Brock Montpetit, forever immortalized the 2016 season by ending his career with OT goal vs. Modo to bring Leksand back to the SHL. We go down memory lane for that moment as well as looking back at how he got there from Somerset WI.By Jacob Dahlin

Alfred Lindberg, Centerman with American International University in MA and I talk about his path to the US NCAA D1 college ream via NAHL in New Mexico.By Jacob Dahlin

In this episode we will discuss the details of the different junior leagues in both US and Canada from Tier 1 to Tier 3 and Major Juniors to Junior B.By Jacob Dahlin

Felica Frank has always competed at the highest level. Originally from Falkoping, Sweden, to playing SDHL with Brynas now takes the opportunity to play college hockey with Quinnipiac.By Jacob Dahlin

Pierre Luc Racette and Jacob Dahlin talks about his coaching career and also his job with Verbero. Hershey Cubs is owned by the Boudreau family and plays in the USPHL in PA.By Jacob Dahlin

Max Nystrom and Jacob Dahlin talks about his career from Grastorp in the Swedish Juniors and making the move to USPHL in Patomac Patriots and Pueblo Bulls in the NCDCBy Jacob Dahlin

Jan and I grew up in villages next to each other and share stories from our upbringings on the ponds in Leksand and how it has shaped our experiences beyond childhood. In this episode we focus on hockey facilities, arenas, costs, design and function and go deep into the opportunities to build smaller mini rinks in Sweden and Jan's prediction of thi…

Kori Sych a life coach with the Notre Dame Hounds in the SJHL Jr A and I talk about her role with the Hounds and many other aspects of mental coaching.By Jacob Dahlin

Alex Malinowski grew up in Linkoping, Sweden, stayed home to play hockey academy and later got his shot with Malmo Redhawks J20 and SHL before a year in NAHL with Fairbanks and now with AIC in NCAA D1.By Jacob Dahlin

Andy Sutton, a 16 year professional player with Atlanta, Ottawa, Edmonton, etc. and I talk about his journey from being undrafted to going to Michigan Tech and enjoying a long and fruitful career in the pros. Today, Andy heads up Verbero, a hockey equipment company that focusing on custom equipment and apparel that is available directly from teams …

John Paris, Jr has an extensive resume as a player, coach, scout, mentor and sports psychologist in Hockey. We talk about his background and experience and his views of the World Junior Finals between US and Sweden.By Jacob Dahlin

Ryan Hay, a defenseman from North Carolina discusses his journey from youth hockey in Charlotte, NC to the Canadian Junior A league PIJHL in British Columbia via Detroit U18 AAA with Honeybaked.By Jacob Dahlin

Marius Angelin is originally from Gothenburg and grew up in Backen's youth hockey program. After a fall season in the USPHL Tier 3 system, a friend gives him a call asking him if he would like to talk to the Frolunda J20 National Coach. This led to the NAHL in Danbury and eventually in Wilkes-Barre Scranton in the NCDC.…

Dominic Bovan 2003 goalie from Bratislava and I talk about his journey from the Slovakian youth hockey program in Bratislava to prep school, juniors and eventually ending up in SUNY Plattsburg in NCAA Division 3. We also talk about his business ventures and goals beyond college.By Jacob Dahlin

Kevin Yellowaga is the skills coach for Brooks Bandits in the AJHL, one of the top junior teams in Tier II in North America and a consistent producer of D1 talent and beyond. IN todays episode we talk about AJHL, their recent trip to Sweden and also of course Cale Makar but also Devin Philips from NC.…

Louis Crookes is the youth hockey director in Skelleftea AIK. In this episode we talk about him growing up in Leksand and how his path of coaching is brother Zaki provided the path to move with his girlfriend to Skelleftea and taking a position as the youth director in one of the most notable programs in Sweden.…

Dion Antisin grew up in Lugano, Switzerland where his father played pro and later moved back to Canada where he played both youth and junior hockey for Notre Dame Hounds in the SJHL. After a couple of years pro in Switzerland he moved over to coach his alma mater in Notre Dame and now in Boden J20 in the Swedish Junior 2nd league.…

Marcus is the new head coach of Falu IF J18 Region and we talk about his experience in Canadian Juniors in the GMHL and NA3HL as well as combining head coaching duties with university studies in Sweden.By Jacob Dahlin

Sammy Larsson and I talk about his journey from Sweden to NCDC in the US Junior Tier 2 System.By Jacob Dahlin

Niclas Karlsson is only 21 years old and the youngest head coach in Sweden juniors. We talk about his experience as a player, TV puck tournament, going to hockey gymnasium and how his coaching career took an early start after an injury as a player.By Jacob Dahlin

Leonardo Asen and discuss his journey from playing junior hockey to now being the head coach of Huddinge Hockey J20.By Jacob Dahlin

Frans De Groot with roots in Holland grew up playing juniors in Sweden and we discuss his journey to the North American Hockey League (NAHL).By Jacob Dahlin

Senior track athlete Marie Louise Levy-Paez and I talk goalie training and strength and conditioning for junior hockey players from her balcony in Italy.By Jacob Dahlin

Marcus Eliasson and I talk about his playing career and university studies in Colorado Mesa University and how his background and experiences has taken him at a young age to become the General Manager for Molndal Hockey outside of Gothenburg, Sweden.By Jacob Dahlin

Marcus Broberg grew up playing in the Stockholm team AIK in the top junior league in Sweden. As his brother, who is now playing in the NHL, he went from AIK to Malmo and over to play in the USHL, NAHL and now in the BCHL. He is already a NCAA D1 commit for University of Nebraska Omaha.By Jacob Dahlin

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.By Jacob Dahlin

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.…

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.By Jacob Dahlin

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!…

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.…

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.…

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 Br…

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 t…

Gabbe Westling grew up in Mora and after meeting Ludvig Larsson and visiting him at Merrimac College in MA USA, his mission was clear; to Play college hockey in the US. He finished his Gymnasium degree and first year of J20 National and we talk in detail about his journey to the NAHL and eventually committing to play D1 with St. Lawrence.…

Derek Schaedig just published his first book Junior Ice Hockey: The League Before the League. In this episode we talk about his journey from High School Hockey to Juniors and eventually to play for Harvard and now a published author about his journey.By Jacob Dahlin

In episode 62 of Swedish Jr Hockey Podcast, Josef Rosenthal and I talk about the Hockey Platform Pro Sports Connect where players, coaches and team can connect in a focused manner, find useful information such as articles, podcasts, job postings and player opportunities. We also talk about German Hockey both Juniors and Senior level and why and how…

Derick Simson is a physical therapist and associate professor in the Mountains of VA near Chatham. In this episode we talk physio, muscular development and how to best screen hockey athletes for potential problems and building a solid plan for optimal performance for the athlete.By Jacob Dahlin

Kevin Marx-Noren and I discuss playing Swedish Juniors to fulfill his dream of NCAA D1 college through NAHL juniors in the US.By Jacob Dahlin

Mattias "Kolan" Karlsson has been playing at the highest levels of international hockey and after a long career is now sharing his passion and knowledge of the game to the next generation and beyond.By Jacob Dahlin

Morgan Zeba is a former professional soccer player and part of SPiideo's business development team in Sweden and Europe. In this episode we discuss how Swedish hockey teams utilizes Spiideo technology to capture and analyze game and practice details from juniors to the SHL.By Jacob Dahlin

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.By Jacob Dahlin

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 comi…

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.By Jacob Dahlin

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.By Jacob Dahlin

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 …

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.…

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.…

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.By Jacob Dahlin

In this episode, Jesper Eriksson and I speak about the move from Stockholm to play for one of the best junior teams in Sweden, the competition and the decision to move to Canada to play for Bradford Rattlers in the GMJHL and bringing home the championship this past season.By Jacob Dahlin

Sean Werth, the GM for Canadian Junior A Bradford Rattlers in the GMHL and Jacob Dahlin talks about the recent success after the championship season in the GMHL. Canadian Junior Hockey and also the Eliteprospects showcase tournament and off season training program that Sean has been a part of the past 8 seasons.…