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In connection with Ohio Hockey Digest, current Ohio high school hockey coaches Tim Sullivan and Jason Levanduski bring their ideas and opinions to the masses of the great state of Ohio. The Ohio Hockey Digest On Air Podcast will focus on the greatest game going and all levels of hockey being played across the state, but also touching on pop culture, interviews, and other entertainment. Growing the game of hockey the best they can in the state of Ohio. If you don’t know, they will make you know! Produced by Daniel Humphrey. New episodes released every Friday.
Episodes
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Ep 82 feat IHL SCORING LEGEND AND STANLEY CUP CHAMPION JOCK CALLANDER
Lake Erie Monsters Vice President Jock Callander holds the International Hockey League's all-time scoring record with 1,402 points. His prolific career saw him score 100+ points five different times in the IHL, and he would have scored more if not for spending parts of five seasons in the NHL…
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Ep 81 feat TOLEDO WALLEYE HEAD COACH DAN WATSON
Toledo Walleye head coach Dan Watson joins us fresh off the team's thrilling run to the ECHL's Kelly Cup Final. The former Toledo Storm defenseman transitioned into coaching with the Walleye and has accumulated a 347-227-93 record since being elevated to head coach in July 2016. Watson played…
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Ep80 feat DYLAN DUKE (TEAM USA/U. OF MICHIGAN) & TYLER DUKE (TEAM USA/OHIO STATE)
Strongsville's Dylan Duke was a member of the United States National Team Development Program for two years and has represented the U. S. internationally twice, including at the 2021 IIHF U18 World Championships. He was drafted by the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning in...
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Ep 79 feat KERRY BOWMAN & EMILY CURLETT, OHIO AAA BLUE JACKETS 14U GIRLS
Kerry Bowman and Emily Curlett will lead the newly formed Tier I AAA girls program for the Ohio AAA Blue Jackets that is set to begin with a 14U team in the 2022-23 season. Bowman, a former NCAA and pro player, will take the lead as the girls hockey director and 14U head coach. Curlett recently...
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Ep78 feat ROB MACKINLAY, HOCKEY PLAYERS IN BUSINESS & MARK MONROE, TOLEDO BLADE
The boys sit down with Rob MacKinlay to discuss the non-profit Hockey Players in Business and their upcoming event on June 15. They then dive deep into the Toledo Walleye's run to the Kelly Finals with beat writer Mark Monroe.
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Ep77 feat YOUNGSTOWN PHANTOMS HEAD COACH RYAN WARD
Ryan Ward’s hockey journey has taken him to Bowling Green, the OHL, and the pro ranks in both the AHL and NHL, working both behind benches and as a video coach. Now, he takes the helm of the Youngstown Phantoms as the sixth head coach in team history. He tells us how he got started in the game…
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Ep 76 feat Bob Krosky, Cleveland Barons (T1EHL) + John Malloy, Gilmour Academy (OHSAA)
The boys sit down wth Bob Krosky of the Cleveland Barons to discuss the success of the past season and some young talent drafted recently in the OHL. They also catch up with John Malloy to discuss his Gilmour Lancers run to the school's first-ever state championship.
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Ep 75 feat Russ Sinkewich, Ohio Hockey Project + Michael Houser, Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) Goaltender
We sit down with a friend of the show Russ Sinkewich to discuss upcoming spring and summer schedules for the Ohio Hockey Project. We are also joined by Youngstown native and current starting goaltender for the ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones Michael Houser to talk growing up in the game, his junior…
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Ep 74 feat SCOTT SHANTERY, HEAD COACH, AND BRIAN RUSSELL, CAPTAIN, CHMA TOURNAMENT CHAMPION JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY
John Carroll University head coach Scott Shantery and team captain Brian Russell join the show to look back on the Blue Streaks' run to the championship in College Hockey Mid-America and their upcoming appearance at the ACHA Division I tournament.
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Ep 73 OHSAA DISTRICTS PREVIEW
Join us as we welcome a panel of media representatives from around the state to preview each of the four OHSAA district playoff brackets leading up to next months state tournament in Columbus. Panel expected to include: Mark Monroe, Toledo Blade; Chris Lillstrung, The News-Herald; Dave Purpura,...
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Ep 71 feat AMHERST COACH STEVE MORRIS AND COMETS GOALTENDER RIVER AMBROZ & KLAYTON KNAPP, AUSTIN BRUINS (NAHL)
It's an all-goalie episode! Toledo native Klayton Knapp is a former Tri State Spartan now plying his trade in the NAHL with the Austin Bruins. We had to push his appearance back a week because he was selected to play in the NAHL's Top Prospect event! Freshman goaltender River Ambroz backstopped…
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Ep 70 feat. BOWLING GREEN BOBCATS HEAD COACH CONNOR ROGOWSKI
The storied program at Bowling Green has emerged from a year-long hiatus and the death of coach Jamie Ruffner to be a Top 10 team in the state with aspirations of a run in the Sylvania District Tournament next month. We will talk to head coach Connor Rogowski about the journey he and his team…
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Ep 69 feat. JON DOEHR, HOBEY BAKER AWARD COMMITTEE & BRENDAN FURRY, MINNESOTA STATE AND FORMER ST. FRANCIS KNIGHT
Jon Doehr of the Hobey Baker committee gives us some insight on the award for college hockey's top player, tells us how high school coaches can submit their players for the Hobey Baker High School Character Award, and talks some college hockey in general. Brendan Furry, currently a sophomore for...
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Ep 72 feat former Penguin, Lumberjack, Cyclone, Steelhound, Nailer, etc., etc., 21-year pro Jeff Christian (and daughter Tyler!)
Jeff Christian's professional career spanned 21 seasons and included stints in the NHL with the New Jersey Devils, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Arizona Coyotes as well as Cleveland and Cincinnati in the old IHL and the Youngstown Steelhounds of the Central League among other stops in the American,...
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Ep 68 feat Joe Sherman | Referee (OHSAA, NCAA, ECHL, AHL)
Mentor native Joe Sherman joins us in the studio to tell stories from his learn-to-skate days all the way to refereeing the NCAA Frozen Four.
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Ep 67 feat ANDY GEROW, UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & JOE GAUDINO, PARMA HIGH
Andy Gerow of University School and Parma's Joe Gaudino give us the outlook for their teams as we preview the Great Lakes Hockey League and the Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League. Gaudino's Redmen opened their season by winning the Normandy Thanksgiving Tournament.
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Ep 66 feat. TIM PENNINGTON, OLENTANGY BERLIN & KEVIN BERRY, ARCHBISHOP ALTER
A pair of head coaches of teams that won their first six games of the season - Olentangy Berlin's Tim Pennington and Kevin Berry of Archbishop Alter - join us as we talk about the southern teams in the OHSAA (Capital Hockey Conference & Southwest Ohio High School Hockey League).
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Ep 65 TSCHL PREVIEW SHOW
The Tri-States Collegiate Hockey League (a.k.a. the "T-Show") is a 10-team league comprised of ACHA Division II schools in and around Ohio - including six in the Buckeye State. We are joined by commissioner Tim Driscoll as we talk to coaches and players around the league about what drew them to…
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Ep 62 feat. ZACHARY NOWAK, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY HEAD COACH
Zachary Nowak enters his seventh year of coaching with the Kent State ACHA club hockey program and his first year as the Head Coach for the Kent State D1 club hockey team. Zack began his hockey career in the Cleveland area, playing his high school hockey at Lake Catholic. After high school, Zack...
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Ep 63 feat. BRETT HARKINS, FORMER ST. EDWARD, BGSU, CLEVELAND LUMBERJACKS, BLUE JACKETS PLAYER AND CURRENT BOSTON BRUINS SCOUT
Brett Harkins is from one of Ohio's most productive hockey families. He developed at St. Edward and Bowling Green State University before embarking on a 15-year professional career that brought him around the world, but included stops in Cleveland, with the Lumberjacks of the IHL and Columbus,...
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Ep 61 feat. ALAINA GIAMPIETRO, GILMOUR GLADIATORS 16U & OHIO STATE COMMIT
Strongsville native Alaina Giampietro has starred for the Gilmour Gladiators the past two seasons. Her scoring touch attracted the attention of USA Hockey for the U18 National Festival. She recently committed to play collegiately at The Ohio State University.
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Ep 60 feat. JODY SHELLEY, COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS TV COLOR COMMENTATOR & AMBASSADOR
Former Columbus Blue Jackets forward Jody Shelley began serving as the club's television color analyst on Bally Sports Ohio in 2014-15. In addition to his broadcast duties, the Columbus fan favorite is also actively engaged in various business and community initiatives for the organization.…
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Ep 59 feat. CINCINNATI CYCLONES (ECHL) AND JR. CYCLONES (USPHL)
Join us for a "very Cincinnati" episode of the Ohio Hockey Digest On Air podcast when we speak with Matt Thomas, the head coach of the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL, new 'Clones broadcaster Andrew Mossbrooks and Jim Mitchell of the Cincinnati Jr. Cyclones - the newest members of the USPHL.
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Ep 58 feat. SOPHIA BELLINA, CLEVELAND BARONS/GILMOUR GLADIATORS/RIT COMMIT
Sophia Bellina has stopped pucks all over the place – for the Cleveland Barons, Gilmour Academy and the Pittsburgh Pens Elite. This past season she took her gear to Indiana to play at Culver Academy for their U18 Girls Prep team. She is keeping her game sharp this summer by stymying shooters in...
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Ep 57 feat. CENTERVILLE, OH NATIVE NATE LEAMAN, HEAD COACH PROVIDENCE COLLEGE & U. S. WORLD JUNIOR
He may consider himself "just a nobody from Centerville, OH", but Nate Leaman has gone from humble beginnings hockey-wise to being one of the top coaches in college hockey. He tells us about his journey from learning how to skate at 13 to an unlikely junior and college playing career to realizing...
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Ep 56 feat. NHL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR FINALIST ALEX NEDELJKOVIC, CAROLINA HURRICANES
Parma native Alex Nedeljkovic starred for the Cleveland Barons and represented the U. S. at the U18 and U20 levels before going on to great success in the Ontario Hockey League and the American Hockey League. He earned Goalie of the Year honors at both levels and guided the AHL's Charlotte…
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Ep 55 feat. AARON PORTZLINE, THE ATHLETIC
The Athletic's Aaron Portzline previews what has the potential to be a wild and wacky summer in Columbus as the Blue Jackets juggle a coaching search, free agency and the draft along with negotiations (or trades) with several core players. No shortage of topics for the veteran hockey scribe!
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Ep54 THE DIVISION II DISCUSSION CONTINUES WITH A PANEL OF OHSAA COACHES
At the risk of beating a dead horse, we will convene a panel of (TBD) high school coaches from various levels of the competitive spectrum to discuss the need for an alternative format for the high school post-season in Ohio. We will try to come to a consensus on a specific format to propose to…
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Ep 53 feat. NATE HANDRAHAN, COLUMBUS MAVERICKS + MARTY KERR & JORDAN ROEMER, WOOSTER OILERS
The Wooster Oilers and Columbus Mavericks are two of six franchises that have joined the USPHL in and around Ohio in recent years. We check in with Wooster owner Marty Kerr and head coach Jordan Roemer to talk about the Oilers' return to the ice in 2020-21 and their plans for Year Two. Nate...
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Ep 52 feat. ANDREW PERROT | OHL PLAYER & CO-ORGANIZER OF CHL SHOWCASE IN ERIE, PA
Former Cleveland Baron Andrew Perrott 13U player Andrew Perrott saw his fourth season in the Ontario Hockey League wiped out by COVID-19 but was outspoken in the need for the league to return to play. After heading to Slovakia to play pro hockey, he has returned and is part of a group of junior...
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Ep 51 feat. Greg Gutterman | Beavercreek HS Head Coach
Greg Gutterman is the head coach at Beavercreek High School. The Beavers are the two-time defending champions of the Southwest Ohio High School Hockey League and also host the "POD" Tournament along with Archbishop Alter. The POD Tournament ("POst-District") gives teams in the SWOHSHL - and…
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EPISODE 50
It's a landmark episode #50! We'll look back at some of our favorite clips from the podcast and just generally BS about The Year That Was in hockey
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Ep 49 OHIO GOES TO USA HOCKEY NATIONALS!
We check in with Seanna Conway (Gilmour Girls U16), Darryl Noren (Ohio AAA Blue Jackets U18) and Patrick Metzger (Team Ohio U16 & U18) before they depart for their respective USA Hockey National Tournaments.
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Ep 48 feat. Spencer Cox | Long Island University (NCAA Div I) Commit
Spencer Cox grew up in Westerville, OH and played for the AAA Ohio Blue Jackets before heading to Culver Military Academy. He talks to us about his COVID-impacted development path, which took him through several twists and turns through Tier I and II Junior Hockey this year before he landed with...
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Ep 47 feat. Chris Bergeron | Miami University (NCAA Div I) Head Coach
Chris Bergeron has been a fixture in Ohio hockey going back to his time as the captain of the first Miami University team to win a conference championship and go to the NCAA Tournament. He played pro hockey in Toledo and Cincinnati then went on to play an important role in the "Golden Area" of...
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Ep 46 feat. Joe Battista | Professional Speaker & Author
Joe Battista is a Professional Speaker, Success Coach, Owner of Pragmatic Passion Consulting, and Author of “The Power of Pragmatic Passion: 7 Common Sense Principles For Achieving Personal and Professional Success.” Joe, a former ACHA coach at Penn State and VP of Hockey and Administration for…
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Ep 45 feat. Rick Gotkin | Mercyhurst University (NCAA Div I) Head Coach
Rick Gotkin has been the head coach of the Mercyhurst University men’s hockey team for 33 seasons. He is the only coach in NCAA history to take a team to the NCAA Tournament at all three levels, and has guided the Lakers to over 500 wins, six NCAA tournament appearances and five league...
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Ep 44 feat. Doug Ute | OHSAA Executive Director + State Tournament Frozen Four Preview
Ohio High School Athletic Association Executive Director Doug Ute tells us how he navigated a very eventful first six months in office and addresses some of the key issues relating to high school hockey in Ohio, including the state tournament venue and creating a second division of competition....
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Ep 43 feat. Ani FitzGerald | Northeastern University (NCAA Div 1)
Ani FitzGerald was born in Shaker Heights and competed for five seasons at Gilmour Academy, leading the Lancers in scoring four times and leading them to a Mid-Am District Championship and the program's first-ever USA Hockey Nationals. She is a three-time USA Hockey National Development Camp...
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Ep 42 feat Cole Bell | Ohio University Head Coach ACHA (Div I)
Cole Bell joined the Ohio Bobcats for the 2019–2020 season as the head coach of the Division I team after spending the previous two seasons as the head coach at the University of Jamestown. In his two years at Jamestown, Coach Bell guided the Jimmies to two National Tournament appearances. As a...
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Ep 41 : OHSAA LEAGUE TOURNAMENT WRAP-UPS AND DISTRICT TOURNAMENT PREVIEWS
We will look back at which teams took home hardware in the Baron Cups, Cleveland Cup, Blue Jackets Cup and SWOHSHL tournaments, and look forward to the four OHSAA District Tournaments that will be starting up in four three rinks across the state!
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Ep 40 feat. Head Coach Jake Rishel & senior defenseman Bobby Edwards | Bowling Green State University (ACHA)
The T-Show may be shut down for the year, but Bowling Green's DII ACHA team is back in action. Head coach Jake Rishel and senior defenseman Bobby Edwards join us to talk about getting the Falcons back on the ice during COVID and Edwards' role in getting the historic Cleveland Heights program back...
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Ep 39 feat. Tony Brown | "Voice" of the Cleveland Monsters
A lifelong hockey devotee, Tony Brown's passion for hockey and broadcasting have taken him from Minnesota to Central New York, West Texas, Omaha, Indianapolis, and the great city of Cleveland. A 2010 graduate of the prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University,...
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Ep 38 feat. Dave Starman | NCAA & World Junior Analyst
Dave Starman has been a college hockey goalie, a coach and a scout at various times in his life in hockey, but he is best known as the voice of college hockey and the IIHF World Junior Championships. This season he called more than half of the games in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference's...
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Ep 37 Fantasy Hockey Episode w/ Scott Harrington, Tyler Whidden and Skip Snow
Our panel of fantasy hockey "experts" give you tips on how to start up a league, make the one you are in better, or just make your team more competitive this year. Scott Harrington, Tyler Whidden and Skip Snow are veteran fantasy leaguers with connections to a hockey league that is still going...
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Ep 36 feat. Rob Sangster | St. Charles HS Head Coach + replay of Ep18 interview w/ the late Jamie Ruffner
Rob Sangster us in his 8th year as head coach of the St. Charles Cardinals. He played in the Ontario Hockey League with the Kitchener Rangers and the Ottawa 67’s, was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks and played for the Columbus Chill at the end of this professional playing career. He is also the...
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Ep 35 feat. Jeff Svoboda | BlueJackets.com + Chris Cogan | Rocky River HS Head Coach
Jeff Svoboda has been the team reporter for the Blue Jackets for since December 2018, providing news, analysis and features about the organization at BlueJackets.com. Prior to that he served as sports editor of the Toledo Blade as well as a staff writer at Buckeye Sports Bulletin, where he…
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Ep 34 Padua Holiday Tournament Preview
Join us as we preview the Padua Holiday Hockey Tournament - the Grand Daddy of Ohio in-season high school tournaments with many of the top teams from the Cleveland (Holy Name, Padua Franciscan, Shaker Heights, St. Edward, University School), Columbus (Olentangy Liberty, St. Charles and Upper...
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Ep 33 feat Bob Turow iUnited States Premier Hockey League (USPHL), Commissioner
Bob Turow is commissioner of the United States Premier Hockey League which consists of 600 teams and 12,000 players at various age levels, including five Tier III Junior franchises in the Ohio Hockey Digest coverage area: the Columbus Mavericks, Fort Wayne Spacemen, Lake Erie Bighorns, Toledo...
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Ep 32 State of OHSAA Hockey Roundtable w/ CHC, GCHSHL, GLHL, NHC, + SWOHSHL
State of OHSAA Hockey Roundtable w/ CHC, GCHSHL, GLHL, NHC, + SWOHSHL
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In connection with Ohio Hockey Digest, current Ohio high school hockey coaches Tim Sullivan and Jason Levanduski bring their ideas and opinions to the masses of the great state of Ohio. The Ohio Hockey Digest On Air Podcast will focus on the greatest game going and all levels of hockey being played across the state, but also touching on pop culture, interviews, and other entertainment. Growing the game of hockey the best they can in the state of Ohio. If you don’t know, they will make you know! Produced by Daniel Humphrey. New episodes released every Friday.
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