When hockey season rolls around, Carrie Underwood is always ready to cheer for her husband, Nashville Predators player Mike Fisher. And with news this week that Mike has just re-upped for another two years with the Preds, that’s all cool with Carrie, who knows that while hockey can be a punishing sport, Mike is always up for the challenge. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• Carrie is on the radio now with her latest smash, “Blown Away,” the second single and title track to her new album, available everywhere!
• A Tip of the Hat from the Coal Miner’s Daughter: In a Q&A interview this week with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, one of our living legends of music, the wonderful Loretta Lynn, paid a very nice compliment to Carrie. In reference to Loretta’s past collaboration with Jack White, the paper asked her, “Are there any other young artists you admire creatively,” which prompted Loretta to name Carrie, saying, “I think she is one of the best girl singers today. She can sing anything.”

  Carrie Underwood talks about her husband, pro-hockey player Mike Fisher. (:49)
“I’m not worried about Mike on the ice. I’ve learned he’s a tough guy. Mike’s the kind of guy that does not complain. He could have, like, a broken ankle, and you’d never know it. He’s had some of the (laughs)…he’s had a lot of physical ailments, but you just don’t know it because he doesn’t say anything. I always find out through, like, team people and stuff like that. And they’re like, ‘How’s Mike’s shoulder?’ and I’m like, ‘What’s wrong with his shoulder?’ or like, ‘What happened?’ But I don’t worry about, you know, him getting hurt. When he fights, which is rare, but it does happen, I’m like, ‘Get him, Baby! Get him! Punch him! Hurt him!’ (laughs) I yell. And I don’t enjoy it, but I know he can take care of himself, and I know he doesn’t mind fighting.”