Episode 28 - Justin Daigle - Hockey Down Under
Guest: @JDangle27
Presented by: @hockey_ai
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In today's episode of The Farm Team podcast I am pleased to be joined by a long-time friend of mine Justin Daigle. Justin currently serves as the Head Coach and Marketing Manager for the Camorra Hockey School located in Auckland, New Zealand. Daigs is also in his 8th season as a Player/Coach for the West Auckland Admirals in the NZIHL. Daigs background in hockey makes him the perfect candidate for growing the game, in non-traditional markets, like New Zealand.
Justin was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta where he played his youth hockey in the SW followed by his high school years playing for the Edge Academy on the City’s west side. After graduating from the Mountaineers program Daigs made the jump to the Alberta Junior Hockey League where he played 3 seasons for the Okotoks Oilers. During his time with the Oilers he earned a scholarship to play for the D1 NCAA University of Alaska Fairbanks-Nanooks.
After two years in Alaska Daigs decided to transfer back to Alberta and continue his education from the Mount Royal University Cougars program with a degree in communications and marketing in 2012.Following graduation Daigs wanted to play at the professional level and found an opportunity to move to New Zealand to play as an import.
After a couple of seasons Daigs was able to establish a more in-depth role within the NZ hockey federation and in 2017 Daigs was hired on to be the Head Coach of the U20 New Zealand Men’s Ice Hockey team and he has since represented the country in a number of sanctioned IIHF world tournaments.
I’m excited to have Justin on the show today to catch-up about all things hockey, talk more in-depth about his coaching/playing career, and to learn more about the current state of hockey in New Zealand. And with that, Daigs, Hello/Bonjour!