M2 Hockey Development

In this episode Matthew and Jordan dive in on the ins and outs of tryouts from a player and coach perspective. 

Ken Beckett is the Assistant GM and Director of Canaidian Scouting for the Strathroy Rockets in the GOHL. He joins to talk about his journey in Junior hockey along with what he looks for in minor hockey players. 

In this episode Matthew and Jordan dive in to how important board play is and how to excel. 

Thomas Byrne joins the podcast today to share his daily life as a Head Athletic Therapist of the Brantford Bulldogs OHL. Sorry the audio is a little glitchy, we wanted to make sure we still put it out! 

In this episode we catch up on some questions we have been sent over the last month!

In this episode we go over the month of January and the long "dog days" before the playoff push starts. 

This episode Braeden Bowman joins Jordan and Matthew to talk about his first year playing for the Las Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL. Braeden grew up in Kitchener playing for KMHA, then went to play for the Kitchener Dutchman GOJHL and the Guelph Storm OHL. 

Matt who is a forward at Neuman University (NCAA D3) and Claire who is a forward at Lauier University (Usports) join the podcast to share some of their insights and experience from playing high level hockey!

Jack Pancoe joins Matthew and Jordan in person for an insightful interveiw on playing and coaching. Jack is currently an assistant coach with the Halton Hurricanes U16AAA team, in the 2024-25 season he was the Captain of the Brantford Titans GOJHL. 

Matt Sop joins the M2 podcast. Matt grew up playing in Kitchener Minor Hockey then went on the play 4 years with the Kitchener Rangers in the OHL. Matt now plays with the Iowa Heartlanders ECHL and Iowa Wild AHL. He shared some awesome insights for our young players.