Hockey Factories Podcast

Hockey Factories Podcast

Home to the Hockey Factories Podcast, a deep dive into the top development organizations in hockey from around the world. Presented by The Coaches Site.

Episodes

September 5, 2024 42 mins

In the final episode of Season 2 of the Hockey Factories Podcast we break down the challenges these enviable programs face, collectively and individually. We focus on the women's game, the growth in the sport and the next step it has to take.

Plus, what are some of the best clips we had from Season 2? We'll throw in some great stories about Wendell Clark, Jon Cooper, Rod Brind'Amour and Athol Murray.

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It's said in nearly every locker room that any team has a bond for life. We examine the bonds players and current staff at Notre Dame created in their time there.

We talk about intangibles in a player and in a coaching staff that can make a massive impact on a program and five traits that a player can possess that will separate them from the pack.

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August 29, 2024 32 mins

Do players develop through winning? Does the result even matter when it comes to a teenage player's growth? It's a great debate that we visit in Episode 3 of Season 2 of the Hockey Factories podcast with opinions from coaches in Switzerland and Sweden.

We'll talk about the program's investment in the player and the age old cliche of "trusting the process," even when your results don't reveal themselves for years.

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August 22, 2024 35 mins

Episode 2 of Season 2 of the Hockey Factories podcast takes a look at development through the eyes of the player. What are they looking for in a program and what have they experienced that has helped them become the players they are?

We get insight on what Draft Day is like for several 1st round picks, including a historic run by Djurgardens and we hear how a conversation with a GM changed the course of a legendary Canadian coach's...

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We kick off Season 2 of the Hockey Factories podcast by looking at how science has crept into the sports world, maybe nowhere as clearly as Zug in Switzerland.

I get to fan-girl a bit and we'll talk about skills that are becoming more prevalent like read and react and another that we seem to be losing because of the overwhelming increase of individual skills training.

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November 28, 2022 34 mins

In episode 5 of the Hockey Factories Podcast, Matt Dumouchelle dives deeper into the people you've heard about from the previous four episodes.

We realize very quickly everything being done in these programs - and what can be done in yours - has to do with people and treating people the right way. We also have some fun with some must-hear clips from interviews he conducted while writ...

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November 20, 2022 34 mins

With a few things going your way, nearly any program could have flash-in-the-pan success. But what Shattuck St-Marys, the Okanagan Hockey Academy, Adler Mannheim, Jokerit and Frolunda are doing takes years and years of consistency, improvement and reflection.

In episode 4, Matt Dumouchelle looks at questions like, how do these programs continue to produce some of the best talent in the world? Where do they s...

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November 13, 2022 29 mins

Let's talk about talking! But not just talking - communicating. It's not just in the words you say, it's how you say it, what message you're conveying and if it's being explained properly, who is and isn't listening and how to get a group of young men or women with different learning methods to be on the same page.

In Episode 3, Matt Dumouchelle explores why without communication, not much will get done and offers some tools that y...

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November 7, 2022 36 mins

There is no greater impact on a player's hockey life than their coach. Coaching is a reward and an honour and with it - like great power - comes great responsibility.

In episode 2 of the Hockey Factories Podcast, Matt Dumouchelle will reveal strategies used by coaches around the world ranging from how coaching has changed in 2022, the challenge of coaching th...

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November 7, 2022 41 mins

Welcome to the Hockey Factories Podcast, brought to you by The Coaches Site. In this series we will hear from the coaches, managers and players who helped bring the Hockey Factories articles to life.

In episode 1, Matt Dumouchelle examines youth development and where Shattuck St-Marys, the Okanagan Hockey Aca...

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