-Getting the call to the NHL as a player and now as a coach with the Minnesota Wild

-Taking pieces from every coach you had to become the coach you want to be

-Building relationships with your players and working with them 1 on 1 to become the best player they can be

-Embracing the grind and having a passion for winning and your guys

-Winning the Calder Cup as a coach, winning gets people talking, gets people places

-Getting and having your dream job of coaching the Western Michigan Broncos and turning the program around

-Planning the new barn and getting everyone's ideas to make it the best barn in college hockey

-Making your way to the NHL as a coach and the standard Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Kronwall set every day with the Detroit Red Wings

-Bag skating is a thing of the past and having fun every day with the Broncos

-All the Broncos need to come back to the alumni golf tournament, see the family and run a muck

-Winning The Brick Invitational with The Detroit Jr. Red Wings as a father and son

-Assembling one of the most legendary coaching staffs in minor hockey history

-The big goal with 3 minutes left to win it all and the moms knew how to get involved... it takes everyone to win

-Winning D-man of the tourney and putting up 17 pts by having the hockey IQ and taking a few penalties mucking it up

-The small hockey world and genes seem to be a thing

-Preparing to run a muck with a new coach, logo and era in Cardiff Devils history

-The epic time that was Josh Batch's Testimonial and the great dudes that partook

-Competing at practice and hitting lunch with the fellas is what hockey is all about

-The Cardiff Devils hockey family and inspiring the next generation

-Jards, Duggy, Benti, Hoth, Mosey, Dicko, the GOAT and you win with great people

-The ups and downs of pro hockey and finding the right mind set

-Kassel is a great place to play if you're a Husky and miserable if you're not

-Getting to do what you love for a job is special and hockey guys should cherish each day

-Playing in the AHL as an 18-year-old and and getting traded to the worst team in the Canadian Hockey League

-Uncle Jerry, Richard, Mac, Walshy, Marco and the small hockey world, where shed guys know shed guys

-Marrying the Super Son and the Sutherland Cup winning mascot of the Elmira Sugar Kings

-Dominating the ringette circuit with your little brother

-The Bronco hockey family and the most disgusting apartment in all of college hockey

-Bringing Elmira, Ontario Canada to the ski slopes of Germany and having a time

-Running a muck in ugly sweaters, frog catching, the aquaducks, the cottage and fun is fun

-Finding your home and community at the end of the earth in Ushuaia, Argentina

-Preparing to run a muck of The Copa Fin Del Mundo

-Building a hockey culture and family, one stick at a time

-TIPO9NINE, the hockey proshop at the end of the world that is changing the game

-Coaching hockey in Ecuador, showing up in Ushuaia with $9, a dream and building a hockey family

-Western Michigan is a one-of-a-kind spot and now they are a national powerhouse

-Finding your home and happy place in Kassel, Germany

-Being the number 1 in the pipes and the man on campus when the Broncos turned the program around

-Coming out the other side a better man after the worst 8 months of your life and bad times never last long

-The life of a pro hockey player in Germany and the anxiety of knowing it has to come to an end

-Preparing to run a muck of the EIHL and get showered in chocolate with the Manchester Storm -Winning the Q and the Memorial Cup with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies right by home in Halifax

-Growing up in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada and no one else should ever wear 87

-Navigating your young hockey career through Covid and jumping right into to pro

-He likes Mars bars and wants to be a part of the new chocolate throwing tradition in Manchester, England

-Tel Aviv, 5 weeks, 8 teams, enjoying the beach, food and growing the game while mucking it up

-Teaching the kids of Israel and next generation how to hockey

-The hockey relationships and connections you can make around the world that can last a lifetime -Go Team Israel, Bat Yam Dolphins, Holon Vipers and Jerusalem Capitals -4 Legends and pioneers of the game in Israel meet up in the shed

-Preparing to bike 600km to raise money for Rich's Road to Recovery, when he has never met them

-Stepping up to do epic stuff with your bike and bring the hockey family together

-Raising a budding hockey superstar in the UK

-Taking your son to watch Team Great Britain win gold on home ice

-Robert Dowd, Sam Jones and the great hockey guys in the world that inspire the next generation

-Getting comfortable as a first year head coach and going on a chocolate fueled second half heater

-Captain Critch started a chocolate storm in Manchester, England and he's back with a new sponsor

-Retaining the core and finding new shed guys to run a muck of the EIHL

-It has rained chocolate in the Storm Shelter but the Chocolate Storm is just starting to brew -Ginner & Finner, Jake, Moose, Greggy and the rest of our Manchester Storm hockey family

-Signing your first autograph and putting 18 up in the shed -Getting showered with Twirls for the girls and Buenos for the boys and promptly standing your ground

-Preparing for Team Great Britain tryouts and inspiring the next generation of gals

-Going undefeated and taking the trophy back to Cardiff, Wales

-Getting chirped for your skating, when his favourite drill is the horseshoe, what a joke, I ran a muck

-Switching from Track & Field to the bobsled and getting to realize your lifelong dream in 2022 of being an Olympian for Team Jamaica

-Living as the real life Sanka and becoming the Engine and Captain of the team that actually has a lucky egg, it is just like Cool Runnings

-Racing Usain Bolt and believing in yourself and having him for the first 60 meters

-Growing up in the toughest town in Jamaica, making it a safer place and planning the library and playground of the future

-Going from the bottom of your class to the top and then University and only getting to eat the food you can spell

-Becoming an inspiration to athletes and children worldwide and sharing your story in the shed

-Winning the Calder Cup with the Hershey Bears in game 7 overtime

-Becoming the fastest skater in AHL history and finding out your fast is fast, fast

-Signing a 1-way AHL deal out of WMU and putting up 30 in your rookie year

-The Western Michigan Broncos are a powerhouse now and Fersch is gonna take them to a whole new level

-Making your own luck by out working the competition and getting ready to make your NHL debut

-Following your passion around the world and becoming one of the best in the world at photography

-Bringing your hockey skill set to anything else you want to do in life and running a muck

-Becoming friends and goalie partners with Petr Čech and the Guildford Flames

-Diving into the community and franchise of the Braehead Clan and getting an ovation upon your return with the Devils

-Iceland, Norway, Spain, South Africa, Australia, the original selfie, the wildest poster pics yet and eating fish in Hong Kong

-The Moose is back with the Chocolatey Manchester Storm and so is Captain Critch

-Finishing their rookie seasons, loving and having fun playing hockey

-Making it rain chocolate in Cardiff, Wales for my U9 gals and Batchy -Growing up a team guy and getting used to the turnover of friends in pro hockey

-Remembering all the fun we have had in the shed and it happens with good people like these shed guys

-Winning Gold at the World Championships in your hometown with your old man behind the bench

-Team Great Britain ice hockey, is a Disney movie and this fella is the up-and-coming star of the squad

-Jonathan Phillips is a legend and is tougher than the rest of us and went out like the legend he is

-Growing up running a muck as stick boy for the Nottingham Panthers and getting to tape Matthew Myers stick

-Louisiana, Pensacola, Nottingham, Cornwall, Yarmouth, Aberdeen, Alaska and he's only 22

-His severe case of FOMO watching shed guys have a time at Batchy's testimonial

-Finding out your mom is a shed gal and ran a muck of episode 294 -The 3 amigos Reds, Mosey & Duggan and the fellas that get along the best, win the most

-Being a winner just like the old man, genes are a thing folks

-Loving hockey in Germany, celebrating 11th place and relegating the Heilbronner Falkens

-Winning the Stanley Cup with the Edmonton Oilers in 1990 -Raising an ultimate shed guy and the day your kids move out of the house is tough

-Family life in pro hockey is complicated but Facetime helps

-Scoring a hat trick, being named 1st star and running a muck of the Northlands Coliseum just like Gretzky

-Vegas, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Fort Wayne & putting on her bucket list watching Bryce in Europe next season

-Becoming the identity of an organization and now preparing to be the head coach

-Having number 17 go up in the rafters for the Atlanta Gladiators

-Lacing up for your 1000th pro hockey game & Biz helped make it a night to remember

-The Idaho Steelheads vs Daytona Beach Bombers, Kelly Cup final in 2007 & the game hasn't changed that much, you gotta muck it up to win

-Moving to Atlanta as a rookie in 2005, building and raising a family, while becoming a legend and now coach in 2023

-Becoming a player coach in 2022/23 and bringing the fellas together

-Josh Batch has great taste in men and the muck that was ran at his Testimonial

-Winning gold with Team Canada and a bunch of Hall of Famers

-Canada, Russia, Sweden, Scotland, The USA, Finland, Wales, this legend has seen it all

-Finding a core of shed guys and the magical things teams can do together

-Winning as a ref is getting the call to the World Championships Gold Medal game between Canada and Germany

-The Autobahn, schnitzels, Christmas markets and finding a home and career in Germany

-German hockey fans are different, and you have to see it to believe it

-Learning to deal with the pressure and stress of being a ref or player in professional hockey

-Following your passion around the world and working your way up the ladder to the top

-The Josh Batch Testimonial and shed guys ran a muck of the weekend

-The gender reveal and the magical moment the Batch's found out they were having a shed guy

-It is disgusting and awesome, Chippy Lane, Cardiff, Wales is something else

-Hitting the Bay, Dinner and the Electric city that is Cardiff, Wales with Shed Guys 7 years later

-Hosted by Mac in state of the art home of the Jackson Hole Moose

-Getting the Players Union up and running with the upcoming camp in Goderich, ON, Canada

-Skating with the O'Reilly's in the summer and learning how to work and earning your pp roles

-Making your Lucknow Lancers debut for your hometown before heading to Romania to lace em up with Deeds

-Winning everywhere he goes and becoming an import for the Adlers of Manheim and winning there too

-Deciding when to head back to Romania for the old man special and run a muck and win again

-May 27th in Cardiff, Wales we celebrate this legend and his 10 years of muck running for the Devils

-Preparing for your hockey wedding, the gender reveal and baby Batch

-Cardiff has a new coach and what they need to do to win trophies next season?

-Preparing for tryouts as an adult and the mixed emotions of watching the fellas win gold for Great Britain

-Josh Batch Testimonial jersey up for raffle at www.aleshockeytales.com

-Bowling, The Tap Room, Senior Trips, Football days and the muck we ran at Western Michigan University off the ice

-Captaining & winning it all in front of your kids with the Clinton Radars

-Breaking the ice in pro hockey with naked hand walks around the room -Loving Italy and getting treated poorly in Aalborg, Denmark and holding teams accountable in the shed

-Cullitons vs Sugar Kings to the WMU Broncos, professional hockey and now coaching the next generation of shed gals and guys

-Winning gold with Team Great Britain and having a time at The SaltBox like Mac and the Devils did 1 year ago

-The new shed bump and preparing to become a dad next season in Herning, Denmark

-Winning is the opposite of losing, winning is really hard but it's really fun and it takes everyone

-Preparing for Josh Batch's Testimonial and the upcoming Welsh muck running on May 27th

-Shed boosts, Legs N Eggs, Twix, Kit Kats and having fun playing hockey

-Winning is really really fun and he did it again this time in Košice, Slovakia

-Picking assistant coaches, drills, players and having to let good people go in the business

-5 championships, getting fired, taking over teams midseason and the roller coaster ride that is coaching pro hockey

-Winning as a player and a coach all over the world and enjoying it more as a coach

-His 1st big signing as Head coach in Vojens, Denmark... the guy with a body like a bag of milk and we won gold helmets

-The exhausting 7 game battle with the Herning Blue Foxes and the baby blues of Vojens in 2013

-Playing harder than anyone, winning 5 times in a row and losing the spark at 27 years old

-Mac can goalie, becoming big Blue Fox fans & the Twix craze that came to Denmark

-Herning, Denmark has been making players and gamers for decades

-Hitting the town with gold buckets, winning with your team and the parties after are the best

-Getting to play with your old man and becoming a legend of Streatham just like him

-Getting the fellas to buy in by building relationships and changing the culture of fitness in the UK

-Moving to Canada as a 19 year old with your hockey gear and a dream -The different cultures of a squad, on the ice, off the ice, in the room and away from the rink -May 27th we will meet in person at Josh Batch's Testimonial in Cardiff, Wales

-Finding a home and a future in Straubing, Germany and announcing your retirement in the shed

-Coaching the next generation of shed guys and gals and raising them right

-Having a coach that gets it and treats you like a professional

-Schnitzels, bratkartoffeln, kartoffel salat, spaetzle & german food is awesome

-The small hockey world and finding the Daytona Beach Bombers rookie party pics 17 years later

-A shed guy from Kincardine, ON, Canada is heading to the old honey hole, Bietigheim, Germany -Getting your German pass and trying to learn the language and deal with the reffing

-Growing up in small town Ontario, Canada and getting to play with fellas from all over the world -The small hockey world and Lubor is still running mucks 12 years after running my muck

-The Pferdemarkt, Christmas Markets, Rossknecht, Stuttgart, Baden Baden and all the tips of running a muck in Bietigheim

-4 seasons in the sheds honey hole and he was defenseman of the year every single time for the entire league

-2014/15 Cardiff Devils and the legendary careers that have followed and the early mornings at Hoth and Hendo's -Flight buddies, roommates, May 27th is gonna be a chocolatey time at Josh Batch's Testimonial

-Hotham night in Cardiff, Wales no one was topless, spray painted or naked and they lost

-Remembering who you were and getting the red carpet treatment from the Cardiff Devils, who do it right

-Running a muck is fun, winning is fun, fun is fun and this guy has been doing all 3

-The Big Blue Tent is now, The Castle and it is a sweet chocolatey barn

-Helping raise the young puppies right with the Leeds Knights and teaching them how to hockey

-Preparing for the NIHL playoff weekend in Coventry and to win a trophy

-Winning the league, putting up about 150 points and juggling parenting while visiting the shed, he can do it all folks

-Becoming an Olympian with Team China and lacing them up against Team Canada

-Going to a random skate, meeting Mike Keenan and changing the course of your life in one ice time

-Playing in the Russian junior league with a Chinese team based out of Riga, Latvia and putting in the miles

-Heading for Wilfrid Laurier University to get his opportunity to show North America what's up

-Trying to grow the sport in China and teach people the game

-Starting your pro career out like someone else I know... ECHL->Landshut->Bietigheim

-Moving to Germany and trying to learn the language and get comfortable

-German hockey fans are something different and you have to see it to believe it

-Playing 4 years at the power house University of Denver and getting ready for pro

-Kabinefests, Christmas Markets, The Pferdemarkt, Erotic photo shoots and all the fun it is to play hockey in Germany

-The Manchester Storm hockey family and the shed guys that have made it Storm chocolate -Lacing up for Team Great Britain for the first time and running a muck

-After his inaugural shed trip he fought, led and won against the orange

-Starring in the Gerry Dee show with Nathan MacKinnon back in the day

-Preparing to battle the fun banners from Sheffield and compete against some shed guys

-30 years a Devil and the 2014/15 bunch of dandies were the best

-The BBT (Big Blue Tent) is now The Castle in Leeds, England and it's a sweet chocolatey barn -The worldwide chocolate craze from the Shed in Kincardine, ON, Canada and fun is fun

-It is playoff time in the EIHL and shed guys around the league are ready to compete and win

-Another round of legendary poster pics and Halloween parties are important to win

-Chocolate rain this weekend please shed family... for your team and for mine

-Having fun from the first practice to the last game and the legendary year end party -The hotel tournament, belly flops, the beer coozied monkey and my gals know how to hockey -Becoming a team & switching to full ice midseason and running a muck

-The gals favourite drills, tag, keep away, races, tic-tac-toe and trying to win follow the leader by smelling farts

-It's playoff time shed family... chocolate is fun, winning is fun, fun is fun, make it rain for your team and my team

-Fighting in hockey is not the problem... hockey needs more hockey in hockey

-Becoming a Doctor of hockey researching shed guys for 16 years

-Starring in the movie Ice Guardians and the deep dive into the role of enforcers

-Fighting can bring teams together and fans on their feet... to win you need to, for the right reasons at the right times

-Dease, the Demons, Chippy Lane and the Cardiff Jr. Devils almost met the Storm in Belfast

-Becoming a Champion for the 1st time with a bunch of dandies on the Cardiff Devils 2015 -The different cultures around the hockey world and Kabinefests in Germany are as good as it gets

-Becoming of legend of your hometown Pori, Finland and getting the lounge and sauna to watch the matches

-Running the half wall for 500+ games in the Finnish SM-liiga around the Jokers of Kaubeuren

-Reconnecting with Tits or Titties 8 years later in the shed and his sauna is living

-Preparing to win gold at the World Championships with Team China

-Planning on catching Oysters at Batchy's testimonial and running a muck of Bruce County

-You can lose the right way or you can lose the wrong way

-The hockey world 2023... Dease has an assistant in China

-Graz, Estonia, Kincardine, Cardiff, China, the world is not that big

-Battling Mapesy & the Heilbronner Falkens to stay in the 2nd league and earn your Kit Kats

-Becoming a captain of the Selb, Wolves and the 2012/13 Heilbronn Falken puppies became legends

-Learning the game and running a muck with the powerhouse jungadlers of Manheim

-The coolest barn in the world was the old old one in Weisswasser, Germany

-Catching up 10 years later in the shed, that's hockey and fun is fun

-Becoming a Deutscher Meister with your hometown Bietigheim Steelers and the ensuing party

-Wine tours, Monday Fundays, the Pferdemarkt, Volksfest and running a muck with the fellas

-The Neumann's trip to Canada and making life long memories

-Man or Machine? Winning championships can get away from you the next day

-Being brothers and teammates for 4 years and then reconnecting in the shed 10 years later

-Defensemen, forward, assistant coach, 10 year pro in 5 different countries, he's a hockey guy

-Preparing for a best of 7 to stay in the 2nd league and when they do will Kit Kats hit the ice in Germany?

-Joining Harezy, Richard, Drago and the Wolves of Sëlb and shed guys know shed guys -Learning the language and enjoying the food and culture in Deutschland -Spreading his hockey wings in Germany after leaving the stinky Swamp Rabbits

-Preparing to run a muck of the dancing world up in Prague representing Wales

-Bringing fun to the barn every game and getting the crowd going dancing on the jumbotron

-Becoming best friends with your favourite players is fun and Cody and Joey are great picks

-The music maker guy, the Block 13 fellas and the wonderful shed family that makes hockey fun

-Stretch is turning 40 and we are about to surprise my brother for life

-Getting #19 retired in Bietigheim, Germany and playing with your old man in the retirement game

-Running a muck for 3 months of spring break in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA 

-Getting beer dumped on you, lighters thrown at you, in the great barns of Europe and Vojens, Denmark

-Sunday nights at Danny's Bar, Tragically Hip in Köln and playing when hockey was hockey

-Bramalea, OrangeVegas, Daytona Beach, Copenhagen, Alleghe, Basingstoke, Düsseldorf and finding a home in Bietigheim

-Running a muck with the Chocolatey Manchester Storm

-Building a winning culture and sometimes you gotta be hard on teammates

-Changing your hockey aspirations and eyeing up the Olympics for Team Italy

-Coming back from a year long suspension and proving the doubters wrong

-Lions and Crunchies for the Duke & earning your chocolate is fun

-Wearing different hats in the game, Goalie coach, Assistant coach, Assistant Sport Manager and now podcaster

-Finding a home in Germany and diving into the language and the hockey world

-Shed guys know shed guys and the small hockey world

-German hockey fans, the culture and having fun in the locker room

-Morzine, Burlington, Oswego, Bietigheim, Crimmitschau, Heilbronn and everything in between