Swedish Junior Hockey

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A podcast by a Swede, about Swedish Junior Hockey, for the North American listener.

Jacob Dahlin


    • Apr 1, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 49m AVG DURATION
    • 113 EPISODES


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    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 113 - Alex Brisson Head Coach Iroquois Falls Storm NOJHL Canadian Jr A

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 64:40


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 112: Alan Etmanski Picton Pirates Junior C Hockey Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 77:34


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

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 111: Ethan Mistry Brown University

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 77:34


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 110: Warren Nye RRI Sports on Canadian Juniors

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 77:34


    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.

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    Swedish Jr Hockey POdcast Ep. 109: NCAA D1 and Glenn Hefferan Freshman Report 23-24

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 77:34


    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?

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 108: Carl-Johan Sjogren Troja-Ljungby Dir of Hockey

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 77:34


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 107: Fredrik Nygren Saltsjobaden GM

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 77:44


    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...

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 106: Kim Brandvold Asst. Coach with Boston University NCAA D1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 44:03


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 105: George Dupont - Champion Mindset Academy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 66:19


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 104: Shawnee Harle: 2-time Olympian and Mental Toughness Coach

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 67:16


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 103: Mike Hartman Stanley Cup Champion Mindset

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 78:02


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 102: Cody Murphy Elmira Aviators new Head Coach in NAHL

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 57:24


    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.  

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 101: Gustav Sandberg - NCAA D3 Commit to Nichols College

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 67:08


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 100: Roger Jonsson - GM Olofstrom Steelers Hockey Factory

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 45:32


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 99: Melker Linder Falkoping to Linkoping NIU

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 37:16


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 98: Ida Press Leksands IF and University of Main NCAA

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 57:54


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 97: Alfred Lindberg Orebro to AIC in NCAA D1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 34:13


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 96: Brock Montpetit Down Memory Lane with Leksand

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 74:36


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 95: North American Junior Details

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 37:35


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 94: Felicia Frank Falkoping to Quinnipiac in NCAA Womans Hockey

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 46:29


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 93: Pierre-Luc Racette - Hershey Cubs in the USPHL

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 49:17


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 92: Max Nystrom - Swedish Juniors to NCDC and USPHL with Patomac Patriots and Pueblo Bulls

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 49:14


    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

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 91: Jan Kans Leksand Hockey, Hockey Arena and Facilities

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 53:22


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 90: Kori Sych Life Coach with Notre Dame Hounds in SJHL

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 58:39


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 89: Alexander Malnowski - American International College NCAA D1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 53:50


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 88: Andy Sutton 14 Yr NHL Pro and his second career with Verbero

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 44:46


    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.  

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast EP. 87: John Paris, Jr Pioneer Player, Coach and Sports Psychologist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 72:47


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 86: Ryan Hay North Vancouver Wolf Pack in Canadian PIJHL

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 43:02


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 85: Marius Angelin Defensman in the NCDC

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 50:03


    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. 

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 84: Dominik Bovan Slovakian Goalie and NCAA DIII

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 45:49


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep.83: Kevin Yellowaga Brooks Bandits AJHL Skills Coach

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 57:41


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 82: Louis Crookes Skelleftea Youth Hockey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 62:51


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 81: Dion Antisin - Boden J20 Head Coach

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2024 57:01


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep.80: Marcus Shellhammer - Falu IF J18 Head Coach

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 48:35


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 79: Samuel Larsson Islanders Hockey Club NCDC

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 69:04


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

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 78: Niclas Karlsson: Boden J18 Head Coach

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 60:08


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 77: Leonardo Asen - Coaching J20 in Sweden

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 57:55


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

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 76: Frans De Groot - Swedish Juniors to NAHL

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 30:42


    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).

    Swqedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 75- Marie-Louise Levy Paez: Goalie Coaching and Strength and Conditioning

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 47:55


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 74: Marcus Eliasson - GM for Molndal Junior and Pro Team

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 54:30


    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.

    Swedish jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 73: Marcus Broberg - USHL and BCHL

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 52:36


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 72: William Henriksson - Swedish Juniors in Gothenburg to NAHL

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 59:35


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 71: Jacob Strandberg - Swedish J20 National Team Video Coach

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 47:40


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 70: Gustav Blom - Rochester Institute of Technology Hockey

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 43:38


    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.

    Swedish Jr. Hockey Podcast Ep. 69: Chris Kerr - Strength and Conditioning Coach at Liberty University D1 Hockey

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 83:25


    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!

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 68: Peter Sibner - President EliteProspects North America

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 48:28


    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.

    Swedish Jr. Hockey Podcast Ep. 67: Victor Widlund: From Frolunda J20 to NAHL in Wisconsin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 44:26


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 66 - Malte Hasselgren Falu IF to NAHL Champion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 58:45


    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.

    Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 65: Filip Wiberg Sundsvall: One of 3 Filip Wibergs and his experience in Swedish Junior System

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 44:48


    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.

    Swedish Jr. Hockey Podcast Ep. 64: Gabriel Westling -Juniors in Mora to NAHL/BCHL and NCAAD1 with St. Lawrence

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 66:50


    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.  

    Swedish Jr. Hockey Podcast Ep. 63: Derek Schaedig - Author and Harvard Goalie

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 34:52


    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.

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