S1E9: The Wakabayashi Brothers, The AHL Playoffs, & the IIHF Women’s Asia Cup — with Mari Horita

In today's episode, we recap the 2025 IIHF Women's Asia Cup, follow up with a few of our Asian players in the AHL Calder Cup Playoffs, and take a look at the lives of the Wakabayashi brothers, two hockey legends who made names for themselves in Canada, the United States, and Japan.We also speak with Mari Horita, SVP of Social Impact & Civic Affairs for the Seattle Kraken. You can follow Mari on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/mari-horita-414572aRead up on what Mari is doing with the Seattle Kraken Community through Kraken Common Thread and learn more about the One Roof Foundation at onerooffoundation.org. Check out the "Our Stories Are Your Stories" video gallery compiling the stories of AANHPI folks in the face of anti-Asian hatred at ourstoriesareyourstories.com and watch the launch video here.--Don't forget to sign the petition to induct Larry Kwong into the Hockey Hall of Fame! Visit change.org/p/induct-larry-kwong-into-the-hockey-hall-of-fame-itslarrysturn to sign.Pick up your #ItsLarrysTurn hoodie over at everythinghockey.com.Support the podcast directly by donating at coff.ee/asiansinhockey.Check out our recommended reading list at bookshop.org/shop/asiansinhockey. Any book purchased through this link supports the Asians in Hockey podcast without any additional cost to you.--Asians in Hockey is produced by Nate Nakao. Contributing producers are Chad Soon and Chris Woo. Original music by Scott Okamoto. Follow us on Instagram at @asiansinhockey, Threads at @asiansinhockey, Facebook at fb.com/asiansinhockey, and on Bluesky at @asiansinhockey.com. Email us at [email protected] in Hockey is part of the Potluck Podcast Collective. Visit podcastpotluck.com for more.Mentioned in this episode:Don't miss an all AAPI production of HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts at The Public in NYCThe National Asian American Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of HENRY VI: A TRILOGY IN TWO PARTS brings an all-AANHPI cast to The Public Theater for a decades-spanning saga of Joan of Arc, warring dukes, and the bloody birth of the War of the Roses. Adapted by Stephen Brown-Fried, this is Shakespeare like you've never experienced it. Part 1: Foreign Wars opens with a king dead, an infant on the throne, and a country already coming apart at the seams. Part 2: Civil Strife picks up nearly 30 years later...and the bloodbath is yet to come. Simmering feuds explode into the War of the Roses, and nothing will ever be the same. Performances from June 9 through July 19! Use code H6BC for $59 tickets!Henry VI at The Public with an all AAPI cast