YHH Hockey Podcasts

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 - PeeWee and Bantam sneak peek - New things to YHH (YHH Gameday) - Friday Night Ice Announcement - Where will Emily Pohl commit?

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. Hope you enjoy.

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.  Hope you enjoy. 

(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. Hope you enjoy.

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.  Hope you enjoy. 

(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

LIVE from beautiful (and suffocating) Las Vegas!  This episode of the Minnesotan Pod features Vegas Jr. Golden Knights Assistant Hockey Director and youth coach Rob Pallin.  The native of Chisholm, Minnesota was kind enough to swing by YHH's hotel late Wednesday night to discuss growing up on the Iron Range during the 1960s and 1970s, playing with NHL Hall of Famer Brett Hull at the University of Minnesota Duluth, his European playing and coaching career that took him from Germany, to Hungary and then Austria, and then back to the Las Vegas area.  Rob's story has twists, turns, and plenty of hockey memories.  Hope you enjoy. 

(00:00)Intro (2:20)Youth Hockey (4:03)High school (18:09)USHL Sioux Falls (23:09)Section Final (26:37)NHL Outlook (34:02)Sioux Falls (34:45)Little Things (37:33)Badgers (40:37) Greatest Strengths (41:17)Dream Outcome

(00:00)Intro (1:41)Background (23:13)APX

Jason Baptist is a lifelong Saskatchewan native who spent a decade playing for senior men's hockey teams in the province. From Saskatoon to Canora, to Pilot Butte, to Wakaw, to Nokomis, there's not much Baptist hasn't seen in a Saskatchewan rink.  Now, he's the coach of a highly talented group of 2010-born Saskatchewan girls who are looking for their second consecutive NAFE title in the 2010 Division.  For 20 minutes, Jason chats about his team, the hockey female hockey scene in Saskatchewan, Bryan Adams, and what it means to see Saskatchewan players represent the province for Team Canada.  Hope you enjoy. 

(00:00)NCAA Men's (1:11:30)NCAA Women's

(00:00)Habits (4:22)Andy's Story (26:25)Vision for Bentley (30:20)NCAA Tournament (34:50)Bentley's Future (35:58)Bentley's Academics (41:26)Bentley's Athletics (46:50)CHL (51:49)AHA (56:21)His Family

(00:00)Intro (5:30)College Hockey (13:53)SOT (18:58)Selects (21:53)USA Hockey Nationals (29:17)NTDP Selections (35:48)Cowgirl Shootout (42:06)World Selects Invitational (47:42)Big One (49:08)USHL/WHL Draft (1:00:35)Orion Cup (1:02:50)Robertson Cup (1:06:52)Clark Cup (1:10:17)High School Coaches (1:24:02)WHAM 101 (1:29:46)New Office

(00:00)Nonsense (9:34)Life Updates (29:00)Walter Cup (41:41)Preseason Drama (44:35)MVP (49:35)More PWHL (52:12)Maddie Posick Interview (1:08:02)Expansion Draft (1:26:01)More PWHL (1:33:44)Transfer Portal

CHAPTERS   (2:00) How did basketball miss out on an athlete like Jacob Rombach? The move to the blue line. (7:30) Spring Lake Park through and through. Development, and growth despite staying home. (12:00) Confidence boost at  National Select Camp (16/17) playing best on best. Group chats, new friends and mentors (19:00) Lincoln, what is it that sets them apart? (29:30) Jacob's Mom went to college… (37:45) Closest to the hole: Guess the price of the autographed trading card online.

CHAPTERS (01:20) Growing up in WSP in the 1970's a geo lesson (09:07) Bigger St. Paul Celebrity- Yackel vs. Chavez? WSP gets an indoor rink (18:48) Silk Shirts, platform shoes and West Side Girls (28:35) Most influential youth coach leads to coaching philosophy (43:02) West Side/West End numbers dwindle - merge across the river (55:33) 2x Section assistant coach of the year and following Pat Griswold (01:09:00) Under dog vs perennial power…which 1/4 zip? (1:10:40) How can West Side youth hockey be revived?

(00:00)Nonsense (29:10)IIHF Women's Worlds (37:55)PWHL Expansion (38:46)Ottawa Draft (42:53)Abbey Murphy Rumors (49:15)PWHL Expansion Cont. (53:55)Harvey's Phone (1:01:35)WHAM Development Clinic

(00:00)Nonsense (10:20)DI Tournament (21:18)Transfer Portal (24:51)DI Awards (28:25)Joe Cranston - UWRF (1:13:24)DIII Tournament (1:16:43)DIII Awards (1:19:16)PWHL (1:26:58)International Play

(00:00)Nonsense (13:08)Transfer Portal (24:17)DIII (37:28)Nonsense (46:33)Frozen Four

(00:00)Intro (14:36)Patty Kazmaier Award (23:01)NCAA D1 Tournament Preview (44:49)Awards

(00:00)Intro (7:27)Junior Gold (27:22)19U (31:27)Bantams (49:35)15s (57:19)12s (1:00:07)Peewees

Cold Open 0:00 News 11:40 Tournament Recap Wednesday 26:44 Thursday 32:24 Friday: 44:04 Championship Saturday 52:56 Who's returning, who's leaving? 1:17:30 Way too early top 10s 1:32:20  

Cold Open 0:00 Intro 6:24 Dane Jackson Interview 34:43 Summit Scores 1:03:38

(00:00)Intro (17:40)Class A State Recap (40:39)Class AA State Recap (1:06:12)Sophomore Class (01:08:23)Video Review Pros/Cons (01:10:34)Media Attention (01:15:34)The New World Order