On Episode 79, Aaron, Danny, and Jon were playing a man down without Rigs, but still with plenty of laughs and banter. The men and women’s Olympic ice hockey was the topic to start with, before we moved on to MSL taking the reins for the Habs. Nostalgia is fun, so we reminisced about Marty’s 2004 Lightning team as well.
On Episode 78 of Beers in The Lot, Aaron, Danny, and Jonny recapped their visit to Whitey’s Pond at The Gardens Icehouse in Laurel, MD; Rigs and Jonny talked about their big tilt in beer league that ended in OT this week; and all of the guys agreed, one of the best ways to grow the game is through exposure and Women’s Olympic Hockey is a great example of that.
Episode 77 starts out with the crew discussing some beer league hockey friends and teammates skating on Carroll Creek in downtown Frederick, MD and making the front page of the local newspaper; then Danny and Jonny talked about the wild, 5 hat trick game their beer league teams played this week; and the whole crew, while less than thrilled with the game times, were pretty excited for men’s and women’s Olympic hockey getting started this week.
On Episode 76 of Beers in The Lot, Aaron and Rigs gave the other guys the story on a local pond they skated over the weekend; Jonny brought up the rumor regarding much maligned San Jose Sharks forward, Evander Kane possibly ending up with the Washington Capitals; and discussed the workout, diet, and health habits of some current and historical NHL superstars.
Episode 75 of Beers in The Lot, starts out with Jonny proposing an NHL All Star game idea that could motivate bad teams like the Arizona Coyotes to improve; then the guys reviewed Philadelphia Flyers legend, Bobby Clarke’s comments implying Ron Hextall ruined Philly during his tenure as general manager; and they talked about potential NHL goalie trades including an interesting one involving Marc-Andre Fleury and the Washington Capitals.
On Episode 74 of Beers in The Lot, the guys reviewed their winter season beer league rosters and the first week of games; discussed the quiet NHL trade market, potentially due to NHL players not going to the Olympics and despite teams having glaring needs; and talked about the Carolina Hurricanes signing their 2016 third round pick and NCAA standout goaltender, Jack LaFontaine to an entry level contract, ending his fifth year and career with the Minnesota Golden Gophers.