Episodes

  • Panthers and Lightning - Bullying wins...again

    Panthers and Lightning - Bullying wins...again
    Oct 8 2025

    15 minutes of regular episode, 15 minutes of how the NHL completely botched the Panthers/Lightning fiasco, and how the DOPS has set the table for more trouble moving forward.
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    33 mins
  • Clean checks are back! Now how can we get more?

    Clean checks are back! Now how can we get more?
    Oct 6 2025

    Covering the NHL pre-season period of Sept 21st-29th.

    What suspensions should there have been?

    In terms of checking, how late is LATE?

    When should we start teaching "checking" in minor hockey? and HOW do you teach it? Spoiler: It doesn't have much to do with legalizing hitting.

    This and more!
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    34 mins
  • Fighting and contracts and neck guards, oh my!

    Fighting and contracts and neck guards, oh my!
    Sep 18 2025

    What's the deal with Connor McDavid not signing yet? Did the Q fighting ban make hockey more dangerous? Does fighting have a place in hockey? Should neck guards and face masks be mandatory in pro hockey?Find out here!Theme song by Everett Boulton

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    21 mins
  • What's the problem with Leafs culture?

    What's the problem with Leafs culture?
    Sep 10 2025

    Welcome to a new season of Tough Call! Mitch Marner and Leafs aura. Which country promotes real hockey: Canada or the US? What is the real purpose of body contact?

    This and more... Now also a video podcast!

    Theme song: Everett Boulton (eb_hunter0 - instagram)

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    31 mins
  • Angling Works!

    Angling Works!
    Sep 30 2022
    Tough Call Podcast is back four a fourth season! Get caught up on the latest NHL hits and suspensions through the first week of the pre-season. What’s the deal with all the open ice hitting? Is it here to stay??? And why are forecheckers so surprised when defenders “turn their back” when they’re the ones who forced them into doing it? Why are we so surprised when angling works?
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    19 mins
  • Call the Rulebook

    Call the Rulebook
    Mar 30 2022
    The Markstrom spear, the Cogliano knee. And what would happen if we called the NHL rulebook to the standard to which it’s written?
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    25 mins
  • The Auston Matthews Episode

    The Auston Matthews Episode
    Mar 17 2022
    This is an 18 minute rant on all that’s wrong with the NHL and the fans who won’t allow it to be fixed. My apologies. 😬
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    21 mins
  • Exploding Hittens

    Exploding Hittens
    Feb 16 2022
    The theme is exploding into contact and maybe not doing it. The Zadorov check to Kase, the Dunn slash on Zegras, the Brad Marchand suspension, and more! Plus the trivia: last week’s answer and this week’s question. Subscribe to the Tough Call YouTube channel, and to this podcast!
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    18 mins