Behind the Gear

I had a chance to sit down with the London Knights General Manager Rob Simpson, it was a great episode with a lot of hockey talk. Rob shares his story of playing hockey and his journey from being a door to door salesman to now being the GM of an OHL hockey team. Rob shares […]

This is a great episode with Maria Mountain, founder of Revolution Sport Conditioning and Goalie Training Pro. She is a professional strength and conditioning coach who has impacted the hockey community in a very positive way both with players and more specifically with goaltenders. She’s created a variety of useful tools for goaltenders to work […]

In this episode, we talk about Josh’s childhood being a multi-sport athlete, having success with high school sports and finally putting his efforts in track and field earning a scholarship to Cornell University. Following his success in university Josh decided to use his degree and began working with the Calgary Flames (NHL). In Calgary, Josh […]

This was a fun episode with two great skill coaches where we discuss minor hockey, working with professional players, some of the key skills that are important for players to focus on and much more. Max and Kevin share their minor hockey, junior, college and professional experiences and how they came to start working as […]

Mitch is a very skilled, undersized defenceman who has had success at each level he’s played. Mitch played his minor hockey in London, Ontario, and was drafted in the OHL’s first round where he won the Memorial Cup with the Oshawa Generals. He talks about the stresses of the NHL draft (drafted in the 3rd […]

This is a great episode with London Nationals Head Coach and GM Pat Powers, of the GOJHL (Junior B). We talk about his playing career, how he got into coaching and the many successes he’s had in Junior Hockey, CIS and now how he’s approaching hockey as a parent with a young player in the […]

In this episode we sit down with Matt Murphy. This is a great story of a young hockey player who has worked his way up from playing minor hockey at the MD level, through Prep School to Junior hockey and now starting his first year playing NCAA hockey at Northland College in Wisconsin. Matt is […]

This is a great episode with Stanley Cup Champion Olli Määttä, he gives some great insight on being a multi sport athlete and starting hockey at a later age. Olli shares some great stories about moving away from home in Finland and playing hockey in the OHL to getting drafted into the NHL. He also […]

This is a great episode with Montreal Canadians Prospect who’s been battling hard to become a full time NHL player. Having played over 61 games in the NHL, Michael shares his story from minor hockey, through some tough decisions choosing between NCAA and playing Major Junior hockey in Ontario. We talk about how he changed […]

This was a fun episode with current Carolina Hurricane Greg McKegg. He’s a skilled forward who dominated minor hockey, had a great OHL career in Erie and London and has worked extremely hard at his professional career. His dream of becoming a full time NHL hockey player is getting closer and closer, having all ready […]