2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally

-Catching up with the director of shed marketing and starting a winning chocolate throwing tradition in Manchester, England -Meeting up at Josh Batch's testimonial and chucking chocolate for my U9 Kinuck gals was really fun -Joey Martin is having a testimonial June 14th and the kids want a skillz day -Getting your new number with the Manchester Storm Academy 18+20+24=62 and that's fun

-Landshut, Germany is a hockey town with great teammates and people -Reliving the run to the finals with the Landshut Cannibals 18 years later -Cooking sausages and having the coolest man cave in hockey back in the day after we would muck it up -Bavarian food is really good and can make it tough to be in good hockey shape as a pro -Sending the shed posters, stickers and the small hockey world and...

-Playing his final games with Team GB with a broken wrist and doing whatever he could for the team -Transitioning to the real world and still mucking it up with the Sheffield Steeldogs and raising the puppies right -Testimonials are as fun as hockey gets and we got to experience Matthew Myers together and had a lot of fun -The Sheffield Steelers vs Cardiff Devils back in 2015 were fantastic hockey...

-The Cardiff Devils are having fun playing hockey for the best owners in the game -Owning the Devils for a decade and celebrating the most influential people from the past decade with an ornament -Never taking a dime from the team and pouring all the money and passion back into the squad to win -The crew of misfits that won the 2015 Challenge Cup and had the most fun of any team playing hockey -Ha...

-Travelling to Davos, Switzerland for the Spengler Cup and watching your Straubing Tigers muck it up with the best in Europe -Learning about the shed through his Manchester Storm connection and finding out about the chocolate throwing fun -German food is good, beer tents are fun, so are Christmas Markets and it can be hard to be a pro athlete sometimes -Calvin Elfring left his mark in Straubing, G...

-Getting ready to muck it up against Canada in the Spengler Cup with the Straubing Tigers -Running into familiar faces in Davos, Switzerland is fun -Chatting while sharpening skates in the Cathedral of hockey is pretty hockey -The culture that has been built with the Straubing Tigers and earning their way to the biggest games in Europe

-Pouring your soul into your passion project and giving it the time and effort it needs with your families support -Playing the game again with the Lacombe Generals for the love and having a great time going back to your roots of the game -Running a muck of Josh Batch's testimonial and rumour has it there is a game to celebrate the Welsh GOAT on June 14th -Travelling the world playing hockey and l...

-The 2014/15 Cardiff Devils that were the funnest hockey team ever and the Challenge Cup Champions -Testimonials are really fun and rumour has it there is a game June 14th in Cardiff Wales to celebrate the Welsh GOAT -Playing with and for Andrew Lord as a player coach and watching his coaching career blossom -The most unusual pregame speeches that ever happened in hockey and we had lots of fun pla...

-Being injured is the worst but it is almost time for the return of the Mac and Twix because winning is fun -Rumour has it there is a hockey game in Cardiff, Wales on June 14th to celebrate a GOAT -The Cardiff Devils are in 1st place and have the best tandem in the league once everyone is healthy -Testimonials are as hockey as it gets and chippy lane will be a busy spot in June -Ben Bowns is still...

-Coming out of retirement for the 37th time to help Hendo raise the puppies right with the Cardiff Canucks -Finding yourself in Israeli military jail and figuring a way out to chase your hockey dreams -Making the jump to the AHL straight from the Newmarket Hurricanes after going 3rd round to the New Jersey Devils -Chippy lane is part of the fabric that makes playing for the Cardiff Devils so speci...

-June 14th the Cardiff Devils are celebrating their GOAT and he gets to bring back dandies from his 10 years as a Devil -Mark Richardson has played 1000 games for our Devils and is the textbook teammate, defenseman and will eat pucks for the team -The Devils are deep and are rolling and the fellas are buying into their roles, that's how you win -Ben Bowns still has it and wins games for fun and on...

-Working hard and playing hard, completing your PHD and mucking is up for the Sheffield Steeldogs and Steelers -Creating a bond between the fans and players with the Manchester Storm chucking chocolate -Pulling off the Michigan in a game and picking up the pucks after practice with your stick not your hand -Giving me a new drill for practice is fun and it is now a staple in my repertoire -The Shef...

-Coming from the genes of a pro hockey player and diving into the sport at 28 years old and finding what you were missing in life -Teaching every subject in high school, becoming a physiotherapist a ski and snowboard instructor and chasing your hockey dreams -Making the Canucks from attitude, work ethic and potential and cracking the lineup every time in your second year of hockey -The Cardiff Can...

-Loving going to the rink every day to hang out and coach the kids on the Erie Otters -Playing for Stan Butler then learning from him and coaching with a legend of the game -The life experiences you can get from playing overseas and the memories that last a lifetime -The fellas make working out fun now, not punishment and having fun doing anything in life makes it better -Figuring out what type of...

-Making the Dallas Stars your rookie year and playing for and with legends and trying not to be in aw -Ending your career the right way, playing defense for the TEAM as the captain and winning it all -Earning your way on to Team Canada twice and losing a heart breaker in OT in the world juniors -Hockey fans are different in Germany and when you are winning they are the best in the world, when you'...

-Catching up 18 years after coaching the Western Michigan Broncos and putting in the extra time to help me chase my dreams -Taking NCAA recruits out for the night can leave an impact on the program and yoga the next day can be difficult -Figuring out how to truly be on a TEAM in the real world and on the ice -Taking the things the game gives you into the real world and running a muck -MBA's, Waldo...

-Getting the opportunity to work with the Flames for the summer and get the fellas ready for the season -Winning in Germany is amazing and the fans are as wild as they get in the world -Why does Leon Draisaitl wear number 29... if you don't know who shed guy Ben Thomson is we can explain -Finding your way back into the game organically, naturally and remembering all the things you loved about the...

-Having fun playing hockey in Manchester, England and earning your chocolate at home and on the road -Mucking it right up, playing with passion and line brawls are fun and funny -Finner recruited another team of good dudes or as some call them... shed guys -Captain Critch is a player and we agree should have made Team GB -The chocolate storm shelter is a full blown muck fest and there is no where...

-Having your brother as a linemate in Merano, Italy is cool and they are running a muck together -5 brothers all playing pro hockey and the sacrifices mom made to make it possible -Loving the guys, the room, the fans and Chippy Lane in Cardiff, Wales -Enjoying the food and becoming an Italian and chasing your dream of playing for the Italian National Team -Genes are a thing and the Pietroniro's ma...

-Sending the shed the best birthday present ever and the hockey and shed family is real -Getting involved in the chocolate throwing fun in Manchester, England and getting to know the players in the shed -Giving hockey a chance in your 30's as a fan and realizing it's fun so may as well give playing a go -Captain Critch is his favourite player and the first pro hockey player sponsored by a podcast...

-The Kincardine Kinucks are All Ontario Champions and we are brothers for life -Getting our hockey family to buy in and throw the fellas chocolate when they earned it -Going from the tightest TEAM in the world to four different teams the very next season -Reliving the crazy comeback and the 3 on 3 Kinucks Clash and goaltending wins championships -Making memories for life and Savage is still a Sava...

-Starting a winning chocolate throwing tradition together from the shed to Manchester, England and it has been fun -Being injured is the worst but the Storm have some new boys running a muck and he will be back soon -Not making Team GB makes no sense and the shed likes it when hockey makes sense -Testimonials are as hockey as it gets and this year there is one in Manchester, England and Cardiff, W...

-The Graz 99ers are off to a hot start and winning is fun -Getting off the booze and realizing fun is everywhere you don't have to drink -Group chats with shed guys are fun and we can sing in different languages for our guys -Reliving the funnest pregame speeches in hockey history with the Cardiff Devils

-Finding your happy place on your sled at the barn playing the game you love with your team -Struggling mentally and jumping onto the motorway and having your life saved and then finding happiness on the other side -The Cardiff Huskies are running a muck of the sled hockey league and are the sheds newest favourite team -Chippy Lane in Cardiff, Wales is a magical place where you can go for the expe...

-The Kincardine Cardinals and the Kincardine Kinucks are All-Ontario Champions in 2024 and winning is fun -Building winning cultures as a coach and watching the fellas come together and be brothers for life -The special people we have got to coach in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada makes us very lucky and appreciative coaches -It takes everyone to win, the players, the coaches, the parents and the com...