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In Episode 350 of the Glass and Out Podcast, we're joined by new Head Coach of the Edmonton Oilers, Mike Babcock.

While Babcock is one of the most polarising figures in the game, he's also one of the most accomplished coaches in hockey history. He is currently the only coach in the Triple Gold Club, having won a Stanley Cup, Olympic gold, and a World Championship gold.

Babcock made his NHL debut behind the bench of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 2002 and took the team to the Stanley Cup Final in his first season. In 2005 he joined the Detroit Red Wings, where over ten seasons he won the Stanley Cup in 2008. He later coached the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2015 to 2019, helping rebuild the franchise around a young core.

You can check out his 2023 TCS Live interview with Elliotte Friedman where he shares memories from the 2010 Gold Medal Victory for Team Canada.

Listen as he shares why fun is the number one goal this year for the Oilers, his rule for defensive zone coverage, and the importance of being direct in your communication.

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In Episode 349 of the Glass and Out Podcast, we welcome back a good friend of The Coaches Site, Steve Spott.

Spott is heading into his second season as an Assistant Coach with the Boston Bruins. He has spent the previous 12 seasons in the NHL as an Assistant Coach with the Dallas Stars, Vegas Golden Knights, San Jose Sharks, and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Prior to his NHL career, Spott spent 16 seasons coaching in the OHL. He has also served as an Assistant Coach for Team Canada at the World Junior Championships, winning the 2003 and 2008 OHL Championships and the 2003 Memorial Cup Championship with the Kitchener Rangers.

This summer at TCS Live, Spott presented on The Position-Specific Skills Behind Elite Power Plays. You can watch that presentation now on The Coaches Site.

Listen as Spott shares why today's coaching needs to be specialized, how to influence team chemistry, and what it's like getting power-play advice from Larry David.

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We're back! We kick off the 10th season of Glass and Out with episode 348, featuring our Glen Gulutzan interview from TCS Live 2026.

Gulutzan is the Head Coach of the Dallas Stars, and in his second tour of duty with the organization. He's previously been the Head Coach of the Calgary Flames and also spent time as an assistant coach in Vancouver and Edmonton. Overall, he's enjoyed a remarkable career, especially considering that he got his start in coaching as a player assistant with the Fresno Falcons of the now defunct West Coast Hockey League.

The focus of the talk was on practice design, but he also offers some amazing stories and lessons he's collected over his career. We brought a white board onto the stage so he could share some drills and tactics in real time with the audience, so we highly recommend heading on over to The Coaches Site so you watch the episode and add the drills to your coaching library.

Listen as he shares the importance of starting practice with pace, drills to develop a power play framework, and why the number one goal for youth coaches should be development.

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In Episode 347, the season finale of the Glass and Out Podcast, we revisit our conversation with the head coach of the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, Rod Brind'Amour.

Back in 2019, Brind'Amour was just in his second season as head coach of Carolina and fresh off leading a young Canes team to its first playoff appearance in nine seasons. Fast forward to today, and he is now a Stanley Cup champion as both a player and a coach.

This was one of our favourite episodes of all time, and we thought it was the perfect way to honour Brind'Amour and his incredible journey.

A special thank you to everyone who tuned in this season. We can't wait to get back at it in September for Season 10!

Listen as he shares why it's important to think like a player as a coach, how to get creative when delivering your message, and why coaches should avoid looking in the rearview mirror.

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In Episode 346 of the Glass and Out Podcast, we're joined by longtime coach and executive Willie Desjardins, Head Coach and General Manager of the Medicine Hat Tigers.

A native of Climax, Saskatchewan, Desjardins began his coaching career at the University of Calgary under George Kingston before eventually taking over as head coach of the program. After a decade behind the bench in Calgary, he headed overseas to coach in Japan before returning to Alberta in 2002 to lead the Medicine Hat Tigers, quickly establishing the club as one of the WHL's premier programs.

Desjardins later joined the Dallas Stars organization as an assistant coach and went on to guide their AHL affiliate, the Texas Stars, to a Calder Cup championship. From 2014 to 2017, he served as Head Coach of the Vancouver Canucks and also spent the 2018-19 season behind the bench of the Los Angeles Kings.

Internationally, Desjardins has represented Canada at nearly every major tournament, building a resume that spans the highest levels of junior, professional, and international hockey.

Listen as he shares why instilling confidence is at the heart of a coach's role, how winning cultures are built, and what goes into developing offensive defencemen.

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In Episode 345 of the Glass and Out Podcast, we welcome back a longtime friend of The Coaches Site and the Founder of the Changing the Game Project, John O'Sullivan.

After spending more than two decades as a player and coach in the soccer world, O'Sullivan launched the Changing the Game Project in 2012 with a mission to transform the youth sports experience for athletes, coaches, and parents. He is also the author of three #1 bestselling books, and his work has been featured by CNN, Outside Magazine, ESPN, and NBC Sports.

He just released his fourth book Captain: The Athlete's Guide to Being an Exceptional Team Leader. The book serves as a practical guide for athletes looking to develop the habits, mindset, and skills that will help them become effective leaders both on and off the field.

O'Sullivan is also a familiar face within The Coaches Site community. At TCS Live 2024, he delivered a powerful keynote presentation on taking your coaching from transactional to transformational, challenging coaches to focus not just on performance, but on the lasting impact they have on the people they lead.

You can check it out now on The Coaches Site.

Listen as he shares his thoughts on developing leadership skills, navigating the challenges that can arise within a locker room, and why making people feel seen, valued, and understood can have such a powerful impact on team culture.

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In Episode 344 of the Glass and Out Podcast, we welcome Development Coach with the Utah Mammoth, Nathaniel Brooks.

Brooks presented at our 2023 edition of TCS Live. At the time, he was an Associate Coach at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryserson University), where he spent seven seasons. Later that summer, he was hired as a Development Coach by the Arizona Coyotes, a role he has continued to evolve in since the franchise's move to Utah.

The Mammoth are flush with young superstars and incoming prospects. But stockpiling talent is only half the battle in the NHL. Nurturing those prospects into everyday NHLers is the tricky part.

You can check out his on-ice presentation on optimizing offensive zone play through position over possession now on The Coache Site.

Listen as he shares how he defines the fundamentals, how to improve a player's play away from the puck, and the process of skill stacking.

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In Episode 343 of the Glass and Out Podcast, we're joined by one of the top skating coaches in the game and one of only two female skating coaches in the NHL, Danielle Fujita.

She has worked with the Calgary Flames since 2018 and brings more than 30 years of coaching experience. Fujita does an unbelievable job of breaking down and communicating not only the finer details of skating, but also the finer details of how she teaches skating, concepts that can be applied to teaching all aspects of the game.

She will be delivering an on-ice presentation at this year's TCS Live in Edmonton, with a focus on developing explosive speed.

You can join her by reserving your spot today!

Listen as she shares the difference between strength and power, why you need to slow things down to speed them up, and the story of how she manifested her role with the Flames.

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