Hockey and the woke mob group chat

Our resident hockey expert joins us to explain hockey to Americans: all things PWHL, Canadian hockey culture, and is ringette a real sport... ?!

But first, the women's sports highlights of the week:

• The NSL playoffs brought in massive economic return for Canada. Now, it's the NWSL's turn: Ranked #8 out of 8, is Gotham FC ruining everyone's brackets?
• We're rooting for winter sports comebacks: Alysia Liu, who took her first Skate America win, and Mikaela Shiffrin, who just won her 102nd World Cup race and her ninth reindeer. Yes, reindeer.
• Then, why the heck can't endurance sports get it together?! A cycling world record that no one bothered to record?

Then it's time to get in the weeds on hockey!

The PWHL is expanding to eight teams (hello, Vancouver and Seattle!) this season. How did we get here? And what's next for the league? Plus, can you build a non-toxic hockey culture?

Plus, our new segment: 'Like we were saying...' with updates on sex testing (yes, again). And our Feisty picks of the week.

Episode resources:

• The Canada Hockey sexual assault case: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/29/canada-hockey-sexual-assault-case-analysis
• History of women's hockey: https://thecolgatemaroonnews.com/47399/sports/the-pwhl-part-i-the-history-of-womens-pro-hockey/ and https://thecolgatemaroonnews.com/47893/sports/the-pwhl-part-ii-why-the-league-will-buck-the-trend/

Episode timestamps:

00:24 - Soccer playoff highlights

07:05 - Time for winter sports: Why we're rooting for Alysia Liu

09:22 - Mikaela Shiffrin's crash comeback & Lindsey Vonn's Olympic hops

16:43 - Why do triathlon and cycling keep messing up?

30:03 - PWHL expansion and a season preview

36:09 - The weird league ownership structure of the PWSL

39:40 - Hockey's toxic culture?

50:30 Ringette: A Canadian Sport(??)

01:05:19 - Like We Were Saying: Could trans athletes be banned from the Olympics?

01:08:04 Feisty Picks of the Week

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