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We wrap up his college career with the Minnesota Gophers and transition into life as a professional goalie. Like most players, there are some great years and some very challenging seasons.

From there, we'll weave in and out of his life as a hockey coach, where it seemed every team he was associated with won, including a gold medal as the head coach of the 2018 USA Women's Olympic hockey team. Fantastic messaging, what a super human being! Thanks for stopping by, have a productive day and enjoy this gem of an episode!

• Robb Stauber - Wikipedia
• Robb Stauber - NHL Profile
• Goalcrease - Robb Stauber
• Beyond the Goalcrease by Ross Bernstein

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Hi everyone, this is going to be an awesome day, as my son Rem is sitting in on this episode, and I am pumped to visit with a former teammate of mine from the University of Minnesota – goaltender Robb Stauber.

I'm not kidding you when I say he was the most talented goalie I got to play in front of. Maybe I think that because he saved my butt probably hundreds of times after a bad read or when I coughed up the puck for a breakaway. Mr. Stauber was always there for me! By my sophomore year, I’d hardly backcheck when I made a bonehead play, because I knew Robb was there.

He’s the 1st goalie to ever win the Hobey Baker Award, made it to the top of the hockey mountain as a player with NHL stops in LA and Buffalo, and has pursued equally impressive coaching and entrepreneurial ventures. This is Part One of an incredible hockey journey. I hope you enjoy it!

• Robb Stauber on Wikipedia
• Robb Stauber on NHL
• Goalcrease - Robb Stauber’s Training
• Beyond the Goalcrease (Book)

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Largest Online Database of Off-Ice Stickhandling, Passing, and Shooting Drills
https://www.onlinehockeytraining.com/

In-Person Lessons with Coach Lance
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Stickhandling Training Aid
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Well it happens sometimes, when I do an interview with someone, the hour flys by and we don't even come close to finishing the hockey journey of the individual.

I thought I'd have to wait weeks to get back on Mr. Sloan's schedule, but I got that lane to the net and here we are a few days later, ready to tap into part 2 of his hockey journey.

Here's where we left off. He's new to the professional game, was asked to move from a life-time of playing defense, up to playing forward in the minors from time to time with the Houston Aeros. Caught the attention of the Dallas Stars brass his second year, and was offered an NHL contract at the end of that campaign. We know from part one, that he jumped on a rocket ship when he signed with the Stars, playing in their final 12 regular season games, and most of their NHL playoff games, capping off an unbelievable year by winning the Stanley cup. If you're ready to get wowed & inspired a second time with Blake Sloan, well grab the beverage of your choice and settle into part two of his story, Here we go :)

To learn more about Blake Sloan -

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5010

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Sloan

For more information regarding Coach Lance Pitlick

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My Mom and Dad looked at each other with blank faces, a short pause and then looked at me and said, the thought never crossed their mind. My Dad did interject this, he said, I don't know Lance, I guess I just remember telling you to be an engine and not a caboose. I chuckled and told him that I remember him saying that to me, and I'm grateful for that small, short, simple sentence, because it's stuck with me to this day. But what the conversation showed me, was that I'm sure there's all kinds of other parents, kids, teachers or instructors out there that might have the same question, how is leadership acquired or taught? What do those conversations sound like, when should they start in one's life, and, is there a competitive advantage out there, when it comes to acquiring leadership skills, available to everyone, that you might have missed the boat on? Well, I'm not an expert in the field of leadership, but there are many in this world who have made this quality or characteristic their life's work, and we're going to see what they have to say on the topic. For the following books I'm going to reference, know that I'm only scratching the surface of all the learning nuggets in each of the titles. If something resonates with you from a certain book, by the end of this episode, I highly encourage you to pick up a copy of your own and read it in its entirety. Below are the links to each of the titles. Enjoy the episode :)

Leadership In Turbulent Times By Doris Kearns Goodwin https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Turbulent-Doris-Kearns-Goodwin/dp/1476795924

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell https://www.amazon.com/21-Irrefutable-Laws-Leadership-Anniversary/dp/0785288376?tag=entheos06-20

The Leadership Challenge How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations By James Kouzes and Barry Posner https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Challenge-Extraordinary-Things-Organizations/dp/0470651725?tag=entheos06-20

Extreme Ownership How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-U-S-Navy-SEALs/dp/1250067057?tag=entheos06-20

Super excited to have my next guest Larry Olimb on the show, as we were former teammates at the University of Minnesota, where I was privileged to see this guy operate on a daily basis and witness greatness in the making.  This guy made hockey look effortless.  A Warroad Minnesota native, Mr. Olimb made a name for himself as he climbed the youth hockey ladder, as someone that could control a game and seaming score at will.

By the time he graduated from this small high school in northern Minnesota, he would lead the Warriors to 2 state tournament appearances and was awarded Mr. Hockey his senior year, which goes to the top male high school hockey player in the state of Minnesota.  In 1987, he was drafted by the hometown Minnesota North Stars in the 10th round, 193 overall.

In 1988, Larry would move down to the Twin Cities and began his college career at the University of Minnesota, where he continued to show his dominance putting up 24 goals, and 56 assists for 80 points in his final college season.  When his 4 years at the U came to an end, he ended up becoming the Gophers' all-time assists leader, surpassing the legendary John Mayasich.

Mr. Olimb had a professional career that lasted 3 years before retiring from the sport.

He's married, a father of 3, in the real estate game, and most recently, was announced as the new coach for the Orono High School girls hockey team, so we have a lot to chat about.  I hope you enjoy the conversation!!

My next guest is Joe Dziedzic and I'm super excited to hear his hockey journey.  Joe grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he spent his childhood playing football, hockey and baseball.  By the time he finished his high school career he had college scholarship offers for all 3 sports.

In 1990, his senior year at Edison High School, he won Mr. Hockey, which is awarded to Minnesota's best male high school hockey player, and later that same year he was drafted in the 3rd round, 61st overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins.  After high school, he began his college career with the hometown team, the Minnesota Gophers.  Following 4 years of schooling and hockey growth, he would sign with the Penguins and go on to play in 130 NHL games with Pittsburgh and at the time, the Phoenix Coyotes, but it was a career cut short because of an eye injury.

After his retirement he got into coaching at the team level and also doing small group skill development training through JD Hockey.  He's currently the head coach at Minneapolis High School and was the 2022 Minnesota High School Coach of the year, so we have a lot to talk about.

To learn more about Joe and JD Hockey please visit the links below

website - https://www.jdhockey.com/

email - [email protected]

If I look back on my life so far, there has always been a constant year after year, there is something I've always wanted to change or improve in my life.  For over a decade it was wanting to get more fit and eat healthier because after I retired from playing, that part of my life was neglected for a long time.  As I started to research how to implement change in one's life, a recurring theme quickly revealed itself, habits.  There wasn't a book I read, video I watched or podcast I listened to, that had a high performer who didn't have rock-solid habits as their pillars for how they operated on a daily basis.

So how do you go from wanting something, to actually getting it, apparently, your daily habits are pretty important?  Here are some of my favorite books that may help answer some of these questions.  I'll be providing you with some key quotes from each of the books, but know that I've not even scratched the surface of what other game changing ideas and points are in each of the titles.  Enjoy the episode :)

The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy - https://store.darrenhardy.com/

Atomic Habits by James Clear - https://jamesclear.com/

Superhuman by Habit by Tynan - https://tynan.com/superhuman/

The Power of Habit by Jack D. Hodge - https://www.amazon.com/Power-Habit-Harnessing-Establish-Guarantee/dp/1410779955

Summer is officially here and is a time when a kid can make some huge gains in a lot of different areas because you don't have the school commitments and for the next few months, you have more time on your hands.  The question is are you going to use that time productively, or is that time going to use you, by wasting it watching others on your smartphone for hours a day, growing as an individual at the slowest pace.

Today, I want to challenge all of you listeners out there, especially the players out there, to add one new thing this summer, to your daily schedule, that you will spend 15-20 minutes a day executing.  You have to view this challenge and whatever your goal is, in the same light as breathing, eating and sleeping.  It's done every day for the whole summer.

I've brought my good buddy back Rob Pallante, from Mind Set Body Bank, to help give everyone some ideas of what you may want to consider adding to your self-growth equation.  Enjoy the conversation.

To learn more about Rob Pallante and Mindset Body Bank, click on the links below

Instagram - @mindsetbodybank

Facebook - @mindsetbodybank

Website - mindsetbodybank.com

My next guest, Chris Lukey is a native of St. Catharines Ontario, where he started his hockey career.  As he progressed up the hockey ladder, he was drafted in the Ontario Hockey League where he spent 4 seasons playing for the Kingston Canadiens and Windsor Spitfires.

After a 2 year professional career, he climbed the ranks in the fire department and after 28 years retired as a Platoon Chief.  If that wasn't enough, Mr. Lukey was a Power Edge Pro skill development instructor for several years, had a 30 year coaching career, and currently is helping hockey players and families navigate through the hockey opportunity process with his company My Hockey Resume, so we have a lot to talk about.  To learn more about Chris and My Hockey Resume, click on the link below.

https://myhockeyresume.com/

So how do kids learn how to start thinking about creating a purposeful life?  How can we as parents help in this process and how early should or can we start?  I have a few books that might help shed some light on the topic and I'd like to share some of the best quotes from each, that may get you thinking about the current journey you're on, from a different perspective.  I hope you enjoy the episode!

The Path to Purpose

How Young People Find Their Calling in Life

by William Damon

Mastery by Robert Greene

Die Empty

Unleash Your Best Work Every Day

By Todd Henry

The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle

by Jim Rohn