YHH Hockey Podcasts

Season Preview CH 1. Class AA - 0:00 to 1:17, CH 2. John King 1:17 to 1:49, CH3. Class A 1:49 to finish

Tony and Peter chat about the last six weeks of "The Pause".

Tony sits down with the 2020 Hobey Baker award winner and chats with him about his youth, high school and college career.

Minnesota Magicians' head coach Stu Bickel joins the pre-Christmas pod. He and Tony break down his career on the ice and future behind the bench.

We tip the Pod upside down today. Tony gets interviewed by his wise-guy buddy John King.

You've heard of the Wiz Wyatt award, but do you know his story? Tony sits down and hears his story.

One of only two Minnesotans to win Mr. Hockey and Hobey Baker award, Marty Sertich sits down with Tony to chat about his life in the Sertich family, on the ice and behind the bench.

Gopher senior forward Brannon McManus joins Tony to talk about his hockey path to the University of Minnesota.

Tony sits down with 2x state, NCAA world champion and Olympic gold medalist to discuss: -Her love of the game-Her career-Her role as a role model-Women's pro hockey-Life after hockey

Long time East Grand Forks youth coach Matt Fore joins Tony for a trip down memory lane.

The boys sit down and reminisce over how the show was formed, great moments in our time together. Oh, and an interview with one of our fans CDH head coach Matt Funk.

Former Mr. Hockey, Gopher, NHLer and Grand Rapids BHS coach joins Tony for a talk on his exciting life in the game.

Tony sits down with Josh Hauge, Ass't Head Coach at Clarkson.

1980 Olympic team trainer sits down with Tony to talk about his background, his trade and some of the hundreds of stories he's had in sports.

UND head coach Brad Berry joins Tony for an hour to chat about his career both on the ice and behind the bench.

David Maley goes on the mic with Tony to talk about his career: -BHS-NCAA-NHL Plus, his involvement as a business owner and a person in recovery.

Former KSTP sports reporter Rob Leer gives his first hand account of some very glorious hockey memories: -Playing for Dave Peterson-Watching the 1970 state final-Getting his big break-Covering the 1980 Olympic team-Covering the 1981 MN North Stars Cup run-Thoughts on Lou Nanne, Glen Sonmor and Herb

Former Gopher and owner of Breakaway Academy joins Tony for an hour to talk about his life as an athlete, coach, dad and teacher.

Tony and Peter chat with Minnesota Ice Arena Managers Association President Mathew Hennen of Alexandria to discuss his path to the maintenance side of the rink business, COVID-19 protocols, the month-long pause, and where we go from here.

Tony, Danny and Karl sit down and talk about: -BHS hockey scenarios for the coming season-Who this affects (Players, Fans, Press, Scouts, MSHSL, etc)-Recent coaching changes and player commitments to NCAA and NTDP

Tony sits down with for NHLer Matt Cooke to learn about his bio. Matt was a great listen: -Growing up in Sterling, ONT-Major Junior hockey-World Junior demise-His nulled contract with Toronto-Falling in the draft-Mike Keenan and Mark Messier same team-2004 World Championships-2009 Cup-Billy Guerin-Wife Michelle

A really fun Part 1 session with lifelong friend Tom Chorske. A lot of reminiscing about his childhood, high school/college and pro career. Two hours flew by for us, hopefully it will for the listeners. Some of several topics: -Lake of the Isles-Basement hockey-The City: West Cowboys-Transition to Southwest-Gopher highs and lows-Olympic dream dashed-Cracking the NHL-Mateau, Mateau, Mateau-Winning the Cup-Day with the Cup-Uncle Bill

Tony and Peter hit the road and sit down with hockey dad Dwane Veney. As a result of the recent racial tensions in Minneapolis and the country, a frank discussion about race. A native of Washington DC, Dwane came to Rochester to play football and never left. We learn about: -Big Mama-Landing in Rochester-A new beginning-Driving while black-His feelings on George Floyd-Moving forward

Tony sits down with the colorful Trent Eigner. The STA head coach opens up about: -Humble beginnings-The Eigner Brothers-Coaching influences (Grillo, Owens, Gwoz, Rand)-31-0-1 Million Pushups and his transformation as a person

Tony sits down with Olympic hero Maddie Rooney. The Andover native talks about her beginning in the game several big moments in her career over the years: -Making the Squirt A team-Playing with boys-Sophomore year at UMD-Olympic moment-Stopping Meghan Agosta for the gold -Meeting Ellen and Jimmy Fallon-Coaching career

Tony sits down with new Centennial girls coach Sean Molin. Sean discusses many of his great qualities as a player, coach and girls hockey influencer and many more topics including: -Growing up in Roseville hockey-15 years of boys and girls success-Coaching Maddie Rooney in 2012-Winning state 12A in 2016-Coaching Philosophy-Building a future powerhouse at Centennial

Tony sits down with Rogers head coach Dave Brown and hears his story. Some fun tales learned about: -2012 NHL lockout helped shape his career in coaching -Starting 0-13 in Bantam B1 -Big Break coaching with Pat O'Leary at Wayzata -Winning state in 2016 -The Royal Family -Starting MN Lakers

Longtime girls' hockey coach Todd Gutterman joins guest host Peter Odney for an enlightening episode about his growth as a hockey parent, his departure from the Forest Lake High School program, and the magical year he led the St. Paul City Conference in scoring.

A great pod today with Kent Murphy. After cutting his teeth coaching PeeWees in East Grand Forks and Bloomington. He took his talents to Colorado and helped grow the game modeling what he learned in Minnesota. Fun stories: -Coaching against Dick Johnson at Roseau-Coaching in Bloomington Jefferson system-Moving to Colorado (Bad News Bears)-Building a Winner-Beating 2001 Jefferson team in Silver Stick-Coaching with Turgeon, Goulet, Roy, Foote, Hartley-Coaching Mark Parrish, Andy Kranz, Toby Peterson, Seth Jones, Troy Terry

Tony sits down with St. Louis Park's Bob Evers and learns about his playing, coaching and Zamboni driving career. Bob talks: -Beating Edina in '88-Raising three players-Non-Parent Coaching-Driving the Zamboni-Managing the chaos at SLP Rec Center

Tony sits down with new Alexandria BHS coach Josh Meyers. Josh brings a wealth of knowledge and experience back to his alma mater to lead the Cardinals next year. Segment includes: -Growing up in Alex-Section final disappointment-The Mariucci Miracle-Pro hockey career-His vision for Alex BHS

Fun time sitting down with Colorado College men's coach Mike Haviland today. A hockey guy through and through. He shares about: -Playing roller and ice hockey in New York and New Jersey-Coaching his way into the ECHL and AHL-Winning the Stanley Cup in 2010-NCAA coaching and recruiting-Minnesota players and culture

Tony sits down with freelance journalist Heather Rule to learn how she gets to the press box each year for the state tournaments (and how few women are there). Topics include: -Her start in the business-Sports Editor at University of St. Thomas-Writing local news-Working for Major League Baseball-Freelancing in the off-season-Favorite state tourney memories

The Tom Chorske pod is so big, we had to do it in two parts. Pre-Stanley Cup (young Tom to 1995) and post-Stanley Cup (1996 to present). We start with part two first. -End of career-Family Man-Sports Media-General Manager of St. Cloud (NAHL)-Working and friendship with Corey Millen

Wayzata head coach Pat O'Leary joins Tony to reflect on his athletic and coaching career. Fun chat, we learned a lot: -Growing up with Leo-Playing for Bruce Johnson-Winning at the X (version 2002)-Building Wayzata (Youth Nights)-Winning at the X (version 2016) Thanks to the Minnesotan for their sponsorship and support!

Tony is joined by Katie Million Director Women's National teams for USA Hockey. She sits down to talk about her role with USA, her past in Lake Placid and WCHA. Great listen for those interested in Women's hockey and the 1980 US Olympic team.

Gopher strength and conditioning coach Cal Dietz joins Tony for a very deep dive on his career and the many great stories of his time at the U. Including: -His athletic career in Ohio-Education and first job-Highs and lows along the way-Great players he has worked with-Testimonials from past players

Concordia Moorhead head coach Chris Howe joins Tony for a chat about: -Growing up in Bemidji-His playing career-Playing for and coaching with John Harrington-Getting the Concordia gig-Building a D3 team-Hockey coaching vs. golf

Shakopee BHS coach Calvin Simon joins Tony to talk about his trek through the game of hockey. -Taking Sabers to state in 2005-Playing College football-The role of race in hockey-Coaching Squirt A-Building a hockey program-Tough Section 2AA Fun insights from a very bright new coach

David Fischer, SR Director of Communications for USA Hockey joins Tony on today's pod. His 14 year career there and 17 years prior as Sports Information Director at Michigan Tech bring a ton of great stories: -Love of sports-Early career at UMD (1982-87)-Start at Michigan Tech-Becoming a Yuper-Frozen Fours-Olympics (2006 to 2018)-USA Hockey Communications Great show, thanks to the Minnesotan for their sponsorship

UMD commit, Will Francis joins Tony on The Minnesotan podcast. Will goes over his recent battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and many other topics including: -His recovery process-Meeting Bobby Orr and Bobby Clarke-Great memories of youth and high school hockey-Hearing his name on Spittin Chiclets-Will Francis and "Sons" lawn business-Bad fashion choices from third grade Fun show, great kid....keep him in your prayers as he battles through the final stages of recovery.

Tony sits down with Bruce and Derek Plante and does his best to get some great content, including: -Growing up in Cloquet and seeing games at the Barn.-Coaching in big games-Developing players to the next level-High school, college and pro hockey-Big wins, tough losses A great show, lots of back and forth between two great hockey guys.

Tony joins the podcast today with new Blake Girls' head coach Whitney Colbert. Whitney talks about: -Growing up in the game-Having an identical twin sister-Coaching at DIII and DI level-Leading the Chinese National team-Blake/Breck rivalry-Her vision for the Bears

Tony's lucky to get NTDP Ass't Director of Player Personnel for the NTDP - Rod Braceful - onto the show today. He and Tony break down: -His playing and coaching career-Scouting USHL-Choosing NTDP-Minnesota from an outsider's view-Seven area kids who were just chosen-Race relations in today's game Fun show, learned a lot!

Tony sits down with local YouTube sensation Joe Jenke aka Pucksniper17. Snipes is a great listen - he tells of: -Start in the game-Playing in the pro skates-Skating in Da Beauty League-Making fun videos

Tony sits down with Aaron Fulton the newly announced Eastview HS coach and former Centennial Bantam AA coach. They talk: -Growing up with sports-His start in coaching-Building a program-Scouting USHL-Coaching Fraternity-Great players coach (Centennial/Non-Centennial)-Favorite guys to coach against

NHL Network and NESN broadcaster joins Tony to talk: -Youth/College/Senior A career-Officiating College-Start of broadcasting-Doing studio, on ice, color commentary-Jack Edwards-Bruins love

A wild ride down memory lane with former Richfield star Damian Rhodes. He and Tony talk about his life as kid in Minnesota, plus: -How he burst onto the scene against Edina in 1986-Recruiting trip to Michigan Tech-Scoring an NCAA and NHL goal-His lucky hair-Playing with Grant Fuhr, Felix Potvin and Ron Tugnutt

Hill Murray head coach Bill Lechner joins Tony and talks about: -Growing up in the game-Coaching with Pat Schafhauser and Terry Skrypek-State Titles 1983, 2008 and 2020-The cheap suit-Lechnerisms-The future is bright-Life lessons vs. X's and O's Great time with a great coach.