The Dented Puck - A Blind Hockey Podcast

What a great way to end our fourth season. We got to catch up with USA Blind Hockey National Team Captain Tim Kane, who we haven't seen since the Showdown. Tim talks about his career in sports medicine and athletic training, and some of the stories meant for air from his time in the pros. Tim also takes a deep dive into his leadership philosophy. Listen in as Tim ends our fourth season on a high n...

We had an absolute blast doing our live show from the Toyota USA Hockey Disabled Festival, and a thank you to all who joined the show and in the crowd. We had some technical difficulties during the broadcast, and were able to salvage as much as possible. Big Plans for the Showdown! Support The Dented Puck & The Growth of Blind Hockey! 🏒 Love the show? Help us grow the game, share more incredi...

It seems to be a broken record, but we keep coming up with amazing guests. The real joke was that we KNEW this would would be good, because it was just that much better the first time. Katie Mitchell stopped by the podcast for the first (second) time to discuss being a significant other to her husband during sight loss, her work with the monthly US Blind Hockey newsletter, the Blind Hockey Brief,...

The boys welcome our former nemesis and finally (THANK GOD) teammate Easton Kitto and his father Howard to the show.  Easton is a 7th grader who currently plays JV hockey in Texas, and has made each of our old legs work WAY too much.  Hence the "Thank God" he's on our team for once.  Easton and Howard discuss growing up playing hockey and the amazing way Howard prepared Easton for his fi...

We have heard multiple storied about Big Jim on the podcast, so it was only appropriate to hear the stories from the man himself. He talks about his time in the armed forces as well as the events that led him to his sight loss and towards blind hockey. As we all have hockey experience prior to legal blindness, Jim was in competitive shooting in the service, and explains his work to get Visually Im...

US National Blind Hockey Team starting goalie Doug Goist stopped by the show recently. Doug shares his story of sight loss, and how he came to embrace a sport he never played growing up. Doug also excels at a profession which many people who not expect a blind man to attempt, let alone excel at. Like many of the good ones, this one takes a while, but Doug will keep you interested at every turn. Su...

Throwing it back old school...to 2021, when we had National team member and Colorado Visionary Geoff Martin on the podvast. Geoff talked his interested story with sight loss (and gain too!) Geoff explains how getting more sight during his teenage years gave him the ability to drive and play roller hockey. He also talks his transition to ice hockey when he found blind hockey. Support The Dented Puc...

US Blind Hockey Team member and Michigander Dave Klenk stopped by the podcast to talk his background growing up as a "bug guy" in sports. His extensive work as a counselor, and his plans to topple Canada. Support The Dented Puck & The Growth of Blind Hockey! 🏒 Love the show? Help us grow the game, share more incredible stories, and support the adaptive sports community. Every donation directl...

When Dirk came on the program, there was no doubt the Morgan guest appearances would stop there. Sietske Morgan stopped by the show late last year to talk about the myriad of talents and certifications that she holds, as well as some of the biggest hits she's dished out. Help us kick off White Cane Week in Canada and an AWESOME 2022 for The Dented Puck with Sietske Morgan. Sietske was also witness...

The boys from the podcast took a team of blind hockey players (plus a few familiar faces) to the Dawg Nation Winter Classic, in Silverthorne, Colorado over the weekend. The boys were able to snag a game from Dawg Nation's Mike Freeman and former pro Yan Stastny, while showing every player on the pond that hockey is for everyone. Come join us as we kick off 2022 and Season 4 with our great friends...

Tony and Drew's Captain Salmaan stops by to talk his man talents, ways to improve the game for players of his vision level, and his long history in blind hockey. Support The Dented Puck & The Growth of Blind Hockey! 🏒 Love the show? Help us grow the game, share more incredible stories, and support the adaptive sports community. Every donation directly funds the sport's growthand helps the Den...

Blind Hockey's newest darling Gianna Griffith stops by with her father Adam to talk about how they are able to make adaptations to assist Gianna play sighted hockey at a high level, as well as their whirlwind experience leading up to St. Louis. Don't let the smile fool you, she's tenacious. Support The Dented Puck & The Growth of Blind Hockey! 🏒 Love the show? Help us grow the game, share mor...

We are lucky enough to have Sean back to talk about the Blind Hockey Classic, happening next weekeind in St Louis. The rosters are releaseed towards the end of the episode. Kyle Borah joins the boys to give an in depth look at being a gold glove beep baseball player, as well as talk trash to Sean. Please follow us on social media for updates as to when our live stream will be. Support The Dented P...

The boys truly get started on Season Two with one of blind hockey's best athletes, Brock Kitterman of the Pittsburgh Rhinos. Brock explained his life growing up in sighted and other disabled sports. Brock gives us how he started individual and team sports and how a tough decision led him towards the triathlon. Come and listen to one of the more well-spoken bright young starts of blind sports. Supp...

Season 3 Starts With A Bang Join the boys as they Kick-off Season 3 by recapping our greatest venture YET, the Windy City Showdown. Luke Miller, Captain of (undefeated) Team Black stops by to recap his experience at the WCBHS, as well as our Video Production Manager, Kory, who recaps and gives us a hint of what he has in store for us next year. Stick around to the end for a few surprises, and let'...

On this episode we have Dan Schramm from the US National team on the show and get to sit down and get to know him a little better. We talk about the NHL salary cap, Nazem Kadri's playoff performance, and losing a D man in Chicago. We also discuss the Colorado Eclipse, playing for the national team, and his first event. Tony and Dan also discuss missed sponsorship opportunities. The Dented Puck is...

This week we got to sit down with one of the up and coming Blind Hockey players, Derek and his mom Maxine. We learned about the adversity Derek faced from day 1 and how he's been a fighter the whole time. We talk about playing foorball, sighted hockey, and blind hockey and the differences between them. Josh also lays the seeds for blind football and we talk about their favorite memories in blind h...

On this episode of the Dented Puck we have Kristian, a goalie and teammate to Tony in college as well as mens league currently. We talk about the second round of the playoffs and our predictions moving forward (Surprise! We were wrong, a lot.) and the different play styles of some NHL stars. Then we dive into Kristian's experience being shot on with the blind puck. He recently went to a skate with...

On this episode we talk to St. Louis Blues blind hockey founder and current goalie, Sean Borah. We break down the playoffs with our picks to come out of the first two rounds (Shockingly some of them turned out wrong...), and who we think just might be a playoff team next year. We discuss Sean's vision, and path to hockey as well as his decision to transition from defense to goalie. Sean also lets...

We're back! In the opening episode of Season 2 we sit down with Charlie Mitchell, from DC Blind hockey and the US National team. We talk about Patrick Marleau and other things we missed while away. Charlie lets us know what it's like playing with his vision and as the D partner for a B1. Josh gets in to the nitty gritty of playing Defense, and Tony clues us all in on Charlie's exceptional skating...

Episode 16, welcome to the season finale! The Dented Puck gang looks back at the first season of the podcast, discuss more about Buffalo and why the Maple Leafs are going to be champs, and look forward to the future. Short and sweet this episode will be the last one while we take a short break. But we'll be back with more stories and Blind Hockey content soon! Thank you for coming along for the ri...

On this episode we talk to our good friend Luke Miller, Chicago Blackhawks Blind team and US National team member. Tony and Drew are very familiar with Luke having skated with him for quite a while. We get to know a little bit more about his path to Blind hockey as well as how he stays ready for game time. We'll also learn about why he wears 91 and what it was like being on a team with his brother...

On this episode we have Mark DeFlorio from the US National Team and Seattle Blind Hockey program. We talk about everything from the Blackhawks current play, to blind hockey defensive tactics, and being a Hockey Dad. During this episode we talk about the importance of team, and family and what great people Hockey Mom's and Dad's are. Not an episode to miss! The Dented Puck is published every Thursd...

On this weeks episode we celebrate International Women's day with Former National Team member and New York Nightshade, Christine Callagy. Chirstine has been a part of Blind Hockey here in the States since the very beginning. Her list of accomplishments is long among them being one of the first Women named to the National team (alongside her sister Victoria), scoring the first goal by a women in bo...

On this week's episode we have Keith "Hollywood" Haley, from the US national team and Hartford Braillers. We talk NHL and the discuss who we think will get the most goals this year. We also dive into Keith's history in hockey, his vision, and what it means to him to be a part of Team USA. With a genuine down home conversation about his history and his hopes for the future of our sport, Keith is de...