Road Hockey Rumble

Airing: Sundays @ 8Am ET

Road Hockey Rumble is a half-hour, in-your-face series that will ultimately be the sole culprit in the degradation of one of our most cherished games. Two true-blood Canadians, Mark and Calum (friends in life but rivals on the road hockey court) travel across Canada in a 13-game grudge match series of road hockey. Stopping each week in a different Canadian community, the boys tap into local rivalries to draft two teams and face off in a kick-ass game of road hockey.

Mark and Calum, two young and rambunctious road hockey captains, gas up their motor home and, with their small film crew, go on a trans-Canada road trip. Friends in life but rivals on the road hockey court, our two hosts zigzag east across the country from the Pacific to the Atlantic in a 13-city marathon series. Stopping each week in a different hockey-mad Canadian community and tapping into local rivalries, the two captains each draft four local players to face off in a hockey rumble on the asphalt court. For each week’s winning team – bragging rights and beer. For the losing Captain – a creative, and at times, painful and embarrassing punishment! This ‘Everyman’s Hockey’ is stitched into the very fabric of our national identity. We’ve all played it, we can all relate to it and Road Hockey Rumble will be its loudest and most obnoxious fan.

Episode 1 – Trail & Fruitvale, British Columbia 

The first stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is Trail, B.C.  Mark picks a team of locals to take on Calum’s team from neighbouring Fruitvale.  The winner gets bragging rights (and beer) and the loser suffers this week’s punishment: “The Hood Ornament With Tomatoes”.
Cameo appearances by Cal Hockley – Captain of the 1961 Trail Smoke Eaters, and Tony Ferraro, brother of NHL great, Ray Ferraro.

Episode 2 – Prince George, British Columbia

The second stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is Prince George, B.C., a city where most people make a living in the forestry industry. Mark recruits a team of tree choppers while Calum puts together one of tree planters. The loser gets “Blue Stained”.

Episode 3 – Viking, Alberta 

The third stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is Viking, Alberta, home of hockey’s fabled Sutter clan. With the Sutters uncontested as the greatest family in Viking, Mark and Calum compete to find out which local family should be crowned Viking’s ‘second-best family’, with Mark captaining the Quintons and Calum the Laskoskys. This week’s loser is a “Man-Steer”.
Cameo appearance by four-time Stanley Cup winner, Duane Sutter.
 
Episode 4 – Lloydminster, Alberta 

The fourth stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is Lloydminster, Alberta, called Canada’s Border City as it sits half in Alberta and half in Saskatchewan. Calum recruits Team Alberta while Mark picks Team Saskatchewan. The losing Captain has to do the “Road Hockey Rumble 100 Yard Dash”.
Cameo appearance by Ottawa Senators star defenceman Wade Redden.

Episode 5 – Regina, Saskatchewan 

The fifth stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is Regina, Saskatchewan. To spice things up, the boys decide it’s time for an all-girls game. Calum chooses a team of dynamite blondes and Mark enlists the best brunettes. Loser gets the “Shins of Silk”.
Episode 6 – Gimli, Manitoba 

The sixth stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is Gimli, Manitoba, a town founded by Icelandic settlers. With the world’s largest Icelandic festival, Islendigadagurin, in full swing, Calum picks Team Iceland, while Mark heads up Team Non-Iceland. The loser is forced to be a “Human Shield”.
Cameo appearance by Magnus Ver Magnusson, four-time World’s Strongest Man.

Episode 7 – Thunder Bay, Ontario 

The seventh stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is Thunder Bay, Ontario, home of the four Staal brothers. Up until 1970 Thunder Bay was two cities, Port Arthur and Fort William, so Mark drafts players from the first, while Calum recruits his team members from the latter. Loser receives the “Firing Squad”.

Episode 8 – Toronto, Ontario 

The eighth stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is Toronto, Ontario, the city other Canadians love to hate. This game pits Mark’s team of local Torontonians against Calum’s team of players from other Canadian cities who now live in Toronto, but despise it. The loser gets “Spic N Spanned”.

Episode 9 – Hudson, Quebec 

Ninth stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is Hudson, Quebec, a bilingual, bicultural community, where Calum recruits a French-Canadian team and Mark captains Les Anglais. Loser gets the “Maple Roll”.
Cameo appearance by Sandro Morello – three-time World Champion with ball hockey’s Team Canada and Five-Time Canadian Champion with Montreal Red Lite.

Episode 10 – Moncton, New Brunswick

The tenth stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is Moncton, New Brunswick, a city known for its ship and railway yards, but recently transformed by the arrival of new, high-tech industries. Mark captains the Old, Low-Tech Moncton team, while Calum recruits the New, High-Tech team. The loser gets the “Moncton Takeout”.

Episode 11– Summerside, Prince Edward Island 

The eleventh stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is Summerside, P.E.I. – administrative home of Canada’s GST. Fittingly, Calum’s Team GST fights it out with Mark’s Tax Haters, with the loser undergoing he “PEI Pinch”. 

Episode 12 – Windsor, Nova Scotia 

Twelfth stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is Windsor, Nova Scotia, reputed to be the birthplace of hockey (Kingston and Montreal have also laid claim to this piece of Canadian hockey history). What better rivalry than to pit the Believers in Windsor, championed by Mark, against the Sceptics, led by Calum. The loser’s punishment? The “Pumpkin of Death”.

Episode 13 – St. John’s, Newfoundland 

Final stop on Road Hockey Rumble’s cross-Canada grudge match is St. John’s, Newfoundland. The ‘townies’ figure that if you’re not from the city side of the overpass, you’re a ‘bayman’, so Mark captains the Townies against Calum’s team of Baymen, with the loser suffering the “Triple Threat”.
Cameo appearance by Terry Ryan, former first round draft pick of the Montreal Canadians.