

Glass and Out
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The Coaches Site Founder Aaron Wilbur sits down with some of hockey’s top coaches and leaders to learn about their journey and dissect the lessons they’ve learned along the way. Each episodes features key take aways for coaches of all levels. The Glass and Out Podcast is required listening for coaches looking to gain key insights from hockey’s most influential leaders.
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Mar 22, 2019 • 1h 6min
NHL Seattle's Dave Tippet: Start As You Mean To Go
Former Phoenix Coyotes Head Coach Dave Tippet has been tasked with a rather large responsibility by the NHL: oversee the early days of the league's 32nd franchise in Seattle, Washington, which will drop the puck at the start of the 2021-2022 season. Dave joined Glass & Out to talk about the transition from being a long-time NHL coach to executive.

Mar 15, 2019 • 1h 5min
Brennan Sonne on Learning the Ropes in European Pro Hockey
As a former goal scorer, enforcer, and assistant coach with the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League, it's safe to say Brennan Sonne has seen the game in its most pressure-packed moments from both sides of the bench. And a lot has changed in the short time since he coached here in North America. After a stop in Hong Kong, Brennan moved to France to coach Angers, a team on the rise. Listen to today's episode with local product Brennan Sonne to find out just how many penalties are handed out in each game in France.

Mar 7, 2019 • 1h 13min
John Becanic: The Defensive Improvement Of The New York Islanders
Something huge happened to the New York Islanders this past summer. They traded John Tavares for Barry Trotz. Yep, that's exactly how it went down. Even deal for both sides we'd say. Seriously though, while the Islanders' fans were busy buying toy snakes to throw at Tavares in his eventual return to...Long Island? Is that where they play? Anyways while they were doing that, the Islanders were ushering in the era of Lou Lamoriello and Barry Trotz. Somewhere along the way the Islanders players decided they'd listen to the new regime and find a way to replace Tavares. Then they authored one of the greatest year over year defensive improvements the NHL has ever seen. Besides a new coach and a vacant locker stall where once sat a superstar, how did they do it?

Mar 1, 2019 • 1h 9min
Croatian National Team Head Coach Enio Sacilotto
Friend of the show Enio Sacilotto stopped by the studio to talk about his experience as Head Coach of the Croatian National Team as well as his time with the Under 18 Croatians. As one might expect, it's a different world over there. But that doesn't mean the hockey holds less power than the hockey played over here in North America.

Feb 8, 2019 • 1h 8min
Coach Agent Neil Glasberg- How To Find The Best Fit Possible
Neil Glasberg is a coaching agent and advocate for fair practices when it comes to our profession. It's not easy to make choices when there isn't a ton of available information, so it's a good thing we were able to borrow some of Neil's time.

Jan 25, 2019 • 59min
USA Hockey's Dave Starman: Building Creativity In Minor Hockey
What makes a hockey player creative? Is it the way he or she thinks during hockey games? Is it the tactics given to them by their coaches? Or is it how they practice? For USA Hockey's Dave Starman, it's a little bit of everything. Dave joined us on the Glass & Out Podcast this week to talk about creativity in the game, and what we can do as coaches to encourage it. You guessed it, we touch on cross ice hockey for little hockey players and small area games for hockey players young and old. This is an episode you don't want to miss, check it out!

Jan 18, 2019 • 60min
Kyle Wallack How Do You Build A Hockey Culture From Scratch
Kyle Wallack has been around the NCAA College Hockey block, but all of his experience thus far has been with established universities that everyone on this side of the Atlantic has heard of: Yale, Vermont, Quinnipiac - but have you heard of Albertus Magnus? If you haven't, you're about to.

Jan 11, 2019 • 1h 23min
Ryan Stimson: World Junior Championships, Analytics, & Modern Hockey Tactics
Check in with The Athletic's Ryan Stimson to learn more about modern hockey tactics and how analytics are helping coaches at every level of our game.

Dec 14, 2018 • 1h 27min
Hockey Canada Video Coach Tyler Dietrich Tees Up The 2018 World Junior Tournament
Join Hockey Canada Video Coach Tyler Dietrich to learn how Team Canada prepares their players for the World Junior Tournament.

Dec 7, 2018 • 1h 6min
Catherine Silverman What Makes The World's Best Goalies Tick
Catherine Silverman is a writer for The Athletic, InGoal Magazine, and she's currently plying her trade covering the Arizona Coyotes in the middle of hockey's heartland: the desert. Now, we've all heard coaches refer to goalies as voodoo. For Catherine, despite fighting the moniker for much of her life, she's bought into a little bit over the years. And why not? She's covered Ilya Bryzgalov, Mike Smith, Devan Dubnyk, and Coyotes impressive new trio, Antti Raata, Darcy Kuemper, and the new kid on the block, Adin Hill. Catherine took some time on a game day to teach us a thing or two about stopping the puck. Enjoy the episode!