Swan Hockey

Andrew Trimble and Eric discuss the need to lower the barrier to entry to the game of hockey and to also retain the players already playing. Andrew shares what he currently does in New Hampshire to provide free entry and equipment to interested children. Andrew is the owner of Scoring Concepts and the New England Wolves.

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Mike West is the President of the Omaha Lancers(USHL). Mike sits down with Eric to take everyone behind the scenes of the Lancers organization; player experience, fan experience, building the Lancers for the future.

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West Chester Wolves(NCDC) beat Lebanon Valley College(NCAA DIII) 6-3 in an exhibition game. Wolves GM/Head Coach R.C. Lyke discusses the game with Eric. The two also fly around the hockey world discussing call ups, the NDL, and college hockey.

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Dominic Boily known as HockeyAgentDom on TikTok and Instagram joins the pod. He and Eric discuss junior hockey from his point of view as an agent.

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CHL teams are allowed to roster as many American players as they want to. One of the top CHL franchises, the Moncton Wildcats(QMJHL), currently have American players making up 50% of their roster. Longtime Wildcats USA Scout Leo Gould is back and discusses the opportunity for American players with Eric.

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The last two episodes centered around USA Hockey's NDL. The Swan Hockey community responded in the discord and made very valid points as well as bringing up their concerns. Eric and Bill bring the community conversation to the podcast. If you are not in the discord, join the best hockey community on the internet now by joining the official Swan Hockey discord!

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Eric and Bill continue to digest and discuss USA Hockey's biggest change since the introduction of the ADM, how it affects not only players but their families, as well as the importance of "local" beyond the extent that most hockey families realize.

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USA Hockey has announced it's 17U and 15U NDL. Eric discusses it with Bill Underwood(Kitchener OHL) and Justin Friedman(Madison USHL).

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The NAHL Blaine, Minnesota Showcase is one of the biggest events on the junior hockey schedule each year. Brendan Collins(Neutral Zone) and Eric break it down and also dive into Minnesota hockey.

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College hockey could more changes via The Protect College Sports Act. Bill and Eric start to discuss it.

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Ryan Swain from Swain's Hockey Skills & Development brought up an interesting and valid point on social media. Start unlocking your potential and join Ryan and Eric as they discuss it in this episode.

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Neutral Zone co-owner Brendan Collins is back. He and Eric discuss the 2026 USHL Fall Classic; the strengths, the weaknesses, the youth side of the event, and the USHL!

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When are players "chosen" to be on the high end development path to the NHL, NCAA D1, and the CHL? Bill and Eric break it down.

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The NAHL and NA3HL seasons are underway. Eric is joined by J.T. Tarantino of the NJ Titans (NAHL) and Garden State Gamblers (NA3HL) to review the start of the season.

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R.C. Lyke (West Chester NCDC) is back! He and Eric discuss the Wolves exhibition schedule against NCAA D3 and ACHA M1 competition. They also discus inter junior league exhibition that has been going on between the USHL vs NAHL as well as the NAHL vs NA3HL. All this and more in episode 21!

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Bill Underwood(Kitchener OHL) and Eric discuss college hockey and the ACHA. The ACHA is becoming increasingly more popular and is attracting players from the highest end of Jr. A hockey. There is more than meets the eye in the ACHA. Welcome to episode 20!

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Where is 18u? Where is it going? What impact could the NDL have? Justin and Eric discuss it.

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Rob from Buttendz joins the pod! Rob and Eric discuss the importance of having fun with the game the whole way through. The two also discuss growing the game and the challenges that come along with it.

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Eric is joined by Neutral Zone co-owner/director of scouting Brendan Collins and assistant director of U.S. scouting Andrew Serpico. In this episode they discuss the latest trends in player movement and recruiting in the new junior hockey landscape from the center of it all.

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Eric Swanick and Bill Underwood sit down as training camps across junior hockey open up. The conversation turns to a debate on the 18u level vs the Tier 3 Junior level.

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