My conversation this week is with Craig Custance.

Craig is The Athletic's editor-in-chief for the NHL-US and group managing editor for Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Florida. He's also host of The Full 60 podcast. He joined The Athletic after nearly a decade covering the NHL as a national hockey writer, the last six as a senior writer for ESPN.com. Before covering the NHL, he was an award-winning journalist with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He's the author of “Behind the Bench: Inside the Minds of Hockey’s Greatest Coaches."

Reflection:

Craig says, “You want your kid to overcome pain and struggle and in sports where the stakes aren’t really that high.”

What lessons do you want to learn in this fall season?

What lessons is your child already learning?

Where are the opportunities for him or where to power through adversity or get better because of it?

Lessons is: how to power through it, how to get better and develop

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Follow Craig on Twitter @CraigCustance

If you want to read Craig’s book, you can find it here:

https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Bench-Hockeys-Greatest-Coaches/dp/1629372447