Up My Hockey with Jason Podollan
Up My Hockey is a podcast that pulls back the curtain on how to make a career out of hockey and the high performance habits required. Your host, ex-NHL'er and mindset coach, Jason Podollan, has candid conversations with NHL players, coaches, scouts, and agents, about the hockey journey and living your dream. If you are an aspiring hockey player, a hockey parent, or a hockey fan who wants to hear the inside scoop, this podcast is for you.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 93 minutes
- Episodes
- 167
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
EP.121 - Patrick Marleau - 1,779 NHL games played
Patrick Marleau's remarkable hockey career is awe-inspiring. Marleau's journey is a testament to longevity and dedication, a narrative we can all draw inspiration from.
From his debut i…
EP.120 - Dustin Wolf - Calgary Flames Top Goalie Prospect
Despite being a seventh-round pick, Dustin Wolf has certainly proven himself on the ice. Wolf played for the Everett Silvertips in the WHL for 4 seasons, consistently putting up remarka…
EP.119 - Brett Howden - 2023 Stanley Cup Champion
Brett Howden can now call himself a Stanley Cup Champion.
Howden, a key contributor in the Las Vegas Golden Knights Stanley Cup playoff run, shares his professional journey to this miles…
EP. 118 - Matt Bardsley - GM of the Spokane Chiefs
Matt Bardsley took a very different route to WHL management, than most GM's.
He enjoyed the sport of hockey as a spectator, then zamboni driver, minor hockey coach, and scout for severa…
EP. 117 Noah Babin - Florida Roller Hockey to HHOF
A star-struck roller hockey player from Florida went to a practice in Michigan and caught the eye of the coach of one of the top AAA teams in the US, even to this day.
Noah moved to Mich…
EP. 116 - Petri Karjalainen - Head Coach Kalpa - Finnish Elite League
Petri Karjalainen quit playing when he was 15 and started coaching right away. He startted helping out around the arenas as he knew he wanted to be involved in the game and since 2005…
EP 115 Luke Toporowski - Not Getting Drafted (3 times), But Earning That NHL Contract
A Spokane Chief through and through, Toporowski said "playing in the WHL was the only thing he wanted to do" as a young hockey player.
His Dad was a Chief, his older brother was a Chief…
EP. 114 - Billy McCreary - Head Coach - Danbury Hat Tricks
Billy McCreary is the President of Hockey Operations, Head Coach, and General Manager of the Commissioner's Cup Champion's, Danbury Hat Tricks.
He sits down with Jason to discuss growing…
EP. 113 Brian Leavold - Everything Scouts Are Looking At
Leavold is a senior scout with the Everett Silvertips, of the WHL. He has decades of scouting experience for the Swift Current Broncos from 1998 to 2018, where he helped construct the B…
EP. 112 - Dennis Williams - Every Player Has His Own Path
Dennis Williams has coached in the NCAA, NAHL, USHL, WHL, led Canada to a Gold Medal at the 2023 World Junior Championships in 2023.
Dennis and Jason discuss coaching philosophies, the i…
EP. 111 - Ryan Reaves - Always Work As Hard As You Can
Ryan Reaves is entering his 19th season as a professional hockey player. Drafted in the 5th round in 2005, Reaves talks about his days in the AHL and what it took for him to make the ju…
EP.110 - Bill Lindsay - What Teamwork Really Means
777 game NHLer and NHL Analyst, Bill Lindsay, talks about his 1996 run for the Stanley Cup as a member of the Florida Panthers, and why he thinks this current team has what it takes to …
EP. 109 - Raising Resilient Kids
CFL Hall of Famer, and father of two professional athletes, Willard Reaves, talks to Jason about raising resilient kids, and the mindset he instilled in his boys, CFL player Jordan, and…
EP. 108 - Cory Sarich - Creating a Winning Culture
In this episode, former NHL player of 969 games, Cory Sarich, discusses with Jason how being traded from Buffalo, a team in a traditional hockey market, to the Tampa Bay Lightning, a te…
EP. 107 - Dean McAmmond - Harnessing Your Engine
In today's game, size is not a limiting factor like it once was. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, with most people identifying and working to improve that weak area in their…
EP.106 - Brady Leavold - From Hockey to Hell and Back
Hockey to Hell and Back is the title of Brady Leavold's aptly named podcast.
He's been there done that. Seen things and done things most of us only see in movies.
Brady isn't proud of hi…
Bonus Episode - Reflections on 100 - Episodes 51-60
In this bonus episode I get to go deep on my discussions Nathan Mackie EP.57, Chris Joseph EP.59 and Cristobal Huet EP.53.
Mackie is the current captain of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks an…
EP.105 - Trevor Gillies - 18 year Professional and over 3000 PIM's
If you know the name, Trevor Gillies, then you probably instantly think "handlebars".
While in the NHL with the New York Islanders, Gillies was famous for his thick, black handlebar mous…
Bonus Episode - Reflections on 100 - 41-50
Big time heavy hitters in this group of 10 to reflect on!
Check it out...
EP. 104 - Tyler Shattock - Head Coach of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks
Tyler Shattock is now the head coach of a premier BCHL organization, but he was once a professional hockey player - and it wasn't too long ago.
Drafted 5th overall in the 2005 WHL draft …