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NATALIA IS BACK! No more riding solo as Natalia is back on Crease Huddles joining Geremy as they take on the news and happenings of the PWHL. With the playoffs having just finished, PWHL award finalists being announced, and PWHL expansion news not showing any signs of stopping listen in on this jam packed episode. It's the calm before the storm.

It feels like the season started two years ago but we're finally here, the 2026 PWHL playoffs are happening! It's a solo episode as co-host Natalia is off doing vampire witch things but not to worry, it's going to feature all the stats and takes you have come to expect from Crease Huddles. Don't forget to also read the playoff previews that the wonderful beat writers of The Ice Garden have published! https://www.theixsports.com/the-ice-garden/

The long awaited Part Two is here jammed pack with Natalia and Geremy debating on the remaining awards. Check out who they think are the leading candidates for Defender, Rookie, and Goalie of the Year. Of course they save the most controversial for last, MVP.

Natalia and Geremy are back on the airwaves bringing to you a race update. This time though it's not about the playoffs. In Part One of Episode 14, your Crease Huddles hosts dive into transfer portal news, draft declaration news, and the front runners for Coach/Forward of the Year with more to come in Part Two

The PWHL have a trade and signing to announce so your dutiful hosts Natalia and Geremy go over the new roster moves in the PWHL. There's a playoff race happening too so find out who has the edge for maybe the last playoff spot available.

Join Natalia and Geremy as they go through the playoff madness coming out of the NCAA and SDHL. Both leagues are close to crowning a champion. How did we get here and who is expected to win? Press play and nerd out

With the Olympics over many leagues such as the NCAA and SDHL are headed into the playoffs. Learn who the favourites are to go far, the potential upsets, etc. as your favourite nerdy hosts Natalia and Geremy dive into what's happening post-Olympics.

The Olympics are over so Crease Huddles is back with Episode 11 featuring your favourite nerdy podcast hosts, Geremy and Natalia. How did their predictions fare? Who did they think surpassed expectations and who disappointed? Get the full post-Olympic conversation in Part One of Episode 11.

Back in your ear is all that you missed from Part One of Crease Huddles Episode 10. In Part Two we cover the bottom four PWHL teams and all the Olympic fun conversations to have. Learn more from Natalia about why you should be a Team Italy Truther. -Ottawa being overtime Queens-Will the Hockey Gods save Toronto?-What's going on with the expansion teams-Who have the best odds of upsetting Canada/USA at the Olympics-Natalia goes full Finland truther-Can Italy match China from the 2022 Olympics?-Is youth an advantage for Czechia and Sweden? Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy  writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.

Crease Huddles is back and better than ever with it's first permanent co-host, Natalia! Listen in on Part One of Episode 10 to get all your latest hockey news and what we're seeing out of the top four PWHL teams -An update on the SDHL as it nears the end of it's regular season-Who are the surprising teams in where they are placing in the NCAA NPI rankings and who is potentially in trouble on missing out on the national tournament-What did we think about the biggest trade in PWHL history-Is Boston a shoe-in for the PWHL playoffs?-Why Minnesota is seemingly an offensive powerhouse-New York's youth movement-Is Ann-Renee Desbiens going to be a back-to-back Goalie of the Year winner? Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy  writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.

With the 2026 Winter Olympics right around the corner, Purple Posts is celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest moments in Olympic women’s hockey history. On this episode, host LJ Bachenheimer is joined by Meredith Foster, editor and international hockey expert at The Ice Garden, to talk about Sweden’s remarkable run to a silver medal at the 2006 Torino Games. With a roster based around previous success and college connections, plus a young phenom in goal, Sweden pushed through challenges and the world’s best women’s hockey teams to earn their spot in the gold medal game. LJ and Meredith walk through the team’s identity, the career of “cheat code” forward Maria Rooth, the remarkable shootout win over Team USA, and more. Stay to the end for our 2026 Olympics predictions! Purple Posts is a podcast about the memorable, funny, and sometimes just strange moments in women’s hockey history, presented by The Ice Garden Podcast Network. If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and become a paid subscriber today. Intro and outro music: Modestly Rude by Jhovanny Fontanez © copyright 2009. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. https://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Nobuo3000/19015

With the international break over, join Geremy on this solo cast talking about what's next regarding the Olympics and what's real about the PWHL results so far. If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy  writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to manage medical care for a pro women’s hockey league? Today's guest can tell you all about it. On the first episode of Purple Posts People, host LJ speaks with Dr. Tina Atkinson, the PWHL’s Chief Medical Officer. Throughout their conversation, Dr. Atkinson details her extensive career in sports medicine, the work she and her team do to care for athletes’ physical and mental health, and the challenges and complexities of managing medical systems for a league that spans eight cities across two countries.  Purple Posts People is an interview-focused spinoff of Purple Posts, The Ice Garden’s offbeat women’s hockey history podcast. On each episode, get to know a different person working in women’s hockey in a unique or interesting role, brought to you by the same team behind the rest of The Ice Garden Podcast Network’s great offerings. If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and become a paid subscriber today. Intro and outro music: Found Smoke by Pitx © copyright 2014. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. https://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Pitx/48064

Crease Huddles is back on your podcast feed with your host from Giants in the Crease, Geremy! Making a return appearance is Sarah Nurse superfan and just a hockey fan in general Rebecca (or Becca or Bex)! Come join us on this journey as we talk all the latest hockey news while dealing with everything that comes with recording in the evenings. We think we did alright! On this episode: When does the feeling of panic really start to settle in if you're watching your team playing not so great? When do we see Seattle/Vancouver turn into the monsters the majority of fans/media were expecting them to be?Overall been a weird start to the season, what's going on?PWHL expansion talks are heating up in the zeitgeist, does the Takeover Tour offer any clues of where they are going?What PWHL teams are going to come back with an advantage post-Olympic break, players riding the high of winning a Medal or players motivated to end their season on a good note after a disappointing Olympics?If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠become a paid subscriber today⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Crease Huddles is a podcast about women's hockey from The Ice Garden. Every episode will have a panel of the various nerdy  writers from TIG to discuss anything and everything women's hockey, from the PWHL to the NCAA to international tournaments. If you've ever wondered what its like in TIG's Slack channels, this is the podcast for you.

On this episode of Purple Posts, host LJ is joined by Maya Smith, The Ice Garden’s Vancouver beat writer and a native Calgarian, to talk about the extensive and often-chaotic women’s hockey history of Maya’s hometown. From the old-timey Alpine Cup scene to the many leagues of the early 2000’s, and teams with names like the Calgary Grills, Oval X-Treme, and the inexplicably nicknamed Team Alberta “Honeybadgers,” Calgary has plenty of stories to dive into. Along the way, LJ and Maya do plenty of real-time research while reflecting on Maya’s youth hockey career and LJ’s lack of Canadian knowledge.  Purple Posts is a podcast about the memorable, funny, and sometimes just strange moments in women’s hockey history, presented by The Ice Garden Podcast Network. If you like the show, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review. You can also follow The Ice Garden and become a paid subscriber today. Intro and outro music: Modestly Rude by Jhovanny Fontanez © copyright 2009. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. https://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Nobuo3000/19015