2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally

-Getting your chance on the top line with Tavares and running a muck for the next 4 years -Getting cut from nearly every junior team to becoming an NHL Star -The Cornell Big Red and Doug Murray dominating the little boys of college hockey -Derek Armstrong, Doug Weight, Mr. Blake and treating the youngsters the right way -The Guelph Dominators & the epic 2001/02 scoring race 

-The Los Angeles hockey hot bed that Gretzky started -Lacing up for Team GB and winning gold as an import Brit -Playing and learning old school hockey with The Spokane Chiefs  -Concussions and proving to yourself you can play again & then dominating -Crushing Lamb meat off the ice & running a muck on the ice in New Zealand

-Coming out of the crowd 6 pints deep to make your EIHL debut  -Does fighting still have a place in the game? Yes -Linesmen staying out of the way and learning how to break up fights  -Giving up your nights and weekends to follow your passion -The Big Blue Tent and an atmosphere that can not be recreated 

-Hockey tales are awesome whether you are writing a book or podcasting -Signing up to be a billet family and U11 coach and getting too attached -Telling Bobby Hull to take Wayne Gretzky off your line -Brian Walton and our memorable day going back to Elmira -Once a King Always a King and coming from Rural Roots

-Winning Championships, Dale the bus driver and celebrating accordingly -Figuring out how to make each team successful and getting the right people in the right spots -Getting the call to the show with the New York Rangers  -Having a career ending injury with the Cardiff Devils and trying to figure it out and win -The Cardiff Bay Thunder and the Red Dragon Group joined the shed family

-Becoming an EIHL playoff champion Legs N Eggs -Taking TWIX from Hungary to Wales and next stop Herning, Denmark -The Cardiff Devils know how to celebrate and run a muck -Heading to support Team GB and shed superstar Evan Mosey -Twix, Buenos, Kit Kats and the wild ride of the 2022 season ending the way it should... Shed Boost

-Becoming the Mayor of Heilbronn, Germany and enjoying blocking shots -Running a muck with the Jungadlers of Mannheim  -The 2012/13 Falkens & paying for the good team but not the good sticks  -Playing for your country against the best in the world -Marco and Mapesy finding their role and homes in Kassel and Heilbronn, Germany

-Finner & The Manchester Storm know who they want behind the bench next season and why -Mirroring society's generational changes in the sports world & how to coach it -Overpriced Playoff weekend in the EIHL and having a time with the George Brothers -Franny, Richie, The Devils & how to recruit a team full of dandies with The Clan -Taking a step back and supporting the new coach while h...

-Becoming Deutche Meisters in 2009 and the ensuing parade downtown in daisy dukes -The unproduced legendary erotic photo shoot featuring Big and Lil Sexy -Luigi's, Schweinebraten and the best restaurants in Bietigheim, Germany -Winning by working hard and playing hard together on and off the ice  -The best PP's and Championships going hand in hand

-Tattooing and giving 32 lucky german fans your autograph for life -The happy people of Idaho and becoming the 1st to play for the Steelheads -Living it up in Germany & travelling Europe as a family in the camper -The mental game and fitting in and belonging if you believe you do -Becoming a Deutche Meister and being yourself with the Adlers of Manheim 

-Eating sheep stomach, Haggis and Scottish cuisine  -Turning a family trip to Florida into a scholarship and moving across the world at 15 -Only getting one hockey career and enjoying the ride -Running a muck with the Edinburgh Capitals & making room for Richie with the Devils -Playing for every Scottish team and finding a home in the Kingdom of Fife with the Flyers

-The End of the World Cup on The Devils Lake and making the Argentinian Stanley Cup -The hockey hot bed that is Ushuaia, Argentina  -Making your own sticks and starting Tiponine after teaching skating classes in Ecuador -Heading for the end of the world with $9 and running hockey clinics to pay for the gas -A passion for hockey, coaching, kids and carpentry... the perfect mix to grow the game...

-Hugging it out at the BBT with Yashas and all the fighting with the 2014/15 Cardiff Devils -The Great Met debate and getting ripped apart limb from limb  -Construction Management and building the little chips in everyone's phones -30% off pints with Yashas' Student ID and bringing them to class -Getting the Cardiff Met band back together 7-8 years after becoming Masters of Business

-Fresh Calamari in Croatia, Horse Burger in Slovenia or Frog Legs & Rattle Snake in Louisiana -Helping Tim Donnelly & the Mighty Ducks after class to travelling the world sharpening skates -Finding a home in Zagreb, Croatia and going tits up -Dease, Elfy, Canzy, Emmo, Vecs, Quirky, Timmy D, Daschy & the hockey spider web -Watching your team get Datsyuk'd in the KHL

-Winning at the horse races and at love with Toby Keith -Becoming owners of The Ainsdale Golf Course and their favourite holes and courses -The busy life of a NCAA D1 athlete and enjoying the football days with the Oklahoma Sooners -Muckin it up at the Ripley Wolves game and glow ball -The inaugural 2 Ales and Hockey Tales Golf tournament is set for June 25th, register at Aleshockeytales.com

-Changing the game with the Locker Token and giving Wally a wallet and crypto cash -The changing KHL landscape and the domino effect around Europe -Trying to keep up with all the hockey going on in the world -Swinging deals and working the phones, it's that time of year again -Playing and watching the Jackson Hole Moose and saddling up at the bar

-Growing up a London Knights fan and becoming Captain Knight -The Hunter's and treating players & kids with respect and why they are good every year -Working hard and playing hard with the dandies that were the 14/15 Braehead Clan -Playing for Finner and recruiting a core of shed guys -Hanging them up and the subsequent plane ride to the real world

-The Matthew Myers / Cardiff Devils Testimonial Match is finally set... July 2nd Save the Date -Getting off the mackerel and still running a muck at age 37 -Coaches getting canned and the up and down Nottingham Panthers season  -The U11 Kincardine Kinucks end of the season and the group hug I will never forget -Putting butt cheeks in goalies faces and hockey guys getting up and on with it

-The dynasty and friendships made from the '83 Woolwich Wild  -Brian Kilrea, Zenon Kenopka and the OHL Champion Ottawa 67's  -The Clemmer, Wideman and Bauman boys and playing hockey the Elmira way -Coaching kids and making minor hockey fun and memorable -Pitcher, Batter, Catcher and the best sporting event in the world at the Basler's

-Becoming captain & the 14/15 dandies that were the Glasgow Clan -Learning the game from Babcock, Sutter & Peters in junior hockey -Switching teams after pregame skate and the AHL -Playing your 1st game, scoring your 1st goal and making the NHL -The best guys become fire fighters...

-Starting Extreme Edges during figuring skating practice and working your way up to coach the pros -Trying to stop Dease from killing a guy and using his head like a bowling ball -Learning when & how to break up fights such as Trevor Hendrikx vs Cam Janssen -The growing hockey hot bed that is Cardiff, Wales -2 Ales just went to #1 in the UK... runnin' a muck, thank you shed family

-Having a fan buy you a beer after he punches you in the mouth -The wildest fights over 22 seasons and Belak vs Cairns -Running a 3 or 4 man system and when to trump your partner -The difference reffing & playing between the EIHL and Danish Metal Ligaen  -The best and worst chirper in hockey... Dease & when hockey was hockey

-Getting prepared for the All-Ontario Finals and the belly flop -Meeting Cardiff Devils, Mac, Dicko and Reggy the fellas from NHL22 -U11's pregame meals, chocolate mini eggs and mashed bananas -Winning the mini Stanley Cup and beating the Ice Dogs -Getting to coach your son and his best friends, is a dream come true

-#10 Boris Sadecky of the Bratislava Capitals and honouring his memory in HIFK -Raising awareness for mental health in Finland with Denim Jackets, HIFK & Freddi Waselius -Rooming in Cardiff with Boston Levi and letting the creative juices flow -Getting passed over in the WHL draft having a cry and the decision to stop sucking -One of the hardest laughs of Samuel's life was the night he met Wal...

-"Kit Kat Get That" and the Sheffield Steelers becoming friends of the shed... it's disgusting -A Christmas Story, the lamp and the vision of the revamped Legs "N" Eggs Shirts -Remote boating and trying to fit in with a new crew -Import Brit Internationals and reducing rosters all makes sense -The Kincardine Kinucks and raffling off a team worn 2 Ales jersey to bring the Walton's back to Wales