Glass and Out

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In Episode 341 of the Glass and Out Podcast, we're joined by the Goaltending Development Coach for the Vancouver Canucks, Ian Clark.

Clark has been with the Canucks since the 2019-20 season and previously served as the club's goaltending coach from 2002-2010. In between, he was a member of the coaching staff with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

During his time in the NHL, he has mentored the likes of Roberto Luongo, Sergei Bobrovsky, and Thatcher Demko, to name a few.

He also operated a successful goalie school for several decades, helping launch the careers of many other high-profile puck stoppers.

Clark has also launched the From The Crease app. FTC provides both goalies and coaches with a top-to-bottom playbook for developing all aspects of the position. Users are given video explanations of drills, the ability to track their progress, and a progression-based curriculum that keeps aspiring goalies focused on the right details at the right stage of their development.

You can check out the app here.

Listen as he shares why we need to train goalies to handle pressure, why coaching shouldn't follow a template, and his seven ingredients for great goaltending.

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In Episode 340 of the Glass and Out Podcast, we welcome the Founder of Premier Sport Psychology, Dr. Justin Anderson.

Based in Minnesota, he also serves as the High Performance Psychology Director for the Arizona Cardinals, Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings, and the University of Minnesota's Leadership U program.

Back in September, he joined us at TCS Live Minnesota, which we hosted in partnership with the Minnesota Wild, and presented on The Hidden Skill Behind Consistency, Confidence, and Competitive Grit: Attention.

How we leverage our attention is a choice we make every second of every day. The best coaches and athletes in the world, whether they know it or not, have mastered the ability to focus their attention and block out the noise.

Members of The Coaches Site can check out his presentation here.

Listen as he shares the problem with identitying as an athlete, how to divert your attention away from negativity, and the power of sharing fears and insecurities.

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In episode 339 of the Glass and Out Podcast, we're joined by skills coach and founder of Sigalet Hockey, Jonathan Sigalet.

His current list of clients features some of hockey's most impactful players, including Zach Werenski, Cutter Gauthier, and Morgan Geekie, just to name a few.

Prior to his coaching role, Sigalet was a fourth-round pick of the Boston Bruins and went on to play 16 professional seasons as a smooth-skating defenceman.

For the coaches joining us at TCS Live, taking place August 6-8 in Edmonton, Alberta, he will be delivering an on-ice presentation. If you haven't already, secure your seat today and save 10% on your ticket with the code GLASSANDOUT.

Listen as he shares why puck handling is a foundational skill for elite players, the problem with too many rules, and how to encourage your players to play with courage.

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In episode 338 of the Glass and Out Podcast, Coachella Valley Firebirds assistant coach Stu Bickel stops by to chat.

Bickel is a great example of a coach who has taken all the information he was fed as a player, evolved it, and made it his own as he has embarked on his coaching journey.

Bickel grew up just outside of Minneapolis and would go on to star for Eden Prairie High School. After two seasons in the USHL, he joined his hometown University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, but after one season, as an undrafted free agent, he decided to bet on himself and make the jump into professional hockey. The move paid off, as in his fourth season, he appeared in 69 games with the New York Rangers.

While not formally a coach at this stage, we sense that the first player he ever coached was himself. He needed to define his strengths and weaknesses and evolve his game into one that would enable him to contribute on a nightly basis in the National Hockey League.

That is now a job he's doing full-time today, developing defencemen for the NHL's Seattle Kraken, the parent club of the Firebirds.

Listen as he shares his process for improving defencemen, the importance of being good on the breakout, and the power of video as a teaching tool.

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In episode 337 of the Glass and Out Podcast, we welcome Rod Braceful, Director of Player Personnel for the US National Team Development Program.

Braceful is responsible not only for identifying the top teenage talent from across the US, but also for helping assemble the U17 and U18 National Teams. If it all plays out as intended, these players will eventually go on to represent the US at the Olympics and other best-on-best competitions.

He was recently named General Manager of Team USA for the upcoming IIHF U18 World Championships in Slovakia. He previously held the same role for the US National Team that took home gold at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup last summer.

Prior to his current role, Braceful spent two seasons on the scouting staff with the Chicago Blackhawks and got his start in the USHL, first as a scout for the Sioux Falls Stampede and later as Director of Scouting for the Muskegon Lumberjacks.

Listen as he shares his approach to player evaluation, the identity portion of hockey IQ, and the importance of processing under pressure.

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In episode 336 we're joined by Ryan Ward, Head Coach of the USHL's Youngstown Phantoms.

Currently in his fourth season behind the Phantoms bench, Ward led his club to a Clark Championship in his first season, the first USHL playoff championship in franchise history. As this episode is published (April 8th, 2026), the Phantoms have just been crowned Anderson Cup Champions, awarded to the USHL club with the best regular season record.

Equally impressive, Youngstown has produced 10 NHL draft picks during his tenure and it's expected the program will hear more of their players' names called at the upcoming NHL draft.

Ward has enjoyed a unique journey to his current post, which included time as an NHL video coach with the New York Islanders, an assistant coach with the club hockey team at the University of Rhode Island, time in the OHL and AHL, leading an elite prep school, and overseeing player development for the USHL's Tri City Storm.

Listen as he shares the incredible story of taking on an NHL video coach role, finding your foundational identity, and the importance of learning how to teach the fundamentals.

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In episode 335 of the Glass and Out Podcast we welcome Wacey Rabbit, Assistant Coach of the WHL's Vancouver Giants.

Rabbit was recently inducted into the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame. A proud member of the Kainai First Nation, also known as the Blood Tribe, located in Southern Alberta, he has been intentional in providing kids from Indigenous communities inspiration by using the game of hockey to teach life skills that will empower them away from the rink.

After a playing career that saw him capture the 2006 Memorial Cup with the Giants and a pro career that spanned 14 seasons and multiple continents, Rabbit started his coaching journey as an assistant coach with the BCHL's Alberni Valley Bulldogs.

That would be followed by a move back to his former junior team, the Saskatoon Blades, for three years, and finally this season a return to the Vancouver Giants.

Listen as he shares how he's using his Indigenous roots and sobriety to inspire the next generation, leadership lessons from growing up in a rodeo family, and what it takes to develop grit in a player's game.

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In case you have not heard, The Coaches Site launched the Coaching Crossover podcast earlier this year, where we have two coaches join us to discuss coaching life, philosophy and the similarities and differences in their sport and their leadership.

In this episode, we were joined by former MLB manager Clint Hurdle and international hockey coach, the legendary, Dave King.

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In episode 334 of the Glass and Out Podcast we're pleased to be joined by Matt Mueller, Hudl's Chief Operating Office.

If you're a member of The Coaches Site or have attended one of our events, then you are likely aware that we, as in The Coaches Site, are proud partners with Hudl. Their sports technology software, video capture and data insights helps coaches, athletes, teams and organizations succeed at every level.

Today in hockey, Hudl serves coaches of all levels. From grassroots coaches all the way to the National Hockey League where 19 of the 32 teams rely on Hudl to provide them transparency into all facets of their team's performance.

Mueller has been with Hudl since day one and has worn many different hats during his time with the company. He started as a Software Engineer and then became the company's first Support Manager. Mueller built Hudl's global sales, marketing and operations teams, and eventually became the General Manager of Hudl's core subscription business, Coaching Tools. In his current role, Mueller is focused on helping Hudl build and achieve its long-term strategies and overall, enhancing the experience enjoyed by coaches and athletes.

Listen as he shares the origins story of the company, why you have to be ruthless with team culture and Hudl's goal of making every athlete get their shot.

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In episode 333 of the Glass and Out Podcast we had the honour of being joined by the greatest hockey coach of all time, Scotty Bowman.

As a head coach, Bowman led the Montreal Canadians, Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings to a combined 9 Stanley Cups. He also captured another five cups in front office roles. He is the NHL's all-time wins leader, with a total of 1,467 between the regular season and playoffs and was twice awarded the Jack Adams trophy as the NHL's Coach of the Year.

But above all else, Scotty Bowman is the ultimate student of the game. He was able to adapt to new rules, new generations of players, the introduction of Europeans to the NHL, and eventually, the influx of Russians that arrived with the collapse of the Soviet Union. He saw drastically different versions of the game from the rough and tumble 70's to the high flying 80's and the dead puck era in the 90's.

At 92, his memory, as you are about to hear, is simply remarkable and there is no doubt that ability helped him gain a competitive advantage from behind the bench based on his ability to recall the slightest detail and nuance within a game.

Listen as he shares a lesson in hockey history, practice tips from the legend Dick Irvin, and the how he views the current state of today's game.

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