Episodes

May 7, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of May 6

For the fifth consecutive season, we enjoyed a Game 7 in the Conference Finals. And now, the championship is set as London will host Oshawa. But there's so much more to discuss, including the continued inability for the Memo…
April 30, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Apr. 29/24

Little drama to-date in the OHL's final four as London and Oshawa show that they're best-in-class. And, really, the signs were there long before the playoffs even began. Also, another coach is added to the list of this seaso…
April 26, 2024

The OHL Podcast with Eric Calder

I'll never pass up the chance to talk to a former Cornwall Royal on the podcast, so please join me in welcoming Eric Calder to the show. A second round pick of the Royals in 1980, Calder would win the Memorial Cup in his sop…
April 23, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Apr. 22/24

Three sweeps and seven games. That's how the second round of the OHL playoffs have shaped up, and we'll start with the most surprising at all. It's not the victor, though. It's the vanquished, and another long off-season ahe…
April 16, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Apr. 15/24

North Bay and Oshawa surprise, while London continues to London and we've got a series between Saginaw and the Soo. Of course, all of this is subject to change with a quartet of terrific semi-final match-ups in the OHL. Dan …
April 9, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Apr. 8/24

The Barrie Colts bring some playoff heat to the red-hot Oshawa Generals and this season's ultimate suitcase story is there with the Battalion as they close out the Frontenacs. We had to look for stories in the East because t…
April 2, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Apr. 1/24

Niagara loses another draft lottery while the Guelph Storm lose a key player to suspension for four playoff games. Plus, Dan and Mike dive into the email Inbox and keep their commitment to respond to everything, good or bad.…
March 26, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Mar. 25/24

After a solid season in the discipline and reaction-time department, the OHL blew all of its goodwill out of the water with a frustratingly inconsistent final few weeks. Dan and Mike have some hopes for the off-season ahead …
March 22, 2024

The OHL Podcast with Larry Huras

From small town Ontario to OHL captain, where his time with the Kitchener Rangers is still marked by a disappointing playoff loss to the Peterborough Petes. Though drafted by the New York Rangers, Larry Huras really made his…
March 19, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Mar. 18/24

With a red-hot Eastern Conference team and playoff races coming down to the wire, there's a lot to love in the OHL right now. Unfortunately, the OHL's own mess off the ice is the big story of the week and Dan and Mike dive i…
March 12, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Mar. 11/24

The investigation is complete and the punishment is severe after a bounty scandal in the Ontario Hockey League. Dan and Mike think the league sent an important message with the ruling, though, and they wonder about the impac…
March 8, 2024

The OHL Podcast with Brian Bellows, Scott Stevens, and Al MacInnis

The Kitchener Rangers celebrated the 1982 Memorial Cup team last week and more than a dozen players from the franchise's first championship showed up. For some, it was their first time back inside the Kitchener Memorial Audi…
March 5, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Mar. 4/24

Another off-ice story forces the guys to address the culture of the game and even brings out an appearance from Podcast Dad (aka Farwell). Then, it's on to a statement week by Oshawa, the race to the top of the East, the rac…
March 1, 2024

The OHL Podcast with Doug Keeler

Memorial Cup champion with the Niagara Falls Flyers. Captain of the Ottawa 67's. Drafted by the New York Rangers. Played pro in three leagues but you only need two words to describe Doug Keeler. Old. School. From bounties to…
Feb. 27, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Feb. 26/24

The Sudbury Wolves are being investigated for what could be the Ontario Hockey League's own bounty scandal, while a former Greyhound is suing the staff in the Soo. Meantime, Dan and Mike are also talking about the league's o…
Feb. 20, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Feb. 19/24

Sudbury makes a statement while the Storm struggle through the second half. Plus, Sawyer Boulton is in hot water with the league and that's got Farwell a little hot under the collar. While Boulton awaits his ruling, Connor L…
Feb. 13, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Feb. 12/24

The Knights appear unstoppable, off-ice trouble in Oshawa casts another shadow over the game, the penalty thresholds we did not know existed, and the impact of a possible NCAA decision to accept players who have also played …
Feb. 6, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Feb. 5/24

A banner is removed, another player leaves the ice for the classroom, and a closer look at the Flint Firebirds. Dan and Mike unintentionally run through the entire West Division before getting into why they love the East, ho…
Jan. 30, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Jan. 29/24

Are star players still getting preferential treatment? A recent suspension ruling in the OHL suggests the answer to that question is yes. Plus, a scary incident in Sudbury injures a star player and has many questioning the r…
Jan. 23, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Jan. 22/24

A first-place showdown that should have been a showcase for the Ontario Hockey League instead turns into a gong show in London. Plus, the Bulldogs have bite and the East remains anyone's conference. We've also got an uninten…
Jan. 16, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Jan. 15/24

As the dust settles on the trade deadline, there's added drama as a traded player decides to go to school and now the team that acquired him wants the league to investigate. Dan and Mike do some investigation of their own be…
Jan. 11, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- 2024 Trade Deadline Special

More than 50 players and 100 draft picks were traded from the end of the Christmas break to the trade deadline on January 10th. The Saginaw Spirit did what they promised and found just about every available player, adding a …
Jan. 5, 2024

The OHL Podcast -- Jan.5 /24

We're still here! And we wanted to check in during this half-holiday kind of week. The kids may not be back in school from Christmas break (at least in Ontario) but the Ontario Hockey League is back in our favourite arenas a…
Dec. 19, 2023

The OHL Podcast -- Week of Dec. 18/23

Either one of us is soft or the other is an a$$hole. Or, maybe, two people can just disagree on a point of view and still be friends after. That might be the case following our discussion about the suspension of coach Greg W…