Episode 73: An Interview With American Special Hockey Association Director, Jen O’Brien

How much do you know about the American Special Hockey Associations (ASHA)? Listen up – we had their director, Jennifer O’Brien, on for a discussion and some amazing stories from her work with ASHA!

Be sure to grab your copy of Lee and Christie’s new children’s book, “When Hockey Stops,” at WhenHockeyStops.com or wherever books are sold! Follow León’s journey in mental fitness as he learns how he can stay involved with the game he loves, even when he is not able to join his teammates on the ice.

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Episode 64: Mailbag + Cushing Academy Head Coach Paul Pearl

It’s a mailbag episode this week! BY & Motts have the head coach of Cushing Academy, Paul Pearl join them to open up the mailbag and answer all of your questions. Before Coach Pearl joins, the guys comment on Hockey East Player of the Year, Bobby Trivigno signing with the New York Rangers, Motts shares his thoughts on KY’s ironman streak coming to an end. BY shares a quote from the captain of the Florida Panthers, Aleksander Barkov, about his teammate Jonathan Huburdeau. Paul joins the guys (32:08) to dip into the mailbag and answer your questions including:

The difference between coaching college hockey versus high school hockey

Getting kids to commit to a prep school

What benefits come with attending a boarding school

Preparing students for college

& Much more!

The fellas wrap up the show sharing what they would have served for their Masters meal and fill you in on the Battle of the Badges game between the Boston Police Department & Boston Fire Department which takes place Saturday April 16th at Thayer Academy.

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Episode 72: My Kid’s First Year in Mite (8U) Ice Hockey

Lee Elias has been pondering for the past few days how he wanted to share his end-of-season review for his son’s Mite team. A mini-version of the Our Kids Play Hockey pod and Lee share’s his thoughts, learnings and more from his foray into coaching his son through youth hockey. His thoughts on the 2021-22 season as a coach and parent.

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Episode 71: Season Wrap-Up

Let’s reflect: What did you and your child take away from this hockey season? The team on the Our Kids Play Hockey podcast discuss 2021-22 in all its peaks and valleys, each weighing in on their unique experiences from the season that was. Want more from the podcast? Check out Our Kids Play Hockey for more great content HERE.

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Episode 70: Evaluating Evaluations

What are your thoughts on end-of-season evaluations? How does your organization handle them? We deep dive and evaluate the evaluation process this week on Our Kids Play Hockey!

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Episode 69: Interview With Mark Gilman

Do you coach your kid(s) in the car on the way to and from the game? What kind of reactions or response do you get? Is it influencing their attitude toward the team or the game? We explore all of these questions and more on this episode of Our Kids Play Hockey.

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Episode 199: The Season is Over – Now What?

On this episode of the Hockey Think Tank podcast, Jeff and Topher discuss how to navigate the end of a long season, along with finding the right avenues for spring and summer hockey. It’s questions that they get ALL.THE.TIME from parents and thought it would be really beneficial to have an open and honest conversation on what is happening in the hockey world during the spring and the summer. Some important topics they tackle include:

-Early sport specialization and burnout
-Using feedback as a tool for growth
-The business of youth hockey in the spring/summer
-FOMO
-Much more!!

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Episode 68: The Car Is Not For Coaching

Do you coach your kid(s) in the car on the way to and from the game? What kind of reactions or response do you get? Is it influencing their attitude toward the team or the game? We explore all of these questions and more on this episode of Our Kids Play Hockey.

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Episode 66: An Interview With Darryl Belfry, Part 1

This week on Our Kids Play Hockey we welcome coaching legend, Darryl Belfry. Darryl has worked with some of the top athletes and biggest names in hockey and joined our panel this week to talk about skill development.

This episode is part 1 of a two part series – the wisdom was absolutely flowing from Darryl, so we cut it in half to release in parts. Be sure to tune back next week to catch part 2!

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Episode 65: How To Build The Best Coaching Staff

Building the best coaching staff possible is no easy task, but it is an important one to keep things running smoothly on and off the ice. Lee, Mike, and Christie breakdown how you can build the best team of coaches.

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