Purple Posts, a podcast about the memorable, funny, and sometimes just strange moments in the history of women’s hockey, is back! This time, LJ is joined by Eleni Demestihas, Director of Hockey Operations for Cook Stark Hockey, to talk about some infamous USA-Canada brawls, how increased physicality is changing the women’s game, and which players are most likely to throw down.

You can watch the full clip of the December 2013 fight here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1cks76

You can find Eleni’s original article for TIG about the fight here: https://www.theicegarden.com/law-and-boarder-breaking-down-a-legendary-usa-canada-brawl-womens-hockey/

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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

Special guests Eleni, the director of hockey operations at Cook Stark Hockey, and Elisha, Ice Garden writer/future PWHL insider, join host Geremy to discuss the Vancouver expansion into the PWHL. They discuss the implications, who should be thrilled by this news, and a surprise name they'd like to see as a GM candidate.

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