Episode 36 - Hayden Stewart - The Hockey Scout
Guest: Hayden Stewart @the.hockey.scout
Presented by: @hockey_ai
Partnership: @Verberohockey Promo Code: SHEEN
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In today's episode of The Farm Team podcast I am pleased to be joined by the Head Coach and General Manager for the Newmarket Monarchs Junior A Club. This upcoming season, Hayden and the Monarchs will be entering the inaugural season for the newly formed Ontario Junior A Super League. A league that was created to provide additional opportunities for players to continue to develop and experience the junior hockey lifestyle.
Hayden is a recent graduate from the Masters of Sports Management Research program at the University of Guelph located in Ontario, Canada. Hayden focused his time and research on examining the NHL scouting inefficiencies and now offers solutions and ideas to address the shortcomings of his findings. The World as a whole and the World of Sports in general is forever looking for ways to improve and innovate to increase the value for their stakeholders.
As the Provinces start opening back up and the wave of uncertainty recedes we are starting to see what the landscape looks like for minor and junior hockey programs throughout the country. Hockey has seen an unprecedented uptick in the number of youth registrations in recent years so new leagues and teams are necessary to close the gap and fill the void of having nowhere to play after a certain age. I’m excited to have the opportunity to talk with Hayden today about his perspective on growing the game and how his research on scouting inefficiencies impacts his coaching and development philosophies