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-Getting ready to play your first NHL game and wishing every player could have that feeling -The mental grind of pro hockey and going up and down from the show for a decade -Remembering hockey is fun and being on a TEAM again to close out your career with the Cardiff Devils and lifting trophies -Playing with the legend Alex Ovechkin and being welcomed in by a legend that just loves the game -The small hockey world and being the best teammate you can be in hockey and the real world

-26 years after being Elmira Sugar Kings, were still friends

-Starting your own hockey academy and doing it to help the kids love the game the way you do -Winning together in Bietigheim, Germany and the friendships that last a lifetime -Learning from the good and bad coaches you had and taking what is useful -Erotic photo shoots, peeing in skates and the different lives we lived playing in Germany -Playing on teams that became family and playing on teams that were the opposite

-Making your Manchester Storm debut at 17 years old in front of over 11,500 fans -Knowing your role and the player you want to be and where you want to go -Learning from the old man and wearing 44 when you can -The Manchester Storm are going for it in the new barn and you aren't supposed to "throw" chocolate anymore -Creating the Storm academy years ago and seeing the puppies make their debuts years later is rewarding

-The Manchester Storm are about to break the UK attendance record and everyone needs to bring their chocolate -Players engaging with the fans and kids and the impact it can make for a lifetime -Finner, Ginner, Critch and the fellas that have helped the Storm make it back to the big time -Starting a chocolate throwing tradition in Manchester, England and hockey is supposed to be fun but only when you win -Remembering the players that were the best and wearing number 41 for a Storm legend

-Becoming Team Germany's women's coach and feeling the passion -The growing women's game and mucking it up harder than the fellas -Growing as a coach and learning from everyone around -Coaching and teaching hockey players all over the world

-Winning the Challenge Cup in 2015 with the Cardiff Devils and the friendships that were made for life -Curing cancer by day, seeing the results, shredding lakes and ripping up mountains -Bownsy's testimonial and getting to see the boys again and getting your hockey fix -The small hockey world and the special people we know through the game -Bringing back the first podcast guest 518 episodes later to catch up and winning together was fun

-Raising money to support the hospital that saved your life and hoping people will buy raffle tickets -Finding your passion of hockey and becoming a player instead of a fan and starting your own TEAM -The Cardiff Canucks have built a hockey franchise and family, this is your match night announcer -Creating the Caerdydd Ducks and being named captain before the inaugural season -The Cardiff Devils our champions again with the core from a decade ago and you can't over celebrate a championship

-Running a muck with the Guelph Gryphons and making it to the OMHA's -Getting coached by a former NHLer and Stanley Cup Champion in U11 -Going on the ice with your uncle and Ryan O'Reilly -Forming a dominant ringette team with your little brother back in the day -The small hockey world over the generations

-Getting hand picked for the Toronto Bulldogs and running a muck of the Brick Invitational -Learning how to join a new team and making friends for life -Becoming a social media sensation at 10 years old, scoring goals and having fun -Playing up an age and having your way with the older fellas in AAA with the Grey Bruce Highlanders -Having a great trunk to the family tree and watching good people do cool things is fun

-Getting ready to dive back into the game with the Sweden U18's -Preparing for another season in Straubing, Germany with the Tigers -Finding happiness outside of the game, getting your weekends back and raising the kids -Catching up with my favourite equipments guys in Germany and Sweden

-Winning it all with the Graz 99ers and the culture that made it possible -Preparing for Ben Bowns testimonial weekend in Cardiff, Wales -Bringing back a lot of the fellas for next season that won together and play for each other -Getting hitched and making your life and hockey decisions differently -Parades are fun and they shut down Graz, Austria to celebrate beating everyone for the first time

-Going through the ups and downs of a pro career and finding your spot afterwards teaching the mental side of the game -Looking back on your career and knowing when and why you played your best and confidence matters -The differences in minor hockey around the world and preparing to run a muck with your son and Straubing, Germany's U13's -Playing for Babcock as a puppy and other legendary coach's and getting drafted to the show -Resenting the game after hanging up the wheels and then finding your place and the love of the game again

-Playing in the KHL with your hometown and hockey legends in Zagreb, Croatia -Becoming a pro head coach in Germany at 32 and getting to work planning next seasons Lindau Islanders -Playing for your country all over the world and now coaching Croatia and seeing your puppies fly -The small hockey world from Moose to Croatia and small town Ontario -Making a career out of hockey and putting in the grind to get there

-Becoming a staple of Team Germany Oldtimers and mucking it up against the LA Icebreakers -Staying in the game after 20 years pro and finding your place reffing the game -Having a time judging food and giving an average 6 for a delicious schweinebraten -Kabinefests and how the game has changed and being thankful we played when we did -The hockey reunion that happened in Landshut, Germany and the small hockey world