On the Move! Wade Russell joins Behind the Gear from Fredericton, New Brunswick where he’s attending teachers college, finishing up his masters, working with minor hockey groups and helping out with the U Sport UNB Reds hockey team. Wade shares his hockey journey from minor hockey to Jr and how he realized that coaching and … BEHIND THE GEAR Episode 150: Wade Russell – Moving to New Brunswick, Hockey Development, much more Read More »

Live Podcast! Tons of information for any player or parent looking at getting an edge during their off-season training. This was an awesome episode with 2 elite Speed, Strength and Conditioning coaches talking about off-season training, the importance of speed training and how to correctly incorporate it into your program. Josh is an Olympic athlete, … BEHIND THE GEAR Episode 147: Live – Josh Kirkpatrick, Mitch Stewart – Speed, Power and Strength Read More »

Live Podcast! It was great to sit down with Mitch Stewart to discuss the NHL off-season during COVID, how players prepared to get back to playing and dealing with a strange off-season and hockey year all around. Wade Russell joins the podcast as well who always shares some great perspectives on development, teaching skills to … BEHIND THE GEAR Episode 147: Live Podcast – Mitch Stewart, Wade Russell and Dwayne Blais Read More »

Another Great Live with Boone Jenner of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Strength Coach Mitch Stewart. We chatted about the NHL season and what is was like to play with the COVID restrictions. Boone discussed is off season training and we answered some questions from the audience. It was great to have some parents, coaches … BEHIND THE GEAR Episode 146: Live Podcast – Columbus Blue Jackets Boone Jenner and Mitch Stewart Read More »

Live Pod! Great episode with Michael Houser of the Buffalo Sabres and Mitch Stewart of Total Package Speed Strength and Conditioning. This was a live discussion with some great questions from the audience. We talked to Houser about getting his first NHL start and earning back to back wins for the Sabres. We discussed how … BEHIND THE GEAR Episode 145: Live Podcast – Buffalo Sabres Goalie Michael Houser and Mitch Stewart Read More »

A Meaningful Journey! It was awesome to catch up with Jukka Schotter, he’s a mature 20 year old who’s seen many parts of the world, played hockey in 3 different countries and just finished hiking all 900KM’s of the Bruce Trail from Niagara Falls to Tobermory in 25 days. In January 2021 Jukka’s mother Gabi … BEHIND THE GEAR Episode 143: Jukka Schotter – Walked the 900KM Bruce Trail in Honour of his Mother Read More »

Passion! This was a blast to chat with film maker AJ Messier, he’s a creative gem and possess the long lost gift of communication or gift of gab! I loved chatting with AJ and hearing his authentic story of how he got in to photography (beers and class mixed well!!), he chatted about his work … BEHIND THE GEAR Episode 142: AJ Messier – Pro Photographer, Writer, Co-Director of “The Cannons” Read More »

GM, Coach, Minor Hockey! This was a great episode with Rob Simpson the Associate GM of the London Knights. We chatted about drafting players through the pandemic, advice for players who may not have been drafted, developing young players and navigating minor hockey as a dad and coach. This is a great episode for any … BEHIND THE GEAR Episode 141: Rob Simpson – Associate GM London Knights OHL – Talking Draft, Minor Hockey and NHL Playoffs Read More »

Mapping out Your Hockey Journey! This was a great conversation with Leevi Kinnunen an 18 year old hockey player from Finland who will stop at nothing to find ways, resources, coaches to help improve his game. Leevi has a goal of playing NCAA hockey and he shares what he’s learned over the past couple of … BEHIND THE GEAR Episode 140: Leevi Kinnunen Jr aged player from Finland and Mitch Stewart of TPSSC Read More »