Never Far from Home

Eric Dorris began playing hockey in his mid-forties after seeing the excitement it brought his kids. He grew up in sports, mostly football through high school, then in college he found rugby. That stayed with him right up until he began playing on the frozen serengeti. Now, years into his latest sport endeavor, he has no plans of slowing down, having connected with another phenomenal community. Enjoy his stories.

Martin Richardson and Mike Freeman joined me on this special round table episode. They talked about Dawg Nation Hockey Foundation, the big Ice Complex project that they are working on, and also go into a few stories about the beginning of the foundation, as well as Mike's introduction to it. Enjoy their tales, and key in on how YOU can contribute to make a reality of this phenomenal plan.

Martin Richardson began playing organized hockey later in life, but grew up skating on ponds all around Colorado. He has always had a passion for the game, and came to find himself at the helm of the Dawgs early in the 2000's. Years later, and per circumstance, he founded Dawg Nation Hockey Foundation. While it is an incredible organization which helps those in need, the origin story will likely bring a tear to your eye. Enjoy his tales, of sorrow, and triumph.

Tom Krabacher began playing hockey at a young age, but nothing organized till his adult years. He had a good introduction to the skating, though, so hew quickly moved up the adult league ranks. In the midst of childhood, he tried many different sports, and eventually landed on football, and played in college. Enjoy his stories from his sporting days, to playing rec hockey, and of course, we included some Trash Panda talk.

Dr. Saul Miller is one of North America's leading sport psychologists. He has a PhD in clinical psychology and is the author of eight books, including: Hockey Tough: A Winning Mental Game, Performing Under Pressure, and Why Teams Win. In sport, he has worked in the NFL, CFL, NBA, major league baseball, with PGA Tour golfers and Olympians from Canada, USA, and Europe in over a twenty different sports. Pro teams he's worked with include: New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, BC Lions, Los Angeles Dodgers, Rams, and Clippers. In hockey he has worked in the NHL with the LA Kings, Florida Panthers, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Nashville Predators, and with individual players on half the teams in the NHL. He's also consulted with over a dozen pro hockey teams in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and Norway and with national hockey teams for Canada, Slovakia, Italy, and Switzerland. In Switzerland he's been called "Meistermacher" (championship-maker). Dr. Saul has created a free youtube channel called Sport Psychology School: You can link to the channel here: https://goo.gl/TNBfrK