Muther Puckers

Parents- this is for you!  We talk how not to be the crazy parent and what to do with yourself after your kids stop playing youth sports.  Hint: "Get a Life" is the main theme!  

Whitney loves sharing stories that help other people feel less alone, so she made a career out of it. After spending time in politics and public relations, she started freelance writing and her own personal blog, Playdates on Fridays, in 2015. 

She is known for her vulnerable, relatable, and humorous posts about raising her three teenage daughters who are close in age. She also brings an authentic and realistic voice to topics such as marriage, mid-life, and mental health. You may have seen her work on Today Parents, Good Morning America, Huffington Post, Yahoo!, Her View From Home, Scary Mommy, Pop Sugar, and her own personal social media pages where she has nearly 250k+ followers. 

In addition to freelance writing, she has created content for a wide-variety of online publishers, businesses, and non-profits, grown social media pages to more than 1M+ followers, and co-manages the successful blog Parenting Teens and Tweens.

She recently launched a gratitude journal for teen girls and their moms, and her work is published in five anthologies (with another coming out in 2022).

She is a serial volunteer for her kids’ schools and athletic teams, loves fancy coffee with little hearts made from cinnamon and foam, and never turns down long dinners with good friends. She binge-watches too many Netflix series with my teenagers and crime dramas with her husband, and rarely misses a walk with her extremely disobedient dog, Jax.

Here's a side of the 1980 Olympics you haven't heard before- spoiler alert- this has better stories than the movie!
- How Lou and Herb Brooks met
-How the team was picked
-How the style of play was influenced
-How the Russian team was flustered in Lake Placid- outside the rink
-Surprise qualities of the best coaches
-Was it a Miracle?
-Jim Craig
-Mike Eruzione
-Reflections

This week, The Hockey Apostle, Lew Mongelluzzo and I talk Trivia and cheaters (wrongly named Mother Puckers) Beanpot, and dig into the ADM with Lou Vairo.
Some names and stories include:
Colleen Howe (Gordie's wife)
Bob Mancini
Herb Brooks
Dave Peterson
Kenny Martel

Learn how today's ADM model was started! 

Take a listen as we dive into stories around the 2002 Olympic Games (I was there--kind of!) World Juniors including bit about this year's team, World Championships teams and Hal Gill, Steve Hines, Brian Gianta-- speaking of Brian Gianta- how Coach Vairo learned from and shares with every coach out there: "You pick the kid, you play the kid, you trust the kid"....Everybody plays.
Can't wait to hear your feedback as The Hockey Apostle, Lew Mongelluzzo, and I talk to USA Hockey Legend Lou Vairo.  

Listen into the "Godfather of US Hockey", Lou Vairo and the Hockey Apostle, Lew Mongelluzzo as we get a history lesson on the life of one of the most influential personalities, coaches and men in the world of hockey.  

This week CBS Hockey Analyst and World Junior Analyst, Dave Starman, and NHL Scout, Lew Mongelluzzo, join Julie to talk World Juniors.  There may or may not have been an inordinate amount of time dedicated to the Macon Whoopee's.
- Name a name from USA Hockey and they are discussed this episode
- Dave has some outside the box thinking on how to improve the tournament
-Lew shares his visit to the 100th Anniversary of the Honey Baker Rink at Princeton
-Julie just holds onto her seat as she listens to all the great information Dave and Lew share

With the move to Michigan- there's a lot to cover in the first few months that I'm sure all hockey parents can understand since everyone has made it to HockeyTown at some point in their travel hockey career.  

One more quick hit before bringing in some great interviews starting next week! 

Enjoy! 

Welcome Julie Bardownsky back to the podcast world after over a year of being MIA. What has she been doing?  Where has she been living and what can she tell you about living in the State of Hockey?????  Listen in to hear all about it.  
10 things learned while living in the State of Hockey
Tier 1 run to Nationals
New day job for Julie
Dedicated season.... 

We may have a few tidbits about nutrition for your youth athletes, but more importantly we talk about you and your athletes relationship with food and with themselves.  Such important topics covered with this weeks' guest, Coach Jamie Free.  I'm not crying, you're crying!  

It's me-- back in Nashville for the week!  I talk about Hockey hair, the Assassin and listener feedback on the new rules!  Let's have a quickie this week!