CHT Episode 25: Fanfare

Making it through the holidays with no one to talk hockey with sure was hard. The season has continued to take its toll on the health of California players: Toffoli’s mysteriously ailing, Vlasic took a slapshot to the face, and Clayton Stoner is playing bear hunting games at home while recovering from abdominal surgery. The Sharks division lead has narrowed, and pretty much everybody but Arizona has a shot at the playoffs at the moment. Yes, even you, Vancouver. Also covered: Jacob is a trumpet, Steve Downie is now the hockey world’s most unpredictable pundit, and Minnesota-Columbus was the hypest game of the season so far (WHO’DA THUNK IT?!?) Stay tuned after the outro for something I spent an embarrassing amount of time on.

-Intro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Sportsreel
-Outro: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dave_Depper/Compositions_3/Swagger_1
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-Clayton Stoner’s abs are hurt: http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/ducks-clayton-stoner-out-4-6-weeks-after-abdominal-surgery/
- Vlasic on injured reserve although the injury is not as serious as initially feared. http://www.csnbayarea.com/sharks/vlasic-injured-reserve-sharks-recall-mueller
-Pic of Vlasic’s face after taking a slapshot to it: https://twitter.com/Vlasic44/status/815738586393759744/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
-Hertl is starting to skate again, but not anywhere close to playing. http://www.csnbayarea.com/sharks/injured-sharks-center-hertl-gets-back-ice
- Steve Downie weighed in on… a lot of things… via twitter: http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/18342773/steve-downie-critical-don-cherry-arizona-coyotes-twitter-rant
-Silly media of the week: https://streamable.com/aelwd