Individual Skills Hockey Podcast Miles Death

What would you change about HS hockey? That is the question we ask Pat O'Leary (Wayzata), Dave Brown (Rogers), and Sean Bloomfield (Chanhassen) on this week's podcast. This is a great, honest conversation about the need to evolve our great sport in Minnesota. We agree MN HS hockey is the best, but can it adapt and grow?

The podcast joins Ben Monahan and Pat O'Leary to discuss when and if we should be teaching systems in youth hockey.

The 2023-2024 Wayzata Mite Coach of the Year is Chris Harrington. Chris has coached mites for five years now at Wayzata, and also serves on the Mite Player Development Committee. Chris embodies everything we want in our mite coaches. He understands making it fun is the top priority, brings positive energy that signals to the kids that their coaches cares about them, and brings a wealth of hockey knowledge from his successful playing career. Chris was a standout at Apollo High School in St. Cl...

What is the ideal game format for U8-U14 players for their development as hockey players? An IIHF study tries to answer this question and we analyze and discuss it on this episode. To add to the conversation, we invited Johan Kling on the podcast this week. Johan grew up in Sweden has a unique perspective on comparing the Swedish development model to what we do in the states. Link to the study we discuss:https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/downloads/sport%20files/development-g...

Steve Johnson is in his third year coaching at his alma mater, Minnetonka HS. Steve graduated from Minnetonka in 2012, and wasn't a highly sought after HS player. He played one year in Aberdeen in the NAHL, and one year in Omaha in the USHL. Having success in junior hockey, he earned a scholarship at The University of Minnesota. Steve is back in Minnetonka after a pro hockey career and currently works as a pilot for Sun Country Airlines. He also has decided to jump into coaching, serving as a...

Kurt Davis is in his 13th season playing professionally in Europe. He's played in Sweden, Germany, Austria, and Norway. Before turning pro, Kurt was a standout at Minnesota St. - Mankato, and a Wayzata Trojan before that. Kurt talks about his strong group at Wayzata that helped build the tradition of success there, and what it means to love the game.