Puck Talks

Tim Thompson, famous for his intro videos to CBC Hockey Night in Canada, joins Josh and Joe on stage at the Rivoli in Toronto to discuss the intersection of hockey and art, and the honour of preparing the intro video for this weekend's induction of Eric Lindros into the hockey hall of fame. Follow along at @PuckTalksLive @JoePack @JoshuaKloke --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Joe & Josh get in the DeLorean and head back to the inaugural 1917-18 season with hockey historian Mike Commito. Check out Mike's recent article in Sports Illustrated: Disputes, Fire and Arrests: Tales from a wild, goal-filled inaugural NHL season. http://www.si.com/nhl/2016/10/29/nhl-inaugural-season-georges-vezina-joe-malone Follow along @PuckTalksLive @JoePack @JoshuaKloke We're at the Rivoli tomorrow night with Pierre Lebrun, Chris Johnston, James Mirtle and Joe & Josh in conversation with Tim Thompson live from Puck Talks. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Joe & Josh hit the studio the day after the Cubs broke one lingering curse and a few NHL teams contemplate their own. We also cover the McDavid resigning speculation, Nazem Kadri's new role on the Leafs, and the announcement of Jay Baruchel's Goon sequel. Be sure to check out Puck Talks live at the Rivoli in Toronto - next Thursday November 10th! Tickets available at http://www.homestandsports.com/showslist/2016/11/10/puck-talks-toronto. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Joe & Josh catch up with Alex Prewitt to discuss the first week of the NHL and specifically Alex's recent article in the Sports Illustrated "The Big Bang: A frenzied 23 minutes in June changed the outlook of the season". As you can imagine we get into Subban, Weber, Hall, Larsson, and Matthews. Follow along @PuckTalksLive @JoshuaKloke @JoePack Leave us a rating and share if you can! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Legends Row will unveil its newest statues tonight of Dave Keon, Turk Broda and Tim Horton. The sculptor joins Joe Pack for a one-on-one to dissect his process, and the unique experience of capturing legends in bronze. Follow along @PuckTalksLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

We throw some darts at the board and lay out some predictions for 16-17 Season - some individual awards and Cup predictions. #McDavid #Burns #Doughty #Ovechkin #Kane Send your thoughts to @PuckTalksLive @JoePack @JoshuaKloke --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

In Part 3 of our NHL Preview show, we're taking a look at the player or players that Joe & Josh will be rooting for. Those great players on a bad team. Those players that need a cup more than most. Send your Watchlist to @PuckTalksLive, @JoePack, and @JoshuaKloke --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

In part 2 of our NHL Preview series, Joe Pack and Joshua Kloke look at what teams will be the ones to watch this year - the teams that will be "cool"...that is if we can agree that Florida was cool last year. Okay, let's define "cool". Follow along and show your coolness @PuckTalksLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Joe & Josh preview the series in this 4-part series beginning with looking at this years rookies, and what we can learn from last years Calder Race. Stay tuned for Parts 2 to 4, coming out this weekend! Follow along @PuckTalksLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Chris Johnston of Sportsnet joins Joe & Josh in the studio to discuss the World Cup of Hockey and this coming season. Be sure to follow along @PuckTalksLive, give us a review, and send Chris a message @reporterchris --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

We throw back to the 1997-98 Season where Joe & Josh balance the dullness of the trap with the Carolina Hurricanes expansion, a second consecutive Red Wings Stanley Cup, and the infamous 1998 Nagano Olympics. Follow along at @PuckTalksLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Joe & Josh hit the stage for their first live Puck Talks podcast, and episode 10, for a chat with Director Kevan Funk about his new film Hello Destroyer premiering at TIFF. In Hello Destroyer, Jared Abrahamson (Fear the Walking Dead) plays a painfully shy but ruggedly capable enforcer on a minor-league hockey team who discovers the cutthroat nature of his locker-room “family,” in the forceful first feature from Canadian director Kevan Funk. Follow along at @PuckTalksLive and check out Hello Destroyer at hellodestroyer.net --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

We preview both the World Cup and the upcoming Puck Talks Live! Joe & Josh sit down with Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud - "Twitter's Official Russian Sports Writer"). We all see Canada as the favourite - in this episode we look at what this tournament means for the other teams, and in particular, Russia. Follow along @PuckTalksLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Our new series, "Any Given Season", launches today where Joe & Josh look back at iconic seasons in NHL history. Today we start with the 2003-04 Season riddled with off-ice and on-ice drama (Bertuzzi, Heatley, Denton), a less than exciting Tampa-Calgary final, and the end of the pre-lockout era. Send us your favourite seasons @PuckTalksLive on Twitter and Facebook, and we'll take a look into it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Josh is on the road, but finds a way to call in from North Saskachewan to chat hockey with Joe from our studio. Joe gets on the phone with Kevin Woodley of NHL.com and Net360 Goalie Camp to discuss how NHL goalies are preparing for the upcoming season, including updates on Carey Price and the changes goalie equipment rules. Follow along @PuckTalksLive Give us a rating if you love, like, or put up with us. Thanks! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Joe & Josh are back in the studio and catchup on some of the top news in Canada & Hockey, with stories about the Tragically Hip, the Olympics, some NHL moves in the offseason, and of course the Patrick Roy saga. Be sure to give us a rating on iTunes, and if possible give us a share on Facebook and Twitter (@PuckTalksLive)! #Leafs #NHL #TragicallyHip #PuckTalks #PatrickRoy #Olympics --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

This episode is a bit different and, in short, we loved it. Tim Thompson is the man behind some of our favourite hockey videos, the intro sequences before the former Hockey Night in Canada, as well as a number of documentaries, the upcoming Rio Games for CBC, and other videos found at the links below. Joe & Josh dive deep with Tim, particularly on their shared hero's - The Tragically Hip - and the influence of their music on the hockey experience. We hope you love this conversation as much as we did. Tim Thompson: @b0undless https://vimeo.com/user8686134 @PuckTalksLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Founder of General Fanager, and silent hero of the NHL GMs everywhere, Tom Poraszka sits down with Joe Pack & Joshua Kloke to discuss recent signings, the changing nature of the cap with a lockout looming...4years from now, and his motivations to build something by fans for fans. Follow along @generalfanager & @pucktalkslive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Hosts Joe Pack & Joshua Kloke meet the new Leafs Beat Reporter at TSN.ca, Kristen Shilton (@Kristen_Shilton) to talk first impressions of the new young Leafs as well as the new elders. We also talk the George McPhee hire, and others projections for the Vegas Whatevertheirnames. Follow along at @PuckTalksLive @JoePack @JoshuaKloke --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message

Hosts Joe Pack & Josh Kloke are back in the studio to chat with Chris Hine of the Chicago Tribune about his recent interview with Gary Bettman re: homophobia in hockey, as well as Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review Journal. We also veer in the direction of Phil Kessel ever so briefly. Follow us @PuckTalksLive, subscribe, rate us, and keep an eye out for future events at homestandsports.com/puck --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homestand-leafs/message