Glass & Out

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.

It's always a treat when you get to talk to someone who's seen the game from multiple angles.  And boy, does Dave Poulin ever qualify.  A former captain of the Philadelphia Flyers (even though he was told he was much too small for the Broad Street Bullies of that era), Poulin has played, coached, managed, and now analyzed basically ever hockey league on Earth.  And that's not even really much an exaggeration. Enjoy!

Check in on the goaltending performances in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, particularly finalists Marc Andre Fleury and Braden Holtby, with Toronto Maple Leafs Goalie Coach Steve Briere.

Matt Korthuis learned early on in his pro career that he needed to excel at certain skills in order to keep his career going. Never the most skilled player out there (his words), Matt's turned his ability to study the game's details closely into a career developing young players.

While The Coaches Site team was down in Florida for the AHCA Convention, there was no shortage of interesting people to talk shop with. One of those people was Mike Donaghue, a strength and conditioning coach by trade, and a master organizer and details implementer by necessity.

Listen to Rico Blasi, Head Coach of the University of Miami (Ohio)'s Men's Hockey Team, on the trade show floor at the AHCA Convention in Naples, Florida.

Listen to Dave Smith, Head Coach of the RPI Men's Hockey Program, on the trade show floor at the AHCA Convention in Naples, Florida.

Listen to Joe Bertagna, commissioner of Hockey East, on the trade show floor at the AHCA Convention in Naples, Florida.

Listen to Paul Vincent, skills coach with the Florida Panthers, on the trade show floor at the AHCA Convention in Naples, Florida.

Join Aaron and Kelvin in a chat with Gord MacFarlane, live off the floor from the AHCA Convention in Naples, Florida.