Alright ya pigeons, buckle up — this week on Chirping Zebras we’ve got the man, the myth, the voice smoother than a fresh sheet at Warrior Ice Arena: Billy freakin’ Jaffe from NESN. And the beauty shows up with stories colder than your ex’s heart.Billy takes us back to Fairbanks, where it was 54 below, which is the kind of temperature where you open the door and immediately reconsider every decision you’ve ever made. We’re talkin’ hockey so cold your eyelids freeze mid-blink. Games where the trainers weren’t taping ankles — they were thawing out players like frozen chicken cutlets.He gets into:– Playing in weather where the pregame speech is just the coach yelling, “DON’T DIE.”– The bus rides that felt like you were being transported to an Alaskan gulag.– That one rink so cold it made beer league barns in New England look like a Sandals resort.– Bruins talk, NESN behind-the-scenes, and a couple stories that had us asking, “How the hell are you still alive, bud?”– Plus enough chirps to get every ref in North America fired up.Mark, Geno, and Josh get him going like a linesman breaking up a scrum he definitely caused. It’s cold-weather war stories, locker-room nonsense, and big-time hockey brain all in one. Absolute heater of an episode… even though everything Billy describes is below freezing.🔥 SPONSORSDamon Financial LLC24+ years of straight-shooting financial guidance. Retirement planning, investments, tax strategies — real pros, no fluff.👉 https://www.damonfinancial.com/📞 508-321-2101Townshend HockeyBuilding elite hockey players and elite humans with Discipline. Respect. Leadership.👉 https://townshendhockey.com/Referees CreaseRecruiting, developing, and advancing the next generation of hockey officials. If you wear stripes, these are your people.✅ FOLLOW & SUBSCRIBEWebsite: https://chirpingzebras.com/TikTok: @chirping.zebrasInstagram: @chirpingzebrasFacebook: @chirpingzebras💬 JOIN THE CHIRP-FESTDrop your chirps, stories, questions, or requests below. If your comment’s funny enough, we might read it on the show. If it sucks, we’ll pretend we never saw it.⭐ SUPPORT THE PODHit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS so you don’t miss the next episode from the stripes.
