Rinkside Rundown

Chloe Glass, founder of the Girls and Women's Hockey Academy, joins me this week on Rinkside Rundown to discuss her transition from a college athlete and professional player in Germany to a leading advocate for athlete development, both on and off the ice. Chloe shares her journey from a young hockey player inspired by her father to a college athlete and eventually a coach, and the lessons learned...

Margot Page has seen the women’s game from every angle, first as an elite athlete on the world stage and now as the head coach of the Brock University Badgers. In this week’s episode of Rinkside Rundown, we dive into her transition from the ice to the bench and her perspective on the growth of women’s hockey, both in Canada and in the PWHL. In this episode, we explore: Her journey from collegiate...

This week on Rinkside Rundown, I sit down with Dr. Katie Peterson, a licensed sports psychologist at Achieve Performance Psychology and two-time NCAA champion, as we discuss the mental side of sports and its impact on performance, growth and development. Dr. Katie Peterson shares her own journey through hockey, including championship success, as well as what inspired her to swap the locker room fo...

Michelle Pasiechnyk grew up in Ottawa playing mini sticks and falling in love with hockey before going on to a collegiate career that saw her take home NCAA Goaltender of the Year. On this episode of Rinkside Rundown, I sit down with the Ottawa native to discuss a career defined by success on the ice, what it meant to step away from the game and the perspective she learned from doing so. With the...

This week, I'm joined by University of Minnesota forward Jamie Nelson, as we discuss her early days growing up in Andover, Minnesota where she was put in skates at three years old, to how important it was to remain close to home and the growth and development that led to a career year in 2025-26. With the PWHL Draft around the corner, we also discuss the anticipation Jamie feels ahead of this next...

This week on the show, I'm joined by Viivi Vainikka, Finnish national team member and forward with Brynäs IF of the SDHL, as she shares her journey from Espoo, Finland, where she started playing the game as a way to spend time with friends to becoming a star in the Swedish league. Viivi talks about how her competitive nature helped her to discover a passion for hockey, how that passion drove her t...

On this week's episode of Rinkside Rundown, I'm joined by College of Holy Cross standout forward Charlotte Sonntag as we skate our way through her journey from Sun Valley, Idaho, through the Shattuck St Mary's organization to her record-setting collegiate career with Holy Cross. We talk about the important lessons Charlotte learned during her junior career and how they helped set her up for a coll...

This week on Rinkside Rundown, I'm joined by forward Carina DiAntonio, captain at Yale University, to discover more about her journey from the outdoor rinks in Mississauga, ON, where she was an active kid who wanted to be just like her sister and play hockey, to becoming captain at Yale, and preparing for the upcoming PWHL Draft. We talk about the leadership experience she gained during her junior...

Thea Johansson, a forward at the University of Minnesota Duluth, joins Rinkside Rundown to talk about her path from Sweden to NCAA hockey and now toward the 2026 PWHL Draft. Read and subscribe at www.rinksiderundown.ca . Growing up in a competitive athletic family in Sweden, Thea was surrounded by sport and learned early how to train, compete, and handle pressure while still enjoying the game. She...

Visit Meg's Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/madebymegsimon14 Middlebury College forward and 2026 Hockey Humanitarian Award winner Meg Simon joins Rinkside Rundown to share how a life spent around the game shaped who she is on and off the ice. From moving more than 50 times for her dad’s pro hockey career and growing up in NHL locker rooms, to coming to Middlebury as a golfer and betting on h...

Friend of the show Alyssa Regalado returns to the show for the first time since Episode 35, and shares how Cornell University has helped to prepare her for the next chapter of her hockey career with the upcoming 2026 PWHL Draft. Alyssa shares more about the mental side of the game, how she's grown as a leader, and the lessons she's learned through the ups and downs of collegiate hockey. We also di...

Issy Wunder is the top-ranked Canadian prospect heading into the 2026 PWHL Draft, but her journey to the professional ranks began long before the league’s inception. From the backyard rink her mother built in Toronto to her tenure as captain of the Princeton Tigers, Issy has defined her career through a balance of elite athletic performance and strong academics. In this episode, we move beyond the...

"I didn't prove anyone wrong. I proved myself wrong." Alaina Giampietro joined Robert Morris University in 2023 as part of a newly reinstated program, but her journey in the game started much earlier at her grandfather's local rink in Ohio. Now, as the captain of the Colonials, she is balancing the weight of Division I hockey with the responsibility of building a team culture from the ground up. O...

Episode 118 of Rinkside Rundown continues the “Road to the PWHL Draft” series with Union College defender and captain Stephanie Bourque. A native of Moncton, New Brunswick, Bourque has built a standout NCAA career defined by consistency, durability, and production. She became Union’s all-time leader in points and assists among defenders and set an ironwoman streak, appearing in over 140 consecutiv...

Tory Mariano grew up in a household where sport was everything. Her dad took her to events across every discipline imaginable, and where she started in tee-ball, competed in multiple sports, and carries all of that athletic foundation into the way she reads the game today. And it was her grandfather, a professional tennis player and someone she never got to meet, who has been a role model and Nort...

Some players choose a program for the ranking. Béatrice Bilodeau chose Ottawa because it felt like home. The Gee-Gees captain grew up in Quebec's hockey culture, played on boys' teams until she was 12, and developed through one of the province's most competitive junior pathways before making a deliberate decision to come to uOttawa. Not for the profile. For the fit. In this episode, we get into wh...

Molly Jordan is a defender at the University of Minnesota and one of the most compelling young players in the NCAA women's game. Mature, humble, and deeply passionate about the sport and her community, the native of Berlin, Connecticut brings a perspective that goes well beyond the ice. In Episode 115 of Rinkside Rundown, Molly talks about what it has been like to grow as a player and a person at...

Wyoming isn't exactly a hotbed for women's hockey, but for Haley Box, it's where the love for the game started. The Etobicoke Dolphins forward and incoming University of Wisconsin Badger joins Rinkside Rundown to talk about the journey that brought her from Cheyenne to one of the most storied programs in the sport. Haley reflects on what it meant to represent Team USA, the Nashville camp that shif...

She started on outdoor rinks, and now she's one of the most exciting forwards at Penn State. In Episode 113 of Rinkside Rundown, host Chris Sinclair sits down with Grace Outwater for a conversation that covers everything from the grind of being a student athlete to the moments in her career that shaped who she is as a player and a person. Grace talks about the coaches and mentors who believed in h...

Five years ago, Kao Lawrie asked a simple question. Were there others like them in hockey? As a trans non-binary player, Kao rarely saw people who shared their experience in the sport. That realization led them to create This Tournament Has Everything, an inclusive hockey weekend on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia for women, trans, two-spirit, and non-binary players. What began as a small,...

SDHL goaltender and Norwegian national team member Ena Nystrøm joins Rinkside Rundown to share the mindset and experiences that shaped her path to professional women’s hockey. Currently playing with Brynäs IF, Ena reflects on her development from Norway to college hockey in North America and how those experiences prepared her for the professional level. She discusses the importance of embracing pr...

In this episode of Rinkside Rundown, Chris Sinclair is joined by Vancouver Goldeneyes forward Abby Boreen to talk about the experiences that shaped her path in women’s hockey. From skating outdoors in Minnesota to navigating the demands of NCAA hockey at the University of Minnesota, Abby reflects on the moments that tested her and helped define her game. She discusses leadership during her junior...

Kaitlin Finnegan is helping build something entirely new. In Episode 109 of Rinkside Rundown, Chris Sinclair is joined by Kaitlin Finnegan, forward and co-captain of the University of Delaware women’s hockey team, the newest NCAA Division I programs in the country. Kaitlin walks through her hockey journey, from growing up in Kansas and carving out opportunities in a non-traditional hockey market,...

Millie Sirum’s hockey journey started in Oslo and has taken her across continents. In this episode of Rinkside Rundown, Chris Sinclair sits down with Norwegian national team forward Millie Sirum to talk about growing up in a non-traditional hockey market, competing against boys, and carving out a professional career in the SDHL. Millie shares what representing Norway means to her, how internationa...

In this episode of Rinkside Rundown, Chris Sinclair is joined by Eva Harrison, a hockey referee and former player whose journey through the game offers a perspective most fans never hear. Eva reflects on growing up with hockey in the UK, developing in a non-traditional market, and what led her to step away from playing and into officiating. She explains how seeing the game from the other side has...