Swedish Junior Hockey
A podcast by a Swede, about Swedish Junior Hockey, for the North American listener.
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Episodes
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
William Henriksson grew up playing hockey in Gothenburg end joined Karlskrona juniors before making the leap to play Juniors in the US in the NA3 and NAHL. In this episode we discuss his journey and his experience in the Swedish vs US Junior system.
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Jacob Strandberg is the Swedish National J20 Team Video Coach and in this episode we talk about Jacob's journey as a player and later as a video coach for a variety of junior teams in Sweden. Today, Jacob serves as the National J20 Team and we talk about their preparation for the World Juniors in December.
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Gustav Blom and I talk about his journey from Trangsund to hockey gymnasium in AID in Stockholm and how his path to NCAA D1 at RIT via Mora and New Mexico Ice Wolves in NAHL. We talk what hit takes to play hockey in the NCAA both athletically and academically.
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Chris and I go back a few years from my son attending hockey camps at Liberty. In today's episode we talk not only about his role as head strength and conditioning coach at LU, but also about Functional Mobility Screens, diet, sleep, supplements, etc. Chris has a passion for hockey and people and hope that shines through!
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
After a long wait, we will talk EliteProspects with ESMG North America President Peter Sibner. EliteProspects has became the number one database for hockey players and we talk about the company, its origins, features and where it is going in the future. Peter is also a father, hockey player and coach and lives in Tampa, FL.
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Victor Widlund, originally from Lerum outside of Gothenburg and I talk about his journey to make it to the top junior program in the country and how hard it is to compete. The grind in Frolunda made him prepared to a year in the NAHL with Wisconsin and now a contract in Hockeyettan, the third division with Alvesta.
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Malte Hasselgren has always been an underdog but a proven scorer. He led the J18 West against big time players while playing for smaller club Falu IF and have always chosen his own path. After J20, him and his brother tried their luck in the NAHL with Lone Star Brahmas and returned to finish his last year of juniors in Sweden with Oskarshamn and Brynas in J20 National. He then returned again to NAHL, this time with Oklahoma Warriors and finished on top with the Robertson Cup.
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Filip Wiberg will be returning home to play for his home team of Sundsvall this fall. IN this episode we talk about the unique fact of 3 different Filip Wiberg's all with 2002 birth years and two playing on the same line for Bjorkloven in J18. Filip is one of the most experienced junior players in Sweden and we talk about the different levels and the advantage of playing for different teams at different levels for development.