We head back to the rink and catch up with Pierre McGuire from NBC Sports SN. 

Pierre discusses his beginnings in hockey in Montreal and how he and his brothers developed their passion for the game of hockey. He moved to New Jersey and went to Bergen Catholic and played hockey for Tony Karcich and hockey for John DeCarlo. He said Tony Karcich had a huge influence in his life with sports. He helped developed his ethos for hard work in football, he made you "tough". Pierre said he was great motivator for all the players. He also credits the McGovern family with his development. Jack McGovern who played football at Holy Cross was another person helped him. 

When it came time to attend college it came down to St. Lawerence and Hobart. Pierre chose Hobart because he could play football and hockey. He even played baseball at one point. Hobart was the perfect fit for him on all aspects of development as a young man. 

In 1984 after playing one year of professional hockey in Europe he was offered an invite to the New Jersey Devils training camp. The team had only been here two years and was still struggling to find an identity. Was a very tough training camp. They had players in camp who would help build the team for the future, Ken Daneyko, Kirk Muller, John MacLean were some of the young talent in camp that year. Pierre said he asked Marshall Johnston who was he GM at the time where did they see him in the plans for the team. He told him that they saw him as a call up player. He felt it was time to give up playing and go into coaching. 

Pierre headed back to Hobart and was the assistant coach of the hockey team and loved it. He learned a lot and then wound up headed to Babson College. He spent three years at Babson with Steve Sterling and then got the opportunity to head to St. Lawrence with Joe Marsh. His life would change there when he was running practice one day and a legend entered his office. Standing before him was Scotty Bowman. He introduced himself and Scotty told him he loved his practice. They talked and Scotty said if I ever go back to the NHL would like to take you with me. 

Pierre would head to Pittsburgh with Scotty and win two Stanley Cups and he learned a great deal from Scotty and others in Pittsburgh. The one thing Scotty stressed was preparation in life. Every aspect. Leave nothing to chance. Cover everything. He talked about Mario Lemieux and how you don't coach him. You maintain him. Give him information that he can use in the games. He will process it and raise his game on what you gave him. Bryan Trottier was another player who was like a coach. The way he saw the game and what needed to be done was amazing. He knew the players and league and what needed to be done in the game. 

We end segment one with Pierre's time in Hartford and how he ended up becoming the head coach of the Whalers. 

One thing we did talk about was mentoring younger players and coaches and how that is a lost art in today's world.