel restrictions seen due to the Omicron variant, the fate of the Chinese men's hockey team playing at the Olympics, a coach's career possibly being over with his dismissal, the biting suspension, the $100 million advertisement opportunity for the NHL, and Bisons men's hockey showing a little life in the their last couple of weeks of play in the first half of the season. It's a show filled with international intrigue, so make sure you tune in at 5:30pm CT on 101.5 FM, Channel 718 on MTS TV, or via UMFM.com!

Before we jump ahead, we here at The Hockey Show want to wish all of our friends celebrating Hanukkah! The festival of lights is always a big event, so we're hoping that any and all people who are celebrating this joyous occasion that they spend time with family and friends, eat all the delicious offerings, laugh, smile, and have a wonderful time! If you want to kick back with some radio friends tonight, The Hockey Show will gladly spend some time with you too!

Where's the best place can you hear tonight's show if you're outside Winnipeg or not near a radio, you ask? The new UMFM website's online streaming player is pretty awesome if you want to listen online. If you're using an Apple device, the player doesn't seem to like Safari yet, so if you want to stream the show I'd recommend Radio Garden to do that as it works nicely with Safari. If you're more of an app person, we recommend you use the TuneIn app found on the App Store or Google Play Store. If you do use the TuneIn app, you won't be disappointed. It's a solid app.

If you have questions, you can email all show queries and comments to hockeyshow@umfm.com! Tweet me anytime with questions you may have by hitting me up at @TeebzHBIC on Twitter! I'm here to listen to you, so make your voice heard!

Tonight, Teebz and Jason talk about COVID-19 likes it's 2020 all over again as they discuss cancelling events, postponing games, eliminating teams, firing coaches, suspending players, the wacky economics of the game, and much more exclusively on 101.5 UMFM and on the UMFM.com web stream!

PODCAST: December 2, 2021: Episode 480

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!