The heated rivalry behind the Stanley Cup
6/2/202627 min
The sport of ice hockey has transcended a game just for the fans this year as it's found itself at the centre of a couple of big cultural moments across the world. We’re talking, of course, about the raging success of TV shows Heated Rivalry and more recently Off Campus - but it goes well beyond that and into real life. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll get you across the impacts of those shows on the sport and, as the current season of the North American competition comes to its conclusion, we’ll get you across one of the hardest sporting trophies in the world to win - the Stanley Cup. Watching: The gold medal game from the Winter Olympics in Italy earlier this year - Team USA v Canada. The Hughes brothers are a whole thing in the NHL - they made it onto Saturday Night Live after Jack Hughes scored the golden goal in overtime after being whacked in the face and losing teeth. Head to the last 5 mins of the game if you don’t want to watch it all. Watching: The TV series Shoresy… Before Heated Rivalry, Jacob Tierney was central to the comedy shows Letterkenny and Shoresy, which have ice hockey at their core. To set expectations, there’s not a lot of spicy content, but they are shows with a lot of heart that go to the ethos of the game… You can watch both of those for free on SBS. Hosted by Andrew Williams and Claire Kimball Researched by Claire Kimball Got a suggestion for a Squiz Shortcut topic? We'd love to hear it - email us at hello@thesquiz.com.au Squiz Shortcuts is your back story to the big news stories… Want the email version? Sign up for the free Shortcuts newsletter here.
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First 90 secondsClaire Kimball· Host0:00
This is a Squiz Podcast, [upbeat music] where your shortcut to being informed.
Andrew Williams· Host0:05
[upbeat music] The sport of ice hockey has transcended a game just for the fans this year, as it's found itself at the center of a couple of big cultural moments across the world. We're talking, of course, about the raging success of TV shows Heated Rivalry, and more recently, Off Campus. But the sport's popularity goes well beyond that and into real life. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we'll get you across the impacts of those shows on the sport. And as the current season of the North American competition comes to its conclusion, we'll get you across one of the hardest sporting trophies in the world to win, the Stanley Cup. I'm Andrew Williams.
Claire Kimball· Host0:44
And I'm Claire Kimball.
Andrew Williams· Host0:45
[upbeat music] Claire, these days you're sort of a special guest star for Squiz Shortcuts, uh, sort of the Betty White of, uh [laughs]... [laughs] Of Squiz Shortcuts. You only jump on the ones you feel very strongly about. It's fair to say this is one of them, though.
Claire Kimball· Host0:58
It really is, and look, long-term Squizzers know I go down these rabbit holes, these very random rabbit holes- Mm-hmm ... from time to time, and this one for me has been months in the making. So since watching Heated Rivalry back in January, my interest in ice hockey was piqued.
Andrew Williams· Host1:15
Mm-hmm.
Claire Kimball· Host1:15
And I decided to learn more about it by watching regular NHL games.
Andrew Williams· Host1:20
First bit of jargon there for us to unpack is NHL. Uh, that's the National Hockey League, which is the world's top professional league in the sport of ice hockey. Now, it says National