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-The once in a lifetime trip we took to Landshut Germany to take on Team Germany Oldtimers -Making the NCAA straight out of U18B Parry Sound Shamrocks -The great players and people that come from Landshut, Germany and reconnecting with your hockey family -Heading to Finland after school to start your pro career and losing your bag in the airport -Being a team guy and doing whatever it takes and working the locker room

-The Landshut hockey family and buying a twig right on the ice -The small hockey world and the legends that come from Landshut, Germany -Watching the game change because of smart phones and the way it used to be -Getting invited back 18 years later after the heartbreaker that was 2008 -The impact players can leave and building your hockey family

-Hosting all the fellas for the EVL Landshut game in your VIP box and mucking it up against Team Germany Oldtimers the next day -Playing pro hockey, doing school and working to build a great life, work hard play hard -The great hockey guys from Landshut, Germany and the older guys on the team that can show you the way -The circle of friends from the LA Icebreakers and Team Germany Old Timers was something to see -Getting to play for the National Team from U16 to U20 and making decisions as a young man for the future

-The special night that was the LA Icebreakers vs Team Germany Old Timers in Landshut, Germany -Becoming the famous plumber by being yourself and telling your stories and getting 100k followers -Transitioning out of the game and starting a completely different life -Reconnecting with your German hockey family and all the special players and people that come from Landshut -The best coach he ever had made the team a family and got the best out of every player

-Becoming an Eishockey God of Landshut, Germany -How he decided to start wearing number 69 and then turned into a legend of the game -The hockey family from Landshut, Germany and getting to go back to play for the LA IceBreakers vs Team Germany Oldtimers -Winning and losing is the exact opposite and the heart breaker that was 2008 -Still playing at 52 years young and still out smarting the competition

-Getting the call to go back to Landshut, Germany years later is heart filling. Danke Tom -The special hockey guys that come from Landshut and the family they've created -Raising lots of money for charity doing what we love with our fiends -The battle that was the LA IceBreakers vs Team Germany Old Timers -Never playing together and getting invited back years later and becoming brothers

-Bringing teams together to win and bringing the germans and imports together -Goalies mindsets, being mentally tough and becoming a true pro -Winning it all in Munich and watching the organization become a powerhouse over the years -The people around the barn that make hockey one big family and going home years later -Scored a hat trick on Team Austria's goalie coach in my 40's, that's fun

-The legendary careers that came out of the 2014/15 Cardiff Devils -Becoming the President of the Cape Breton Eagles and the team you grew up idolizing -Watching the game of hockey grow in Cardiff, Wales and all the fellas that had time for the kids and fans -Grinding it out in North America and going over seas to be a part of a team all in it for the right reasons -Becoming and legend on and off the ice and using his position to raise money for charities and the people of Cape Breton

-Meeting in Landshut, Germany years after podding for the first time and it got really hockey -Finding a home with the Straubing Tigers and watching your son become a legend on the ice after the big wins -The small hockey world and the good people knowing the good people -The LA IceBreakers vs Team Germany Old Timers and the magical event Tom Schwalbe put on for charity -Fans sections in Germany and the Olympic Gold Medal game happened today

-Getting to go back to Landshut, Germany to visit our hockey family years later and making memories for life -Mucking it up against Team Germany Old Timers with the LA Ice Breakers and we still got it -The importance of the locker room for a hockey team and the guys that make it -Transitioning out of the game and getting to go back and be that guy for one more weekend -The legend that is Tom Schwalbe and the magical night he put on to raise over 120k euros for charity

-February 7th The Landshut Icebreakers take on Team Germany Old Timers. Game On -Going back to see your brothers 13 years later and play for a coach that scored an overtime winner to win the Stanley cup -Schnitzels, schweine braten and how do they expect Canadians to stay in shape playing hockey in Germany -Mucking it up with the worst internet in 499 episodes but we still got er done -The legends that will be in Landshut for the big game February 7th, it is gonna be something

-The Lawson Lunatics have been helping the Broncos win for years and are finally getting the recognition they deserve -Winning the National Championship with the Western Michigan Broncos and the Lawson Lunatics -The transfer portal and the NCHC and how the NCAA has changed but not the Lunatics and Broncos -Becoming President and Vice President of the world famous Lunatics -Favourite nights as a Bronco and winning is fun and Kalamazoo got turned upside down

-Starting off the year with bad bench farts and the infamous drink prank -Gearing up for playoffs and goaltending wins championships -Having the PWHL to strive for and my Kincardine Kinucks can play -Winning tournaments is fun and the head shave promise

-Reconnecting with your Bronco Brother years later and getting his 40 birthday video compilation -Coaching the kids of Washington and Kincardine and rediscovering your passion for the game -Favourite drills for coaching and least favourite as players and hockey is supposed to be fun -The legend that is Frank the Tank around the Western Michigan campus -Bronco brothers to the suplex and the subsequent testicle crush... that's hockey

-Winning the CCHA with the Western Michigan Broncos and helping turn the program around -Finding your passion for coaching the puppies of St. Louis and building a program from the ground up -The Broncos are National Champions and it brought all the bronco brothers together again -Starting a hockey academy and helping the kids of St. Louis chase their hockey dreams