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Our Kids Play Hockey

Our Kids Play Hockey is a podcast that focuses on youth hockey, offering insights, stories, and interviews from the hockey community. It provides valuable advice for parents, coaches, and players, covering various aspects of the game, including skill development, sportsmanship, teamwork, and creating a positive experience for young athletes. The show frequently features guests who share their expertise and personal experiences in youth hockey, both on and off the ice.

The show features three hockey parents, who all work in the game at high levels:

Christie Casciano-Burns - USA Hockey Columnist, Author, and WSYR Anchor
Mike Bonelli - USA Hockey Coach and Organizational Consultant
Lee M.J. Elias - Hockey Entrepreneur, Author, and Team Strategist

In addition to the main podcast, there are several spin-off series that dive into specific aspects of youth hockey:

1.Our Girls Play Hockey – This series highlights the growing presence of girls in hockey, addressing the unique challenges they face while celebrating their accomplishments and contributions to the sport.

2.The Ride to The Rink – A shorter, motivational series designed to be listened to on the way to the rink, offering quick, inspirational tips and advice to help players and parents get into the right mindset before a game or practice.

3.Our Kids Play Goalie – This series is dedicated to young goalies and the unique challenges they face. It provides advice for players, parents, and coaches on how to support and develop young goaltenders, focusing on the mental and physical demands of the position.

Together, these shows provide a comprehensive platform for parents, players, and coaches involved in youth hockey, offering insights for all aspects of the sport, from parenting, playing, or coaching to specialized positions like goaltending.

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Wraparound Roundtable Update: Support Small Hockey Businesses!

November 26, 2025 • Our Kids Play Hockey

This week, Our Kids Play Hockey is taking a brief break from the Wraparound Roundtable giveaway series to celebrate the holiday season and encourage our community to support small and medium-sized hockey businesses.

While there’s no weekly giveaway this week, the grand prize is still on its way, and the full series continues soon!

🎁 Holiday Shoutouts:

HockeyWrapAround.com
– The original wraparound blade protector.
TwigBiscuit.com
– Our brand-new youth book series, perfect for new hockey families and a great holiday gift!

💬 Whether you're shopping Black Friday or Cyber Monday, your support of hockey businesses makes a real impact on our community. Thanks for being part of the Our Kids Play Hockey family—we'll be back with a full episode soon!

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Hello, hockey friends and families around the world. Got a little programming update for you as we enter the massive holiday season where you will be bombarded by emails and sales. And we're still old now. I don't think people are running to Best Buy anymore for the holiday rush where they used to like fight each other. It was like a big hockey game. in the Best Buy. We're not there anymore. But I do have a programming note for you. So as you know, we've been doing the Wraparound Roundtable every week. We are taking off this week from a giveaway. The giveaway is still active. The grand prize is still going to happen towards the end of that series. But as it is the holidays and we are all about small to medium-sized businesses. The message for you is to go out there and support your favorite hockey businesses. And obviously here in-house, hockeywraparound.com, you know that's a business that we support here. Also check out twigbiscuit.com, our new youth series of books that focuses on new hockey families. And it's a great gift if you're looking to get in there. You're going to hear a little bit more about that this week. But that's all we wanted to tell you. The giveaway, the wraparound roundtable, very much still alive. Weekly giveaways are still going to happen, but just not this week as we focus on Black Friday and Cyber Monday and all the great hockey deals that you're going to be getting across the board. Go support small to medium-sized hockey businesses. It means a lot to our family. It means a lot to your family because you get the savings. It means a lot to our entire crew. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you. And we will see you on the next Our Kids Play Hockey very soon. Take care, everybody.