On The Pond

In this episode the boys welcome Roseau Rams standout hockey player and Future St. Cloud State Husky, Thor Byfuglien.  Thor talks about playing in then USHL with the Chicago Steel and his reasons for returning to high school for his senior season, and as always, after the interview the boys have some fun with meaningless chatter.  Enjoy!

In this episode the boys bring one of the NCHC officiating supervisors Mike Schmitt.  He rehashes his days of working NCAA Frozen four games, NCHC games, youth hockey and his favorite memories of years gone by.  After the interview the boys talk deer hunting, more general hockey talk and show their immense knowledge on the WNBA, NFL and NHL.  Enjoy!
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In this episode the OTP boys bring in @Followthepuck for the first episode of this season and interview Rico Blasi the head coach of the University of St Thomas mens hockey team.  He talks about the jump to playing D1, his years at Miami Ohio, rating the stadium popcorn and how he is building his program into a D1 contender.   After the interview the boys discuss MN High School hockey and Sam's lock to win the AA state title next March.  Enjoy!

This week On the Pond we are joined by former Warroad Warrior and current UMD Bulldog forward, Kobe Roth. 

Topics Covered This Week:

- Being apart of Warroad Hockey
- Recovering from injuries 
- Junior Hockey 
- Playing for UMD  
- Coach Sandelin stories 
- Returning for a 5th year

Enjoy!

This week we have an OTP first, a Minn. State Mankato Maverick. Listing in as we are joined by Jack McNeely, defenseman for Mankato. 

Topics covered this week:

-  Lakeville North Hockey 
- Winning State
- USHL - Tri-City & Muskegon
- Winning the Clark Cup 
- MSU-Mankato Hockey 
- Frozen Four
- College Town
- Coach Hastings

Enjoy!

On The Pond this week we were joined by 3x state champ and Harvard commit, Hannah Chorske. Along with Hannah, we were joined by her father, Tom, who is a Gopher and Stanley Cup Champion. 

- State Tourney
- Covid Season
- Hannah's commitment to Harvard
- Hill Murray
- Norseman/NAHL
- Frozen Four Predictions
- Brett Chorske & Colorado College

This week On The Pond we welcomed Follow The Puck, operator of Minnesota's most dedicated high school hockey twitter account and podcast.

- State Tourney
- How FTP His Start
- Too Late Tourney Predictions
- New FTP App - Coming Soon!
- College Hockey & Frozen Four Predictions
- FTP Jay

Enjoy!

This week, we welcome Coach Scott Oliver to The Pond. Scott was a a great interviewee who will pull you in with stories of his journey to where he is today, great insight into players he's coached over the years, MN state title teams he's coached in Roseau and East Grand Forks, and the MN high school elite league. Coach O also gives some great tips for success to anyone involved in youth hockey from players to coaches. We hope you enjoy this weeks' episode as much as we did! Lets Ride.

This week On The Pond, we had on a Minnesota beauty in Jack Ahcan. Jack talked about his time growing up in the Twin Cities area and some of the tough choices he had to make as a multi-sport athlete. He also talked a bit about his days in the USHL and shared some lights out stories from his time at SCSU, and how he ended up going to SCSU. He was a great guest and we can't wait to see him in NHL someday very soon.

This week we were joined by a couple of Section 8 beauties in Cole Smith and Mitch McClain. Cole is currently with the Chicago Wolves in the AHL, but made his NHL debut earlier this season with Nashville. Mitch is with the AHL's Iowa Wild. Both guys are Brainerd area natives and are doing something special to give back to the program that raised them. Listen in to find out more on that! Both guys also share their career paths and some great memories to go with. Enjoy!

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