In episode 318 of the Glass and Out Podcast we're joined by Skills Coach and TCS Live presenter Maxim Noreau.

Noreau enjoyed a tremendous playingcareer, and while he only played a handful of games in the National Hockey League, he played over 17 professional seasons, mostly in the Swiss National League, and represented Canada on multiple occasions at the Spengler Cup and Winter Olympics.

Upon retirement, he founded Noreau Hockey, a development program operating out of Montreal, where he is also a Development Coach for the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada of the QMHJL.

You can check out his TCS Live presentation on Blueline Shooting Options now on The Coaches Site.

Listen as he shares why coaches need to focus on making the fundamentals elite, the importance of selling player development to parents and how the position of defence as evolved in hockey.

In episode 317 of the Glass and Out Podcast we welcome back Andrew Lord, Head Coach of the AHL's Ontario Reign.

Last time we spoke with Lord he was coming off four seasons as both a player and the Head Coach of the Cardiff Devils of the UK Elite Ice Hockey League.

Since that conversation his coaching stock has been on the rise. That includes a South Division title and the Jack Brophy Award as the ECHL's coach of the year during his tenure with the Greensville Swamp Rabbits and a brief stop in the QMJHL with the Halifax Mooseheads.

Lord now leads the LA Kings AHL affiliate, which has him just one step away from standing behind an NHL bench.

Listen as he shares the importance of finding the link between practice and game, how to manage uncomfortable conversations, and how to handle the struggles of a rebuild.

For episode 316 of the Glass and Out Podcast we welcome CEO of Sports Innovation Lab Angela Ruggiero.

She is best known as a 4x Olympian and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. She was a senior in high school when she played for Team USA and won gold at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. In 2004 she won the Patty Kaizmeir Award as the top player in college hockey. She was also the first woman to play in a regular season professional hockey game in North America at a position other than goalie when she suited up for the Tulsa Oilers in a Central Hockey League game.

However, her list of achievements extend well beyond her career as an athlete.

That includes time as a member of the International Olympic Committee from 2010 to 2018. She served as a member of the Executive Board of the IOC after being elected Chairperson of the IOC Athletes' Commission, the body that represents all Olympic athletes worldwide, a post which she held from 2016 to 2018. She also has an MBA from Harvard and was a senior management associate with Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world.

Listen as she shares why learning to love adversity is key to success in life, why utilizing data in sports has to be built on trust, and why athletes are the best opportunity for corporations in the world.