Views From The Bench

SHOW NOTES

1:20 - 🔥take of the week (is hitting a dying skill in hockey?) Shout out WCBPodcast

4:00 - why the age they allow hitting is a contributing factor to players not being able to take or give a hit.

6:30 - Why some stick-handling drills make you vulnerable to getting hurt during a game.

11:20 - SKILL IMPROVEMENT SEGMENT without buying any fancy equipment. (Shot accuracy & acceleration)

15:25 - VIEW FROM THE BENCH segment (if we were the coach) Do you play the star player more of he’s struggling? Or give another player who’s hot more ice-time?

20:00 - 1v1 (DEFENCE EDITION) Doughty vs Seabrook

23:00 - Pat wore a helmet and elbow pads when going for his first rollerblading session

26:00 - Anth & Pat reflect on their recent tiktok game.

Show notes

2:00 - 🔥 take of the week (Is Marchand a half of famer?)

8:00 - What is the most important trait a player can possess?

15:00 - Why COVID-19 will hit hockey the hardest out of all the major sports.

19:30 - the boys talk about potentially starting an amateur league.

20:10 - Pat gives Anth some movie suggestions and chirps him in the process

23:30 - 1v1 (Need a goal in the last minute) Danny Heatley vs Pavel Datsyuk

26:00 - Anth tries to explain a TikTok trend to Pat.

Show notes

3:30- Austin talks about what got him into hockey and how he became a goalie mid tryout.

5:20 - Austin talks about how consistency and play time naturally made him a better goalie.

6:10 - Austin and Par talk about their practice rituals which would help them work on their game.

8:00 - Austin and Pat remember how they were forced to run laps in their equipment before practice.

10:20 - What made Austin want to quit hockey at 14.

12:20 - What are the pros and cons of being a goalie and why it is such a stressful position as a kid.

14:30 - Austin talks about the moment that made him had enough of hockey.

16:00 - Austin tells the boys the bar story he breaks out for the girls about his last big save.

18:15 - Another goalie explains that he hasn’t played since quitting.

21:40 - The boys remember some stories from high school where Pat misses a tap in opportunity.

24:30 - Pat talks about how Pringle stole a girl from him back in high school

27:00 - Austin talks about his lacrosse career and one of the fights he got into during nationals

30:30 - Pringle vs VFTB breakaway challenge is born.

32:58 - Austin talks about how he walked a few KM in a snow storm to let off some steam

SHOW NOTES 2:00 - Having the tournament cancelled mid-game

3:30 - How quickly did the school and team react once the news broke?

5:35 - How the trip back home was in the middle of this crisis

6:20 - Ryan talks about going on a bender after winning the championship right before the virus cancelled everything

7:30 - What it was like playing a triple OT game for the title

9:15 - The boys discuss doing prison workouts and yoga to stay active

9:45 - The next steps for Ryan and University hockey as a whole.

11:25 - What was the biggest change from junior to University hockey

12:30 - Is university hockey tougher than playing junior?

15:30 - Why Ryan choose Guelph over other schools

18:00 - Why the NHL needs a training camp if they came back next season

19:50 - Will COVID-19 change the way we watch games live and hurt attendance

22:30 - Ryan brings up Pat getting torched on Insta

SHOW NOTES

0:41 - The boys talk about how they are dealing with quarantine by doing prison workouts

2:00 - Pat talks about the struggles of working at the LCBO at this time

5:35 - What Covid-19 could mean for players in their draft year both NHL and CHL

9:00 - How players could still be improving during this time.

12:41 - If by the end of April things clear up, should the NHL move forward with the current season?

17:00 - Would the NHL still get the same ratings in the summertime?

18:20 - Anth tells his story about a potential encounter with Covid-19 at the last Leaf game.

20:00 - The boys reflect on the first leaf game 7 against Boston when they were in grade 9

26:00 - The boys describe writing a finance exam during the 2nd game 7 of leafs bruins.

30:30 - The depression the boys face when Gardiner let debrusk embarrass him

34:00 - Anth tells the story about how he won tickets to game 6 last year playing a shooting game.

SHOW NOTES

2:00 - starting puckology and why they wanted to create their own training camp

7:00 - How puckology is different from other camps and spring training.

9:10 - where the boys stand on their junior career and how they feel with it being all over.

12:00 - Do guys ask for trades to get more ice time and opportunity?

17:50 - Why the life lessons of hockey are so crucial to personal development

20:50 - The boys talk about how they dealt with the politics of the game and how they overcame it.

22:40 - Why if you are good enough nothing will bring you down.

24:30 - What’s next after minor hockey and if the boys want to play college hockey

Show notes

1:30- What Chris learned from going through the ranks as a goalie in the minor hockey systems

3:05 - The role that parents play in a kids passion for the game.

4:10 - skill isn’t always the deciding factor when it should be.

6:24 - Why being a goalie welcomes more room for pressure, judgement, and politics.

7:30 - Chris tells us why he quit in his last season of hockey right before the start of the playoffs.

12:00 - Pat admits that the whole team had no clue of the mental games that was happening to Chris

14:00 - Does Chris regret quitting hockey the way he did?

16:50 - Chris talks about the most positive aspect of his minor hockey career.

19:20 - Chris talks about playing against Mitch Marner and what made him so good.

22:00 - Chris discusses his brand ENEMY and his motivation behind it.

24:00- Has Chris played hockey ever since he quit?

31:00 - 1v1 Goalie edition (Lalime vs DiPietro)

SHOW NOTES

3:00 - pat talks about when he was interviewed by a coach mid-season when he was 13, and how that played on his game & mentality

8:00 -Reading messages we received about the politics in the game and how people can use this as a learning experience

10:00 - Why were focusing on this to bring awareness to these issues in the game

11:00 - How much emotion should you play with till it negatively impacts your game?

15:00 - The secret behind rookie camps and why it’s a waste of money most of the time.

21:00 - Anth’s story and why getting cut helped him develop his game far more than making a team.

28:00 - Pat tells a story about how he lost a bet and had to wear a durag and Demar DeRozen jersey for a day in downtown Toronto.

SHOW NOTES

3:00: Matt explains his role as a trainer good the Toronto Marlies

5:00: Pat and Matt talk about their beef before being teammates

8:00: how they became D partners in AAA after their beef

9:30:How they blew their one shot in practice to be on the power play and got benched.

13:00: why some coaching styles are dying in today’s game.

14:10: Are kids getting more opportunity at high levels of the game?

18:30: What goes into being a trainer, and handling injuries to players at such a young age

21:30: Why Matt quit playing hockey

25:20: Feeling lost after quitting hockey

27:30: Why the level of entitlement is way too high in minor hockey

29:00: Giving kids the confidence outside of hockey and how that helps their game.

30:50: Matt’s advice to his kids and what should be the message to minor hockey players

33:40: What are the biggest things Matt took from minor hockey

34:00: The boys talk about the worst injuries they’ve played through.

42:00: Why Midget is the most unique year for minor hockey

45:00: Matt talks about when he got two handed to the skull by a stick.

Show Notes

1:50 - the guys vent about the Leafs latest struggles and discuss what could be the problem 3:30 - Anth rips on Muzzin BEFORE his best game as a leaf (of course)

10:00 - Are the Leafs the most skilled team with the lowest hockey IQ

12:00 - Does Dubas get tired of the Leafs lose the next 15 out of the next 20 games?

16:45 - Why the Penguins are the best team to model your franchise

20:31 - Why Pat believes that kids shouldn’t play summer hockey

22:41 - Why Anth believes kids should play summer hockey

25:00 - Pat admits that he’s gross at basketball

27:30 - Why being able to read your kid is crucial maintaining the love for the game

31:10 - 1v1 SWEDISH EDITION (Sundin vs Foresberg)

33:10 - The similarities between Sundin & Tavares

35:10 - Why Spider-Man 1 was the best Spider-Man of all time.