Our Kids Play Hockey delivers engaging hockey stories and expert advice on teamwork and youth sports. Focused on parenting athletes, hockey parents, and young players, our podcast offers insightful interviews and practical tips to create positive sports experiences. Featuring knowledgeable hosts and guest experts, we explore skill development, sportsmanship, and the unique challenges in youth hockey, including specialized series on girls in hockey and young goalies.
The show features three hockey parents, who all work in the game at high levels:
Christie Casciano-Burns - USA Hockey Columnist, Author, and WSYR Anchor
Mike Bonelli - USA Hockey Coach and Organizational Consultant
Lee M.J. Elias - Hockey Entrepreneur, Author, and Team Strategist
In addition to the main podcast, there are several spin-off series that dive into specific aspects of youth hockey:
1. Our Girls Play Hockey – This series, co-hosted by Olympic Gold Medalist and Walter Cup Champion Hayley Scamurra, highlights the growing presence of girls in hockey, addressing the unique challenges they face while celebrating their accomplishments and contributions to the sport.
2. The Ride to The Rink – A shorter, motivational series designed to be listened to on the way to the rink, offering quick, inspirational tips and advice to help players and parents get into the right mindset before a game or practice.
3. Our Kids Play Goalie – This series is dedicated to young goalies and the unique challenges they face. It provides advice for players, parents, and coaches on how to support and develop young goaltenders, focusing on the mental and physical demands of the position.
Together, these shows provide a comprehensive platform for parents, players, and coaches involved in youth hockey, offering insights for all aspects of the sport, from parenting, playing, or coaching to specialized positions like goaltending.
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The Ride to The Rink: What Goalies Wish Their Teammates Understood
Season 1 · Episode 576
Saturday, September 26, 2026 • Duration 10:13
🥅 Your goalie isn’t playing alone—and keeping the puck out of the net is everyone’s responsibility.
In this episode of The Ride to the Rink, Lee Elias and Mike Bonelli speak directly to young hockey players about something every great teammate needs to understand: your goaltender is one of six players on the ice, not a separate part of the team.
After hearing hundreds of comments from hockey parents about what they wish others understood about goalies, Lee and Mike bring those lessons straight to the players.
For goalies, there’s an important reminder: you’re seen, supported, and appreciated. The pressure of playing in net can sometimes make you feel like you’re on an island, but there are teammates, parents, coaches, and hockey families who understand just how demanding the position can be.
And for the skaters? There’s a responsibility that comes with being a great teammate.
🏒 In this episode, players will learn:
Why goals against are a shared team responsibility
How skaters can help limit shots, clear rebounds, and avoid screening their own goalie
Why communication with your goaltender matters
How to safely take shots around a goalie during warm-ups
Why you should never shoot when your goalie’s back is turned
Why pregame warm-ups aren’t the time for breakaway moves and highlight-reel dekes
How shooting accurately to the glove, blocker, and pads actually helps your goalie prepare
Why supporting your goalie can make the entire team stronger
🔥 The big message? Warm your goalie up—don’t try to beat them.
A three-minute youth hockey warm-up isn’t a skills competition. It’s a chance for everyone to get comfortable, feel the puck, get their body moving, and prepare together.
Whether you wear goalie pads or skate in front of the crease, remember: it takes all six players working together to defend the net.
Work hard. Have fun. Be a great teammate. And wherever you are in your hockey journey—believe in yourself.
🎧 Want to hear the full conversation with hockey parents that inspired this episode? Check out the corresponding Our Kids Play Hockey episode for even more insight into what goalie families experience.
Hockey IQ: Scanning the ice, recognizing pressure, anticipating what happens next, making the right decision faster. Research shows these perceptual and decision-making skills can actually be trained. With NHL Sense Arena, kids can get extra game-like reps at home, working on hockey IQ, reactions, real stick-handling for skaters, while goalies can train reads and tracking. Save $25 on an annual plan with code OKPH at http://hockey.sensearena.com/okph
Our Kids Play Goalie: Mailbag: What 200+ Goalie Parents Want Skater Families to Know
Season 1 · Episode 575
Thursday, September 24, 2026 • Duration 01:06:30
🥅 What do goalie parents wish every skater parent understood? Apparently… a lot.
When we asked that question on social media, we expected a handful of responses. Instead, more than 210 goalie parents jumped into the conversation—and their answers opened the door to a discussion every hockey family should hear.
In this episode of Our Kids Play Goalie, Lee Elias and Mike Bonelli dig into those responses and unpack the things skaters, parents, and coaches may never fully appreciate unless they’ve experienced life between the pipes.
From the right way to warm up a goalie to the emotional pressure that comes with having every mistake potentially show up on the scoreboard, this conversation is about creating more awareness, better teammates, and healthier hockey environments.
🏒 In this episode, Lee and Mike discuss:
🥅 Why a goal against is rarely the responsibility of one player
🔥 Why warmups should prepare your goalie—not become a breakaway competition
🚨 The safety rule every young player needs to learn: if the goalie isn’t looking, don’t shoot
👀 Why skaters need to listen when a goalie says, “I can’t see!”
❤️ Why some goalie parents are quiet during games—and why it probably isn’t personal
🧠 The enormous mental challenge of giving up a goal and immediately preparing for the next shot
🤝 Why rebound control is a shared responsibility between goalies and their teammates
📊 Why save percentage and goals-against average rarely tell the whole story
🗣️ How communication between goalies, defensemen, forwards, and coaches builds stronger teams
🏒 Why coaches must deliberately include goalies when designing practices
💪 How confidence from teammates can help a young goalie develop confidence in themselves
One of the biggest reminders from this conversation? A skater can make a mistake and the game keeps moving. When a goalie makes one, the horn may sound and the scoreboard changes.
That doesn’t mean goalies should be protected from accountability. It means hockey families need to understand the position, recognize the shared responsibility of a team, and help young goalies learn from mistakes instead of making them feel defined by them.
Hockey IQ with Andrew "Albe" Alberts: Shoulder Checking
Season 1 · Episode 569
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 • Duration 21:57
🏒 What does your player know before they ever touch the puck?
That question is at the heart of hockey IQ — and in this special edition of Our Kids Play Hockey, Lee Elias and Mike Bonelli are joined by former NHL defenseman Andrew “Albe” Alberts, who played more than 450 NHL games and now works with the NHL Sense Arena team, to break down one of the simplest and most important habits in the game: shoulder checking.
It may sound basic, but knowing what’s behind you before you get to the puck can completely change what happens next. A good shoulder check helps players recognize pressure, identify open ice, protect themselves, create more time and space, and make a better first play.
And as Albe explains, this isn’t just a skill for defensemen — or even just for older players. It’s a fundamental habit that can help players at every position and every age become faster thinkers and more confident decision-makers.
🔥 In this episode, you’ll learn:
👀 Why shoulder checking is one of the foundations of hockey IQ
🧠 How scanning the ice helps players create more time and space
🏒 The three key steps young players can use when retrieving a puck
⚡ Why knowing your next option before touching the puck speeds up your game
🛡️ How shoulder checks can help players protect themselves from pressure
🎯 Why repeatedly throwing the puck away often starts with a lack of information
📈 How coaches can progressively teach puck retrieval and awareness
🔁 Why repetition is essential for building good habits — and breaking bad ones
🥅 How NHL Sense Arena creates game-like reps for scanning, reading pressure, and making decisions
One of Albe’s biggest messages for young players is also one of the easiest to remember:
Shoulder check more than you think you need to.
The habit of looking before you arrive at the puck gives you information — and information gives you options.
This episode launches a monthly hockey IQ series powered by NHL Sense Arena, designed to give hockey families one practical concept at a time that players can understand, practice, and take directly into their game.
Why Healthy Conflict Makes Teams Stronger With Sports Conflict Lab Founder/CEO Bill Taylor
Season 1 · Episode 573
Saturday, September 19, 2026 • Duration 01:01:42
🔥 What if conflict isn’t the problem in youth hockey… but avoiding it is?
Whether it’s a disagreement over playing time, tension between teammates, a frustrated parent, or an uncomfortable conversation with a coach, conflict is inevitable in sports. But according to Bill Taylor, founder of Sports Conflict Lab and author of Managing Sports Conflict: Five Tools to Master Conflict, learning how to handle those moments can actually make teams, relationships, and young athletes stronger.
In this episode of Our Kids Play Hockey, Lee Elias, Mike Bonelli, and Christie Casciano-Burns sit down with Bill to explore why healthy conflict is essential for growth—and why teams that never challenge one another may actually be limiting their potential.
🏒 In this episode, you’ll hear:
• Why avoiding conflict usually makes the eventual problem bigger • How healthy conflict can improve trust, communication, accountability, and team culture • Why coaches should establish a conflict-resolution process before the season gets difficult • The danger of “three-way conflict” when players or parents complain to everyone except the person involved • Why parents should ask questions instead of immediately accusing or correcting • How emotional regulation can completely change the outcome of a difficult conversation • Why a 24-hour cooling-off period can help parents and coaches communicate more effectively • The difference between hearing someone and actually practicing active listening • How genuine apologies can repair trust after a coach, parent, or player makes a mistake • Why curiosity is more productive than judgment during conflict • How parents can accidentally rob their kids of important life skills by solving every disagreement for them • Why championship-level teams often become stronger by learning how to work through uncomfortable moments together
One of the biggest takeaways from Bill is simple: conflict is not a battle to win—it’s a problem to solve.
When athletes learn to manage their emotions, speak directly to teammates, listen before reacting, and work through disagreement, they aren’t just becoming better hockey players. They’re building communication and relationship skills they can carry for the rest of their lives.
The Ride to The Rink: Why Great Teammates Have Uncomfortable Conversations with Bill Taylor
Season 1 · Episode 574
Saturday, September 19, 2026 • Duration 13:03
🏒 What do you do when a teammate won’t pass the puck, you disagree with your coach, or you and your parents aren’t seeing hockey the same way?
Conflict is part of every hockey season. The question isn’t whether it will happen—it’s whether you’ll have the courage and communication skills to handle it well.
On this episode of The Ride to The Rink, Lee, Christie, Mike, and Bill Taylor of Sports Conflict Lab talk directly to young hockey players about one of the hardest skills to learn in sports: having uncomfortable conversations.
Instead of complaining to someone else, avoiding the problem, or assuming another person has bad intentions, the crew explains why great teammates learn to go directly to the source, ask thoughtful questions, listen, and work toward a solution.
🏒 In this episode, players will learn:
Why talking directly to a teammate, coach, or parent is better than holding frustration inside
How asking questions can keep a difficult conversation from becoming an argument
Why your teammate may not even realize their behavior is bothering you
How to approach conflict without accusing or attacking someone
Why you should assume positive intentions before assuming the worst
What to do when someone reacts defensively
Why one difficult conversation can still make an impact—even if nothing changes immediately
How parents and players can communicate about their different expectations
Why being willing to have hard conversations is an important leadership skill
How to recognize when the uncomfortable conversation you need to have is actually with yourself
One of the biggest lessons? You can’t control how someone responds, but you can control how you approach the conversation.
Sometimes your teammate might get defensive. Sometimes your coach may explain something you hadn’t considered. Sometimes you may realize that you need to change, too.
That’s part of growing as an athlete, a teammate, and a person.
Our Girls Play Hockey: A Year in the Life of Olympic Gold Medalist and Walter Cup Champion Hayley Scamurra
Season 1 · Episode 572
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 • Duration 01:05:47
🏒 What started as a simple “Day in the Life” became a front-row seat to hockey history.
At the beginning of the season, Hayley Scamurra was facing uncertainty. She was balancing Team USA evaluation camps with a new chapter for the Montreal Victoire, competing for an Olympic roster spot while navigating the demands of a full professional season.
By the end of it, she had accomplished something no woman had ever done before: win an Olympic gold medal and the PWHL Walter Cup in the same year.
In this special edition of Our Kids Play Hockey, we look back at Hayley’s unforgettable 2025–26 season—from Olympic camps and the nerve-wracking wait for the Team USA call, to winning gold, returning immediately to the PWHL playoff race, surviving an incredible postseason, lifting the Walter Cup with Montreal, and celebrating in front of a sea of fans in the streets of the city.
🥇 Inside this episode:
🏒 How Hayley approached Olympic tryouts by focusing on her role instead of comparing herself to other elite players
🇺🇸 The emotional phone call confirming she had made her second U.S. Olympic team
🥇 What finally winning Olympic gold meant after a lifetime dedicated to hockey
🧠 Why visualization, confidence, and staying present became such important parts of her season
✈️ The whirlwind transition from Olympic champion back to professional hockey—with almost no time to recover
🎤 What it was like going from the rink to The Kelly Clarkson Show and meeting Pink
🔥 How Montreal surged after the Olympic break and finished first in the PWHL standings
🏆 The dramatic road through the PWHL playoffs, including an unforgettable Walter Cup Final
💪 Why Hayley’s value went far beyond goals and points—and how embracing her role helped unlock one of the best seasons of her career
The Ride to The Rink: How Young Hockey Players Can Fuel for Better Performance
Season 1 · Episode 571
Saturday, September 12, 2026 • Duration 08:54
🥅 Want more energy on the ice? Start by looking at what you’re putting into your body.
On this episode of The Ride to The Rink, Lee Elias, Mike Bonelli, and Christie Casciano Burns talk directly to young hockey players about something that can make a real difference in how they feel, focus, and perform: nutrition.
Food is fuel, and just like a car can’t run well without the right gas, hockey players need the right fuel to perform at their best.
The crew breaks down why healthy eating doesn’t have to be complicated, expensive, or boring. They talk about building better routines, making smarter snack choices, learning how to cook, trying new foods, and getting the whole family—or even the whole team—involved.
🏒 In this episode, you’ll hear about:
Why nutrition can affect your energy, focus, and performance
🍌 Simple hockey snacks like bananas with peanut butter, yogurt with berries, apples, wraps, oatmeal, and smoothies
Why creating a food routine can make game days easier
How NHL players often rely on consistent pregame meals and routines
Why healthy eating habits are easier to build when you start young
How young players can help prepare their own meals and snacks
Why cooking at home can sometimes be more affordable than fast food
How picky eaters can challenge themselves to try something new
Why eating well works even better when teammates and families do it together
And one of the biggest challenges from the episode?
Try one new food this week without deciding you hate it before you even taste it.
Your hockey development doesn’t only happen at practice. What you eat, how you prepare, and the habits you build away from the rink can all help you become a stronger, more energized athlete.
🎧 Listen now, share this episode with your teammates, and start thinking about one small nutrition habit you can improve this week.
Work hard. Have fun. Fuel well. And keep enjoying the ride.
What Should Hockey Players Eat? Easy Meals, Snacks & Rink-Day Nutrition for Hockey Families
Season 1 · Episode 570
Thursday, September 10, 2026 • Duration 49:41
🏒 What’s for dinner when practice starts at 5:30, homework still needs to get done, and everyone is heading in a different direction?
For hockey families, feeding everyone during the season can feel like another full-time job. Between practices, games, tournaments, school, work, and travel, the fast-food drive-thru can start looking like the easiest option.
But it doesn’t have to be.
In this episode of Our Kids Play Hockey, Lee Elias, Mike Bonelli, and Christie Casciano-Burns tackle one of the most relatable challenges hockey parents face: how to feed your family—and fuel your hockey player—when the schedule is completely chaotic.
🥘 From crockpot meals and rotisserie chicken to breakfast-for-dinner, taco night, prepacked snacks, and tournament-friendly options, the crew shares realistic ideas that hockey families can actually use.
You’ll hear:
🏒 Why meal planning matters more than creating the “perfect” dinner 🥪 Simple grab-and-go foods for busy practice nights 🍌 Easy snack ideas for before and after hockey ⏰ How food choices can change depending on how close you are to game time 🥘 Why the crockpot may be the MVP of hockey season 💰 How planning ahead can help families rely less on expensive fast food 🍝 The hosts’ favorite hockey-family meals that kids actually eat 🧊 Why packing food for tournaments can save time, money, and frustration 👨👩👧👦 How involving kids in meal planning can teach habits that last well beyond hockey
And perhaps most importantly, this episode is a reminder that the goal isn’t gourmet—it’s preparation.
Your family dinner may happen at 4:45 one night and 9:30 the next. Some nights everyone may eat together; other nights it’s grab-and-go. What matters is creating a plan that works for your family and gives your young athlete the fuel they need.
As Lee points out, parents spend enormous amounts of time thinking about skating lessons, shooting coaches, camps, clinics, and development opportunities. But something as basic as what a player eats can also have a real impact on how prepared and energized they feel on the ice.
Mike Bonelli’s New Player Advising Program for Youth Hockey Families
Season 1 · Episode 569
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 • Duration 13:52
🏒 What if your young hockey player could get individualized feedback, video analysis, coach collaboration, and a season-long development plan—all without adding another practice to the calendar?
In this special edition of Our Kids Play Hockey, Lee Elias sits down with longtime coach and player-development expert Mike Bonelli to introduce Mike’s new Player Advising Program, designed to give youth hockey players and families something that can be hard to find during a busy season: consistent, individualized feedback.
Rather than focusing on playing time, rankings, or where a player should play years from now, Mike’s approach starts with a much simpler question:
Where is the player today—and how can we help them make meaningful progress throughout the season?
With more than 40 years of experience in player development, coaching, mentorship, recruiting, and player advancement, Mike has built a program that combines professional evaluation with practical, season-long guidance. He also works directly with each player’s coach so that the feedback supports—not conflicts with—the player’s team environment.
🎯 In this episode, you’ll hear about:
Why the beginning of the hockey season is such an important time to establish a player-development baseline
How individualized video review can help players actually see what coaches are asking them to improve
Why Mike communicates directly with the player’s coach throughout the process
How comparing a player’s film with higher-level players can create clearer teaching moments
Why skate hollow, blade profile, radius, and overall skate setup can make a meaningful difference in performance
How outside feedback can sometimes help young players hear the same lesson in an entirely new way
Why development should be measured across an entire season—not one tournament, practice, or weekend
The Player Advising Program includes an initial one-on-one intake meeting, six individualized player progress reports—including a baseline evaluation, four in-season reports, and a final report—access to a private video portal, professional skate and blade review, and two private speaker-series programs.
The Ride to The Rink: Kiersten Sires on What College Coaches Notice Early
Season 1 · Episode 568
Saturday, September 5, 2026 • Duration 08:01
🏒 Dreaming about playing college hockey someday? The work doesn’t start when recruiting begins—it starts with the habits you’re building right now.
On this episode of The Ride to The Rink, Lee Elias and Christie Casciano Burns are joined by Kiersten Sires, creator of 2aDays, to help young hockey players understand what they can do today to prepare for the opportunities they hope to have tomorrow.
And here’s the good news: you don’t need to be emailing college coaches or worrying about recruiting rankings at eight, ten, or twelve years old.
You need to start becoming the kind of person and player coaches will want on their team.
Kiersten shares why college coaches pay attention to much more than goals, assists, and skating ability—and why your grades, body language, communication skills, consistency, and treatment of teammates can eventually separate you from other players.
🏒 In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why strong daily habits matter long before college recruiting begins
📚 Why your grades can open—or limit—future college hockey opportunities
What coaches notice about your body language and behavior away from the puck
Why being a great teammate matters when you think nobody is watching
How introducing yourself and communicating confidently builds an important life skill
Why young players need to learn how to advocate for themselves instead of always relying on parents
How effort in school, chores, practice, and everyday life helps build your compete level
❤️ Why having fun still needs to be part of chasing big hockey dreams
The message for every young player is simple: work hard, learn something, communicate, be a great teammate—and enjoy the ride.
Wherever you are in your hockey journey, keep building the habits that will help you on the ice and everywhere else.
And for the skaters listening: your goalie wants to be part of the team. Talk to them. Protect them. Listen to them. Clear rebounds. Give them a proper warmup. And remember that when the puck goes in, they probably don’t need anyone reminding them.
🎧 Listen now and share this episode with a skater parent, coach, or teammate who wants to better understand the person behind the mask.
This episode is powered by NHL Sense Arena. You can also find current offers from NHL Sense Arena, Hockey Wraparound, books from the Our Kids Play Hockey team, and more at ourkidsplayhockey.com/deals.
Keep supporting the goalies who support your team—and keep building better hockey environments together.
Hockey IQ: Scanning the ice, recognizing pressure, anticipating what happens next, making the right decision faster. Research shows these perceptual and decision-making skills can actually be trained. With NHL Sense Arena, kids can get extra game-like reps at home, working on hockey IQ, reactions, real stick-handling for skaters, while goalies can train reads and tracking. Save $25 on an annual plan with code OKPH at http://hockey.sensearena.com/okph
🎧 Listen together with your player, talk about what they see on the ice, and challenge them to start building the habit of looking before the puck arrives.
Learn more about NHL Sense Arena at hockey.sensearena.com/OKPH.
Hockey IQ: Scanning the ice, recognizing pressure, anticipating what happens next, making the right decision faster. Research shows these perceptual and decision-making skills can actually be trained. With NHL Sense Arena, kids can get extra game-like reps at home, working on hockey IQ, reactions, real stick-handling for skaters, while goalies can train reads and tracking. Save $25 on an annual plan with code OKPH at http://hockey.sensearena.com/okph
📘 Bill Taylor is the founder and CEO of Sports Conflict Lab and the author of Managing Sports Conflict: Five Tools to Master Conflict. Learn more about Bill’s work, conflict-management education, and resources at SportsConflictLab.com.
If you’re a hockey parent, coach, or team leader, this is an episode worth sharing with your entire hockey community.
🎧 Listen, subscribe, and send this episode to someone who has ever had to navigate an uncomfortable conversation in youth hockey—which, let’s be honest, is probably everyone.
Hockey IQ: Scanning the ice, recognizing pressure, anticipating what happens next, making the right decision faster. Research shows these perceptual and decision-making skills can actually be trained. With NHL Sense Arena, kids can get extra game-like reps at home, working on hockey IQ, reactions, real stick-handling for skaters, while goalies can train reads and tracking. Save $25 on an annual plan with code OKPH at http://hockey.sensearena.com/okph
Hockey IQ: Scanning the ice, recognizing pressure, anticipating what happens next, making the right decision faster. Research shows these perceptual and decision-making skills can actually be trained. With NHL Sense Arena, kids can get extra game-like reps at home, working on hockey IQ, reactions, real stick-handling for skaters, while goalies can train reads and tracking. Save $25 on an annual plan with code OKPH at http://hockey.sensearena.com/okph
Hockey IQ: Scanning the ice, recognizing pressure, anticipating what happens next, making the right decision faster. Research shows these perceptual and decision-making skills can actually be trained. With NHL Sense Arena, kids can get extra game-like reps at home, working on hockey IQ, reactions, real stick-handling for skaters, while goalies can train reads and tracking. Save $25 on an annual plan with code OKPH at http://hockey.sensearena.com/okph
🎉 The Montreal championship parade that showed just how far professional women’s hockey has come
For young players and hockey parents, Hayley’s story carries an important lesson: success doesn’t always come from trying to be everything. Sometimes it comes from understanding exactly what you bring to a team, embracing that role, and doing it exceptionally well.
And perhaps the biggest takeaway is bigger than one player, one medal, or one championship.
The history being made by players like Hayley today becomes the possibility young hockey players will expect tomorrow.
Congratulations to our own Hayley Scamurra—Olympic gold medalist, Walter Cup champion, and the first woman to accomplish both in the same year.
🎧 Listen to this special journey through one remarkable season and an unforgettable chapter in women’s hockey history.
📖 Want a written version you can reference anytime? Check out our companion blog: From Olympic Dream to Walter Cup Champion: Hayley Scamurra’s Historic Year in Hockey
Hockey IQ: Scanning the ice, recognizing pressure, anticipating what happens next, making the right decision faster. Research shows these perceptual and decision-making skills can actually be trained. With NHL Sense Arena, kids can get extra game-like reps at home, working on hockey IQ, reactions, real stick-handling for skaters, while goalies can train reads and tracking. Save $25 on an annual plan with code OKPH at http://hockey.sensearena.com/okph
Hockey IQ: Scanning the ice, recognizing pressure, anticipating what happens next, making the right decision faster. Research shows these perceptual and decision-making skills can actually be trained. With NHL Sense Arena, kids can get extra game-like reps at home, working on hockey IQ, reactions, real stick-handling for skaters, while goalies can train reads and tracking. Save $25 on an annual plan with code OKPH at http://hockey.sensearena.com/okph
Hockey IQ: Scanning the ice, recognizing pressure, anticipating what happens next, making the right decision faster. Research shows these perceptual and decision-making skills can actually be trained. With NHL Sense Arena, kids can get extra game-like reps at home, working on hockey IQ, reactions, real stick-handling for skaters, while goalies can train reads and tracking. Save $25 on an annual plan with code OKPH at http://hockey.sensearena.com/okph
If your young player would benefit from more individualized feedback, better understanding of their game, and a clearer development path throughout the season, this episode will show you exactly what that process can look like.
Listen, learn, and keep helping your player enjoy the process of becoming the best version of themselves.
Hockey IQ: Scanning the ice, recognizing pressure, anticipating what happens next, making the right decision faster. Research shows these perceptual and decision-making skills can actually be trained. With NHL Sense Arena, kids can get extra game-like reps at home, working on hockey IQ, reactions, real stick-handling for skaters, while goalies can train reads and tracking. Save $25 on an annual plan with code OKPH at http://hockey.sensearena.com/okph
🎧 Listen now, share this episode with a young player who dreams of college hockey, and check out 2aDays to learn more about Kiersten Sires and the college sports experience.
Hockey IQ: Scanning the ice, recognizing pressure, anticipating what happens next, making the right decision faster. Research shows these perceptual and decision-making skills can actually be trained. With NHL Sense Arena, kids can get extra game-like reps at home, working on hockey IQ, reactions, real stick-handling for skaters, while goalies can train reads and tracking. Save $25 on an annual plan with code OKPH at http://hockey.sensearena.com/okph
