Dave and Lance talk about how clubs can sometimes affiliate to create more opportunity for players.

Randall and Lance talk about coaching changes mid year.  How many times did a coach bug out on your season?

Rolly talks about the three corners of hockey satisfaction.  He wants to know if Lance ever got all three in a year.  Lance surprises everyone.

Dave talks about how spring programs make new teams.  They sometimes are a way to move away from the club they usually represent. 

Lance talks about how refs make calls based on crowd reactions.  He also notes how much the refs can be influenced by a number of factors.

Randall talks about the memories from memorial day tournaments.  There's always rumors about who will show up at a club before tryouts.  The tournament is sometimes the tryout.

Lance talks about how a coach gave him advice about youth hockey levels.  He thought that it was much better to dominate a lower level rather than be invisible on a great team.

Randall talks about how effort can be preached to the benefit and detriment of the young player.

Rolly loses his temper.  Rolly talks about some of the strange things he's seen youth teams do.

Rolly takes time to educate the podcast about the Corsi numbers.  What kind of insight do they give to the youth hockey player training to excel in the game.

Lance talks about how coaches prepare using stats.  He hasn't seen enough of the prep work for his taste.  He loves numbers.

Lance and Randy talk about the decline in numbers in youth sports, hockey in particular.   How do we get kids back into the sport post lockdown?

Randall talks about team building exercises.  There are good ones and bad ones.  There is one thing that all good ones have in common he asserts.

Rolly takes offense at a rage listener.  He goes back to his goon days where he used to patrol the ice like a wolverine on smelling salts.

Lance talks about roller hockey and how it was introduced to his kids late.  They picked it up and now love it.

Lance talks about how each of his kids chose their positions and how their positions eventually came back around and chose them.  

Coach talks about how playing defense helps a kid develop a complete game.

Randall prepares a lightning round about "cheating" in youth hockey. 

Rolly wants USA hockey to take over the calendar.  He cannot stand the idea of individual freedom.  No LOI's, no tryouts for individual clubs - just a top-down system of oppression.  He makes a good case.

Lance talks about the age group he will choose once the fundraiser to give a team a free year of club hockey.   He is ready to get out the spreadsheet on all top scorers in all levels of hockey in the continuous 48 (and maybe Alaska). 

https://www.gofundme.com/manage/donate-to-put-a-youth-hockey-program-on-the-map

Randy gives the lightning round a Staples Center twist. 

Randall asks a question about AA kids on AAA teams and AAA kids on AA teams.  Which is the better situation for the kid and the development of the kid.

Dave digs the lightning round about the best and worst places to travel for a tournament.  Hint: Vacaville is not on the good list.

Lance Alexander gets set up.  He claims he knows how to win states in California.  He is surprised to find out that I've set up a gofundme site to fund a team that Lance guarantees will go to the state finals and win.  All moneys collected will go toward player scholarships.  No money spent on us bozos.  It will never happen, but here's the link:

https://gofund.me/45a39bfe

Interview with hockey4youth founder Mo Hasham about how hockey provides community and continuity in the greater society.  He has a fantastic program for getting kids into hockey who traditionally don't have the opportunity.  It's a great idea, and he is a great interview.

Lance talks a little about how young people bond over hockey in ways that extend into adulthood.

Rolly rallies the show with discussion of why he coached his own son.  He also wants sushi restaurant recommendations in Vancouver, if any of you have the chance to reply.

Randall presses the idea that Hockey can be a positive unifying force in the lives of young people.  Mo's message definitely resonates in this area.

Jennifer was kind enough to answer all of our questions on hockey nutrition.  She has two kids in the sport.  Her views are valuable and her presentation is delightful.  Couldn't be happier having her on the show.

We moved on to burning bridges at clubs.  Rolly keeps us all in check.

Lance has a great question about bulking up for Junior Hockey.  It relates to minimizing injuries as well. It's important to have all ages of kids working towards making themselves less injury susceptible.