Swedish Junior Hockey

Alex Brisson and I talk about his first season as the interim head coach position of the NOJHL Jr A team Iroquois Falls Storm in Canadian Jr A.

In todays episode, Alan Etmanski with Picton Pirates and I sit down to talk about Hockey Canada in general and Junior C specifically.

Ethan Mistry committed early to Brown University and now is in his second year.  In this episode we talk about his journey from Canadian Juniors to prep to NCAA.

Warren Nye is an agent and advisor with RRI Sports in London, ON.  In today's episode we walk about the different leagues, primarily the CJHL in Canadian Juniors.

This episode is a deep dive into Glenn Hefferan's Freshman report and would be helpful to watch on youTube where I share the report and go into the subject of How to reach NCAA D1?

Carl-Johan and I sit down and talk about his time as a player both in Juniors and in elite.  How did his years as a player put him in a position to help young players both athletically as well as mindfulness and mindset.

In today's episode, Fredrik Nygren and I sit down and talk about how to build a successful youth and junior organization.  Fredrik, despite his age has had a lot of success and experience building strong programs and is now doing that in the small organization outside of Stockholm.  We also talk a little about his time coaching William and Alexander Nylander in the US, not a big deal...

Kim and I discuss his path from Norway to NCAA and his incredible jounrey as Jack Eichel's skating coach and now Assistant at Boston University, one of the top programs in the world.

George Dupont and I sit down and talk about Champion Mindset and Mental Strength in the 3rd and final mini series of mental strength and mindset to be a champion hockey player.

In the final episode of season 2, we continue in the series of Mental Touchness by talking to Shawnee Harle, 2 time olympic coach with Canadian women's basketball team on mental toughness training.

Mike Hartman discribes himself as a bubble player that has played on the Stanley Cup champion team with the New York Rangers.  IN this episode we discuss a Champion Mindset and specifically how this affects younger players including juniors.

In episode 102 of the Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast we meet Cody Murphy, the new and first head coach of expansion team Elmira Aviators in the NAHL.  We talk about his experience as a junior hockey player and hsi new position with Elmira.  We also talk about his time in Sweden as a pro with Vasteras and Bjorkloven in Allsvenskan.  

Gustav Sandberg grew up playing hockey in Stockholms SDE organization but moved to play hockey gymnasium in Ornskoldsvik in the northern part of Sweden.  IN this episode we will follow his journye through youth to juniors and navigating through American Juniors to committing to play D3 NCAA with Nichols College in MA.

In this anniversary episode Roger Jonsson and and I talk about his journey in big and small clubs to how he has structured Olofstrom to be a solid performer in Swedish Junior Hockey and producing talents year after year.

Melker Linder from Falkoping played his first hockey while living as ex-pat in the US in North Carolina and is now entering first year in Hockey Gymnasium with Linkoping.  We discuss his journey in Sweden and his experience with TV-puck tournament.

Todays guest is National Team Defenseman Ida Press from Leksand SDHL.  We talk about her journey from Uppsala to Djurgarden to NCAA in Maine and Providence and now pushing for a spot on the Swedish Olympic Team.

Alfred Lindberg, Centerman with American International University in MA and I talk about his path to the US NCAA D1 college ream via NAHL in New Mexico.

Brock Montpetit, forever immortalized the 2016 season by ending his career with OT goal vs. Modo to bring Leksand back to the SHL.  We go down memory lane for that moment as well as looking back at how he got there from Somerset WI.

In this episode we will discuss the details of the different junior leagues in both US and Canada from Tier 1 to Tier 3 and Major Juniors to Junior B.

Felica Frank has always competed at the highest level.  Originally from Falkoping, Sweden, to playing SDHL with Brynas now takes the opportunity to play college hockey with Quinnipiac.

Pierre Luc Racette and Jacob Dahlin talks about his coaching career and also his job with Verbero.  Hershey Cubs is owned by the Boudreau family and plays in the USPHL in PA.

Max Nystrom and Jacob Dahlin talks about his career from Grastorp in the Swedish Juniors and making the move to USPHL in Patomac Patriots and Pueblo Bulls in the NCDC

Jan and I grew up in villages next to each other and share stories from our upbringings on the ponds in Leksand and how it has shaped our experiences beyond childhood.  In this episode we focus on hockey facilities, arenas, costs, design and function and go deep into the opportunities to build smaller mini rinks in Sweden and Jan's prediction of this in the future.

Kori Sych a life coach with the Notre Dame Hounds in the SJHL Jr A and I talk about her role with the Hounds and many other aspects of mental coaching.

Alex Malinowski grew up in Linkoping, Sweden, stayed home to play hockey academy and later got his shot with Malmo Redhawks J20 and SHL before a year in NAHL with Fairbanks and now with AIC in NCAA D1.

Andy Sutton, a 16 year professional player with Atlanta, Ottawa, Edmonton, etc. and I talk about his journey from being undrafted to going to Michigan Tech and enjoying a long and fruitful career in the pros.  Today, Andy heads up Verbero, a hockey equipment company that focusing on custom equipment and apparel that is available directly from teams and players without a distributor.  

John Paris, Jr has an extensive resume as a player, coach, scout, mentor and sports psychologist in Hockey.  We talk about his background and experience and his views of the World Junior Finals between US and Sweden.

Ryan Hay, a defenseman from North Carolina discusses his journey from youth hockey in Charlotte, NC to the Canadian Junior A league PIJHL in British Columbia via Detroit U18 AAA with Honeybaked.

Marius Angelin is originally from Gothenburg and grew up in Backen's youth hockey program.  After a fall season in the USPHL Tier 3 system, a friend gives him a call asking him if he would like to talk to the Frolunda J20 National Coach.  This led to the NAHL in Danbury and eventually in Wilkes-Barre Scranton in the NCDC. 

Dominic Bovan 2003 goalie from Bratislava and I talk about his journey from the Slovakian youth hockey program in Bratislava to prep school, juniors and eventually ending up in SUNY Plattsburg in NCAA Division 3.  We also talk about his business ventures and goals beyond college.

Kevin Yellowaga is the skills coach for  Brooks Bandits in the AJHL, one of the top junior teams in Tier II in North America and a consistent producer of D1 talent and beyond.  IN todays episode we talk about AJHL, their recent trip to Sweden and also of course Cale Makar but also Devin Philips from NC.

Louis Crookes is the youth hockey director in Skelleftea AIK.  In this episode we talk about him growing up in Leksand and how his path of coaching is brother Zaki provided the path to move with his girlfriend to Skelleftea and taking a position as the youth director in one of the most notable programs in Sweden.

Dion Antisin grew up in Lugano, Switzerland where his father played pro and later moved back to Canada where he played both youth and junior hockey for Notre Dame Hounds in the SJHL. After a couple of years pro in Switzerland he moved over to coach his alma mater in Notre Dame and now in Boden J20 in the Swedish Junior 2nd league.

Marcus is the new head coach of Falu IF J18 Region and we talk about his experience in Canadian Juniors in the GMHL and NA3HL as well as combining head coaching duties with university studies in Sweden.

Sammy Larsson and I talk about his journey from Sweden to NCDC in the US Junior Tier 2 System.

Niclas Karlsson is only 21 years old and the youngest head coach in Sweden juniors.  We talk about his experience as a player, TV puck tournament, going to hockey gymnasium and how his coaching career took an early start after an injury as a player.

Leonardo Asen and discuss his journey from playing junior hockey to now being the head coach of Huddinge Hockey J20.

Frans De Groot with roots in Holland grew up playing juniors in Sweden and we discuss his journey to the North American Hockey League (NAHL).

Senior track athlete Marie Louise Levy-Paez and I talk goalie training and strength and conditioning for junior hockey players from her balcony in Italy.

Marcus Eliasson and I talk about his playing career and university studies in Colorado Mesa University and how his background and experiences has taken him at a young age to become the General Manager for Molndal Hockey outside of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Marcus Broberg grew up playing in the Stockholm team AIK in the top junior league in Sweden.  As his brother, who is now playing in the NHL, he went from AIK to Malmo and over to play in the USHL, NAHL and now in the BCHL.  He is already a NCAA D1 commit for University of Nebraska Omaha.

William Henriksson grew up playing hockey in Gothenburg end joined Karlskrona juniors before making the leap to play Juniors in the US in the NA3 and NAHL.  In this episode we discuss his journey and his experience in the Swedish vs US Junior system.

Jacob Strandberg is the Swedish National J20 Team Video Coach and in this episode we talk about Jacob's journey as a player and later as a video coach for a variety of junior teams in Sweden.  Today, Jacob serves as the National J20 Team and we talk about their preparation for the World Juniors in December.

Gustav Blom and I talk about his journey from Trangsund to hockey gymnasium in AID in Stockholm and how his path to NCAA D1 at RIT via Mora and New Mexico Ice Wolves in NAHL.  We talk what hit takes to play hockey in the NCAA both athletically and academically.

Chris and I go back a few years from my son attending hockey camps at Liberty.  In today's episode we talk not only about his role as head strength and conditioning coach at LU, but also about Functional Mobility Screens, diet, sleep, supplements, etc.  Chris has a passion for hockey and people and hope that shines through!

After a long wait, we will talk EliteProspects with ESMG North America President Peter Sibner.  EliteProspects has became the number one database for hockey players and we talk about the company, its origins, features and where it is going in the future.  Peter is also a father, hockey player and coach and lives in Tampa, FL.

Victor Widlund, originally from Lerum outside of Gothenburg and I talk about his journey to make it to the top junior program in the country and how hard it is to compete.  The grind in Frolunda made him prepared to a year in the NAHL with Wisconsin and now a contract in Hockeyettan, the third division with Alvesta.

Malte Hasselgren has always been an underdog but a proven scorer.  He led the J18 West against big time players while playing for smaller club Falu IF and have always chosen his own path.  After J20, him and his brother tried their luck in the NAHL with Lone Star Brahmas and returned to finish his last year of juniors in Sweden with Oskarshamn and Brynas in J20 National. He then returned again to NAHL, this time with Oklahoma Warriors and finished on top with the Robertson Cup.

Filip Wiberg will be returning home to play for his home team of Sundsvall this fall.  IN this episode we talk about the unique fact of 3 different Filip Wiberg's all with 2002 birth years and two playing on the same line for Bjorkloven in J18.  Filip is one of the most experienced junior players in Sweden and we talk about the different levels and the advantage of playing for different teams at different levels for development.

Gabbe Westling grew up in Mora and after meeting Ludvig Larsson and visiting him at Merrimac College in MA USA, his mission was clear; to Play college hockey in the US.  He finished his Gymnasium degree and first year of J20 National and we talk in detail about his journey to the NAHL and eventually committing to play D1 with St. Lawrence.  

Derek Schaedig just published his first book Junior Ice Hockey: The League Before the League.  In this episode we talk about his journey from High School Hockey to Juniors and eventually to play for Harvard and now a published author about his journey.