This week we have more details about the 2020 NHL playoffs.  Buckle up.  Plus, Mylec is joining the war on the ground.  And will there be ball hockey in July?  We're full of questions.  Full of something, anyway.  When Wil the Gritty madness end? HIT the DEK wants you to listen! Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

This week we welcome Joe Soccoa, a true entrepreneur in sports media.  Not only is the Soccoa Media App home to HIT the DEK, but it provides opportunities for sports journalism to anyone passionate enough to put in the work.  Joe also calls hockey games with celebrities and stuff. Take heed:  Gritty prowls some very specific streets. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

This week we have actual news about a possible return to hockey.  (They can sharpen their skates with our opinions.)  The NHL is also helping us out here at home with some educational STEM programs.  And more hockey is canceled, but consider the real victims. Instruct your servants to download this podcast. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

The big man of the CSHL, Lou Harvitan, is back!  How do you run a league from a whole different state?  Wouldn't you like to know?  Plus, can't leave your house doesn't mean can't enjoy hockey.  And Gritty, ever and always. Our train of thought is a runaway. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Like the man said, Let (Us) Entertain You!  We are back with more tales from the dek to sate that aching hockey hole.  Wayne Simmonds is giving back to hockey, ball style.  And a playoff ice team has no ice?  Good thing they have sneakers. Gritty Gritty Gritty.  Don't say it in a mirror. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

You may be going stir crazy right now, but we're way ahead of you.  Jersey sure is a hockey hotbed.  Plus, Joel Ward is using his retirement to appreciate what matters:  Ball hockey! Don't be down on HIT the DEK. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

You know what we're talking about.  No hockey?  No problem.  We'll get you all caught up on your options.  Plus, when the game resumes, the USA has some bidness in Switzerland.  We are not neutral. The NHL may be closed, but Gritty's big orange shadow still looms.  Resplendent. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Permit us to sell you on this week's episode.  Ontario celebrates a four day weekend where the hockey don't stop.  Ain't no tourney like a Family Day tourney, eh?  Plus, Stefanie Caban is a U.S. hockey phenom who may or may not hit people over the head with her stick.  (She does not.) This episode of HIT the DEK is (not) brought to you by Hyundai.  Game On. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

The goal of this episode is to educate you on some netminder developments.  A coach in Minnesota is charting plays in real time to give his goalies the edge.  And, a Toronto 'tender hops off his Zamboni and into an NHL crease.  Plus, are we starting our own streaming service?  No, but you'll wish we were. Honk if you're petty. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Forty years later, that gold is still just as shiny as the day it was won.  This week is all about (mostly about) the team of scrappy American kids that beat the unbeatable Red menace.  It's been exactly four decades since the Miracle came true in Lake anything-but-Placid.  Grab a hot dog and some apple pie, and go back with us. Come for the pride.  Stay for the lunatic. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

This week we're falling for Ben Harpur, who's making a big splash with his charity dek tournament up in Niagara.  Plus, ball hockey is worth investing in.  Just ask the guys in Orillia.  We also discuss buying new web domains, site unseen. Happy fourth anniversary!  We got you a podcast. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

It's Hockey Week(s) in America!  How are you celebrating?  Plus, Seattle is ready to name its new franchise.  Will it be a disaster?  And the verdict is in on the orange menace.  Do we owe him an apology? Time to broadcast some opinions. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  

This week we're discussing an extraordinary ball hockey goalie being courted by the pro's.  He should probably finish High School first.  Plus, what's in a name?  A whole lot of silly conversation, apparently.  Helping the homeless is also nice. We toque the time to make you a good one. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

HtD drops right in the middle of a big weekend.  We'll tell you all about it.  And giving is contagious.  Feel free to get exposed.  And that orange guy may have some explaining to do.  How wide do they actually make handcuffs? The bigger they are... Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

In this week's session, we're working through some stuff.  Not your concern.  What you should know is that Newfoundland has a Ball that's devoted to hockey, but maybe not dek?  And is lacrosse the new hockey?  James has opinions. Slide on over to that play button and collapse into some HtD. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

We've resolved to get back on the proverbial horse.  This week we're discussing a whole league dedicated to ice hockey for the blind.  There's also a nice long jag about steroids and the dangers that they pose to kids.  Plus a big hit of that sweet, sweet Gritty madness. New year, same pod. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

It's our longest episode ever!  This week we have a lot of ground to cover.  Things start out a bit somber with our remembrances of two people that left large holes where they once stood.  Fortunately Glenn Cunningham is back to lift our spirits with tales of LaGrange Street Hockey and the Columbus River Dragons.  Plus, he tells us how to get rid of that hockey stink with a little work in the defensive 'zone. We love the :90s Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

How was your Thanksgiving?  We spare no details about ours.  (Alas, poor Trucko.)  Have you ever had the itch to do some sportscasting?  Maybe you can.  Plus, it's time to head to the ballot box and do your civic duty.  Kevin Conroy is counting on you. Gobble up some more Gritty.  That guy is tutu much. Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Happy ThanksGritting!  We've cooked up a special treat for our annual turkey day scrimmage.  How does THIS YEAR IN GRITTY strike you?  A recap of the orange goon's 2019 highlights and lowlights, plus his exploits over the last six weeks.  Stuff those earbuds in your sound holes and get comfortable.  It's quite a ride.

We're not dead!  Again!  After a lengthy unplanned hiatus, we're back on the horse to tell you about the extensive roster of professional hockey players that started out in the OBHA.  Play dek, git gud, apparently.  Plus, don't fill up on turkey, because there are a plurality of exciting tournaments Thanksgiving weekend. Yee haw!  (Was it always this hard?) Check out the exclusive content on our YouTube channel.  Stay current with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.