Swedish Junior Hockey

Bryant Perrier calls British Columbia, Canada his home but for the past 3 years has settled in nicely in the small town of Amal, Sweden where he is the General Manager and Head Coach for the Amal J18 and J20 junior hockey teams.  In this episode we discuss his journey to end up in Sweden and the differences between North American Juniors vs. Sweden and how coaching styles has evolved and how he has been able to build a solid team of coaches and players in Amal.

Dag Wenstrom is one of the most experience high level skills and off ice coaches in Sweden and the rest of the hockey world.  He has run Swetec Hockey for about 25 years.  In this episode we dig deep of how specialized and focused training care create success and how not to be average, a problem that somewhat exist in Swedish hockey today.

Tommy Enroth and his two brothers Mattias and Jonas grew up playing hockey and other sports in Stockholm.  In this episode we discuss how the influence of his dad, neighborhood competition and the fun of hockey set them up for success.  We also talk about earning a university degree while playing and how this is a problem in Swedish hockey.  

Jarno Pikkarainen is the new J18 Region coach in VIK Hockey Vasteras and we talk in this episode about the recruitment of players from U16 to hockey gymnasium and NIU and how J18 Region is a super tough league in the Swedish Junior System.

In this episode, Jesper Eriksson and I speak about the move from Stockholm to play for one of the best junior teams in Sweden, the competition and the decision to move to Canada to play for Bradford Rattlers in the GMJHL and bringing home the championship this past season.

Sean Werth, the GM for Canadian Junior A Bradford Rattlers in the GMHL and Jacob Dahlin talks about the recent success after the championship season in the GMHL.  Canadian Junior Hockey and also the Eliteprospects showcase tournament and off season training program that Sean has been a part of the past 8 seasons.