In this episode of the Varsity Catholic Podcast, Brady Steir speaks with Ry Godde and Jared Spooner — former D1 hockey player, FOCUS missionary, and current college coach — to explore how hockey becomes a school of holiness.

Jared shares his journey from having his entire identity wrapped up in being a hockey player to discovering that the game could form him far beyond the ice. Through Bible study, prayer, and learning to see suffering as redemptive, Jared began to understand that competition isn’t opposed to faith — it can actually train us for it.

In This Episode You’ll Hear:
🏒 How hockey shapes virtue through sacrifice, discipline, and perseverance
✝️ The moment Jared realized he was more than just a hockey player
📖 Why “run so as to win” (1 Corinthians 9) changed how he viewed faith and competition
🔥 How team Bible studies and prayer transformed locker room culture
💪 Seeing workouts, losses, and adversity as opportunities for holiness
👨‍🏫 What it looks like to coach athletes as human beings, not human doings

If you’re an athlete trying to integrate faith and sport — or a coach looking to form the whole person — this episode will challenge you to see the game not just as something you play, but as something God uses to shape who you become.

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