Glass & Out

Neil Glasberg is a coaching agent and advocate for fair practices when it comes to our profession. It's not easy to make choices when there isn't a ton of available information, so it's a good thing we were able to borrow some of Neil's time.

What makes a hockey player creative? Is it the way he or she thinks during hockey games? Is it the tactics given to them by their coaches? Or is it how they practice? For USA Hockey's Dave Starman, it's a little bit of everything. Dave joined us on the Glass & Out Podcast this week to talk about creativity in the game, and what we can do as coaches to encourage it. You guessed it, we touch on cross ice hockey for little hockey players and small area games for hockey players young and old. This is an episode you don't want to miss, check it out!

Kyle Wallack has been around the NCAA College Hockey block, but all of his experience thus far has been with established universities that everyone on this side of the Atlantic has heard of: Yale, Vermont, Quinnipiac - but have you heard of Albertus Magnus? If you haven't, you're about to.

Check in with The Athletic's Ryan Stimson to learn more about modern hockey tactics and how analytics are helping coaches at every level of our game.

Join Hockey Canada Video Coach Tyler Dietrich to learn how Team Canada prepares their players for the World Junior Tournament.

Catherine Silverman is a writer for The Athletic, InGoal Magazine, and she's currently plying her trade covering the Arizona Coyotes in the middle of hockey's heartland: the desert.  Now, we've all heard coaches refer to goalies as voodoo. For Catherine, despite fighting the moniker for much of her life, she's bought into a little bit over the years. And why not? She's covered Ilya Bryzgalov, Mike Smith, Devan Dubnyk, and Coyotes impressive new trio, Antti Raata, Darcy Kuemper, and the new kid on the block, Adin Hill.  Catherine took some time on a game day to teach us a thing or two about stopping the puck. Enjoy the episode!

Listen to Bakersfield Condors Head Coach Jay Woodcroft to learn more about the balance between winning hockey games and developing prospects in the American Hockey League.

Any time a young athlete moves, adversity tags along. Moving away from home? Check. Moving onto a new league? Yep, adversity. Moving up from junior to professional hockey? Absolutely. “Make sure everything you do today sets the table for the future.” Mike Johnston, Head Coach and General Manager of the Portland Winterhawks, has created a culture in his organization that allows people to develop naturally and prepare for the next level. And that's not just the players, but the coaches too. So when an inevitable losing streak strikes as it did to begin the season for the Winterhawks, coaches, players, and staff are empowered and trained to find a way through to the light at the end of the tunnel.

It's always interesting to chat with coaches who are now behind the bench for teams they once played for. That's the case for Ryan Donald, former captain of the Yale University Bulldogs and, after a sting playing pro hockey, followed by coaching junior hockey back up here in Canada, returned to Yale as an assistant coach. Ryan was a hard-nosed defenseman in his day, and he's doing good work combining that experience with the skill and speed required of today's defensemen.

Join the guys in a special episode featuring Ryan Hollweg, former professional hockey player with the New York Rangers, and former coach of the Everett Silvertips John Becanic.

"Matt asked me about my interest in coming to New York to work with the team," Victor told me when I pushed him to talk about his work with the Islanders' top centre. "I told him to just worry about himself and have a good year. There's a new coaching staff, Matt's on his own there without Tavares, we can certainly talk but I think he should just focus on himself and his teammates." What a guy. Tune into today's special podcast with world champion and current skating coach Victor Kraatz.

The Arizona Coyotes have been front and centre in hockey’s great analytics debate. However, according to Jeff Ulmer (and most coaches whose paycheque depends on wins and losses, at least to a degree), there’s no debate: analytics are a tool for improvement. Coaches use the knowledge to varying degrees, and everyone has their preference, but for Coyotes skills and special ops coordinator Jeff Ulmer, the Coyotes are leading the way, and it starts upstairs with GM John Chayka. The problem is that the wins haven’t come yet. Will they? Listen to Kelvin and Aaron’s interview with Jeff to find out what he believes.

Angus Reid was a feared offensive lineman with the CFL's BC Lions for eleven years. 11! He had the same offensive coordinator for all eleven seasons, Dan Dorazio. Can you imagine working with the same players on the same techniques and routines for eleven seasons? Well, Dorazio did such a good job with Reid that the latter wrote a book about the former.

Hear from Joe Quinn, Connor McDavid's on-ice skills coach since he was just a youngster.

Listen to EHC Linz Head Coach Troy Ward on coaching hockey players who don't speak the same language. Literally.

Des Moines Buccaneers Head Coach and friend of the podcast Gene Reilly hopped on the podcast with Aaron and Kelvin today to talk about the challenges associated with introducing a brand new coaching staff to a team of players, a board of directors, and a new city.

Listen to Gardiner MacDougall on the first episode of the Glass & Out Podcast for the 2018 / 2019 hockey season. Topic: teambuilding in training camp.

It's the last episode of the season! Aaron and Kelvin are taking a much-deserved break for the summer, but before that the guys are talking with two very important guests on two very different topics. Mark Watson is a former football player who now specializes in brain health and the effects of multiple impacts to the head. Mark stopped by the studio to share his experience and what questions the sports world needs to ask. In the second segment the guys chat with Peter Belisle, friend of the show and the Head Coach of UMass Boston Division 3 hockey.  Thanks for listening everybody, we'll talk to you in a couple months!

A local BC boy, we brought Andrew into the Glass & Out studios to talk about his experience playing in the East Coast Hockey League, the American Hockey League, and how he ended up coaching professional hockey in the UK.

For Pyramid Hockey's John Becanic, the wonderful thing about coaching hockey is finding something new every single time you see a game or a practice. Sure, that might mean you're a little obsessive every now and again, but John has made a career out of the notion that if you're not learning, your time is up.