Welcome to Season 3, Episode 6 of The Hockey Toolkit! In this episode, the Toolkit welcomes Toby O'Brien, a lifer in the game of hockey!

In an extended interview, Toby guides us through his journey in hockey from being an original member of the EJHL to scouting in the NHL and now into the EHL. He describes in great detail some of the milestones on the journey and what has made him successful. Over a decade as a scout in the NHL, Toby sheds some light some amazing stories of identifying and finding great players who've turned out to be hidden gems in the NHL. They finish with a discussion on the current state of Junior Hockey with all of its changes. It's a thought-provoking and passionate discussion! Other topics the guys discuss are:

• What prompted the EJHL and what made it successful
• Scouting Parker Ford, Linus Ullmark and Thomas Nosek
• Work in the ECHL, AHL and NHL
• and much more...

Pick up your copy today- The Hockey Planner: A Year by Year Plan to Assist You on Your Hockey Coaching Journey: From Learn to Play to Junior Hockey: Trimble, Andrew: 9781963743388: Amazon.com: Books

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Welcome to Season 3, Episode 5 of The Hockey Toolkit! In this episode, Trevor and Andrew discuss recent events in the Youth and Junior Hockey world and the state of Hockey in 2024!

The guys then dive into their interview with Dan Kmiechick and Lucas Jones, the Hosts of the Dan K Show, which covers Junior Hockey across the country. Dan and Lucas, covering Junior Hockey for nearly a decade, provide thoughtful and meaningful insight into what they've seen firsthand through their cover of Junior Hockey, particularly the USPHL. They discuss the current state of Junior Hockey with all of its changes and what the ideal future may look like. It's a thought-provoking and passionate discussion! Other topics the guys discuss are:

• Successes of U10 teams
• Coaches complementing each other
• The CHL/ NCAA ruling and how it affects everything
• and much more...

The guys finish the episode off with a long discussion about who is poised to benefit the most from many of the recent changes to the Junior Hockey landscape.

Pick up your copy today- The Hockey Planner: A Year by Year Plan to Assist You on Your Hockey Coaching Journey: From Learn to Play to Junior Hockey: Trimble, Andrew: 9781963743388: Amazon.com: Books

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@AndrewTrimble7

@TDC_Hockey

@TheHockeyFocus

Also, sign up for Coach Trimble's Daily Hockey Newsletter:

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Welcome to Season 3, Episode 4 of The Hockey Toolkit! In this episode, Trevor and Andrew do a deep dive into the Hockey journey of Herberts Zeibots.

In their first long form interview since the Hockey Advisor series last winter, Trevor and Andrew discuss with Herberts the differences he has seen coaching in his native country of Latvia vs what he has seen as a coach in the United States. Herberts talks about his youth career in Latvia, his journey to play Junior Hockey in the US, then his return to Eastern Europe to attend College and Play Professionally in Latvia and Estonia. Other topics the guys discuss are:

• What Youth Practices look like in Europe vs the US
• Are kids and parents different from country to country?
• Funny US Billet Story
• The Latvian Hero Award
• and much more...

The guys finish the episode off with a preview of some upcoming episodes.

Pick up your copy today- The Hockey Planner: A Year by Year Plan to Assist You on Your Hockey Coaching Journey: From Learn to Play to Junior Hockey: Trimble, Andrew: 9781963743388: Amazon.com: Books

Follow the guys on Twitter-

@AndrewTrimble7

@TDC_Hockey

@TheHockeyFocus

Also, sign up for Coach Trimble's Daily Hockey Newsletter:

https://andrewtrimble.substack.com/