Hockey IQ Podcast

On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Gabe Zelico.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Decision fatigue 
- The causes of burnout and overcoming burnout
- Self-defeating vs self-up lifting behaviors and attitudes
- The science behind why "taking a breath" is so powerful
- Reason why meditation and journaling is so powerful
- Pros/Cons of Themes vs Goals
- The monotony of excellence
- Long term parent/child relationships

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Adam Nicholas. Adam is the founder of Stride Envy Hockey and is currently director of hockey development with the Montreal Canadiens.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Creating predictability with teammates
- Testing to understand a player's ability to recall
- Why scanning is the vital skill and habit
- Principle based coaching
- Understanding the reason behind "practice players"
- Fostering an environment for player development
- Adam's defensive skating system and why he wouldn't create it today
- Tournaments vs skills coaches in the summer

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Adam Nicholas. Adam is the founder of Stride Envy Hockey and is currently director of hockey development with the Montreal Canadiens.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- War of Cognition 
- Where skills coaching is now and where it should be going 
- How to teach Hockey IQ 
- Player development 
- What hockey actually is and how to build skills to get better at hockey
- Player centered development
- Teaching offense instead of teaching defense
- Why Adam has moved away from teaching techniques

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Andre Lacroix. Andre is the WHA all-time leading scorer and long-time coach. Having grown up in Quebec and had a long career in North America, Andre has a wealth of wisdom and stories. A great friend with Gordie Howe + Bobby Hull and many other well-known players and managers. We even dive into his contract with McDonalds founder, Ray Kroc!

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Providing a positive development environment
- Why Andre would scrimmage every practice
- Players dealing with adversity and owning their issues
- The importance of playing multiple sports
- Better overtime rules
- Negotiating his own contracts
- His book, "After the Second Snowfall"

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Andre Lacroix. Andre is the WHA all-time leading scorer and long-time coach. Having grown up in Quebec and had a long career in North America, Andre has a wealth of wisdom and stories. A great friend with Gordie Howe + Bobby Hull and many other well-known players and managers. We even dive into his contract with McDonalds founder, Ray Kroc!

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Growing up and developing in Quebec before moving to the OHL Peterborough Petes and leading the OHL in point for 2 straight years. 
- How the game should be played
- Playing with a straight blade 
- 1974 Summit Series where Andre was T-3 in Canada scoring with Gordie Howe.
- How to pass
- Building chemistry with linemates
- Why Andre refused to name team captains in youth hockey

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Tomas Pacina. Tomas is a long time development coach in development and recently started working as a consultant, including with the Toronto Maple Leafs

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Relieving team pressure. What if we don't win?
- Acceptance and embracing reality for peak performance
- Importance of organizational and team alignment
- How setting a vision makes future decisions simple
 - Playing pace while also playing with a possession style
- Giving feedback and on-bench communication
-  Structuring practice
- Getting the most out of the people

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with analytics guru, Nathan De Lara.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Using machine learning to breakdown play
- His award-winning analytics research
- Value of Power Play passing and structure (Box +1 vs 1-3-1)
- Having analytics help see nuance
- Looking at goaltenders and their rebounds
- How hockey can look to soccer analytics for the next frontier

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with Philadelphia Flyer's reporter and NHL reporter, Charlie O'Connor.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Analytics and why the Neutral zone is the most important
- Evolutions of team Penalty Kill systems
- Evaluation players
- Team Building

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with skills and development coach Brian Slugocki.

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Structuring practices for youth and all the way to the NHL
- Gamifying practice and CLA (Constraints Led Approach)
- The age when you can see who wants to play hockey vs being a hockey player
- Learning processes and how to teach effectively
- Knowledge of the game vs knowledge in the game
- Question asking for coaches
- Learning principles and how they can be applied to maximized coach effectiveness
- How to give feedback

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On this episode of the Hockey IQ podcast, we sit down with player and skills coach JC Campagna

A few areas on this episode we discuss:
- Training while growing up in non-traditional hockey markets
- Impact of roller hockey in allowing him to develop his skills
- Messing with goalies to score more goals
- What a normal day training consisted of
- Reading opponents feet
- How to read a 2v1

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