Up My Hockey with Jason Podollan

Send us Fan Mail Dennis Holland comes from a hockey family. His brother is the former NHL goalie and Hall of Fame GM, Ken Holland. While Dennis may not be in the Hall of Fame like his brother, he did have an outstanding junior career, and a long professional hockey career. Dennis scored 82 goals in one WHL season with the Portland Winterhawks and led the league in both goals and points. He earned...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is the current Assistant Coach of the Edmonton Oilers, Brian Wiseman! We talk about his playing career his success at Michigan State and of course, the Edmonton Oilers. We discuss what it's like coaching world-class players like Connor Mcdavid and Leon Draisaitl and how they prepare to dominate on the ice night in and night out. This is an incredible interv...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Green is an assistant coach for the #1 team in the CHL, the Winnipeg Ice.  In this episode, we discuss some of the game's top young stars, many of which are playing on the Winnipeg Ice.  We discuss Peyton Krebs who was a centerpiece in the recent Jack Eichel trade and we dive into what players can add to their game to help them get recognized.  If you are interested in l...

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Send us Fan Mail This interview is with the general manager of the Buffalo Sabres, Kevyn Adams. Kevyn had a very successful NHL career. He played in over 500 NHL games and spent nearly 10 years playing in the best league on Earth. After Kevyn retired, he got into the business side of the sport and has now worked his way up to becoming the General Manager for the Buffalo Sabres. Going through a reb...

Send us Fan Mail Dave MacIsaac is an N.C.A.A champion, a Calder Cup champion, and long-time pro. However, like many hard-working and talented players, he never actually played a game in an NHL jersey. But there is a lot of hockey being played outside of the NHL, and Dave has seen a lot of it. In this episode we discuss Dave's career and how he made a career as a professional hockey player wit...

Send us Fan Mail Carsyn is one of the newest members of the Jr. A Cranbrook Bucks of the BCHL. He’s 18 years old and has been a client of mine for a year and a half.    When Carsyn and I started working together, he had a big goal (earning a D1 scholarship), but he was a player without a lot of confidence and without an identity.    Carsyn and I started playing the long game. We figured out what w...

Send us Fan Mail Derek Plant was a NCAA Division 1 hockey player at the University of Minnesota Duluth. From there Derek was drafted in the 8th round of the NHL draft but still found himself in the mix for the Calder trophy as one of the top Rookies in the NHL the following season. Derek is known for scoring a game 7 overtime playoff winner with the Buffalo Sabres. He played nearly 500 NHL games a...

Send us Fan Mail Chris Dingman was a 19th overall draft pick to the Calgary Flames in 1994. Dingman had an incredible NHL career as he ended up winning 2 Stanley Cups while playing alongside some of the NHL's all-time greats. From Joe Sakic to Ray Bourque in Colorado and Martin St. Louis to Brad Richards in Tampa, the amount of all-stars that Dingman got to play with is truly incredible. Thro...

Send us Fan Mail Mackenze Stewart is a highly sought-after player development and life skills coach. His program has been recognized and used at the NHL level working with the Vancouver Canucks, as well as many young aspiring athletes.  Mackenze’s unique journey to the NHL has made him into a passionate leader that brings the same level of intensity and work ethic to each client.  Born with a hear...

Send us Fan Mail Jason Blake had an incredible NHL career. He played over 800 games, was an Olympian, a 40 goal scorer and was a pivotal player for 4 NHL teams. But Jason's career did not come without its share of battles and adversity. On October 8, 2007, Jason Blake announced that he had been diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia, a rare, but highly treatable form of cancer.  Jason co...

Send us Fan Mail Mark Deyell, along with Frank Banham and Clarke Wilm, broke the WHL in the 1995/96 season with the Saskatoon Blades. Their line combined for 193 goals scored (Banham 83, Deyell 61, Wilm 49), while the rest of their entire team scored 121 goals.   Deyell’s 159 points in 1996 has not been broken since.   Deyell was small, a great play-maker, and an agitator. There was something abou...

Send us Fan Mail Todd Hlushko is currently the Director of Player Development/Director of Pro Scouting for German team Adler Mannheim. Hlushko played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins. He played with the Canadian national team and was a member of Canada's silver medal-winning team at the 1994 Winter Olympics and bronze meda...

Send us Fan Mail Jason Krog won the Hobey Baker and dominated in the AHL... But why did he only play 200 NHL games? In this episode on the up my hockey podcast, Jason Krog discusses his career from Junior A, to the N.C.A.A to the National Hockey League.  He discusses what it was like playing with players such as Paul Kariya, and recalls what I think to be one of the greatest comebacks in sports......

Send us Fan Mail Kaleb Dahlgren is a survivor of the Humbolt Broncos tragedy on April 6th, 2018. "The power of our choices and our decisions is profound." This interview is with an inspiring young man who has gone through one of the greatest tragedies in the sporting world. Kaleb discusses what his life was like after that tragic day and the choices that he had to make in order to move f...

Send us Fan Mail Conor Geekie is a 16 year old hockey player for the Winnipeg Ice. Conor was selected 2nd overall in the WHL draft a season ago and is preparing for the NHL draft next season. He currently is 2nd in the WHL in rookie scoring and is averaging nearly 1 point per game as a 16 year old. Conor provides advice to all young hockey players hoping to hear their name called In future bantam...

Send us Fan Mail Josh is a rookie for the Ottawa Senators and is currently tied for the team lead in scoring with 30 points through 48 games. Josh is a huge advocate for building your mental side of the game.   Throughout this episode Norris discusses: - What it takes to play in the national hockey league - What it was like growing up and playing hockey in Germany - How he focusses on mindset on h...

Send us Fan Mail Brooks Christensen is the current GM of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks of the BCHL. The BCHL is the top Junior A league in Canada in terms of moving athletes on to NCAA. Recently, the BCHL has been looking to leave the National Junior A league and become a league of their own. Brooks talks about this in detail and explains why he believes that is the best thing for the league and the...

Send us Fan Mail This was an incredibly powerful interview with my ex-teammate and 14 year NHL pro, Chris Joseph. Chris is the father of Jaxon Joseph, who was a member of the Humbolt Broncos. Jaxon passed away alongside 15 others in this horrific crash, on April 6th, 2018. Chris talks openly and passionately about the passing of his son and the impact that an event like this has had on not only Ch...

Send us Fan Mail René Corbet is a retired NHL player , who during his career including for the Colorado Avalanche , Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League and the Adler Mannheim in the German league as well. He is a Stanley Cup Champion and had the privilege's of playing with NHL legends such as;  Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, Mario Lemieux, Jari Kurri, Adam Foote,...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks podcast is a special one.  This week, I interviewed 16 year old Nathan Mackie.  Nathan is currently playing in the midget AAA league and has signed a letter of intent with the B.C.H.L’s Salmon Arm Silverbacks.  What amazes me about Nathan is watching his growth over the past 6 months, and seeing how he has grown as a person and as a hockey player by working on certain s...

Send us Fan Mail From "Pain Killer", by Brantt Myhres: "Brantt Myhres wasn't around for the birth of his daughter. Myhres had played for seven different NHL teams, and had made millions. He'd been suspended four times, all for drug use, and he had partied his way out of the league. By the time his daughter was born, he was penniless, sleeping on a friends couch, having bee...

Send us Fan Mail You just can't make this stuff up. Andy Sutton's career path to some is unbelievable. To all, it's unlikely. However, it's real and it happened, and that's what I love about success - contrary to popular belief, it DOES NOT always follow the most talented. That's not to say Andy wasn't talented. He was. You are required to have an elite skillset...

Send us Fan Mail Brad May played hard.  He loved the battle areas - in front of the net, in the corners, and at the lines. Every time May had the opportunity to use his will against his opponent he would rise to the challenge. Many times in Brad's 1000 game career, that challenge also meant dropping the gloves. Brad it loved every time. Many players will say (even the heavyweight enforcers),...

Send us Fan Mail In 2004 when Cristobal Huet joined our team in Mannheim he was hard to beat. Really hard. Every practice was the same. He would do everything in his power to stop EVERY shot. And some of the time he did. I always admired Huet's competitiveness. Sure he was athletic, and technically sound, but his greatest attribute was his attitude. He would not stop trying! And he did it all...