2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally

01:51:27

Episode 523 Nigel Hope

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/09/30

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

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01:25:00

Episode 522 Doug Andress

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/09/27

-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

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01:22:48

Episode 521 Bailey and Mark Thomas

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/09/16

-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

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01:15:13

Episode 520 Leigh Hudson

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/09/04

-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

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01:24:58

Episode 519 Cody Lampl

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/08/23

-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

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00:53:43

Episode 518 Luke Piggott

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/08/22

-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

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01:28:38

Episode 517 Matt Lees

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/08/07

-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

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00:38:17

Episode 516 Cash Weber

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/07/29

-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

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00:50:04

Episode 515 Hank & Matt Willis

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/07/11

-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

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01:51:18

Episode 514 Andy Fagerstrom & Jeff Maxwell

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/06/28

-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

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01:00:10

Episode 513 Dease

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/06/17

-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

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02:04:50

Episode 512 Chris Heid

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/06/08

-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

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01:30:15

Episode 511 Marko Sakic

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/05/29

-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

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00:57:13

Episode 510 Aleksander Polaczek

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/05/17

-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

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01:42:03

Episode 509 Jackson Kuhn

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/03/31

-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

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02:35:33

Episode 508 Fabian Bloos

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/03/16

-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

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01:58:58

Episode 507 Alexander Feistl

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/03/08

-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

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01:08:49

Episode 506 Michael Schwarzkugler

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/03/08

-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

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01:30:47

Episode 505 Kamil Toupal

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/03/05

-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

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01:24:48

Episode 504 Cody Thornton

2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally ·

2026/03/03

-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

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