Episodes

Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
This week on the show, we have a Minnesota treasure in John King. He cultivated the All Hockey Hair Team, created numerous amazing Not Weird Wild commercials and has a hockey journey that dates back to the Dino Ciccarelli days in Bloomington.
Thanks to Minnesota Masonic Charities (https://mnmasoniccharities.org/), OnX Maps (www.onxmaps.com/fish), & Insight Brewing (https://www.insightbrewing.com/)

Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
College Hockey fans get paid today on the show. Brad Schlossman from the Grand Forks Herald is the man when it comes to College Pucks. From the Portal to the Zeev Factor, we have you covered today.
Thanks to Minnesota Masonic Charities (https://mnmasoniccharities.org/), OnX Maps (www.onxmaps.com/fish), & Insight Brewing (https://www.insightbrewing.com/)

Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 2025
As LeBron James tweeted, Paul Allen is a national treasure. Today on the show, we chat JJ McCarthy and old school puck from the late 1970s with the great PA from KFAN.
Thanks to Minnesota Masonic Charities (https://mnmasoniccharities.org/), OnX Maps (www.onxmaps.com/fish), & Insight Brewing (https://www.insightbrewing.com/)

Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Live show this week from Insight Brewing. Our special guest was Michael Russo from The Athletic. Wild Playoff hopes along with injury updates. We tackle future roster options for the Wild and dive into possible playoff matchups.
Thanks to Minnesota Masonic Charities (https://mnmasoniccharities.org/), OnX Maps (www.onxmaps.com/fish), & Insight Brewing (https://www.insightbrewing.com/)

Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Today on the show, we have the guy we all call Halvy - Zach Halverson. A fixture on The Power Trip Morning Show and a big part of the Wild Radio Network, too. Zach is now a rising local star doing play-by-play of some of Minnesota's biggest high school games. We connect with Halvy today on Wooden Sticks.
Thanks to Minnesota Masonic Charities (https://mnmasoniccharities.org/), OnX Maps (www.onxmaps.com/fish), & Insight Brewing (https://www.insightbrewing.com/)

Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Today on the show we are joined by Mike Snee of the Minnesota Wild. Mike is the VP of the Minnesota Wild Foundation and is heading up a cool new initiative called Skate It Forward. Childhood memories of the North Stars, growing up in Duluth, and Stanley Cup dreams on today's Wooden Sticks.
Thanks to Minnesota Masonic Charities (https://mnmasoniccharities.org/), OnX Maps (www.onxmaps.com/fish), & Insight Brewing (https://www.insightbrewing.com/)

Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Today on the show, we once again get the man on the mural at Mariucci Arena, The great Pat Micheletti. We tackle Wild hockey with a 4 Nations twist. Also, College Hockey with some pairwise predictions.
Thanks to Minnesota Masonic Charities (https://mnmasoniccharities.org/), OnX Maps (www.onxmaps.com/fish), & Insight Brewing (https://www.insightbrewing.com/)

Monday Feb 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
Our first live edition of Wooden Sticks, recorded on Saturday at Insight Brewing. Our special guest was Alex Stalock. We discuss 4 Nations Faceoff and dive deep into the Wild as they prepare for a playoff push. We also go inside the mask of the always entertaining tender from South St. Paul.
Thanks to Minnesota Masonic Charities (https://mnmasoniccharities.org/), OnX Maps (www.onxmaps.com/fish), & Insight Brewing (https://www.insightbrewing.com/)

Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Today on the show we visit with long time sports anchor at KARE11, Dave Schwartz. From New York to Bemidji to Louisiana and back to the Twin Cities, our Schwartzy has seen it all. Dave has covered multiple Olympic Games and now works for the Minnesota Wild. Lots of fun sports chatter today on Wooden Sticks.
Thanks to Minnesota Masonic Charities (https://mnmasoniccharities.org/), OnX Maps (www.onxmaps.com/fish), & Insight Brewing (https://www.insightbrewing.com/)

Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Today on the show we offer up a dual threat. The Head Coach of the Northfield Raiders boy’s hockey team and head Golf Professional at The Meadows at Mystic Lake, Mr. Mike Luckraft. Lucky as he is affectionately called by all that know him was an All-State Defenseman and State Champion at Burnsville. We dive deep into the history of the High School Hockey Tourney and get to know one of the top Class A teams in Minnesota
Thanks to Minnesota Masonic Charities (https://mnmasoniccharities.org/), OnX Maps (www.onxmaps.com/fish), & Insight Brewing (https://www.insightbrewing.com/)

Wooden Sticks with Kevin Gorg
A hockey conversation hosted by Kevin Gorg of Bally Sports North with former players, coaches, and managers who all had amazing careers in hockey.