Never Offside with Julie & Cat

Julie and Cat reach into the grab bag and answer a slew of listener submitted questions on Christmas traditions, social media etiquette, traveling, life before hockey and much more. Ty pops on and pairs up with Cat for a conversation with Ryan Reaves (19:00) to talk about the art of scaring teammates and family, procuring the now famous shark tooth necklace and planning a team rip to see The Book of Mormon while in New York. He also shares some of his favorite movies and TV shows and tells a few stories about his teammates, past and present.   

Julie and Cat are joined by Lauren Kyle McDavid for a wide-ranging conversation covering plenty of topics, including how she met Connor, the origins of her serial entrepreneurship and what makes their relationship with Leon and Celeste Draisaitl so unique. Plus, she pulls back the curtain on Lenny the dog, Connor's chess expertise and her and Connor's fascination with Survivor. She answers a bunch of listener questions, plays a little two truths and a lie and shares some wonderful stories about her wedding, her restaurant in Edmonton and her new cookbook. Plus, why is she afraid of Turtles and what's the deal with Connor being afraid of ketchup? The episode wraps up with a full breakdown on Ty's warmup tumble and a look at the hockey holiday season. 

Julie and Cat are joined by Geoff Molson (12:53) to talk about how he became the owner of the Montreal Canadiens, share his childhood memories of the franchise and discuss some of his current players, including Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki. He looks back fondly at the 2020-21 Stanley Cup run, explains how Julie and Cat struck a deal with him at Suzuki's wedding to join the podcast and answers a variety of fan questions, revealing some of his superstitions, favorite athletes and the secret behind what makes Montreal hot dogs so special. The girls start the episode recapping their Thanksgiving with their respective teams... Cat goes into Ty's turducken dreams and Julie credits the Marchand family for a lovely holiday. Stay until the end as Julie unveils the Petry's newest piece of memorabilia. 

Julie and Cat are joined by Tabea Thornton (19:30) to talk about her husband's recent induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame, what her life was like in Switzerland before meeting Joe and what it's like having Macklin Celebrini living with her family. She shares some great stories about Joe, including his love of a particular Meatloaf song and she reveals her feelings about his legendary beard. The episode starts with a little recap of Jeff Petry's 1,000th NHL game... Jeff joins in and shares some stories around the milestone, including the significance of his boys reading the lineup in the dressing room before the game and the postgame celebration with the team. The episode wraps up with some information surrounding the Never Offside Thanksgiving giveaway.... make sure to follow @neveroffsidepod on Instagram for your chance to win! 

Julie and Cat are joined by Lauren Rodych-Eberle (8:00) to talk about her journey with Jordan, life in Seattle and juggling her interests, children and career while dealing with the hectic nature of the NHL schedule. She dishes on the Kraken's Adam Sandler Halloween themed party, explains how it all came about and describes what it was like to meet Sandler. The episode starts with Julie and Cat talking about the difficulties of dealing with their husband's long road trips and look back at Cat's encounter with Jeff in California. Cat closes out the episode with some stories from her NFL outing with Michael Misa and Sam Dickinson and Julie shares some helpful screen time tactics.