Hear, hear, Hockeytown! Detroit Red Wings beat writer Helene St. James brings you the latest from inside the dressing room and around the NHL.
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Welcome to the The EuroHockey Institute Podcast. In conversation with the biggest names in sport, generating insight and engagement around coaching, officiating and playing hockey.
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Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde sit down each week with the biggest names in hockey to deliver you never heard before stories from within the game.
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Helen Wright, author of the book “Barefoot Flying”, is a five-time university national championship coach and has been influential in creating and promoting rugby in Canada. Helen believes that coaching must change to be relevant for today’s athletes and participants. These podcasts will appeal to coaches, players, parents, administrators, and anyone who is interested in sport delivery or coaching in any medium. Please join Helen and her guests as they discuss and explore how coaching has af ...
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Puck Yeah has now moved to The Alternative Commentary Collective's podcast network - available on iHeartRADIO, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Please search for 'Puck Yeah' and resubscribe at our new home, just look for the blue cover.
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Helen Lejeune-van der Ben - Shaping the Next Generation
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On this month’s EuroHockey Institute Podcast, our special guest is Helen Lejeune-van der Ben, a former Dutch player, a World Cup winner; an Olympic bronze medalist and a European champion. Following her international playing days, she has coached extensively in a wide variety of youth development roles in performance settings. This has included wor…
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Training Camp! | September 20, 2024
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur with Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde, 00:00 Expansion is coming 11:00 Training camp for an agent 22:00 Rogers takes control of MLSE 30:00 Restricted free agents don't hold out 41:00 Is a giant salary cap jump coming? 52:50 Jersey numbers in contracts 56:00 Career advice Follow us on Twitter: @walsha & @AdamWylde Reco…
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We're Back! Season 4 Puck Drop | August 31, 2024
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur with Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde, 00:00 Our condolences to the Gaudreau family 04:00 Summer Vacation 15:00 Perron & Flower 22:00 Askarov goes from Nashville to San Jose 30:00 Doug Armstrong's offer sheets 45:00 Expansion is coming 50:00 Colby Barlow skips training camp Follow us on Twitter: @walsha & @AdamWylde R…
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David Harte - Ireland's Relentless Goalkeeper
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Two-time FIH Goalkeeper of the Year David Harte is globally recognised as one of the world’s best between the posts for the past 15 years. A leader and a culture-creator with the Green Machine, he has traversed the Irish men’s two most recent Olympic appearances in 2016 and this year in Paris. In this month’s EuroHockey Institute Podcast, he spoke …
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Episode 15 - Coaching Relationships with Other Coaches
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Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Podcast #15 is about the relationship that coaches develop with other coaches. It delves into the nuances of coa…
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Getting ready to shine at the Olympics, we chat to Irish umpire, Alison Keogh, taking a look behind the scenes to see what it takes to be an international umpire and look back on some of her biggest milestones en route to the stage in Paris!
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Season 3 Wrap Up: NHL Draft, Free Agency, & Another CTE Case | July 12, 2024
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur with Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde, the busy NHL calendar (00:00), the final centralized draft (08:45), Leafs draft pick Miroslav Holinka (15:00), Adam Jiříček is drafted by the St. Louis Blues (18:45), Sean Durzi re-signs in Utah and salary cap jumps (25:00), Drouin returns to the Avalanche (34:50), David Perron h…
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur with Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde, they chat about what it's like to negotiate and sign a massive extension (00:00) and then they are joined by Vancouver Canucks defencemen Filip Hronek to talk about his off-season, playing in the playoffs, and his love for Vancouver (31:30). Follow us on Twitter: @walsha & @AdamW…
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In June’s EuroHockey Institute Podcast, we are thrilled to talk to Paul Bower, a distinguished professional in sports science and physical performance. Paul has an extensive career spanning over a decade, highlighted by his role as Head of Physical Performance at Huddersfield Town Football Club, helping establish the DNA of the club amid big change…
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Central Scouting Combine and Free Agency Prep | June 7, 2024
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur with Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde, 00:00 How do you prepare a player for the NHL combine? 06:00 The draft may not be decentralized 12:45 Adam Jiricek's time at the combine 18:00 Oil Kings prospect Adam Echo 19:45 Filip Hronek needs a new contract and how arbitration works 32:30 David Perron is a UFA 35:30 Max Paci…
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur with Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde, playing in tough hockey markets (00:00), seeing Stanley Cup Playoff game live (16:00), how has the refereeing been so far? (29:30), HRR and the new NHL TV deal (32:30), Utah's new team (43:00), and the World Championships and an Adam Jiříček update (53:30). Follow us on Twitter: …
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Marcos Hofmann - Delivering a Legacy for EuroHockey
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In this month's EuroHockey Institute Podcast, our EuroHockey President Marcos Hofmann is in the hot seat, speaking to Jack Rolfe. 10 questions and fascinating insights into the business mind of Marcos as he sets out to deliver, with the Board, a legacy for hockey in Europe.
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Preparing for the Possibility of Not Being Picked
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Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Podcast #14 is a must for players. It describes the vital difference between who you are and what you do. This p…
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Ready for the Utah Coyotes? | April 12, 2024
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur with Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde, they dive deep into the current state of the Arizona Coyotes, discussing a possible move to Salt Lake City, the NHLPA's role in the Coyotes saga, Alex Merulo's potential sale of the team to the Smith Group, the status of no trade clause, and much more. Follow us on Twitter: @wals…
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What's It Like to Sign a Player in Russia? + Chris Simon, and the NHL's Denial | March 29, 2024
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur with Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde, they chat about: 00:00 Bobby Bonilla Day 12:30 Shohei Ohtani's gambling scandal 26:40 Chris Simon's passing and the NHL's stance on CTE 42:00 Working in Russia and Ivan Fedotov's return to North America 51:00 Looking ahead to the playoffs Follow us on Twitter: @walsha & @AdamWyld…
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Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Podcast #13 is a must for players, coaches and parents who are involved in representative levels of sport where …
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Max Caldas: From Buenos Aires to World-Class Coach
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Stunning victories and raised a lot of silverware! He now heads up the coaching team of the Spanish men’s team. Listen here to discover more about his passion for instilling a love of the game in others and how his experience has enabled him to apply the lessons he has learnt during his career and his aspirations for this young ambitious Spanish te…
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Trade Deadline Primer with Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin | March 3, 2024
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde speak with General Manager of the Minnesota Wild, Bill Guerin. In this conversation, Bill Guerin discusses the rules of negotiations, emotional memories of winning the cup building, preparation for trade deadline day, dissension and conflict in decision-making, and much more. Follow u…
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Hall of Fame Sportswriter Helene Elliott | March 1, 2024
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde are speaking with Hall of Fame sportswriter Helene Elliott. This week, Helene retired from her role at the Los Angeles Times after 47 years in the business. During her conversation on Agent Provocateur, Helene, Allan, and Adam speak about her start in the business, covering the Miracl…
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Episode 12 - Interview With a 15 Year Old Hockey Player
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Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Episode #12 is an interview with Wyatt, a fifteen-year-old hockey player. Wyatt describes his motivation for pla…
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Pro Athlete Income Taxes with Sean Packard, Tax Guru to Superstar Athletes | February 18, 2024
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde are joined by Sean Packard, Director of Tax at Octagon. They chat about: 00:00 What makes athlete tax returns so complicated 16:00 Dispelling the myth that it's more lucrative to play in places with no state income tax 19:45 How compensation is paid to a pro-athlete and RCA 25:30 The …
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To begin the 2024 series of EuroHockey Institute podcasts, Jack Rolfe speaks to Tom Kirby about his journey since his first taste of Hockey ID eight years ago to travelling around the continent, embracing a number of EuroHockey ID championships and all the laughs in between. They talk about what are key parts of an inclusive coaching session and ho…
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The NHL is Going Back to The Olympics | Live from The Rec Room | February 2, 2024
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde are live from The Rec Room in Toronto on All-Star weekend and they chat about, Allan's experience at All-Star, the NHL returning to the Olympics, and Allan tells a never before heard story about a high draft pick. Follow AP on Twitter: @walsha & @AdamWylde Recorded: February 2, 2024 V…
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Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Episode #11 is a must hear for parents, players, and coaches. She discusses the nuances and subtleties of the se…
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NHL Players Don't Need to Play for the Team That Drafted Them | January 14, 2024
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde discuss: 00:00 The Flyers trade Cutter Gauthier for Jamie Drysdale 40:30 Max Pacioretty's journey back to the NHL 43:15 Allan's experience at this year's World Junior Championship 51:45 Nathan Walker's contract extension 54:00 The Hockey News 100 People of Power and Influence Follow u…
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An Inside Look At A Hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety | December 23, 2023
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde discuss: 00:00 Happy Holidays! 03:00 Scouts are the unsung heroes of NHL front offices 13:00 David Perron's 6 game suspension and the meeting with the DOPS 15:15 The Appeals Process for Suspensions 47:00 Underperforming teams around the NHL and the role of analytics Follow us on Twitt…
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Episode 10 - When winning is not a good thing
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Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been and influential creator and promoter of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast speaks to the addiction of winning and the resulting self judgement that losing can contribute to our self esteem.By Helen Wright
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Maple Leafs Defencemen William Lagesson on Playing in Toronto, Swedish Foods, & Chasing His 1st Goal | November 30, 2023
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde are joined by Toronto Maple Leafs defencemen William Lagesson to talk about, his time in Toronto and his reaction to the media, playing in front of family in the Global Series in Sweden, and the search for his first career NHL goal. Follow us on Twitter: @walsha & @AdamWylde Recorded:…
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**This episode contains expletive language** Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Episode #9 is an interview with Nikki Cloutier, who has been an unt…
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Ask Allan Walsh: the World Cup, NHL Triple Hard Cap, and Becoming an Agent | November 13, 2023
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde discuss: 00:00 Non-monetary items in contracts 06:30 Skyrocketing franchise values 16:00 The triple hard cap and expansion 37:00 An NHL World Cup and Olympic participation 58:00 Tips for an aspiring agent 1:05:00 The best client, coach, and GM dinner guests 1:09:00 Biggest negotiation…
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde are joined by Jocelyn Lemieux to discuss his battle with concussions and his decision to seek help for the long term effects caused by repeated brain injuries. They also take a look at hockey's relationship to CTE and the historic treatment of concussions in the NHL. Follow us on Twit…
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Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Episode #8 looks at the concept of “power over” and boundaries. It discusses how players, coaches and individual…
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Olympic, World and European champion Thomas Briels talks to Jack Rolfe about the elements that made him the player he is, from learning to do the "ugly metres" that became intrinsic to his hockey DNA to coming around to what he saw as an unlikely captaincy role during the Belgian Red Lions' golden era. Tune in for this fascinating chat with one of …
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Brian Burke on the NHL's Disappointing Pride Tape Ban | October 15, 2023
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde are joined by Brian Burke to discuss the NHL's decision to ban its players from using Pride Tape. This comes on the heels of the League deciding to cancel all 250 theme nights this season preventing teams from hosting military appreciation events, Hockey Fights Cancer night, Pride cel…
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John Shannon on a Life in Sports Broadcast Television | October 5, 2023
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde are joined by John Shannon to talk about transitioning from being a producer and to an on-air talent, his years at Hockey Night in Canada, and the many lessons learned from a life in sports broadcast television. Follow us on Twitter: @walsha & @AdamWylde Recorded: October 3, 2023 Visi…
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Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Episode #7 takes a look why coaches need to create strategies and how asking the right questions can lead you to…
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Paul Bissonnette on the Mike Babcock, Columbus Blue Jackets Saga | September 20, 2023
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde are by Spittin Chiclets Host Paul Bissonette! They chat about, Agent Provocateur is back! (00:00), what have the last 10 days been like for Biz? (02:50), the invasive nature of Mike Babcok's actions (09:30), why don't players feel comfortable going to upper management? (16:00), when d…
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To start the fifth series of the EuroHockey Podcast, Mike Hughes speaks to Stephen Findlater this month about the incredible rise of Old Georgians, creating the culture and environment to get from relative obscurity to the very top of the English hockey tree and how he looks to try and bring that magic to new club Indian Gymkhana. Recorded earlier …
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Episode 6 - Interview with Jill Zonneveld - Short History of the Women's Game
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Episode #6 is an interview with Jill Zonneveld, who was a significant contributor to the growth of women’s rugby from a local, regional, and national level to the international stage. Jill is the only Canadian woman to have served on the International Rugby Board’s (now called World Rugby) Women’s Advisory Committee. This is the untold history of h…
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Later this month, Marijke Fleuren's tenure as EuroHockey President comes to a close following a remarkable 12-year spell in the role. As such, who better to be our EuroHockey Institute Podcast guest as we look back on an incredible leader and game-changer for our organisation and our sport. She speaks to host Jack Rolfe who says of this edition: "I…
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The WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes that Have Shut Down Hollywood | August 1, 2023
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde, are joined by David Slack, American animation and television writer and producer, to chat about the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike that has shut down Hollywood, what could bring an end to the strike, how it relates to the NHL, and the importance of unions. Follow us on Twitter: @walsha & @…
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Episode 5 - Coaching the Underperforming Player
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This podcast is about the challenges of coaching a player who doesn't seem to be performing to their previous performance levels or capacity. Looking past the obvious areas of fitness, skill and motivation, we may have to delve into an area we may not be comfortable with. We may have to look at the self beliefs that me be blocking the performance. …
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Allan’s NHL Draft Recap and Free Agency Review, plus Your Questions and Plans for Summer | July 7, 2023
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde chat about AP coming back for season number 3 and being at the draft (00:00), the second Jiříček (08:00), Sean Durzi being traded to Arizona (19:00), Max Pacioretty signing with the Washington Capitals (22:30), Jonathan Drouin being recruited to Colorado by Nathan MacKinnon (25:00), W…
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Marieke Dijkstra is this month’s EuroHockey Institute Podcast guest, speaking to Jack Rolfe about her diverse and fascinating career in coaching. Following an international indoor and outdoor career, captaining the Dutch side to a first World Cup title on the boards in 2007. She then repeated the trick in 2015 as coach. Around that, she has been so…
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This episode discusses the most influential period of time related to most young athletes; immediately before an event and immediately thereafter. What happens in the car on the way there and on the way home has much more impact on the athlete than most people understand.By Helen Wright
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The Decertification option for Pro Sports Unions | June 15, 2023
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde discuss Michael Andlauer buying a majority share of the Ottawa Senators (00:00) and the option for pro sports unions across North America to decertify to gain back control of their rights and the history of the NBPA and NFLPA doing just that. Follow us on Twitter: @walsha & @AdamWylde…
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For Pride month’s EuroHockey Institute Podcast, we have the incredible Nikki Symmons. A groundbreaker in numerous realms; a Yahoo & Involve Outstanding LGBTQ Role Model 2021 & 2022, a dual Irish international across hockey and cricket, an ambassador with Athlete Ally, an inclusion and diversity advisor and, of course, a EuroHockey Hall of Famer. Ni…
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On this episode of Agent Provocateur, Allan Walsh and Adam Wylde are joined by former NHL General Manger Ray Shero to chat about his time in Nashville, Pittsburgh, and New Jersey, growing up in hockey with his dad Fred Shero, and his potential next steps in the game. Recorded: May 23, 2023 Visit https://sdpn.ca/agentprovocateur for more episodes of…
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Episode 3 - Interview with Dr. Maxi Miciak
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Podcast #3 revisits the changing nature of coaching sports with Dr. Maxi Miciak who was a high performance athlete and coach. She is currently a researcher in the area of relationship impact on outcomes. The discussion involves Maxi’s experiences as an athlete, coach and now researcher and how they relate to the changing world of coaching sports.…
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This month, we turn the tables with regular EuroHockey Institute Podcast host Jack Rolfe receiving the questions from the EHF's Stephen Findlater. The Englishman talks about his coaching journey and expanding his horizons through the Coaches 4 Europe program. It is an adventure which has also seen him found the Coaching Lab and the innovative Match…
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