Rogers, MN native Paetyn Levis helped lead Ohio State to a national title before being drafted into the PWHL in 2023. We sat down with her to discuss her journey and what lies ahead.

- District 10 Prayer Pause

Tom Gilbert Madison Capitols’ Associate Head Coach and Assistant General Manager Tom Gilbert is celebrating two anniversaries during the 2025-2026 season - the 25th Anniversary of his senior year of high school, where he and his Bloomington Jefferson teammates had their quest for a Minnesota state championship chronicled by author John Rosengren - and the 20th anniversary of his national championship season at the University of Wisconsin.

For nearly 25 minutes, Gilbert shares his feelings about both experiences, plus drops some knowledge for young players on how to grow early in their careers, what it means to share the bench with former Badger teammates Andy Brandt and Shane Connelly, and how his NHL career has helped shape him into the coach he is today.

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Since 1999, Mark Carlson has been the head coach of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, and has coached the most games in USHL history after surpassing North Iowa and Waterloo legend P.K. O’Handley in February of 2025. 

Now just two wins away from passing O’Handley again for the most USHL career coaching victories, Carlson sits down to discuss why an East Coast guy ended up in Iowa, how the USHL will maintain its uniquely American identity in the changing landscape of junior hockey, and his becoming a part of the fabric of the Cedar Rapids community with his wife Tammy, the RoughRiders’ Director of Sales and Operations. 

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(0:00) INTRO- "No one wants to talk about women’s hockey"

(3:57) Olivia King's journey to YHH POTY

(6:36) Tony’s inevitable weekly "WoHo Po interruption"

(12:08) Goalie coaching and hockey media

(24:16) Where is Peter?

(25:33) Grandma King, 10 years of college hockey…seems like

(34:50) Great mentality and team player; first college start

(40:00) Get in Bitches, we’er going NCAA’ing

(41:23) Olympic year scheduling problem

(45:29) Pre-Season poll thoughts

(46:32) Roster previews and transfer talk WCHA

(1:09:09) Nonsense

A native of Dellwood, Minnesota, Ryland Rooney's career has taken him from the White Bear Lake youth program, to Gentry Academy, and now the USHL's Des Moines Buccaneers.

The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Wisconsin commit stops by to chat about his massive jump between his freshman and sophomore seasons, representing Team USA at this year's Under-17 Four Nations tournament, and why he chose the Badgers over several other college suitors.

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Omaha General Manager Marc Fritsche grew up balancing both hockey and football in the pigskin-mad corner of northeastern Ohio, and parlayed his early years into a coaching, scouting, and administrative career spanning from the Buckeye State to the blazing sunshine of Phoenix, Arizona. 

While his Lancers inhale pasta, salad, and breadsticks in the lobby of a Cranberry Township hotel, Fritsche chats about his childhood in his hometown of Parma, his playing career that included over 140 games in Switzerland, and how he and a new coaching staff are taking on the challenge of rebuilding the Lancers - and creating a sustainable quality culture in Omaha - after a chaotic 2024-2025 season. 

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(00:00)Nonsense

(26:04)Expansion Draft

(34:22)PWHL Entry Draft

(46:23)NCAA/PWHL Coaching Changes

(1:02:33)PWHL Awards

(00:00)Intro

(11:16)NAFE

(30:13)NHL Draft

(39:29)Free Agency

(49:14)USA Hockey Development Camps

(59:02)College Hockey Recruiting

(1:17:22)The Brick

(1:22:28)Queens of Vegas

(1:26:54)Park City Showdown

(1:30:01)War for the Roses

(1:33:22)Five Nations

(1:35:35)High School Movement