Episode 255- Brian Yandle and Mike Mottau are back with a new episode of The Rink Shrinks featuring an interview with long time hockey coach and now podcaster, Mark Dennehy! Before Mark joins the show, BY & Motts catch up on their time spent at the rinks over the weekend and talk about the newest Hockey Hall of Fame inductees. Then the boys welcome in Mark to the show to chat about his life in hockey and more including:

• Growing up in Dorchester and getting into hockey
• Deciding to attend Boston College
• Getting behind the bench as a coach
• What youth sports is all about: creating an environment where they are having fun
• Starting up the podcast with his daughter, Kelsey!

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Episode 254- Brian Yandle and Mike Mottau are back with a new mailbag episode this week on The Rink Shrinks! Before all of your questions and stories Motts shares his story about a tough loss over the weekend and the guys hit on a bunch of NHL stories including Alex Ovechkin scoring his 900th career goal. Then the boys dip into the mailbag and give their reactions to your questions and stories which include:

• Throwing the body around at 6U
• Gaining confidence with the puck
• Finding the diamond in the rough at different levels
• + more!

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Episode 253- Brian Yandle and Mike Mottau are back on The Rink Shrinks with an interview with now two-time guest, Jason Guerriero! Before the interview the guys recap their weekends around the rinks and hit on some NHL topics including some new contracts and milestones. Then BY sits down with Jason for a great chat about:

• From coaching to college hockey to coaching more youth hockey
• Second year of working for USA hockey
• Working with the parents
• Drawing up plays and drills, check for understanding
• Town leagues rising in popularity, coaching, and skill
• + More!

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• 11:47 - Brad Marchand tribute discussion

  • Character development and becoming a leader

  • Accountability

  • Skillset that he had

• 16:55 - Learning from your teammates (positive and negatives and learning from mistakes)

  • Motts learning from Paul Martin

  • “Stealing from your teammates”

• 19:30 - Matthew Schafer’s hot start in his rookie season

  • Talking about Matt Martin

• 26:50 - As a coach you don’t have to rush through the practice

  • As long as you're getting your reps in

  • If the time is being utilized correctly

  • Can mix in a lot things in one practice

• 30:10 - Show some situational type highlights

  • Look at the shifts

  • Highlight the strengths

  • Good decisions

  • Positioning

  • Good backchecks

  • Have a variety, highlight some goals

  • Re-enforcing some things, positives and negatives, how do recover

• 35:35 - How do we improve without the video as well

• 41:15 - It’s at an age where there is separation

  • It’s sometimes not as beneficial as you think to put 5 forwards on the PP and can also develop Defense as well

  • Practice/ice times to practice as a team is different for each team

  • It’s situational

• 48:30 - The ability to separate, are they maintain speed where they should and when to use your speed.

  • Being an effective skater on the areas of the ice you need to be

  • Brad Marchand’s edge work

  • Puck protection

  • It varies on how it’s implemented, there are not many “elite skaters”

• 55:20 - If you’re there to watch, don’t yell at your kids from the stands, let the coaches coach

  BY & Motts wrap up the show answering the My Hockey Rankings question of the week! Then, Motts gives his Motts’ moment lock of the week presented by FanDuel!

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Brian Yandle and Mike Mottau are back with a fresh episode of The Rink Shrinks featuring an interview with Torey Krug! Before the interview BY & Motts catch up on their weekends around the rinks, the Rangers struggles at home early in the season, the Canadiens contract extensions, The boys welcome to discuss his path to the NHL and more including:

How he fell in love with the game
Decision to go to Michigan State
His time with the Bruins
Decision to go to the Blues during Free Agency

• more!
  BY & Motts wrap up the show answering the My Hockey Rankings question of the week! Then, BY gives Motts’ moment lock of the week presented by FanDuel!

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Episode 250- Brian Yandle and Mike Mottau are back with a fresh mailbag episode this week featuring friend of the program, Brian Murphy of Neutral Zone! Before the mailbag, BY & Motts catch up on their weekends around the rinks and they chat about some new extensions for some superstars in the NHL. BY, Motts, and Murph then dip into the mailbag to answer all of your questions and react to your stories.

BY & Motts wrap up the show answering the My Hockey Rankings question of the week! Then, Motts gives his Motts’ moment lock of the week presented by FanDuel!

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Episode 249- Brian Yandle and Mike Mottau are back with a fresh episode of The Rink Shrinks featuring an interview with the Commissioner and President of the USHL, Glenn Hefferan! Before the interview BY & Motts catch up on their weekends around the rinks, the Red Sox versus the Yankees in the Wild Card, and NHL superstar Kirill Kaprizov signing a massive deal with the Minnesota Wild. Then the boys welcome in now two-time guest Glenn Hefferan to discuss his new role and more including:

• What it takes to be the Commissioner of the USHL
• A strong USHL is good for the NHL
• Building relationships with other leagues
• Developing at your own pace
• There’s 500 D1 spots up for grab every year

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Episode 248-Brian Yandle and Mike Mottau are back with a fresh mailbag episode of The Rink Shrinks this week! Motts is back in Chicago fresh off his first two victories in the USHL and BY gives a recap of his weekend around the rinks down in Connecticut. Then the boys dip into the mailbag to answer all of your questions and react to your stories which include:

• Suggestions for a kid who is on the bubble of making a AAA team
• Finding a balance of playing two sports in the same season
• Off ice workout suggestions
• + more!

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