Best Jacob Dahlin Podcasts (2025)

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 47: James Reason Stockholm Junior Hockey and TargetAid an efficient and effictive Fundraising Platform for Youth Sports 1:14:09

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James Reason, CEO of TargetAid and Board member of Varmdo Hockey and I speak about youth and junior hockey in the Stockholm, Sweden Region and how it is a breading ground for top talent but also breadth. We talk about lessons learned from an administration standpoint and how it correlate with Swedish Hockey philosophy. We also talk about the Target…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Ap. 46: Glenn Hefferan - A numerical analysis of where D1 commits are coming from 1:01:00

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Glenn Hefferan and Jacob Dahlin sit down and go in depth (sorry for the length) in USA hockey and do a deep dive into what the numbers are telling us where D1 commits are coming from in USA Hockey.By Jacob Dahlin

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 45: Skills & Prehab - Magnus and Anny Safstrom talk about injury prevention and skills development 46:24

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Anny and Mange Safstrom are partners in life but also have a common goal in helping athletes with both skill development and injury prevention. They together run Skills & Prehab for individuals and teams involved in mainly hockey but also figure skating in the southern part of Sweden.By Jacob Dahlin

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 44 - Darry Wolski Hockey Agent, Family Advisorfrom Manitoba, CAN 1:08:09

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Darryl Wolski with 2112 Hockey Agency and College Hockey Family Advisor (CHFA) has been in the hockey business sin 1985 when he worked as an announcer for the Winnipeg Jets and cheering on Swedish players Thomas Steel and Bengt Lundholm. IN this episode we break down the different junior leagues in Canada and United States and talk about different …

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 43: Alex Houston Goaltender with Canisius College, owner of Midwest Knights and Director of Scouting for NCDC Pueblo Bulls 39:57

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Alex Houston, goaltender for NCAA D1 Canisius College in Buffalo, NY has already racked up an impressive resume at that age of 20. As owner of Midwest Knights and while playing juniors he succeeded in recruiting top players to his summer program and established himself through solid relationships and by being not too far removed from the game himse…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 42: Nick DiLisi 93 Hockey Services on being a family advisor and agent for European players 36:14

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Nick DiLisi with 93 Hockey Services and Jacob Dahlin speaks on the topic of being an agent and family advisor for European players in the US and US players playing in Europe.By Jacob Dahlin

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 41: Wouter Hazebroek with Hockeygymnasium.se 49:30

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Wouter Hazebroek from Holland now lives in Falkenberg on the West Coast of Sweden. He is the developer of Hockeygymnasium.se website that gives detailed information about everything on Hockey Academy Gymnasium 9-12th grade in Sweden. In this episode we discuss the differences between NIU and LIU, next year's age group 2007 will be be selected and h…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 40: Johan Eriksson with Avenue Sports Management and Bradford Rattlers 53:50

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Johan Eriksson with Avenue Sports Management in Muskoka, ON Canada returns for a second appearance on the podcast to give the Swedish player the detailed information on how to make the transition from Swedish Junior Hockey to US and Canadian Juniors and College.In this episode we break down the different levels of junior hockey in US and Canada as …

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 39: Henry Acres - British Columbia Juniors to minor pro in northern Sweden 45:52

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Henry Acres from BC, Canada played juniors in the BCHL and eventually found himself on a worldwide journey in Australia, Norway and Sweden playing at variety of levels. A visit to the local bank in a small town in Northern Sweden changed the path where he met his future wife. Henry is a coach, mentor, administrator and teacher and uses his platform…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 38: Alfonso Acevedo - From El Salvador to Edmonton and covering Swedish Junior Hockey for Recruitscouting.com 32:14

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Alfonso Acevedo with roots in El Salvador grew up in Edmonton, Alberta and his interest and love for hockey has provided a path through various online publications to now being the European Scout for Recruitscouting.com covering Sweden and Finland. In this episode we talk about the recent world juniors and his view on the Swedish players and also t…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 37: Jacob Rhodin - Swedish Junior Player getting a restart in the Canadian Junior League 37:32

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Jacob Rhodin - big scorer from Karlstad, Sweden via hockey gymnasium and juniors in Leksand sought a restart in the Canadian junior leagues and have found his own path with the goal of playing college hockey in the US. Jacob shares his experience and challenges along the journey, how to get cut and persevere, how to compete with fellow draft picks …

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 36: Mike Bloome Director of Player Personnel with Lone Star Brahmas in the NAHL -”How Swedish players can prepare for college hockey in the US” 50:43

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Mike Bloome is the Director of Player Personnel with Lone Star Brahmas in the North American Hockey League (NAHL). IN this episode we break down the steps for being noticed by scouts and GM's in the NAHL, how the rules work for transfers and imports as well as how NAHL teams recruit and eventually sign players to their roster.…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 35: Larissa Mills - ”Preparing athletes in the digital age” 37:41

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Larissa Mills from London, Ontario, CAN grew up as a multi sport athlete and earned her education in education with a focus on behavioral management. Today, she spends her time helping athletes, families and individual focusing on the mental game and wellness.In this episode we dive into the need to work on the mental game and how to separate yours…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 34: Urban Omark - ”What’s wrong with Swedish Junior Hockey” 44:36

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Urban Omark is the first returning guest on the Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast. We dive right into the strengths and weaknesses about the Swedish Junior Hockey system, how different clubs have it and compare Swedish clubs internally as well as vs. National Development Program in the US. Urban speaks from experience from working with some of the best ath…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 33 - Osjkar Skiold From Swedish prospect to US Junior Hockey Champion and chasing the dream of college hockey and pros. 50:15

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Oskar Skiold grew up in the suburbs of Stockholm in a hockey family. His dad played minor professional hockey in his hometown and Oskar followed his footsteps. In this episode, we follow the twists and turns from his adolescence into adulthood from Stockholm junior hockey to the US and how he walked on at the University of Wisconsin to now playing …

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 32: Oscar Alsenfelt GM of SDHL and 16 year veteran of SHL 50:47

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Oscar Alsenfelt spent 16 seasons as one of the all time great goaltenders of the SHL. He got hsi big break advancing Vaxjo to the SHL and repeated the same in 13-14 season with Leksand and spent the rest of his career where he played junior hockey in Malmo Redhawks before retiring last season. Oscar quickly was announced as the General Manager for …

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 31: Kristian Skarphagen - Frolunda, KHL to Chicago Blackhawks S&C coach, now mental game changer 46:04

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Kristian Skarphagen now spends his time as a speaker and motivational coach for businesses in Sweden and Europe. In this episode we talk about his career as a strength and conditioning coach in Frolunda, KHL and for the Chicago Blackhawks organization and how his experiences in three countries and cultures has shaped his message to motivating both …

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 30: Jens Brandstrom - Growing as a leader and coach in Hungary and Romania 30:59

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Jens Brandstrom is in his 19th year as a hockey coach and speaks of the opportunity to use his experience nad knowledge in all levels of coaching in Swedish youth hockey, womens hokey domestically and internationally to make the move to Hungary and now university hockey in Romania. Jens talks about the similarities and differences of the countries …

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SwedishJr Hockey Podcast Ep 29: Kevin Cunningham GM and coach with Norwich Sea Captains in the NA3HL 38:11

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Kevin Cunningham the GM, coach and owner of the Norwich Sea Captains in the NA3HL speaks of his journey to starting a new team in the North American 3 Hockey League in Tier 3 of the US Junior System. From his time in the college coaching to his time in the NAHL he speaks about what it's like to play and succeed in the American junior system at the …

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 28: Leksand Defensman Lucas Karlsson Recent NAHL Tender with NJ Titans 30:54

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Lucas Karlsson is a big Swedish Defenseman, originally from Koping but as he tells it in his conversation, has always been a Leksand fan, grew up playing youth hockey from age 9 to 14 in Leksand, Sweden where his father Joakim was the youth hockey director. His brother, Jack (previous episode) is 2 years older and was a big influence and both boys …

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 27: Daniel Eriksson - Swedish Hockey Federation Area Director to now HV71 Player Development Coach 40:38

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Daniel Eriksson, player development coach in the HV 71 organization talks about his background both as a general manager, coach and area manager for the Swedish Hockey Federation and how his love of the game has moved him from his full time role as a teacher and principal to now working full time with one of the top organizations in Sweden. His bac…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 26: Alexander Zalewski Goalie Coach in KHL and is Hockey Journey 43:19

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After a career ending back injury and 10 months of bedridden recovery from back fusion, Alex made the conscious decision to become a goalie coach. Alex grew up in St Petersburg, Russia and was one step away from becoming a professional goalie in the Russian system when a back injury almost caused permanent paralysis requiring emergency back surgery…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 25: Daniel Triesler Scout for Malmo Redhawks 31:00

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Daniel Triesler lives in Copenhagen and certainly has an interesting background. From playing ACHA DIII college hockey in the US, he went on adventure to play mens D3 and D2 hockey in both Sweden and Denmark and found himself getting entrenched in the coaching life in both Sweden and Denmark. Daniel talks about how his love of the game has stretche…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 24: Kim Hilmersson F withMaine Nordiques in the NAHL Taking a different path from Sweden to play D1 College in the US 30:59

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Kim Hilmersson, 6'1" and 207 lb powerful forward that grew up playing in Almtuna, Uppsala in Sweden. He has taken a different path to reach his goal to play collegiate hockey at the division 1 level in the US by playing 3 years at the AAA level for Seacoast Spartans in New Hampshire and now first year player with Maine Nordiques in the North Americ…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 23: Daniel Franck CEO of Sportway Svenskhockey TV and how technology can transform not only entertainment of youth hockey but also be used in player development 34:12

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Daniel Franck, CEO of Sportway, the developer of svenskhockey.tv or Swedish Hockey TV that all teams in Sweden uses to watch games at the U12 through juniors.Daniel talks about the partnership with Swedish Hockey Federation and the penetration of participants across the footprint of rinks in Sweden and how this partnership has been crucial in getti…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 22: Ludwig Guve-Torling HC Haninge J20 Elite 40:46

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Ludwig grew up playing youth hockey in Huddinge, a suburb of Stockholm and at the age 13 change to powerhouse Djurgarden until U16 when he and teammates and current SHL and NHL stars such as Timashow, Kempe, Kyllington, Lundin and Englund won the U16 National Championship. He then accepted the opportunity to go to academy (gymnasium) at the NIU lev…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 21: Ludvig Steenberg - Lidingo GM and J18 HC Creating and choosing your own path and following a dream in Hockey 59:20

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Ludvig Steenberg was not selected for the Stockholm TV puck tournament and did not get a chance to play at the NIU Gymnasium in Hockey but worked hard and took his own path to continue to play. After a year at SDE J18 Elite and 2 years in gymnasium (Swedish High School) he signed up to go play prep hockey at the National Sports Academy in Lake Plac…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 20: Alec Roberson with Beyond The Glass Hockey 16:34

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Alec Roberson, a hockey player, fan and writer for Beyond The Glass Hockey is the guest of today's episode of the Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast. Alec grew up in NC and found hockey later in his youth and fell in love with the game. During his undergrad at UNC WIlmington he played with the club team and turned heads during Friday lunch pick ups at the G…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 19: Tomi Stahlhammar U16 HC in Jokerit - Former Finish National Team player to Cedar Rapids in the USHL 51:04

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Tomi Stahlhammar, currently the head coach of Jokerit U16 youth hockey team in Helsinki, Finland. Tomi started out his career in Espoo, Finland and enjoyed a strong youth to junior career and had several seasons in the finish junior national team before moving with his family to the US and a year with Cedar Rapids in the USHL. Tomi shares his journ…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep 18; Kari Ellsworth - Year One A True Hockey Fairytale Anchorage Wolverines in the NAHL 20:36

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Kari Ellsworth, part owner of the NAHL Anchorage Wolverines and executive director of the new hockey documentary Year One.Year One follows the inaugural season of the Anchorage Wolverines in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) following the trend of sports documentaries such as Last Chance U on Amazon Prime and Cheer on Netflix. For the Swedish…

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 17: Carla Pentimone - Womens NCAA Champion and College Hockey Recruiter 24:56

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By Jacob Dahlin

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Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast Ep. 16: Ted Suihkonen - Finish-American Junior Champion turned Swede and one of the leading skills coaches in Europe 53:52

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Ted Suikhonen grew up in Duluth, MN, USA and won a national high school championship and the following year the Kelly Cup with USHL's Lincoln Stars in their inaugural season. He moved on to the D1 program at University of Alaska – Anchorage and figured the trajectory would follow. After 2.5 years in Alaska, against the advice of his parents, he lef…

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Episode 15: Tommy Salo - A gold medalists view on junior hockey as a player, coach and GM 41:33

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Tommy Salo is someone that needs very little introduction. From growing up in a small torn of Surahammar and his path from playing with older players as a youth hockey athlete and how his success drove his focus at age 15 to go to hockey gymnasium in Vasteras. Tommy spend over a decade as a international team goalie in both juniors and Sweden's Oly…

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Episolde 14 - Joel Kinnander J20 player from Olofstroms IK talks about his dreams of playing junior hockey in US & CAN 29:10

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Joel Kinnander from Olofstroms IK, 2003 and starting his final year of Swedish Juniors in J20 Elite. In this episode we discuss his journey from being a late starter to a strong finisher, his big frame and how it suits his dream of playing juniors and D1 college in the US or Canada and how his goals drive his strategy for improvements but also how …

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Episode 13 - Leo Girod Sollentuna j20 Region HC and founder of Gotmyteam.com. From Cuba via France to finding his dream as a player and now coach in Swedish juniors. 45:34

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Leo Girod speaks about his unique journey from being born in Havana, Cuba and growing up in the French alps in a hockey family of Grenoble. He took the leap of faith to make it as a professional hockey player in Sweden and through a lot of hard work and utilizing his personality and networking skills, built a name for himself the right way one rela…

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Episode 12 - Casper Stockfisch GM and coach of Vojen U20 in Danish Junior League 23:57

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Casper Stockfisch, GM and coach for Vojens IK J17 and J20 hockey club jumped straight into coaching juniors after a promising hockey career was cut short due to injuries. In this episode of Swedish Junior Hockey Podcast we talk about the differences between the Swedish and Danish junior hockey system and some advice he would give himself 10 years a…

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Episode 11 Urban Omark - from Overtornea on the Finish border to Elitserien and coaching National Championship MODO Junior Hockey 36:26

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Urban Omark grew up in Overtornea 1000 km from Stockholm next to the border to Finland where a small non-hockey town produced three brothers and a cousin to play at the absolute elite level of National and International Hockey. After a long and successful career, Markus Naslund makes the call for Urban to get into coaching the MODO J18. This episod…

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Episode 10 Jack Karlsson - A National Champion in the North American Hockey League paving the way for other Swedish Junior Players in the North American Juniors. 40:44

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Jack Karlsson, oldest son of Joakim Karlsson (episode 2) talks about his journey from Leksand U16 to hockey gymnasium in Almtuna to powerhouse Farjestads J20 elite and eventually to winning a National Championship with the New Jersey Titans in the North American Hockey League. Jack discusses the ups and down of being passed over at the gymasium lev…

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Episode 9 Kim Lindgren - A small market team in the big city of Stockholm. The metal side ofjunior hockey in Sweden from U12 to Juniors and beyond. 42:10

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Kim Lindgren is coaching Saltjobaden J18 while working a full time job. His view of coaching U12 up to J18 in Sweden gives the listener a great view of the big market landscape of Stockholm and how small clubs like Saltsjobaden plays an important role in the growth of hockey.

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Episode 8 - Nicola Blomqvist Malmo Redhawks J18/J20 video and goalie coach 50:27

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Nicola Blomqvist is the goalie and video coach for Malmo Redhawks U16/J18 and J20 teams. In this episode we will discuss how it is to work as a goalie and video coach in one of the top clubs in Sweden, the utilization of technology and teamwork with the rest of the coaching staffs between multiple teams.…

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Episode 7 Philip Warmegard IK Oskarshamn Strength and Conditioning Coach - A small market team at the top league in J20 and SHL 40:25

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Philip Warmegard the strength and conditioning coach for IK Oskarshamn J18/J20 and SHL team has leveraged his own experiences as a player and has a goal to impact young men in a small market culture of IK Oskarshamn and competing well with the biggest and most established clubs in SHL.

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Episode 6 Steve ”Big Mac” MacIntyre - From small town cowboy to one of the most feared enforcers in the NHL 49:02

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Today's guest is a Steve MacIntyre or Big Mac as he sometimes is known as. Today we deviate a little away from junior hockey specifically but will talk about the commitment to a craft that takes a person from the Canadian farm land to the Western Hockey League to the NHL. The influence of coaches that propelled his career from a minor league big gu…

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Episode 5 Erik Vikstrom - Umea NIU, Leksand Hockey School and Danish League 31:12

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Erik Vikstrom from Umea, Sweden, a long time coach in both Swedish Juniors, Swedish and Danish Elite League coach and also Swedish Parahockey team in Olympics. In this episode we dive into Erik's experience in Leksand Hockey School, working for a NIU Hockey Gymnasium, ParaHockey and also the climate in the Danish Top League.…

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Episode 4 - Mans Karlsson Hockeysverige.se editor in chief taking about Swedish junior players with success in SHL and beyond 37:21

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Mans Karlsson is the editor in Chief at Hockeysverige.se, one of the most prominent publication of hockey news content in Sweden. We will discuss which programs in Sweden produces the best talent to the SHL and NHL, the affiliation with Eliteprospects and the upcoming NHL draft.

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Episode 3 - Ian Gately Navigating J20 in Boden to Division 3 in Falkoping Blue Riders while earning a degree. 47:08

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Ian Gately from New Hampshire, USA shares his story from Tier 3 juniors in NA3HL to J20 Elite in Baden, Sweden and the twists and turns to play hockey in a new country. You will find the journey worthwhile and entertaining.

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Episode 2 Joakim Karlsson - Working at the premier youth organization Swedenand moving to the US 51:01

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Joakim Karlsson grew up in Koping, Sweden and has many years of coaching and currently resides in Maryland, USA and is a father to two junior hockey players. Todays episode will focus on the path for Swedish hockey players from youth hockey to Gymnasium to Juniors in the Swedish system.

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Episode 1 Johan Eriksson - From Sweden to Canada scouting and running a junior team in the heeart of Canada 39:40

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Johan Erikson lives in Welland, ON and native of Karlstad, Sweden. In this episode we discuss the Swedish junior hockey vs. Canadian system and how players are seeking the thrill of playing in North America.