On The Bus With Cammi & AJ

Cammi & AJ welcome Olympian, gold medalist, color commentator for NHL on ESPN, member of the PWHPA and the US Women's Ice Hockey Team, Hilary Knight!

Hilary talks about her new job with ESPN, the IIHF World Championships next month, the importance of "staying hungry" for gold ahead Worlds and the 2022 Winter Olympics, what it has been like to train at home, the state of women's ice hockey and much more!

Special thank you to all our sponsors Flip Give - Team Funding Made Easy, COBS Bread - Celebrate Fresh and OK Tire - It's Going to be OK!

Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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Cammi and AJ are joined in Episode 26 by Olympian and member of the Canadian Rugby Team, Bianca Farella!

Prior to heading to Tokyo for the Summer Games, Bianca gives us a crash-course on rugby, shares how she got into rugby, what it was like to train throughout the pandemic, how the sport has grown, Team Canada's competition ahead of the Tokyo Games and much more.

Special thank you to our sponsors Flip Give - Team Funding Made Easy, COBS Bread - Celebrate Fresh and OK Tire - It's Going to be OK!

Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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In Episode 25, Cammi and AJ are joined by adventurist and Founder of The Lady Alliance, Kieren Britton!

Kieren talks about how she got into the adventure lifestyle, her bus travel and what that experience was like, her cycling trip across Canada, how she started The Lady Alliance and much more!

Special thank you to our sponsors Flip Give - Team Funding Made Easy, COBS Bread - Celebrate Fresh and OK Tire - It's Going to be OK!

Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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With the Tokyo Olympics right around the corner, we were fortunate to have a member of Team Canada Softball hop on the bus this week. Olympian, professional softball player and mom of three, Lauren Bay Regula is on the bus!

Lauren discusses preparing for the Tokyo Olympics amid a pandemic, taking it day by day, coming back to the game as a mother, being away from her kids and the example she wants to set for them, the growth of softball, youth sports, Athletes Unlimited, the Strong Mom Movement, chasing your dreams and so much more!

Special thank you to our sponsors Flip Give - Team Funding Made Easy, COBS Bread - Celebrate Fresh and OK Tire - It's Going to be OK!

Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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This week we have a certified badass joining us on the bus. Stacey Mitry, Security Empowerment Specialist and retired FBI agent, hops on the bus with Cammi and AJ!

Stacey is now working with youth and teaching classes on Empowered Mindset and Self Defense. Stacey talks about her career path from probations officer to the FBI, working with SWAT, hostage negotiation, in the child crimes unit, becoming a sniper, staying "calm in the chaos" and how to "find your fierce," how her gymnast mindset helped her with in her line of work, advice to young kids and parents on self-defense and much more. Stacey has done so many incredible things and you are going to want to hear about all of it!

Special shoutout to Kieren Britton from The Lady Alliance for connecting us with Stacey and thank you to our newest sponsors - Flipgive making team funding easier, COBS Bread and OK Tire - It's Going to be OK!

Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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We have got one crazy bus ride in store for you. Two of Cammi & AJ's teammates join us on the bus this week, Katie King-Crowley and Courtney Kennedy AKA Kinger and Coco. The two have been coaching together at BC for fourteen seasons and have transformed the program into what it is today.

Join us as Katie and Courtney share how their coaching styles have evolved, what it has been like to coach some of the top athletes in the country, how they prep their players to play on the international stage, what they look for when recruiting, we get a few stories about playing for Team USA, have a ton of laughs and much more!

What are you waiting for? Hop on the bus!

Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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This week, we are welcoming another family member onto the bus! In Episode 21, Cammi's brother, Don Granato, joins us! Donny is currently the Interim Head Coach for the Buffalo Sabres and has spent his entire life around hockey. He has played goalie and forward, been a coach at every level, college, AHL, NHL and Olympic, worked with the US Development Program and scouted. He's done it all!

In their conversation with Donny, the three talk about his position with the Sabres and getting the team back on track, his battle with cancer and his sudden illness last year, how a coach can help build confidence in players, the benefit of going through adversity, AJ and Cammi pick his brain for the coach's perspective, he tells a few stories from when he and Cammi were growing up and we had to ask about his new nickname from Sabres fans, "Donny Meatballs."

Catch all this and much more on the bus!

Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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Another week on the bus and another incredible guest! This week Cammi and AJ are more than happy to welcome aboard AJ's cousin, Rufus Gifford! Rufus has worn many important hats over the years. He is the former US Ambassador to Denmark, President Joe Biden's Deputy Campaign Manager for the 2020 election and worked for both President Obama's presidential campaigns. Cammi and AJ had so much to chat with Rufus about; his career path from the entertainment business to politics, what it means to him to have served in the US government as an openly gay man, how it was to work with both President Obama and Biden, about being Ambassador of Denmark, of course some stories about himself and AJ from when they were growing up plus much more!

This is a good one and we had so much fun chatting with Rufus! Hop on the bus everyone!

Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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We welcome former member of the US Women's Ice Hockey Team, Sports Broadcaster and North America's Hockey Mom, Ellen Weinberg-Hughes on to the Bus! Having played collegiate soccer, lacrosse, ice hockey and then playing on the US National Ice Hockey Team, Ellen is an all around stellar athlete. Not to mention, she has two kids playing in the NHL, Quinn and Jack Hughes, and one on his way. Being an athlete herself, and being a mom of three elite athletes, Ellen has so many things to share and so many great stories to tell. Ellen shares things about her athletic career, her time with the US National Ice Hockey Team, how it is to be a parent of professional athletes and shares some stories about the boys. There is a ton of "Hockey Mom Talk" in this episode and a great conversation between AJ, Cammi and Ellen. Hop on the bus and make sure to tune in!

Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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NHL Senior Director of Player Safety and Co-Founder of the You Can Play Project, Patrick Burke, is hopping on the bus! Join us as AJ, Cammi and Patrick talk about his job with the NHL as a part of Player Safety and helping with the NHL All-Star Game. He shares the story of his late brother, Brendan, and what he and his family are doing to honor his legacy. Patrick talks about ending the stigma surrounding mental health, his experiences running the Boston Marathon, how he helped start the You Can Play Project, the importance of things like NHL Pride games, how he helps support the LGBTQ community, what he is doing to help educate athletes on acceptance in sport and much MUCH more! We cover so many topics in this episode we could barely fit it in this description. You are not going to want to miss any of it!

More Weekly Wipeouts, #AskCammiandAJ, Not So Rapid Fire Questions in addition to another great conversation on the bus.

Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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