The Knight Cap: Recent Episodes
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The “Knight Cap” is a hockey-centric podcast hosted by former college hockey player and professional hockey insider Lindsey Brown. She takes us into the world of hockey, with a unfiltered focus on news and notes from the Vegas Golden Knights franchise of the NHL. Brown’s playing background provides unique insight into the sport, beyond just the straight stat line and game results.
Robin Lehner will be out for the 2022-2023 season due to hip surgery, Lindsey Brown & Adrian Hernandez discuss on the Playmakers
it's been an absolute dumpster fire of an NHL offseason
Lindsey Brown and the Knight Cap are back with a conversation with Mike McKenna (internet celebrity & Daily Faceoff analyst) about how scary the Senators are, Gaudreau/Tkachuk fallout, being stuck in mediocrity and solving some of the league's stingiest goaltenders
The deals have begun, some say madness. Listen to the Playmakers with Lindsey Brown and Adrian Hernandez weekday afternoons 3-5pm on 1140 The Bet Las Vegas and the Audacy App!
One week away from Free Agency. Listen to the Playmakers with Lindsey Brown and Adrian Hernandez weekday afternoons 3-5pm on 1140 The Bet Las Vegas and the Audacy App!
VGK has a new head coach and Lindsey Brown was there to hear his words to the Las Vegas Media! Listen to the Playmakers with Lindsey Brown and Adrian Hernandez weekday afternoons 3-5pm on 1140 The Bet Las Vegas and the Audacy App!
a chunker of an episode... this particular conversation with Mike McKenna was recorded over the course of two days due to technical problems... hockey talk (as always) is solid as granite Trade Deadline taking shape Wild Card allocations Golden Knights struggles to score... again
Lindsey Brown & Dominic Lavoie wrap up All Star weekend, speculate on Claude Giroux's intentions for the rest of the season, & the smacking Pacific division foes in the mouth from the start if VGK knows what's good for them.
Lindsey & Dominic team up to chat VGK hockey, their recent contract extensions, & how that shapes the roster going forward
Mike McKenna joins Lindsey & Adrian on the Playmakers for a quick lap around the NHL, goalie controversies & making plans for the All Star Game
Lindsey and Dominic preview the Golden Knights' upcoming road trip against some of the best rosters in the league this year and the state of the Pacific division
Lindsey Brown & Dominic Lavoie quickly go over a quiet week for the Golden Knights, what's on the horizon for the top team in the Pacific division, and other NHL speculation ahead of the upcoming trade deadline
Lindsey flies solo and recaps the emotional week that was for the Golden Knights + game notes on whose game she's liked as of late
Mollie Walker from the New York Post joins to talk Rangers/Golden Knights & the steps the young team has taken to find itself atop the Metropolitan division
Lindsey Brown and Dominic Lavoie talk Golden Knights, a walk down Oilers memory lane & other NHL topics
Lindsey takes laps around her apartment complex and previews the Golden Knights/Wild matchup & other pavement ponderings
Lindsey is joined by Dominic Lavoie to talk Golden Knights trends with big names back in the lineup, early successes for the UNLV men's club team & the importance of paying it forward in the hockey world
VGK gets the W over the Red Wings so where is this team at now that we're a week away from the holiday season?
Travis Yost from TSN joins to discuss the hockey, its numbers & the consequences of Connor McDavid
your one stop shop for all the trade day Jack Eichel is a Golden Knight & Gender Equity in the NCAA news
Mike McKenna returns to chat VGK and other hockey things.
But more importantly, an open talk about Kyle Beach, his story and legacy in a week that has become one of the most important in hockey history. A conversation through the layers of devastation & the culture of the game that continues to fall short.
Lindsey & Paul dissect VGK's season opening win over the Seattle Kraken and why Lindsey has so little faith in the return of Lord Stanley to the great north
Lindsey & Tony Cordasco discuss the ongoing conversation around Robin Lehner & the NHL regarding mental health, player safety & next steps
Mike McKenna joins Lindsey for another free range hockey talk about offseason workout initiatives, fitting new pieces into the puzzle, NHL divisional toughness & goalies. Always with/for/by the goalies
SOURCE MATERIAL
so much has happened & still is happening in NHL free agency... nothing will ever be the same except for the friendships made along the way
goalies, contract extensions, the forest... the trees... the forest of trees or is it trees of the forest?
Source Material #1: McKenna's Athletic article
a perfectly packaged audio brick of NHL free agency discussion (VGK related & otherwise)
a supersized block of the Fleury trade related content the day it all went down from the Playmakers
Kerstin Matthews joins Lindsey and Paul in studio for the second hour of the Playmakers. Before she was recently named Associate Head Coach of the Boston University Women's Hockey team, Coach Matthews spent the past 13 seasons as the Head Coach at Saint Anselm College (including Lindsey from 2011-2015).
Topics include the changing collegiate athletic landscape, the not-so-special formula to developing elite athletes, the future of women's hockey on the professional level and few brisk walks down memory lane
all the VGK post elimination conversation on the Playmakers super packed into one episode for your listening pleasure/pain
the Golden Knights and Canadiens are now with two wins apiece heading back to T-Mobile Arena for Game 5
How did we get here?
The Montreal Canadiens take Game 2 in Vegas 3-2 to even the Stanley Cup Semifinals series score 1-1
Lindsey chats about MTL's method of dominance last night and opens a random can of worms about the beneficial (but toxic) hockey psyche
The Vegas Golden Knights dispatched the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 in game 1 of the Stanley Cup Semifinals. MTL is their first non-West division opponent so Lindsey looks a little deeper at the goals scored last night and what indicators they have for series going forward
Travis Jost joins the Playmakers to give his initial thoughts on VGK advancing and the remaining teams also competing for a particularly large chalice
The Vegas Golden Knights enter the second intermission of game 5 against the Colorado Avalanche down 2-0.
Then Lindsey hits record.
The Golden Knights rode three unanswered goals including the game winner from Mark Stone in overtime to beat the Avs 3-2 for the outright series lead of the same score with a chance to clinch on home ice in game 6.
SOURCE MATERIAL
Lindsey and Paul on VGK game 1, the Leafs' elimination, and the lack of places to hide for those remaining
Lindsey chats with her dad back in Minnesota to chat all things VGK v. MIN Game 7 and their own big hockey moments
Dave Jamieson on the state of the Oilers after being swept out of the playoffs and what VGK is up against for Game 7
Declan Goff from SKOR North in Minneapolis on the Minnesota Wild's successes in their playoff opening 1-0 OT win over the Golden Knights
Lindsey and Paul give their thoughts on VGK's OT loss on this segment from the Playmakers
Lindsey gives her thoughts on VGK's playoff opening loss to the Minnesota Wild 1-0 in overtime
Lindsey's Source Material
LIVE from a parking garage near T-Mobile Arena Lindsey breaks down what she saw from the Vegas Golden Knights on the road in Minnesota and starts to unpack what a VGK/STL playoff series may look like
Lindsey goes down the stream of consciousness rabbit hole on why the Minnesota Wild seem to be special this year, especially against VGK
-featuring Fact Checks from the Future
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Change of plans this week and taking a step creatively. Lindsey gives her thoughts while watching the first period of the Golden Knights/Ducks game on 4/16/21
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BOX SCORE VGK WINS 4-0
It's been a rough couple of weeks for the Vegas Golden Knights and their big names so Lindsey and Paul break down the why/how/where they are and need to get to starting against the Arizona Coyotes tonight (4/9)
Declan Goff returns to discuss the Minnesota Wild's shootout victory over the Golden Knights, the state of the state of Hockey, and matching up with the other West division powers that be!
Lindsey takes the Knight Cap in a new direction by breaking down how & why the Golden Knights got whooped 5-1 by the Colorado Avalanche last night (3/25)