Top Shelf Bonus Episode: Women’s hockey expansion

Hello and welcome to Top Shelf, where we keep the hot takes and the hard liquor!

This is a podcast where Michelle Jay and Hannah Bevis have a couple drinks, get a little tipsy, and talk about the biggest stories in women’s hockey. We talk about a little bit of everything on this podcast from the NCAA to the NWHL and CWHL to U Sports and SDHL and AWIHL and whatever else comes up.

Really interesting stuff from Wickenheiser's interview on The Athletic, regarding the women's leagues. (Although her casual dismissal of the NWHL is a little disconcerting). h/t @Jonathan_Dunphy https://t.co/Lcnx0HCcjH pic.twitter.com/HAWXPgPEUP

— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) July 4, 2018

Hannah and Michelle record a special episode of the podcast and react to Hayley Wickenheiser’s comments about a potential women’s hockey merger with the NHL (!!??!!) We talk about hopes and concerns and try to figure out what the heck is going on with the women’s hockey landscape. Spoiler alert: there’s a lot.

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(A note, there IS some swearing on this podcast. We try to keep it PG. It mostly works, but there’s definitely some extra on this episode)