Swedish Junior Hockey
A podcast by a Swede, about Swedish Junior Hockey, for the North American listener.
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Episodes
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Lucas Venuto from Ontario Canada played in the OHL and later played professionally in Sweden. In this episode we talk about Canadian Juniors and the decision to try his wings in Sweden and now as a skills coach and Scout with Monarch.
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Adam Bengtsson is the new head coach of Rogle's J20 National junior team and in this episode we discuss his background as a player and quick ascent to onw of the top junior teams in the country. Adam describes how his father has influenced his path and how his experience as a junior player in Rogle gives a unique alignment with the new players coming to make their mark towards achieving their dreams.
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Oskar Brandstrom and host Jacob Dahlin talks about how hard it is to make it at the professional level and how Oskar made a decision to go back to earn his university degree while being the captain of Gota Tranebergs Division 2 team.
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Joacim Theander with relevantstark.se and Jacob Dahlin talks about how to build a hockey player using an individual approach to strength, speed, balance and mobility.
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Bryant Perrier calls British Columbia, Canada his home but for the past 3 years has settled in nicely in the small town of Amal, Sweden where he is the General Manager and Head Coach for the Amal J18 and J20 junior hockey teams. In this episode we discuss his journey to end up in Sweden and the differences between North American Juniors vs. Sweden and how coaching styles has evolved and how he has been able to build a solid team of coaches and players in Amal.
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Dag Wenstrom is one of the most experience high level skills and off ice coaches in Sweden and the rest of the hockey world. He has run Swetec Hockey for about 25 years. In this episode we dig deep of how specialized and focused training care create success and how not to be average, a problem that somewhat exist in Swedish hockey today.
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
Tommy Enroth and his two brothers Mattias and Jonas grew up playing hockey and other sports in Stockholm. In this episode we discuss how the influence of his dad, neighborhood competition and the fun of hockey set them up for success. We also talk about earning a university degree while playing and how this is a problem in Swedish hockey.
Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
Jarno Pikkarainen is the new J18 Region coach in VIK Hockey Vasteras and we talk in this episode about the recruitment of players from U16 to hockey gymnasium and NIU and how J18 Region is a super tough league in the Swedish Junior System.