Muther Puckers

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I was out last week thanks to a nasty virus so that's why you didn't hear from me!  However, as bad as I still sound I felt compelled to share an episode honoring Adam Johnson and the 23 other hockey players who have died during a game.  I talk about mitigating risk inside our call to action "NHL make neck guards mandatory" cries.  USA Hockey and Hockey Canada already have rules on eq...

This week Lew shares why you need to get your hotel rooms early in NY, tournaments abound and other non hockey related topics.  We talk about new rules in Canada and fan fights.  

Dan Mayes joins and we talk about growing up in Detroit playing hockey and moving into coaching.  There's good insights from Coach around Juniors/18U hockey and college commitments.  

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Bambi Moms- there's a lot of you out there- THANK GOODNESS you found the greatest sport ever to teach your kiddo/s!!!!!  This episode I cover:

Getting your player dressed (Canada you're in there too!)
Practices
Games
Off Ice
Try Outs
Tournaments
Talking To Coaches
What makes a "Next Wayne Gretzky"
Meal Prep- HINT-I give my 3 go to Meal Prep recipes/ideas!
Car- it&apos...

We talk about the National Championship game, the banner will be hung this week and move into the “Hunger Games” of Hockey, Recruiting , the Portal, and NIL, Coaching philosophies of development and “Embrace the Grind” and how Coach is able to pull the best out of each of his players to make a team that works like a team should. This is a great episode for parents, players and other coaches to hear from one of the winningest coache...

This week means we are officially out of the hockey jersey numbers as we enter triple digits of episodes of Muther Puckers. 100 episodes. Wow. What amazing guests I have met and learned from and to you listeners- THANK YOU! Hearing your feedback and the amount of downloads that continues to rocket is just amazing that you are getting something out of this podcast that serves you. Let’s see what the next 100 episodes can bring forwa...

The 99th episode is a great one- for all to listen to. Rob Thorsen is a dad who has been impacted by suicide and shares how his son Hayden lived and connected and how that drives Rob and his family today to inspire everyone to Reach Out. Check In. Make Contact. The message gets further awareness through the HT40’s initiative with The Shoulder Check (Shouldercheck.org) and the Shoulder Check Showcase that included 28 NHL players and...

Continuing on with Septembers' focus on Mental Health and Suicide Awareness, Danielle Demko is joining to share her knowledge and experience in raising a goalie son from California that made it to the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks.  Danielle shares stories around when Thatcher had to make big decisions for his hockey career and how she worked through that experience.
Tips on mental health support and building resiliency ...

To help raise awareness for Mental Health Support and Suicide Prevention, I have invited Larry and Denise Sprung to help us all learn more about this topic.  Larry has been a long time Board Member and now sits on the investment and financial committee.   
Denise's brother, Keith Milano had bipolar disorder that caused him to die by suicide and works with her husband to raise awareness and education to help anyone who need...

This week we continue our Transfer Portal talk with Northeastern University Head Coach, Jerry Keefe!  Thanks so much Coach, for spending time with Lew and I talking Hlinka- Gretzky,  BeanPot, NU Powerplay , 3 outstanding True Freshmen and how the Transfer Portal is hitting Northeastern. 

From Lew and Julie: 

• Horse racing-Joel Quennevlle/Eddie Olczyk
• Find your passion- or something you can make money doing
• Target- it’s the...

Here we go!  New season, new guests.  Rested and renewed! 
This week Brad Schlossman, longtime hockey writer for the Grand Forks Herald and now "Keeper of the Portal" talks with Lew and I about the changes with the Transfer Portal and the affect it is and will possibly have on college hockey.  Schlossman has covered college hockey for the Grand Forks Herald since 2005. He has been recognized by the Associated Press S...

I love seeing everyone do well, and be happy so it makes me SO happy that my dear dear friend, Jamie Free, is also my audience's favorite guest in all of Muther Puckers history.  Is it the amazing nutritional advice- or the story about Jamie's youth that haunts him every day that drew you to hear this episode? 
All I can say is that Jamie Free is one of the best humans out there and it's obvious every one of you...

You know the Mama Bear that is: Amy Jones!  Mom to 3 adult boys and 2 of them are playing in the NHL and on the same team! 
When we recorded this Seth was playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets and Caleb was playing for the Oilers.  Now they are both in Chicago hoping this off season trade mania is going to bring some playoff hockey caliber hockey this season for the Blackhawks. 
This was our first time sitting down to cha...

Jeff Lovecchio and Topher Scott still have The Hockey Think Tank going and they've both gone through amazing changes over the last three years since I've interviewed them separately.  (Topher's Episode 12 can be listened to also!)
Jeff is getting married!  He may even already be married once this drops- CONGRATULATIONS!
Topher was at U of Michigan this last season  as Director of Hockey Operations and partic...

So much has happened in Lance's world since we did this episode almost exactly two years ago!  Becoming the only father and dual son legacy's playing Gopher Hockey, Rem with 123 games in the NHL and with the Canadians now.  Rhett the youngest son, drafted by the Canadians and if he starts playing will join brother Rem in the current trend of brothers playing together in the NHL. 

Coach Lance has started his own ...

I kick off 5 weeks of the most listened to episodes of Muther Puckers.  Interesting is that my very 1st episode is the 5th most downloaded.  There are at least 10 downloads a week of this first episode and I love that you all are interested in learning why I started this podcast!
Welcome to the new listeners and to the regulars- thank you for continuing to download and listen.  It's fun to see how far I've come in 3  ...