The Dented Puck - A Blind Hockey Podcast

What Salmaan wants, Salmaan gets! Our buddy Salmaan made the trip from Chi-Town to Portland, Maine to celebrate disabled hockey in the what Josh likes to call "more or less Canada."The Witches Brew, hosted by Maine Unified Hockey and The Maine Highlanders is a celebration of hockey players of all abilities and we are proud to send a group of players every year. Next year come join us!

Welcome BackWe are also welcoming back Tony for good as a regular host and changing out the format a little! We will be dropping an episode the first Wednesday of every month, followed by a "Third Man In" 17 minute quick episode on a blind or hockey adjacent topic mid-month!Tony hops back onto the show and we catch up with his massive project to grow ActuallyBlindGaming on Twitch and our Blind Gaming Community on Discord. NHL26 pre-release is on Friday 9/5, come check out the Twitch Channel!Tony discusses his background in gaming and the NHL video game and his work to grow awareness for blind gaming, The Dented Puck Foundation, and Blind Hockey through his gaming efforts. For Amazon Prime Members:You are entitled to one Free Twitch subscription per month. (Nothing to you...$$ to the Foundation) Please consider subscribing to ActuallyBlindGaming on Twitch through this program. Simple DIrections: Sign up for Twitch, Go to ActuallyBlindGaming. Click Subscribe. On the purchase options, click "Use Prime.".For More Information About Blind Hockey:The Dented Puck Foundation WebsiteWatch The Windy City ShowdownSupport Blind Hockey

We are LIVE from Colorado! For the first time and certainly not the last, we hosted a live recording on-location! We participated in yet another awesome Dawg Bowl, hosted by Dawn Nation, and we got to meet up with one of our newer members to the Dented Pucks roster, Andrew Keenan!

We FINALLY HAD Emma on again, instead of to begin her internship with us, to close it out! Emma joined Josh and Dirk in Park City, Utah at the National Ability Center for Move United's Disabled Sports Education Conference . We were so blessed to have Emma as our intern during the Spring semester and excited to have her stay on as our Outreach Coordinator. Please don't forget to register for the Windy City Showdown! Registration is closing soon! REGISTER HERE

Dirk and Josh host Team USA Rookie and Toronto native Alex Kapasouris, as we discuss the upcoming International Blind Hockey Series in Montreal. Catch all the games this weekend on the Canadian Blind Hockey YouTube ChannelFriday 4:00pm ESTSaturday 3:00pm ESTSunday 10:00am ESTFor more information on The Dented Puck Foundation and Blind Hockey, please visit The Dented Puck Website.

The group split in three in late February to showcase blind hockey in Rockford, Illinois, St.Louis, and the Boston area. Coming together to discuss our awesome weekend via a roundtable, listen for some incredible stories and examples from each event showing the impact and growth of our sport.Please consisder supporting this year's Windy City Showdown please use ourGoFundMe: https://gofund.me/9b8b93faFor more up to date information on blind hockey please join out Email list https://forms.gle/6Rj8SNpG7bHExz6GA

When Dirk and Josh went to a camp held by Alex Kapasouris in Connecticut, we got to skate with "French Canadian Alex" as he explained. We had promised to have him on the podcast since we were wearing shorts. But, what better way to truly kick off season 10 than with possibly the greatest double shock of an episode. For those interested in joining the Dented Puck email list to be aware of upcoming events and news in the blind hockey world Click here - https://forms.gle/pDTASx8wc5Zyofiv7We are in the beginning stages of fundraising for The Windy City Showdown. Seeking both philanthropic families through our GoFundMe - As well as partners and sponsors for our event - please email drew@thedentedpuck.com

Welcome Back Puckers! After a much needed break, we are back to kick off a new version of the podcast and a new schedule. This week we brought back Adam and Tony to discuss their roles in both The Dented Pucks Showcase Team and Actually Blind Gaming. Getting everyone back together after a break turned out about as hilarious as it is informative. For more information about blind hockey,. please visit our website: http://www.thedentedpuck.com To join our email list

Welcome back, Tony Chesrow! In this episode we discuss our plans for Twitch - yes we have a Twitch.TV channel - Tony's recovery from back-to-back surgeries, and how he has taken his blind hockey skills directly into being a Top 10 NHL24 XBOX player worldwide!

Our first guest of the new season is Canada's "Minister of Defense", Tristian Lindberg! We discuss his insight about what it's like to grow up playing hockey at a high level - then to transition into blind hockey -, how he got his chance to wear the national team jersey, and how he would get someone to try blind hockey!

The boys have wild deja vu in realizing they owe you a Tony update podcast. Background about the shortened Season 8 as well as the crazy schedule The Dented Puck has had over the summer months.

As is the usual, the attempt was to record the episode before we left on Sunday, but that never happens. It made it a much more important episode when we found out both Mark DeMontis, who we had been playing with all weekend, and Kelsey McGuire were BOTH nominated for the Willie O'Ree Community Hero award! We had to have Kelsey on to help promote her campaign of American voters to add to our recap of our weekend in Calgary! For those in the US, please vote for Kelsey and those in Canada, please vote for Mark. DAILY https://www.nhl.com/community/willie-oree/willie-oree-community-hero-award

What an awesome experience! (For everyone but Drew) We were so lucky to be able to highlight international blind hockey live at the American Dream Mall in front of thousands of hockey fans as we hosted a live Dented Puck episode that ended up being guest hosted like a beast by Blake Steinecke. We chatted with Jukka Pulkkiinen from Finland and Nathan Tree from the United Kingdom. For more information about blind hockey, please visit: http://www.thedentedpuck.com To order a Conway + Banks bag through the Dented Puck Group: https://forms.gle/BmiXCrxzYHnuXB4q8

We were lucky to have Liam O’Callaghan on the podcast this week to give us a little of his back story prior to his first International Blind Hockey Series. Liam explains his journey through sight loss and and quite a varied hockey background that definitely gives us a very Morgan moment. For more information on blind hockey, please visit http://www.thedentedpuck.com To watch the 2024 International Blind Hockey Series https://www.youtube.com/@usblindhockeyteam

After a long, active, break, we are back! The releases of this episode was scheduled for 3/22, but technical difficulties pushed us back a week! We sat down with USA Blind Hockey Team member Nick Kalyan before the break and discussed growing up in hockey and a possible youth rivalry with a current teammate. We also discuss how Nick got back into hockey and why Josh is mega jealous of Nick's job. For more information about blind hockey, please check out our website: http://www.thedentedpuck.com

"One of the greatest hockey games I've ever been a part of..." is how one of our hosts described the weekend in Chicago in November, and not for the reason you would expect. Take a trip back to Fifth Third Arena, in Chicago with us as we recap all three divisions of blind hockey action during the 2023 USA Hockey Blind Hockey Classic. Compilation video of "the game" will be posted on Youtube shortly.

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"You're killing me, Kory!" - Drew Today, we have a unique episode - possibly the most mentally taxing episode for the boys. We'd like to introduce our producer, Kory Shinohara! He has been the man behind the camera for the Dented Pucks for almost 3 years, now he's the one in front of it. We discuss how he got into hockey as a sport, how he got into broadcasting at the University of Kansas, why he's a Knights fan (opposed to his hometown Hawks), how he discovered blind hockey, and where he wants to take us to in the future!

After a brief hiatus, we are back with another banger! It was a pleasure to welcome on Minnesota Wild Blind Hockey's very own Nick and Brady! We discuss their amazing work with the Wild, especially Brady's action-packed summer - which features his very own gargantuan efforts for the name and sport of blind hockey!