Huskies Hockey Podcast

New Coach in the House

Weldie and Andrew ramble about new women's head coach Mira Jalosuo, Huskies drafted into the PWHL, SCSU opting into the House settlement, the effect of CHL players bolting to NCAA, Weldie's #journalist days, B1G's tournament "fix," whiskey, Don Lucia's 90s hair, and the Spengler Cup. Give it a listen!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro, Mira Jalosuo hiring

25:00 Huskies-PWHL draftees, women's team's non-conference schedule

40:00 House settlement 

1:10:00 McKenna to Penn State, CHL vs. NCAA rivalry

1:47:00 NCAA Selects team to play in Spengler Cup

1:59:00 B1G tweaks conference tournament format

2:12:00 Listener questions

Andrew's Substack with SCSU attendance articles: https://cloudcoveragehockey.substack.com/

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Sudden Departure

Weldie and Andrew babble about the breaking news of Brian Idalski's move to the PWHL, speculate SCSU's next steps in hiring his replacement, wonder how much stock to put in The Athletic's PHWL draft rankings, whiskey, analyze the men's full schedule, discuss the impact of state money to upgrade the Herb, and look at long-term SCSU attendance data. Give it a listen!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro, whiskey tastings, Weldie on a diving board

12:40 Idalski out as women's HC

40:30 PWHL draft speculation, SCSU players available

56:00 Men's full schedule, random box scores

1:31:00 State money to the Herb

1:51:00 SCSU attendance numbers, 2001-2025

2:18:30 Listener questions

Two Y's, No I's (feat. Sydney Wolf)

Weldie and Andrew are joined by special guest Sydney Wolf to discuss the transfer portal movement by the men's and women's Huskies teams as well as the presumptive incoming freshman classes for the 2025-2026 season. Also: Instagram sleuthing, the correct spelling of Sydney, and a behind-the-curtain peek inside the Patty Kazmeier voting process. Give it a listen!

0:00 Intro

10:00 SCSU women's team: transfer adds, incoming freshmen

54:00 SCSU men's team: transfer adds, incoming freshmen

1:37:00 Patty Kazmeier voting experience

1:53:00 Listener questions

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!