The BLPA Big Show

The BLPA Big show is the is the official voice of adult "athletes" everywhere. Created as an extension of the locker room and parking lot, follow along with all our beer league antics. BLPA.com

Spillin' the Tournament Tea 11/14/2025

Spillin' the Tournament Tea Professional yappers are back and they're yappin. All things Tahoe—we spilled some of the tournament tea—new guest hot takes, what you wish you knew sooner (it got kinda deep), a BLPA secret santa, and allllll of the upcoming DEX and Bash tournaments YOU should come to. Come skate with us: Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/39032080

Tahoe Post-Draft - JILLIAN IS REAL 11/08/2025

Tahoe Post-Draft - JILLIAN IS REAL /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/38960465

Jetlagged & Making Deals With The Devil 10/30/2025

Jetlagged & Making Deals With The Devil Makin deals with the devil...aka what would you do to be able to make six figures playing hockey? Turns out Nick would do a lot. We fought jet lag, talked Halloween costumes, and got into sex hotels. Well, not literally into them. But you know. Or maybe you don't. Anyway we love you! Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/38846460

BLPA Takes on Japan 10/30/2025

BLPA Takes on Japan Nick woke up at basically 4am for this podcast (it was 8am and he thought he was up before the sun) but had some Japan stories to make up for it. We asked you...what's the most expensive gear/hockey memorabilia you own and got some good'uns. We also talked best hockey logos (shoutout Turbo Pigeons), all the upcoming BLPA Worldwide trips, and Nick's Japans 4-game record—no cheeseburger or sushi in his pocket this time. Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/38846420

KONNICHIWA – こんにちは 10/13/2025

KONNICHIWA – こんにちは Warning: we got kinda deep today?? Deep in octopussy balls, deep in the feels, deep in Japan talk...Nick gave us a live, real-time fake mukbang review of some of the killer food he's getting in Japan, we crack open "We're Not Really Strangers" and ask some vulnerable questions, and get some beer league frustrations off our chest. Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/38560070

Hey There Delilah 10/09/2025

Hey There Delilah Things got weird. We were all Delilah vibes tonight and got lost in the intimacy of dim lights and close mics. Highs and lows from Lake Placid (including a near on-ice 💩 situation), what's happening in Japan, and a beer league rebus game that had the chat getting into it. Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/38523615

BLPA AFTER DARK ?!?!? 09/30/2025

BLPA AFTER DARK ?!?!? We got into all things tournament recaps and upcoming DEXes, where Nick is flying with his millions of miles, and lots of chat activity today. We also chatted when it's time to move up (or down) a division and playing with longevity in mind. Find the last part of our BLPA *after dark* chat on Patreon! Thank you for continuing to support us, you're the best! Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/38403160

Doing The Lord's Work 09/21/2025

Doing The Lord's Work This just in: a non hockey player put on hockey skates for the first time...AND GOT ON THE ICE. See the video before it goes viral worldwiiiiiiide (or something). Now Nick has to find something else to be a pest about! We also talked loooooong flight delays, gave some mouth hugs (Irish style), and shared some sweet/funny/drunken pictures and videos of the BLPA members' favorite on-ice flexes. Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/38297855

NOBODY PANIC 09/10/2025

NOBODY PANIC Nobody panic, it's just Nick's life dream happening in real time...3/5 hockey guy just became 3.5/5 hockey guy. It's almost danglin time! We went deep on some potential beer league mascots for different states, something we got wrong for a long time (or convinced our siblings was true but wasn't) , a historical pic of Nick that ended in 💩 jokes, and broke down highs and lows of THE Columbus BLPA tourney. /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/38158550

Nictionary 09/10/2025

Nictionary An actual heads up on when we're live? Groundbreaking. Speaking of breaking...RIP to Nick's front tooth. But it made for some funny Nictionary games. We chatted all things beer league hockey locker room types, the most work you've done for the least amount of money, and states with the best pizza. The chat was chattin today...love it! Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/38158470

Nashville Didnt Suck 08/29/2025

Nashville Didnt Suck Jason and Nick's post Nashville wrap-up /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/38023500

Road Trip 08/19/2025

Road Trip Are you a chatter, an audio book-er, or a passenger princess? Because what makes the best (or worst) roadtrip partner? We also chatted a new hot take from a mystery guest, some of the biggest beer league pet peeves, and howo Nick managed to lose his camera (yes, again, but this time not his fault). Get it together, airlines. Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/37879400

Taking Strays 08/04/2025

Taking Strays The chat was chatting, the takes were sizzling, the strays were caught...what a week. Nick got in trouble for being too mouth about goalies, so he couldn't say much about the on-ice proposal video OR the hot takes (sent in by a mystery guest). We also got into "you don't know how lucky you are if..." to bring us back to Earth a little bit. Got a hot take? Finally, someone gets it. Send it to jillian@blpa.com Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/37657265

How Long is Too Long? 07/25/2025

How Long is Too Long? We're baaaaack! Remember us? We were live and so were the people—that chat was poppin off today. $100 for sweaty socks, top worst foods to eat before a game, does length matter, could goalie Sue block any shots from McDavid, and a direct attack at Jenny Fajitas. Turns out we had a lot to say this week. Thanks for being here :) Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ Send us your beer league drama: nick@blpa.com or jillian@blpa.com /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/37547015

Drippy Tom 07/17/2025

Drippy Tom If ever there was a time we needed HR on the show...today would be it. We had on the legendary Tom Hutchison, stand-out star of our BLPA drip segment and the stories he told were...A LOT. We don't even know what to rate this episode honestly. In case you were looking for more stories about a Borat-vibed thong in a fancy shmancy hotel, look no further. In his own words, his mom is already disappointed enough. Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ Send us your beer league drama: nick@blpa.com or jillian@blpa.com /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/37441600

Do Not Draft List 06/19/2025

Do Not Draft List As if we needed more proof that the BLPA community really is the 🐐...you guys SHOWED OUT this week. We wanted to see some pictures of your favorite beer league drip (on or off ice) and boy were we not disappointed. Above and beyond in ways only a lime green Borat-style thong can demonstrate. And it did. If you were hoping for a burly man on a treadmill in said thong...your wish is granted. We showed pics of some of our faves, got video explanations from the wearers themselves, and cracked up multiple times. We even had guest host Sue the goalie join for some things that would put you on the DND (do not draft) list. Finally an episode you don't wanna miss ;) Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ Send us your beer league drama: nick@blpa.com or jillian@blpa.com /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/37065715

Death, Drama & Drafts: How Nick Escaped an Icelandic Hospital 06/12/2025

Death, Drama & Drafts: How Nick Escaped an Icelandic Hospital NICK. IS. ALIVE!!! We hear the harrowing tale of his nearish-death experience in Iceland. Was it a mirage or were there really attractive Icelandic nurses pumping his IVs and leaving him in the hallway for hours on end? Was it a hallucination or did he in fact rip out his own tubes and walk out of the hospital unsupervised? Plus, a new take on whether ring/cup culture is ruinning how we talk about athletes, testing Nick's hockey vocab knowledge, and why you need to show up to a tournament (becuase it's not every day that Nick gets a second chance at life) Come skate with us: Merch: Send us your beer league drama: or /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/36978690

Bangers, Blunders, and the Dumbest Beer League Moments Ever 06/04/2025

Bangers, Blunders, and the Dumbest Beer League Moments Ever Holy hot hits...Mike is back with another absolute banger and it almost brought a tear to our eye. In other hot hits, we answered some hard-hitting questions including the dumbest thing to happen on ice, worst parts about the BLPA, and building our dream team. We talk all things Salt Lake, upcoming France & Italy DEX, and watched a video of a squirrel falling onto the ice during a game (it's ok!). Thanks for being here!!! Especially you, Mike! Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ Send us your beer league drama: nick@blpa.com or jillian@blpa.com /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/36853135

Is the Mommy Milker Church Real? 06/04/2025

Is the Mommy Milker Church Real? HR shows up again...and it has to do with something a fan sent in about a suspiscious church in Minnesota. We may have been slightly off our rockers today, but that just means we got weird with would you rather, discussed a hot take, and vibed out on a fellow beer leaguer's absolute banger of a country song. Thanks for being live! Send Tony the HR guy a cannoli. Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ Send us your beer league drama: nick@blpa.com or jillian@blpa.com /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/36853100

HR IS THE WORST 05/13/2025

HR IS THE WORST It's about time we got an HR department...and we had to make a few calls during the show. We also tested our police sketch artist skills again. It went. Plus a massive beer league hockey brawl that started with one guy drinking another guy's water bottle 😬 we talked hot takes that included being able to cut players from your team for any reason with no reprecussions. Valid or nahhh?? Annyyyyyway! Thanks for being here. /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/36544430

BEER COOLER CAM 05/08/2025

BEER COOLER CAM Columbus was legendary. The beers were flowin, the food was...foodin. Nick followed through on his beer cooler live stream and is hungry for 8 more camera angles. This week, we had an ~actual~ hot take that was polarizing, we unearthed some beer league memes Nick made years ago, and tried our hand at being a police sketch artist. And a 💩 situation in the rink... Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ Send us your beer league drama: nick@blpa.com or jillian@blpa.com /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/36487115

Lets Have a Quickie 05/08/2025

Lets Have a Quickie Everybody loves a quickie! Can you believe we didn't get distracted and talk about Nick trying out to become the Pope or something? Oh... BUT! We also had a new hot take (confirmed by a goalie), heard about Nicke's run in with the police in Columbus, and discussed every NHL mascot ranked by how likely they'd be to win a bar fight (very controversial, possible rage bait). Thanks for being live with us we live for it (isn't english a weird language?) Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ Send us your beer league drama: nick@blpa.com or jillian@blpa.com /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/36487065

Locker Room Boobies 04/21/2025

Locker Room Boobies Inquiring minds want to know...why did these things come up? Balls out for Mickey. The potential salary of a happy ending masseuse. Swedish candy mukbang. Who knows... but we were LIIIIIVE baby. And that's the biz. We also chatted females in the lockerroom at tournaments (and avoiding the "Captain Morgan" of the crew if ya know what we mean), a live feed of the beer cooler at the biggest DEX of the year, and a potential hot take about goalies. Thanks for being here! xoxoxoxoxoxo Come skate with us: Merch: Send us your beer league drama: nick@blpa.com or jillian@blpa.com /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/36239550

This Is Not Investment Advice 04/03/2025

This Is Not Investment Advice /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/35993735

Polar Plunging w/ Norway Nick 04/02/2025

Polar Plunging w/ Norway Nick /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/35980640

Jet Lagged in Norway 03/31/2025

Jet Lagged in Norway Here is it - Boston Recap Lets Talk about Norway and Nick's Twin Bed. BLPA.com /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/35935285

OMOTENASHI - おもてなし 03/12/2025

OMOTENASHI - おもてなし Listen. Things don't always go as planned and this week's episode is one of those things. But that's why you're here right?! Cause ya never know what ya gonna get. Like in a BLPA VIP box, the best part is the mystery. We digress...we got into some BLPA after dark content that got a lil raunchy and overused the word "panties", Jillian brought 2 more NHL logos/mascots that should be renamed (with pictures), and Nick chatted with Chris Ludgate, who's currently playing hockey in Japan. Hear why Japan is living in the year 3000, his biggest "don't do this" advice to North American beer leaguers playing in Japan, and the best/worst parts about playing hockey there. If you're here, we love you. Come skate with us: Merch: Send us your beer league drama: or /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/35661080

JILLYYYYYYYYY-FIED 03/07/2025

JILLYYYYYYYYY-FIED We kinda popped off this epiosode...talk about production value. We had some Jilly-fied NHL teams aka Jillian's opinions on 3 teams' logos and what they SHOULD be instead (with pictures!), a preview of the ultimate curated-by-BLPAers pregame hype music playlist, some C-level beer league drama video (who do you think is at fault??), and another one of Jillian's tepid takes which are essentially just sentences at this point apparently. Nick sent out the hot hot poll of the week: what everyone is wearing for face protection these days on the ice (reflective visor wasn't an option) Thanks for listening liiiiiive! We (mostly) love your commentary ;) Here are the links you seek: Come skate with us: https://blpa.com/ Merch: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ Moolah: https://www.patreon.com/theblpa Send us your beer league drama: nick@blpa.com or jillian@blpa.com /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/35576520

65 year old Instagram Lurker 02/28/2025

65 year old Instagram Lurker We give our sports analysis on what the frigggg happened with the 4 Nations game, discuss beer leaguers and their tendency to over protect the goalie, and debate if guys jump to the defense of girl players too often. Plus a few lukewarm takes about babies in first class, guys who "are happily married for 36 years and love their 3 grandchildren" commenting weird things on girls' instagrams, and when (if ever) it's time to hang up your hockey skates. Skinnamarinkie dinkie link: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ https://www.patreon.com/theblpa Send us your beer league drama: nick@blpa.com or jillian@blpa.com /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/35488085

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 02/21/2025

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Not to get political but...how bout that USA vs Canada game?! Booing the anthem is one thing but we also dive into fighting in sports, yah or nah? We also had double the beer league drama this week, with a question about dating someone on your team and a face-to-face run-in with a Karen at a tournament. And Nick has updates about Beer League Worldwiiiiiide! Guess where we're going? You should come! Thank you to our sponsor, Tucker Hockey! Linker dinks: https://beerleagueplayers.com/ https://www.patreon.com/theblpa Send us your beer league drama: nick@blpa.com or jillian@blpa.com /episode/index/show/beerleagueco/id/35374795

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