Huskies Hockey Podcast

3rd Annual Herbie Awards

Weldie and Andrew ramble about Patriks Berzins, whiskey, beer, scalding-hot Tournament takes, coaching changes, and finally present the 3rd annual Herbie Awards. Give it a listen!

Hot Portal Action and Herbie Nominations

Weldie and Andrew ramble about the landing spots for Colin Ralph and Warren Clark, the additions of Finn Loftus, Max Smolinski, and Sidney Jackel, whiskey, the Frozen Four, the Hobey Hat Trick, late night hosts, crosswords, Bonanza, and unveil nominations for the annual Herbie Awards. Give it a listen!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro, Whiskeys of the World

10:45 Transfer portal movement

45:30 Frozen Four preview

1:04:30 Hobey Hat Trick

1:27:00 3rd Annual Herbie Award nominations

1:57:00 Listener questions

Whoa Nelly

Weldie and Andrew babble about the Huskies' losses to the transfer portal and to the pros, Dane Jackson, whiskey, the regional weekend, Nelly, totaling up the receipts from this season's predictions, and trying to avoid doom and gloom. Give it a listen!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro, Nelly, whiskey of the week

10:00 Transfer portal opening

36:30 Isak Posch to the pros, plans for goaltending 

1:00:00 UND hiring Dane Jackson

1:14:00 Recapping the regionals

1:36:40 Revisiting preseason/midseason predictions

2:09:00 Listener questions

Frozen Face-Oof

Weldie and Andrew babble about the Last Call in St. Paul, Jackson Rudh, predicting the regionals, whiskey, the women's final, Hobey picks, #FireBerry, Lord of the Rings,  Denver getting "the shaft" again, Don Lucia, and the philosophy of rooting interests when your team's not in the tournament. Give it a listen!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro/whiskey/Lord of the Rings talk

12:30 Huskies land Mr Hockey finalist Jackson Rudh

17:20 Recap of Frozen Faceoff/old Final Five memories

49:00 Picking regional winners/Hobey candidates

1:42:00 Recap of women's Frozen Four

2:02:40 UND coaching search

2:19:40 Listener questions

 

MINIPOD: 2025 Men's Bracket Prediction

Andrew flies solo to predict the bracket of the 2025 men's tournament. Give it a listen to see if he's able to nail the bracket for a fourth straight year!

With a Whimper, Not a Bang

Weldie and Andrew babble about the men's team's season-ending sweep at the hands of Western Michigan, looking at what went so wrong this season, contextualizing it against bad Huskies teams of the past, whiskey, conference tournament formats, SCSU dorms, Final Five memories, the women's regionals, and portal fears. Give it a listen!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Recapping another 6-2 sweep at Western

12:00 Season recap: where did the offense go?

32:00 How this season ranks in the Huskies D-1 era

51:00 (Late) whiskey tour

58:00 NCHC Final Faceoff preview

1:21:00 Men's nationwide whip-around

1:35:00 Commentary On the Commentary

1:49:00 Women's regionals recap, Frozen Four picks

2:04:00 Women's Huskies portal entrants

2:16:00 Listener questions

Limping to Lawson

Weldie and Andrew ramble about the men's team's disappointing weekend versus Duluth, put their percentage odds on the Huskies' chances versus Western Michigan, whiskey, the women's NCAA bracket, math, bad passing, and proposals for expanding the women's field, amending the Wisconsin Rule, and which conference would make for the best reality show. Give it a listen! 

MINIPOD: Predict the Bracket - Women's Edition

Andrew continues the yearly tradition of picking brackets for the NCAA Tournament. Can he avenge last year's slip-up and nail the women's bracket like he has three years running on the men's side? Listen in and find out!

Posch Spice

Weldie and Andrew ramble about Isak Posch stealing a win in Magness, the upcoming Battle for 7th Place vs Duluth, the end of the women's team's season and its future outlook, whiskey, Gene Hackman, a proposed Wisconsin Rule Addendum, St. Cloud bars, and picks for #TheTourney. Give it a listen!

Finally, A Win

Weldie and Andrew ramble about the men breaking a program-record winless streak, the women's tough-luck weekend at Ohio State, mangoes, Pairwise rants, Adam Ingram, a Lowell Sun Sports Foot in Mouth Award nominee, Broadway, whiskey, and filthy Venice. Give it a listen!