Champs App Podcast

Tiki Tikhonov is a professional hockey skills coach who was recently the head coach of the San Jose Jr Sharks 16 AAA girls team. In this episode we discuss what it’s like to coach pro mens hockey, advice for girls who want to play college hockey and some of her favorite Tikhonov family hockey stories. You don’t want to miss it. You can find Tiki on Instagram @tikhonovtrainingcamphockeytiki and @ti...

Darryl Belfry is hockey’s premier development coach. He works with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a skills coach and his clients include Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, John Tavares and Auston Matthews. In this episode we go deep on female hockey development, advice for hockey parents and discuss his personal experience with the women’s college hockey recruiting process. You don’t want to miss it. You ca...

In our third episode we chat with Sarah Zacharias from the Balmoral Hall Blazers. In this episode we talk about girls prep school hockey including the prep school hockey development process, the similarities and differences between prep hockey in Canada and the U.S. and how Canadian university (U Sports) recruiting compares with the NCAA women’s college hockey process. You can find more informatio...

In our second episode we chat with Kathy Pippy from Premier Ice Prospects. In this episode we talk all things women's college hockey recruiting including when to start the process and what the current status of Division I recruiting is during these crazy Covid times. You can find more information about Kathy and Premier Ice Prospects at https://www.premiericeprospects.com.  You can follow Kat...

In our premiere episode we talk with Cathy Andrade as our first guest. Cathy is a professional power skating coach that has worked with players at every level of hockey from mites all the way to the pros with players like Joe Pavelski and Kevin Labanc.  In this episode we talk all things power skating and the skating development process.  You can find more information about Cathy and Ext...