Swedish Junior Hockey

Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 88: Andy Sutton 14 Yr NHL Pro and his second career with Verbero

Andy Sutton, a 16 year professional player with Atlanta, Ottawa, Edmonton, etc. and I talk about his journey from being undrafted to going to Michigan Tech and enjoying a long and fruitful career in the pros.  Today, Andy heads up Verbero, a hockey equipment company that focusing on custom equipment and apparel that is available directly from teams and players without a distributor.  

Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast EP. 87: John Paris, Jr Pioneer Player, Coach and Sports Psychologist

John Paris, Jr has an extensive resume as a player, coach, scout, mentor and sports psychologist in Hockey.  We talk about his background and experience and his views of the World Junior Finals between US and Sweden.

Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 86: Ryan Hay North Vancouver Wolf Pack in Canadian PIJHL

Ryan Hay, a defenseman from North Carolina discusses his journey from youth hockey in Charlotte, NC to the Canadian Junior A league PIJHL in British Columbia via Detroit U18 AAA with Honeybaked.

Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 85: Marius Angelin Defensman in the NCDC

Marius Angelin is originally from Gothenburg and grew up in Backen's youth hockey program.  After a fall season in the USPHL Tier 3 system, a friend gives him a call asking him if he would like to talk to the Frolunda J20 National Coach.  This led to the NAHL in Danbury and eventually in Wilkes-Barre Scranton in the NCDC. 

Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 84: Dominik Bovan Slovakian Goalie and NCAA DIII

Dominic Bovan 2003 goalie from Bratislava and I talk about his journey from the Slovakian youth hockey program in Bratislava to prep school, juniors and eventually ending up in SUNY Plattsburg in NCAA Division 3.  We also talk about his business ventures and goals beyond college.

Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep.83: Kevin Yellowaga Brooks Bandits AJHL Skills Coach

Kevin Yellowaga is the skills coach for  Brooks Bandits in the AJHL, one of the top junior teams in Tier II in North America and a consistent producer of D1 talent and beyond.  IN todays episode we talk about AJHL, their recent trip to Sweden and also of course Cale Makar but also Devin Philips from NC.

Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 82: Louis Crookes Skelleftea Youth Hockey

Louis Crookes is the youth hockey director in Skelleftea AIK.  In this episode we talk about him growing up in Leksand and how his path of coaching is brother Zaki provided the path to move with his girlfriend to Skelleftea and taking a position as the youth director in one of the most notable programs in Sweden.

Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 81: Dion Antisin - Boden J20 Head Coach

Dion Antisin grew up in Lugano, Switzerland where his father played pro and later moved back to Canada where he played both youth and junior hockey for Notre Dame Hounds in the SJHL. After a couple of years pro in Switzerland he moved over to coach his alma mater in Notre Dame and now in Boden J20 in the Swedish Junior 2nd league.