The Lightning
-Caley Chelios and her crew broke down the Tampa Bay Lightning’s NHL schedule for the team’s Twitter account. It was posted yesterday.
“I always think it’s good to start a season on the road, it’s good for the players, good for the coaches to get to know each other. They are eight road games in October. October and January are going to be the worst months.”
.@caleychelios is joined by Brian, Chief, and @davemishkin to break down our upcoming 2019-20 schedule, starting on the road, and how our #NHLGlobalSeries games in Sweden fit into it all. 🗓 pic.twitter.com/4qyoitv0iL
— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) August 18, 2019
-The Sunshine State Girls Hockey Festival was over the weekend, with Lightning Made Hockey present to lend their support!
What an incredible weekend celebrating girls’ hockey in Florida! 😎🌴 Big thank yous to @LightningMade and all those involved in the Sunshine State Girls Hockey Festival for having @yourpalMAL9 and @Accursi6 join in on the fun! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/FQMOri81mS
— NWHL (@NWHL) August 18, 2019
The Game
-Here, something wholesome for your Monday. Former Lightning forward Ryan Callahan has an adorable child. Hockey, y’all! Hockey!
Little mans first pair of skates!!! “Hockey” 😂🏒 pic.twitter.com/rJDkxuFSWu
— Ryan Callahan (@TheRealCally24) August 18, 2019
(…it hurt to type “former Lightning forward Ryan Callahan”…)
–Team Sweden is on strike. Sweden’s national women’s team has decided to boycott both a training camp and the upcoming 5 Nations Tournament that starts Aug. 20 in Finland. Yesterday, Meredith Foster of The Ice Garden explained why we need to pay attention to this.
Make no mistake: All of this was entirely preventable. The Damkronorna have been systematically and routinely mistreated, undervalued, underfunded, and blamed for the mistakes of powerful men. The federation brought this boycott on themselves with years of empty words, shrugged shoulders, and the continued indignities heaped on players who were expected to spin gold medals out of a dung heap. The players want money, yes, but they also want to be treated with respect.
-Mike McKenna is still campaigning strong for the Backup Towel to make an official comeback.
Towel mania. Seriously…please fellow keepers…bring it back. The tradition should have never died. #StarterTowel #BackupTowel https://t.co/efjAnACKW9
— Mike McKenna (@MikeMcKenna56) August 18, 2019
(What do you mean, this isn’t news? It’s a Sunday in the final half of August. You’re lucky I’m not posting all Harry Potter memes)
Seriously, though, he brings up a good point…and wears said towel quite well, if I do say so myself.
I mean…if you’re going to ride the pine in the National, you might as well look good and stay warm #BackupTowel pic.twitter.com/rDNHNmSV7a
— Mike McKenna (@MikeMcKenna56) August 18, 2019
-Elite Prospects’ Pipeline Show podcast is back.
Season 15 of The Pipeline Show is now officially underway and by tradition, that means the in-depth season previews for all 22 Western Hockey League franchises are also beginning. But before we get to the three WHL teams of this week, a fantastic recap of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup kicks off the new season for NHL scouts.
-Another podcast that came out yesterday is Pension Plan Puppets Back to Excited.
Welcome back to another episode of Back to Excited. Today we discuss:
-The Leafs and the expansion draft [1:47]
-Allocating resources across various positions [7:40]
-The Leafs Top 25 Under 25 – specifically, Jeremy Bracco, Timothy Liljegren, and Travis Dermott [41:17]
-Carey Price isn’t sold on his fancy red solid color goalie pads, and will be back in primarily white pads to start the season with the Montreal Canadiens.
Carey Price was wearing the red @ccmgoalie pads and gloves we saw for a handful of @canadiensmtl games last season but the #solidcolorpadscrew shouldn’t get too excited; he told InGoal during the @eliwilsong #DayWithPrice he’d be back in primarily white pads to start the season pic.twitter.com/7EoIFIDx5K
— InGoal Magazine (@InGoalMedia) August 18, 2019
