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Interview With Mark Gilman
How can we better impact the lives of youth hockey players? Are select teams really where it's at? Mark Gilman shares his thoughts this week on Our Kids Play Hockey. Grab your copy of When Hockey Stops now for a signed copy, ...
The Car Ride's 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 t...
An Interview With Darryl Belfry; Part 2
Hockey's Top Performance Coach, Darryl Belfry, recently joined the Our Kids Play Hockey crew and dropped SO MUCH coaching wisdom that we just had to split it into two episodes! Tune-in to part two to hear the panel's discussi...
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 epi...
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. Don't for...
An Interview With Frank Buonomo
Frank Buonomo, a former NHL executive, and current coach and president for the Pittsburgh Predators Youth Organization and the Vice President at Dollar Bank, joins the panel to discuss how we can make youth hockey a more cond...
To Yell Or Not To Yell
MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT IN ORDER TO BE AN EFFECTIVE COACH YOU NEED TO YELL AT YOUR PLAYERS...but is that true? This week on Our Kids Play Hockey the panel discusses if you should yell, when you should yell, and why you should ...
A Clinic On Clinics
The Our Kids Play Hockey Team puts on a clinic for you this week when they discuss everything hockey parents should know about clinics! Listen in for Lee, Mike, and Christie's thoughts on what to look for when signing your ki...
A Spring Hockey Discussion
It may be January, BUT spring hockey is right around the corner...or so it would seem by how many people have already begun focusing on it. What's the deal for your athlete or team? Will you be playing spring hockey? What wil...
Stories with Lou Vairo - The Godfather of USA Hockey
Lou Vairo is considered by many to be the Godfather of USA Hockey. In this episode, which spawned from an interview in late 2019, Mike and Lee sit down with Lou and Dave Starman to share some stories from Lou's time in the ga...
An Interview With Coach Wendy Glover
How can we help raise our young athletes to be leaders on and off the ice and prepare them for life beyond sport? Coach Wendy Glover joins the show this week to discuss Athleadership and how she is impacting the lives of kids...
Combatting The Youth Hockey Holiday Lull
Happy Holidays!! This week our expert panel of Hockey Parents and Coaches discuss how to prepare and approach the magical time of the year when things can make or break your season - Christmas! Lee, Mike, and Christie share t...
Development Without Destruction feat. JB Spisso
Our panel this week, joined by our culture and leadership expert, JB Spisso, discusses their viewpoints of how what we think is development can be destructive and what we should be on the look out for when coaching and raisin...
An Interview With Dan Blackburn
Mental fitness has become a major point of discussion in sports from the youth level to the pro levels, and is something we care deeply about on this show. Our guest today, Dan Blackburn, is an award winning speaker on mental...
An Interview With Retired NHL Defenseman and Owner of CoachThem Mike …
While life after hockey isn't something we all want to think about all the time, it is a reality that all players must eventually face. Former NHL Defenseman Mike Weaver joins the show this week to discuss his journey in and ...