Swedish Junior Hockey

Kevin Yellowaga is the skills coach for  Brooks Bandits in the AJHL, one of the top junior teams in Tier II in North America and a consistent producer of D1 talent and beyond.  IN todays episode we talk about AJHL, their recent trip to Sweden and also of course Cale Makar but also Devin Philips from NC.

Louis Crookes is the youth hockey director in Skelleftea AIK.  In this episode we talk about him growing up in Leksand and how his path of coaching is brother Zaki provided the path to move with his girlfriend to Skelleftea and taking a position as the youth director in one of the most notable programs in Sweden.

Dion Antisin grew up in Lugano, Switzerland where his father played pro and later moved back to Canada where he played both youth and junior hockey for Notre Dame Hounds in the SJHL. After a couple of years pro in Switzerland he moved over to coach his alma mater in Notre Dame and now in Boden J20 in the Swedish Junior 2nd league.

Marcus is the new head coach of Falu IF J18 Region and we talk about his experience in Canadian Juniors in the GMHL and NA3HL as well as combining head coaching duties with university studies in Sweden.

Sammy Larsson and I talk about his journey from Sweden to NCDC in the US Junior Tier 2 System.

Niclas Karlsson is only 21 years old and the youngest head coach in Sweden juniors.  We talk about his experience as a player, TV puck tournament, going to hockey gymnasium and how his coaching career took an early start after an injury as a player.

Leonardo Asen and discuss his journey from playing junior hockey to now being the head coach of Huddinge Hockey J20.

Frans De Groot with roots in Holland grew up playing juniors in Sweden and we discuss his journey to the North American Hockey League (NAHL).

Senior track athlete Marie Louise Levy-Paez and I talk goalie training and strength and conditioning for junior hockey players from her balcony in Italy.

Marcus Eliasson and I talk about his playing career and university studies in Colorado Mesa University and how his background and experiences has taken him at a young age to become the General Manager for Molndal Hockey outside of Gothenburg, Sweden.