33 & Me

We talk about Ben’s injury in Graz! What happened? The mindset when it first happened, the mindset now, what has Ben done already to help recovery, what treatment has he had and new ways he’s discovered to stay sharp...they’re fun ways too!!

Ben's first time talking to ANYONE since his move to the Graz 99ers. A general catch up between Dan & Ben after a while off for obvious reasons! 

 

This podcast was recorded a few days before Ben's first league game for Graz.

In this episode we discuss some recent frustrations regarding planned ice time, Ben & Dan play tribute to a few team mates that have moved on and we re-live some funny stories from Ben’s stag do last summer!

 

This one is a pretty fun and takes a slightly different pace to usual.

In Episode 9 we discuss the current situations and challenges created by Covid-19 and talk about about Ben's relationships with his coaches growing up. It was recently announced that Andrew Lord is leaving the Cardiff Devils after 6 years as the Head Coach and for the whole of Ben's Devils career. We talk about what made Lordo such a good coach and what he had in common with the other great coaches that Ben has been lucky enough to play for.

In episode 8 we dive in to the mind and career of Pasi Raitanen, one of the most well known and charismatic goalies ever in British hockey! Pasi talks to us about his career and how he ended up coming over to Britain (Dan can’t stop referring to Hull as Kingston), he talks about going through his career in Britain, his struggles, how he changed his mindset and outlook to make hockey more fun and discusses what a young Ben was like when they first met! It’s a good one!!

In Episode 7 we talk everything GB surrounding the 2019 IIHF World Championships including preparation, more wake up calls and the introduction to the speed at that level. We breakdown each game individually including what went well and what mistakes were made and learned from, we also discuss the things players have to account for when offers come in from abroad, we discus why the "Big Fish in Small Pond" tag that's put on Brits isn't quite as simple as fans believe and then we touch on why Brits shouldn't really be seen as "Just Brits" or a "just a neccesity" in the EIHL while explaining why EIHL teams need Brits so much if they want to win anything within the Elite League.

With the IIHF World Championships in main focus recently, we decided to discuss Ben's journey so far from u18s right through to where he is now with the Team GB Men's team. There's a very common theme of sharp learning curves and big "wake up calls"...one of the biggest ones Ben ever had came from Paul Thompson on his very first GB trip...as we dive deep in to Ben's journey leading up to the 2019 World Championships in Slovakia.

Part 2 of our most popular interview so far! In this episode we discuss why goaltending coaches should share knowledge rather than hiding it, Euan discusses his experience at the OGQ's with Team GB (he also puts Ben on the spot and confuses him at the same time during this), we talk about Euan & Dan getting trapped in the changing room while the coach is speaking, we also discuss the hot topic of artificial ice along with its benefits and pitfalls that it brings and why we should be cautious with it at times and finally we finish with some fun (not so quick fire) questions that everyone loves!

Episode 4 features our marathon interview with Euan King who is the Technical Director of Netminding, Peterborough Phantoms Goalie Coach & Team GB Goalie Coach!! In this episode we get a phone call from the young Tyler Perre mid way through recording the introduction, we discuss with Euan what he's looking for in a goaltender, Goalies taking penalties, how Alex Mettam might just be the Ron Hextall of goaltending, pitfalls of social media, the current trend of creating Facebook pages for your child and Euan becomes our first guest to go on a rant...we loved it!!

In this episode we discuss goaltending coaches in the UK from EIHL to junior level, Ben puts Dan on the spot with regards to new goalie coaches, Dan thinks that he's in the 'Wolf of Wall Street' for a second and Ben talks about how much the legend that is Pasi Raitanen helped him develop during their time together and how important a goalie partner is! Plus we reveal our next guest!