The Cross-Check NHL Show

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The Cross-Check NHL Show

Join NHL writers Andrew Berkshire and Mary Clarke for The Cross-Check NHL Show, the podcast that addresses the biggest narrative trends in the world of hockey and crosschecks them against what the hosts are seeing, and what the numbers are saying. Each Tuesday, Andrew and Mary dig way below the surface on the biggest stories in the NHL, while Thursdays bring special guest appearances from the smartest minds in the sport. Is William Nylander as bad as Toronto media says he is? Are we learning anything from the NHL's wacky realigned divisions? And which would-be Stanley Cup contenders are for real? Get the answers to those questions and more on The Cross-Check, part of the Locked On Podcast Network.

  1. 07/01/2022

    The Cross-Check NHL’s Show’s final episode!

    Hosts Andrew Berkshire and Mary Clarke say their goodbyes with the final episode of The Cross-Check NHL Show! But before then, there’s hockey news to talk about, as the Minnesota Wild traded Kevin Fiala to the Los Angeles Kings. Fiala’s addition to the Kings bolsters an up-and-coming team, but his departure from the Wild will leave a huge hole. Next, Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche are Stanley Cup champions, but the star has a bit of a diva problem. MacKinnon’s bullying of his teammates on their health choices isn’t the reason the Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup, but it’s clear their hyper-competitive nature is a big drive for this team. Plus, Hometown Hockey at Sportsnet is no more. What can be done to fill the void left behind and what can Sportsnet and the NHL do to bring in a new generation of hockey fans? Finally, Andrew and Mary send off the show with one final pop culture talk ahead of the Stranger Things season 4 finale. Thank you to all the listeners and watchers of The Cross-Check NHL Show for sticking with us through the last 16 months! Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    58 min

  2. 06/28/2022

    The Colorado Avalanche are your Stanley Cup Champions, and we say goodbye

    After defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games, the Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup! It's been a long time coming for a team that's been a favourite over the last few years, but the Avalanche finally got over the hump, with Cale Makar winning the Conn Smythe Trophy. For the Lightning, it's their third straight year in the final, with 46 playoff wins in that stretch, just two shy of the first threepeat since the New York Islanders of the early 1980's. What is their legacy going to look like? Will they be remembered for having a championship pedigree that refused to die, or for their antics at the end of the game that left a sour taste? Barry Trotz has announced that he won't be coaching next year, which leaves the Winnipeg Jets a little high and dry. What's next for them, and the multitude of coaching vacancies left? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 hr

  3. 06/24/2022

    Kadri puts Bolts on the brink, NHL Award drama, & are the Panthers panicking?

    Mary is away on vacation so Laura Saba from Locked on Canadiens joins the show to break down this week's events. Nazem Kadri's overtime thriller in his first game back has put the Tampa Bay Lightning one game away from elimination, and the Colorado Avalanche one win away from their first Stanley Cup since 2001. Can the Lightning extend this series? The NHL Awards have been given out, and with them comes mild controversy over bad votes, media blocks voting certain ways, and just bad awards. Is the Montreal media out of touch for ignoring Auston Matthews for the Hart and Carey Price for the Masterton? The Florida Panthers didn't renew Andrew Brunette as head coach after working under the interim tag all season long, instead electing to hire Paul Maurice. Could things go off the rails for the Panthers next year? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    58 min

  4. 06/17/2022

    Avalanche win game one, Bruce Cassidy feels lucky in Vegas, and Conn Smythe contenders

    Game One of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final delivered on every bit of promise we all hoped it would. A dominant performance by the Colorado Avalanche still wasn't enough to keep the reigning champion Tampa Bay Lightning on the ground, as the game needed to be decided in overtime. Who wins the series? Kinda feels like we all do. Bruce Cassidy has been snapped up just over a week after the Boston Bruins fired him, he'll step onto the bench for the Vegas Golden Knights, looking to replicate the effect he had on the Bruins. Is John Tortorella a good fit for the Philadelphia Flyers? No matter what you may think, it looks like it's happening. Who are the leaders for the Conn Smythe this year? Can a non-star player sneak in and win the trophy? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/NHLNETWORK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    56 min

  5. 06/14/2022

    Lightning go for a threepeat against Avalanche, Rangers go home

    The inevitable has happened, as the Tampa Bay Lightning eliminated the New York Rangers in a gentleman's sweep of sorts, winning four straight after dropping the first two games. The Lightning are on to their third-straight Stanley Cup Final, how did they do it? Facing off against the Colorado Avalanche, can the Lightning prevail and win a third straight cup? Who are the x-factors on each team? Can the Avalanche overcome the goaltending deficit they face? Where do the Lightning sit on the all-time list of greatest teams ever? Both short term and long term, they might be one of the greatest teams of all time. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/NHLNETWORK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 hr

  6. 06/10/2022

    Bruins shockingly fire Bruce Cassidy, Oilers bow out to Avs, and the Lightning find their groove

    On this episode of The Cross-Check NHL Show, hosts Andrew Berkshire and Mary Clarke discuss the Boston Bruins shocking move of firing head coach Bruce Cassidy. Why make this move now, if you’re the Bruins, and will it pay off with a team that could have run it back with some changes next year? Next, the Edmonton Oilers were swept by the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Final. While the series was overall disappointing, the games themselves were fun thanks to the high-profile talent on display… and Mike Smith being Mike Smith. Plus, the Tampa Bay Lightning seem to have gotten their mojo back against the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Final. In order for the Rangers to have a chance, they’ll need to get Andrei Vasilevskiy off his game once more before it’s too late. Finally, Andrew and Mary discuss the latest episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi and the first episode of Ms. Marvel! Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/NHLNETWORK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    52 min

  7. 06/07/2022

    Lightning storm back in Game 3, Avalanche take Oilers to the brink, and NHL Awards spark controversy

    On this episode of The Cross-Check NHL Show, the Conference Finals continue as a new week begins. The Tampa Bay Lightning stormed back in Game 3 against the New York Rangers to make the Eastern Conference Final a series once more, with goaltenders Igor Shesterkin and Andrei Vasilevskiy taking center stage. Hosts Andrew Berkshire and Mary Clarke next discuss the Western Conference Final, with the Colorado Avalanche holding a 3-0 series lead over the Edmonton Oilers headed into Tuesday. Former NHL referee Tim Peel put his foot in his mouth once more when tweeting about Evander Kane’s dirty hit on Nazem Kadri that likely knocked the Avs forward out of the series. Plus, the NHL Awards are slowly trickling in, but — as always — they’re not without controversy. Both the Mark Messier Leadership Award and the Masterton Trophy feel unnecessary in today’s NHL for differing reasons. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/NHLNETWORK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    56 min

  8. 06/03/2022

    Oilers & Avalanche don't need goalies, Rangers shock Lightning, & NHL Combine Questions

    The Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers left no nets unfilled in the first game, is this series going to be iconic? Should Cale Makar's goal have counted? Can the Avalanche win without Kuemper? The New York Rangers came out of the game and blew up Andrei Vasilevskiy, are they for real? Are the Tampa Bay Lightning in trouble? The NHL Draft Combine always has some interesting questions, but the big one this year was what animal would best describe you as a hockey player? What's the best one, and what is yours? Finally, the hosts talk Obi-Wan Kenobi spoilers. Has this series become a Star Wars classic? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/NHLNETWORK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Join NHL writers Andrew Berkshire and Mary Clarke for The Cross-Check NHL Show, the podcast that addresses the biggest narrative trends in the world of hockey and crosschecks them against what the hosts are seeing, and what the numbers are saying. Each Tuesday, Andrew and Mary dig way below the surface on the biggest stories in the NHL, while Thursdays bring special guest appearances from the smartest minds in the sport. Is William Nylander as bad as Toronto media says he is? Are we learning anything from the NHL's wacky realigned divisions? And which would-be Stanley Cup contenders are for real? Get the answers to those questions and more on The Cross-Check, part of the Locked On Podcast Network.

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    Locked On Podcast Network
  • Creator
    Locked On Podcast Network, Andrew Berkshire, Mary Clarke
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    129
  • Rating
    Clean
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