Hockey Pucks

Episode notes

Alex Schmidt is joined by comedy writer Dan Hopper (Ranker, The New Yorker) and comedy podcaster Will “Kristi YamaGuccimane” (‘JortsCenter’ podcast, #Zeitgang) for a look at why hockey pucks are secretly incredibly fascinating.

Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.

LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:

• Dan Hopper on Twitter
• Dan Hopper’s Twitter account for Pittsburgh sports
• Dan Hopper’s writing for The New Yorker
• @wapplehouse on Twitter
• ‘Jortscenter’ podcast

RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

• native-land.ca
• U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
• The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
• Mapping Manahatta: 10 Lenape sites in New York City (6sqft)

RESEARCH SOURCES:

• Lame Puck: Was Fox’s glowing puck the worst blunder in TV sports history, or was it just ahead of its time? (Slate)
• Canucks, Kraken Produce History’s Dumbest Puck Battle (Defector)
• CBS Sports column, as example of mindset: “Jared Max: A Lesson In Watching Hockey — Stop Saying You Can’t See The Puck”
• Reddit thread, as example of mindset: “The ‘I can’t see the puck’ problem”
• Reviewing The Best Hockey Pucks This Year (Sports Illustrated)
• The Brain of a Hockey Fan (Inside Science / ABC News)
• KHL’s Alexander Ryazantsev sets new ‘world record’ for hardest shot at 114 mph (Yahoo Sports “Puck Daddy”)
• 6 Things: Pucks (Vancouver Canucks)
• Hockey Has a Gigantic-Goalie Problem (The Atlantic)
• Most ice hockey pucks balanced on the blade of a stick (Guinness World Records)
• 11 Fun Facts About Hockey Pucks (Mental Floss)
• Hurling and Hockey (BBC Travel)
• The Down Goes Brown History Of The NHL by Sean McIndoe
• Blackhawks Owner Reverses Team’s Old-School Legacy of Failure (The New York Times) — this is about the Chicago NHL team’s ownership while Alex was a kid.
• Ranking all the Carolina Hurricanes’ ‘Storm Surge’ celebrations (ESPN)
• What really happened during Deflategate? Five years later, the NFL’s ‘scandal’ aged poorly (ESPN)
• MLB Used Two Different Types Of Baseballs During 2021 Season (MLB Trade Rumors)