Hockey Culture, NHL Expansion, and the Wild-Blackhawks Rivalry

Join Bubba Startz, Brandon Herrara and Brevan Bane for a conversation on hockey’s physical style, bandwagon fans, and how the NHL keeps trying to grow through warm-weather markets, stadium series games, and stronger team outreach. They dig into ownership, front offices, community work, and what makes live hockey and arena atmospheres stand out. The episode also covers growing up with hockey, Minnesota sports culture, Wild and Blackhawks rivalries, Chicago’s rebuild, Crosby and Ovechkin, league-wide talent, and local travel and game-day plans. It wraps with Wild coverage, Addison talk, and future episode plans.