Empty Netters Podcast

OC’s playing baby! If you’re going to do a men’s Olympic hockey preview episode, who better to join you than USA Hockey Legend Jack O’Callahan. His stories are laugh out loud funny from the epic 1980 run and beyond. Plus, the definite Olympic hockey predictions are here, find out who the boys think will take home the gold. It was a wild weekend in college hockey, and maybe just maybe there’s a new #1. And enjoy a beer league hotline and blind ranking to start your day!

Chapters

00:00 - Intro

01:10 - Super Bowl Recap

07:50 - Olympic Preview

01:05:27 - Jack O'Callahan Interview

02:18:55 - College Puck Drop

02:29:29 - Beer League Hotline

02:34:03 - Blind Ranking

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GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE — In Theaters This Friday

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Live from LA, it’s Saturday night! Or it was Saturday night… and the boys took over the west side comedy theater for an electric show. They talk Canada and USA. They craft the best Super Bowl Sunday with Billy Langdon. And you get double beer league hotlines and double blind rankings!
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Holy smokes we’ve got a blockbuster trade on our hands! The Kings rob the Rangers blind and add Panarin plus an extension! Connor McDavid has us ready to run through a brick wall, and now Sam Bennett has been added to the team so he can punch through one. Canada is going to be scary in Italy. Bayern Pettinger stops by from Toronto to chop it with the boys about his incredible journey through the hockey world and of course brag about his Olympic success. The Penguins are all the way back and seem like the real deal again. The Professors are also back to hook up before the break. And Dan nearly stumps Chris in Trivia Factorial. 

Chapters
(00:00) - Intro
(02:00) - Panarin Trade Talk
(15:53) - McDavid Players Tribune
(26:19) - Sam Bennett Time
(31:18) - Olympic Roster Reimagined
(51:47) - Bayne Pettinger Interview
(02:01:14) - Professors Puckline
(02:12:32) - Trivia Factorial

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GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE — In Theaters February 13, 2026

From Oscar-winning director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Ring, Rango) comes a wild, one-of-a-kind action-comedy about a man claiming to be from the future (Sam Rockwell) who takes the patrons of an iconic Los Angeles diner hostage — recruiting a group of unlikely misfits to stop an impending AI apocalypse and save humanity from the perils of social media. Co-starring Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz, and Juno Temple. Rated R.
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The boys are back from Tampa and wow what a time they had! There was a goalie fight for crying out loud! Ten goals. One billion penalties. OT. Shootout. Pirates. The Cooper Fit. What more can you ask for? Penn St and Michigan St had an outdoor weekend of their own and it did not disappoint. The guys debate what time zone you should be watching sports in. And the beer league hotline has more layers than an onion.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
07:50 - Trotz Steps Down
14:31 - Stadium Series
43:50 - Netters College Puck Drop
59:00 - Time Zone Debate
01:10:20 - Beer League Hotline
01:16:23 - Blind Ranking

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When Netflix drops a new documentary about the Miracle On Ice you know the guys have to review it. And they called in the big guns. Sportswriting LEGEND and father of the Glue Guy, Mike Lupica joins the show to dish some truly incredible stories of his experience going to every single game of the USA Hockey run in Lake Placid.
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