Episodes
Welcome to Episode 148 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Eric and Betsy together to talk about the return of Connor Bedard, the demotion of Lukas Reichel, the upcoming jersey retirement of Chris Chelios and, of course, a food take!
Published 02/22/24
Welcome to Episode 147 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Eric and Mil assembling to lament another ongoing Blackhawks' losing streak, what seems like another healthy scratch for Lukas Reichel and a few other hockey things before, of course, getting into a Super Bowl food take.
Published 02/15/24
Welcome to Episode 146 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. With no recent games to discuss, the full lineup of Dave, Mil, Betsy and Eric gathered to discuss what the Blackhawks prospects have been up to this season, what a few recent NHL trades mean for the Blackhawks and how they reacted to the recent Winter Classic reports, sandwiched around a food take.
Published 02/07/24
Welcome to Episode 145 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's again the full lineup of Dave, Mil, Betsy and Eric together during Wednesday night's game against the Seattle Kraken to discuss Alex Vlasic's solid, steady play this season and the contract extension for Petr Mrazek before responding to a few comments from SCH readers that starts with hockey talk and...
Published 01/25/24
Welcome to Episode 144 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's the full lineup of Dave, Mil, Betsy and Eric together just after Thursday's game against the Buffalo Sabres wrapped up to discuss the recent contract extensions for Nick Foligno and Jason Dickinson, a quick glance ahead to the trade deadline and, of course, a food take.
Published 01/19/24
Welcome to Episode 143 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy and Eric together during the Tuesday night game against the Edmonton Oilers to discuss the fallout from Connor Bedard's injury and how some Blackhawks prospects fared at the World Juniors before, of course, turning their attention to some food thoughts.
Published 01/11/24
Welcome to Episode 142 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Mil and Eric returning from the holiday break and gathering during the Tuesday night game against the Nashville Predators to recap the last few weeks of Blackhawks hockey, take a quick glance at the World Juniors and, of course, discuss a food take.
Published 01/03/24
Welcome to Episode 141 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy and Eric, gathering to discuss a fun Tuesday night victory by the Blackhawks over the Avalanche, take more narrow focuses on Lukas Reichel and Petr Mrazek and then look ahead briefly to the World Juniors before offering a holiday-themed food take.
Published 12/21/23
Welcome to Episode 140 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's another full lineup of Dave, Betsy, Mil and Eric, who gathered during Tuesday's game against the Nashville Predators to discuss the recent healthy scratch of 2020 first-round pick Lukas Reichel as well as a lengthy discussion about possible fixes for the Blackhawks offense -- if they even exist.
Published 12/13/23
Welcome to Episode 139 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's a full lineup of Dave, Betsy, Mil and Eric, who gathered during Tuesday's game against the Seattle Kraken to discuss the Corey Perry saga, Patrick Kane signing with Detroit, the Anthony Beauvillier trade and, of course, a food take.
Published 11/29/23
Welcome to Episode 138 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy and Eric together to discuss the last handful of Blackhawks games, a big change in the power-play lineup that had the group excited and the upcoming food-centric holiday.
Published 11/22/23
Welcome to Episode 137 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's the full lineup of Dave, Mil, Betsy and Eric assembling to wax poetic about a few incredible performances from Connor Bedard, discuss one of the linemates that appears to have found success with Bedard and then Eric offers a controversial Thanksgiving food take.
Published 11/15/23
Welcome to Episode 136 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's Dave, Betsy and Eric assembling to discuss another Blackhawks win followed by another Blackhawks loss, a second lawsuit filed against the team stemming from 2010, and Dave reports back with food thoughts from a trip down south.
Published 11/08/23
Welcome to Episode 135 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's a full lineup as Dave, Eric, Mil and Betsy assembled to chat about the last two Blackhawks games that had wildly different outcomes, a position switch for Lukas Reichel, a couple of league-wide topics and -- of course -- a food take!
Published 11/02/23
Welcome to Episode 134 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, it's the trio of Dave, Eric and Mil discussing some recent struggles for the Blackhawks this season, a couple of league-wide topics and, of course, a food take that ends in a bit of nostalgia.
Published 10/26/23
Welcome to Episode 133 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, the trio of Dave, Betsy and Eric assembled to discuss the first four games of the 2023-24 Blackhawks season, including early thoughts on youngsters like Connor Bedard, Kevin Korchinski and more!
Published 10/18/23
Welcome to Episode 132 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. This week, Mil returned and joined back up with the trio of Dave, Betsy and Eric returned to preview all angles of the upcoming 2023-24 Chicago Blackhawks hockey season.
Published 10/09/23
Welcome to Episode 131 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. The trio of Dave, Betsy and Eric returned to discuss a handful of preseason games, talk about the futures of youngsters like Kevin Korchinski, chat about some standout Connor Bedard moments and, of course, get into a food take.
Published 10/02/23
Welcome to Episode 130 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. After a long summer hiatus, the trio of Dave, Betsy and Eric gathered to share their final thoughts on the Top 25 Under 25 series and to look ahead to the Blackhawks slate of preseason games.
Published 09/25/23
Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric take a brief hiatus from the hockey talk and are joined by Windy City Gridiron's Taylor Doll to preview the upcoming Bears season.
Published 09/08/23
Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric are joined by Kelly from Broad Street Hockey and Alex from The Cannon, with the group exploring each NHL team's worst contract via fantasy draft.
Published 08/25/23
Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric talked with Corey Sznajder (@ShutdownLine on Twitter), who runs the All Three Zones project and is a recurring guest from last summer. The hockey conversation was brief before the rest of the show was dominated by the trio remembering some albums from 2003.
Published 08/18/23
Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave is flying solo and is joined by two members of the Total Saints Podcast, which covers Southampton FC, currently playing in the Championship after being relegated from the Premier League. The guests are Ben Stanfield, who founded and regularly appears on the podcast, and Alfie House, who appears on the show while also...
Published 08/11/23
Welcome to The Friday Show here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, where we sit down for in-depth discussions with people from all over the hockey world. This week, Dave and Eric talked with Russ Rankin, who's a scout for the WHL's Tri-City Americans and the longtime lead singer of the punk rock band Good Riddance. The conversation went back-and-forth from hockey to music throughout, touching on Russ being a New Jersey Devils fan, his entry into the hockey world and more.
Published 07/28/23
Welcome to Episode 129 of Musings on Madison, here on the Second City Hockey podcast network, your weekly destination for a roundup of all things involving the Chicago Blackhawks. In this emergency recording, the group of Dave, Mil and Betsy gathered to discuss Tuesday evenings breaking news that team owner Rocky Wirtz died at the age of 70.
Published 07/26/23