Cross Ice Pass

Today's guest is Ken Wregget who won a cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins—enjoyed a storied career playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Redwings, and Calgary Flames. We also talk about the 4OT game in 96 he was a part of and many other great stories. Today's intro is a lot of Wing love.  If you are interested in connecting with Ken follow his bar and grille on...

Episode 12 focuses on the front office of a minor pro team, but not just any team the 2022-23 FPHL Commissioner's Cup champion Danbury Hat-Tricks. Herm Sorcher chats with Cross Ice Pass about his 25 years of experience in front offices for Hockey and Baseball. He also chats with us about how important these smaller teams' connection to the community is. If you are interested in checking...

Miro Recicar is an old friend who is an outstanding goalie coach in the New York City area. He gives us some funny stories as a player as well as some perspective on the evolution of the craziest position in sports.  My intro today is all about the terrible Oilers and this player for the Coyotes who lost it on the police.  Follow Miro here https://www.instagram.com/nyc_r_goaltending/ Today the mus...

What a treat talking with some of my former players about the fun moments we had together. Some of my crazy rules and where they move into their futures outside hockey. Thank you so much, Ogie, Has, Shally, Teddy, Cale, Joe, Henry, Theo, and Jacob . Check out the program they played here https://www.nycycloneshockey.org/home Music provided by Club Duvet https://music.apple.com/us/artist/club-duvet...

In this episode, Coach Joe Battista talks with me about his storied time as Head Coach of Penn State Hockey and encourages the program to move into Division 1 in the NCAA. His countless stories work with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres as well as so many youth and college programs. His book ⁠The Power of Pragmatic Passion: 7 Common Sense Principles for Achieving Personal and Professiona...

In this episode, we have two board members and hockey players from the New York City Gay Hockey Association . Pietro Scarsone and Steven Greenberg talk with me about the importance of their program and all it does off the ice. The purpose of chatting with this association is because I see them do so much at the rink and off and I wanted to discuss the new issues happening with the NHL's remov...

In this episode, we have Canadian National Speed Skater and TRUE Temper Sports as their Senior Manager - Hockey Skate Division,  Tyler Derraugh . My purpose in connecting with Tyler is this recent evolution in hockey skate technology, based on what has been done in speed skating and True is the leader in that. Why talk about his life from hockey to speed skating and back to both in a way currently...

In this episode, we chat with world-famous contemporary artist and Weimaraner photographer William Wegman . Bill grew up in Massachusetts and played hockey in his youth and gave it up for a storied art career. By chance, I coached his son about 20 years ago and encouraged him to put the skates and equipment back on at 59. Bill will be 80 in December, and he hasn't given up a stride. It is a t...

In this episode, we chat with Enforcer and 2023 Ice Wars king Ryan Devine . He is a Philly area native and has played pro hockey for over a decade.  His perspectives on fighting and understanding the unwritten fighter code were interesting. As was his experience with the new growing sport of Ice Wars.  I start with some exciting things happening in the NHL preseason. As well as some crazy issues w...

This week we have Alana Blahoski , a 1998 gold medal winner with the USA Women's hockey team. We discuss the evolution of women's hockey throughout her career and how coaching fell on her lap and now she has coached around the world. She also has a great perspective on the growth of hockey in the future. We start with my picks for the Western Conference before we begin the Chat with Alan...

This week we have Tom Westfall known as Westy , in the hockey world. Westy has truly lived a life of hockey, from youth championships, high school championships, an ACHA championship, and a notable career in minor pro hockey and coaching. Follow Westy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thomas.westfall/ Follow me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/crossicepassnyc This week's music i...

Welcome hockey fans to the first episode of Cross Ice Pass. This pod's purpose is To introduce the joy of all aspects of the Hockeyverse to the world!. This week, we have the recent Willie O'Ree Community Award Winner and former pro player Jason McCrimmon. Jason talks to us about his amazing program, Detroit Ice Dreams, in his hometown of Detroit. We also talk about his Motor City Gamble...