Lance talks about the 10-7 rule in college hockey. He knows about how to get your kid ready for college with course choice preparation in high school.

Corwin talks about the Canadian college process.

Randall has a game relating to world juniors. Corwin knows the kid who helped put the US on top this year.

Lance got an email about a five-year-old hockey player. The question was: how do they start out and then get to where his kids got?

Corwin talks helmets and kids.

Randall talks about how the fit of the skates makes all the difference.

Randall goes through the reporting on the top twenty youth hockey scandals as presented by AI.

Corwin has a more personal approach.

Lance thinks that every team his kid played on were choirboys and the other teams are filled with thugs.

Lance talks about how people are quitting hockey in their teens.

Corwin is a bit shocked by the number. He talks about how it might be part of the lower levels.

Randall makes a point about AAA girls teams.

Club envy. So many people go there. Is it the best place to vacation? Does your kid get lost in travel because of swaps?

Lance knows how to get from one club to the next.

Corwin thinks that San Diego needs more clubs to jump around to.

Lance talks about how reputation shapes a season. There are kids who get a lot of attention because of who they are.

Randall gives some much needed perspective on how Lance's kids were perceived.

Corwin knows how to put all the pieces in place for the players who have a reputation regardless of level.

Randall tries to get to the bottom of why people are so committed to their ideas in youth hockey. Don't try to get people to listen to yours.

Corwin keeps us balanced by noting that kids need to be able to grow into their talents.

Lance tells the podcast audience how frustrated he was with waiting his turn.

Corwin takes on the topic of travel. What are the rules in stay to play? How do the decisions about tournaments get made? Will anyone be happy with a decision that is not their own?

Lance went across the country several times for his kids. Driving. Flying. Walking. Running. Waverunning.

Randall notes that there is often issues with hotels with all of the different families. It's still been pretty chill for most of the hockey time.

Randy smells the panic in all the teams who are just about to begin their seasons. It is so desperate, and fun.

Lance reports on crazy parents, refs and rinks.

Corwin thinks that refs should throw more people out of the arena. OK, that's not true.

Lance talks about a cold rink in Simi where his kids frustrated him by alternatively loving and hating the ice.

Corwin talks about San Diego ice which is made from pure champagne. It's true. Look it up.

Randall had a Groupon. Yes, a Groupon set him head first into a life of cold mornings and parking lot altercations (watching, not participating).