Jun 4, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min · 11 segments
In today's episode, friend of the show Pamela Yau swings by the show to interview Nate who shares his story of becoming a fan of the Montréal Canadiens. Nate also takes some time to talk about hockey…
Nate NakaoHost
Pamela YaoGuest
Now, before we get too serious, I wanna take a quick moment to shout out a few people in our community who have had some incredible things happen recently.

Coming off a 101-point regular season, the first Canadian players to hit that mark since Mats Naslund in 1986, Suzuki led Montreal all the way through two seven-game series against Tampa Bay and Buffalo before the Habs finally ran out of gas against Carolina in the Eastern Conference Final.

To Nicole Gosling of the Montreal Victoire, who is now a Walter Cup champion in her rookie season.

In the regular season, she put up 19 points in 30 games with a plus 16 rating, playing first pair minutes as a rookie.

Was named a PWHL Rookie of the Year finalist and then carried that dominance right into the playoffs.

She scored one of the most memorable goals of the entire postseason, tying the game with two seconds left in Game 1 of the finals against Ottawa, and led all playoff skaters in blocked shots.

She was all over the ice, and whenever I watched a game, not a moment went by during one of her shifts that I didn't think, there goes Nicole, look at her go.

The Victoire won the Walter Cup in four games of a best-of-five series, so congratulations, Nicole.

Congratulations to Manny Malhotra, who was officially named the 23rd head coach of Vancouver Canucks on Monday.

Malhotra, whose father immigrated to Canada from Punjab, India, is the first person of South Asian descent to hold a head coaching position in NHL history.

He came up through the Canucks system, led the AHL's Abbotsford Canucks to a Calder Cup championship in 2025, and now gets to take the reins of the NHL club.

If you'd like to hear more about Manny's story, I'll link to an episode of a podcast called The Minority League, where he shares his journey through the sport.

Now, before we get too serious, I wanna take a quick moment to shout out a few people in our community who have had some incredible things happen recently.

Coming off a 101-point regular season, the first Canadian players to hit that mark since Mats Naslund in 1986, Suzuki led Montreal all the way through two seven-game series against Tampa Bay and Buffalo before the Habs finally ran out of gas against Carolina in the Eastern Conference Final.

To Nicole Gosling of the Montreal Victoire, who is now a Walter Cup champion in her rookie season.

In the regular season, she put up 19 points in 30 games with a plus 16 rating, playing first pair minutes as a rookie.

Was named a PWHL Rookie of the Year finalist and then carried that dominance right into the playoffs.

She scored one of the most memorable goals of the entire postseason, tying the game with two seconds left in Game 1 of the finals against Ottawa, and led all playoff skaters in blocked shots.

She was all over the ice, and whenever I watched a game, not a moment went by during one of her shifts that I didn't think, there goes Nicole, look at her go.

The Victoire won the Walter Cup in four games of a best-of-five series, so congratulations, Nicole.

Congratulations to Manny Malhotra, who was officially named the 23rd head coach of Vancouver Canucks on Monday.

Malhotra, whose father immigrated to Canada from Punjab, India, is the first person of South Asian descent to hold a head coaching position in NHL history.

He came up through the Canucks system, led the AHL's Abbotsford Canucks to a Calder Cup championship in 2025, and now gets to take the reins of the NHL club.

If you'd like to hear more about Manny's story, I'll link to an episode of a podcast called The Minority League, where he shares his journey through the sport.
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