Pete Samargia is BACK for his second appearance on the podcast! Since last year, Pete has become the goalie coach for the Minnesota Frost in the PWHL. We talk about that experience so far and also comparing the timing of goalie's skill developm...

We welcome back Ben Monahan to the podcast this week! Ben works at The Base Sports Performance in New Hope, MN, has experience coaching youth and high school hockey, and also works as an advisor for hockey players around the Twin Cities metro. ...

After our holiday break, we are lucky to be joined by Aaron Wilbur, the founder of The Coaches Site. The Coaches Site has revolutionized how coaches at all levels connect, learn, and grow. Aaron shares his journey from coaching in the BCHL, to ...

Role reversal for this week's episode! Mikey Spencer (Wayzata HS JV Head Coach) joins us and assumes the podcast host role for this week and interviews regular host, Miles Death. Miles grew up in Plymouth, MN playing youth and high school hocke...

The podcast is BACK with Season 2! We bring on John O'Sullivan this week from Changing the Game Project. John was a collegiate and professional soccer player, before becoming a collegiate soccer coach at the University of Vermont. 12 years ago,...

What would you change about HS hockey? That is the question we ask Pat O'Leary (Wayzata), Dave Brown (Rogers), and Sean Bloomfield (Chanhassen) on this week's podcast. This is a great, honest conversation about the need to evolve our great spor...

The podcast joins Ben Monahan and Pat O'Leary to discuss when and if we should be teaching systems in youth hockey. 

The 2023-2024 Wayzata Mite Coach of the Year is Chris Harrington. Chris has coached mites for five years now at Wayzata, and also serves on the Mite Player Development Committee. Chris embodies everything we want in our mite coaches. He underst...

What is the ideal game format for U8-U14 players for their development as hockey players? An IIHF study tries to answer this question and we analyze and discuss it on this episode. To add to the conversation, we invited Johan Kling on the podca...

Steve Johnson is in his third year coaching at his alma mater, Minnetonka HS. Steve graduated from Minnetonka in 2012, and wasn't a highly sought after HS player. He played one year in Aberdeen in the NAHL, and one year in Omaha in the USHL. Ha...

Kurt Davis is in his 13th season playing professionally in Europe. He's played in Sweden, Germany, Austria, and Norway. Before turning pro, Kurt was a standout at Minnesota St. - Mankato, and a Wayzata Trojan before that. Kurt talks about his s...

Cory Laylin is the Assistant Coach for the University of St. Thomas Men's Hockey team. Cory has coached at the D1, D3, Professional, High School, and Youth hockey levels. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the podcast this week. ...

The podcast brings in Judd Stauss this week to discuss youth hockey development. Judd is the Development Coordinator at East Grand Forks Youth Hockey and brings a ton of experience to the table. Judd is from EGF and played college hockey at Den...

Pat O'Leary and Ben Monahan join this episode of PLAYING FAST to discuss whether or not it is ever acceptable to shorten the bench in youth hockey. We discuss certain scenarios it might be a useful tool, such as disciplinary reasons.

Lambert Brown is the head football coach at Wayzata High School. He also works as an Achievement Specialist within the HS, working with kids each and every day. Lambert is an expert in diversity & equity in sport, and improving the player e...

Jake Parenteau joins for this week's episode. Jake grew up in Chisago Lakes, and worked his way through three years of junior hockey to earn a spot playing for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers. Jake is now the Director of Operations a...

Head coach of the Wayzata High School boys hockey team Pat O'Leary joins the podcast this week! Pat graduated from Armstrong High School in 1998 and went on to play four years at the University of Minnesota, winning a national championship in 2...

On this episode of PLAYING FAST, Pat O'Leary and Ben Monahan join to discuss the proper age we should start working on special teams in youth hockey. We also discuss the best way to work on special teams in a youth hockey setting!

Our second episode of PLAYING FAST we discuss how many games each level of youth hockey should play for optimal development. Ben Monahan joins to provide discussion and input!

Dani Cameranesi joins the podcast this week! Dani won two national titles at the University of Minnesota in 2015 & 2016, and then went on to win an Olympic gold medal in 2018. She has been an amazing leader for the development of profession...

The IS Hockey Podcast is so lucky to sit down with Danny Heath this week! Danny is the owner of Project Hockey, a guided practice at home training platform. He also grew up in Glendale, AZ and was lucky enough to have elite coaches throughout h...

Jordan Leopold joins to discuss younger hockey days playing in the Armstrong Hockey Association, making some difficult decisions throughout his hockey career, and getting back into coaching high school hockey. Jordan is a NCAA nati...

The founder of Individual Skills Clinics joins the podcast this week to discuss the history of I Skills, all about the scouting process, and raising two elite athletes: a figure skater, and a hockey player. 

Hans Skulstad, a licensed therapist, joins to discuss how working on your mental game is like hiring a different type of skills coach.Hans brings his wealth of experience and expertise, specifically tailored to the unique challenges fac...

PLAYING FAST is a new series within The Individual Skills Hockey Podcast that takes 10 minutes to discuss a singular topic. On this episode, we bring back Ben Monahan to discuss the proper age to start body checking in hockey.