Time Out With Torts: October 15

Time Out With Torts: October 15

Bob McElligott talks with Blue Jackets Head Coach John Tortorella about his team, his relationship with other coaches in the league and First Responders Night.

How Winnipeg Jets assistant coach Jamie Kompon runs a successful power play

How Winnipeg Jets assistant coach Jamie Kompon runs a successful power play

No scenario in hockey gives a coach more ability to flex their tactical know-how than the power play. Sure, choosing your lineup and delivering your d-zone structure is important, but let’s face it – watching a goal go in the net on the with the man advantage as a result of a scheme you concocted is more addictive than morning skate coffee.

2019 Global Series™: NHLCA Coaching Clinic in Prague

As part of the 2019 NHL Global Series in Prague, we hosted a coaching clinic with the Czech Ice Hockey Federation for over 200 coaches. We also held similar clinics in Berlin, Germany and Lausanne, Switzerland as part of this years Global Series.

Mike Babcock 1-on-1: On analytics, critics, picking a captain and becoming ‘lifelong friends’ with Kyle Dubas

Mike Babcock 1-on-1: On analytics, critics, picking a captain and becoming ‘lifelong friends’ with Kyle Dubas

Mike Babcock’s office is just as you’d imagine it. It’s organized. There doesn’t appear to be a single item out of place. His desk at the team’s practice facility in Toronto’s west end is dotted with notebooks, loose sheets of paper covered in plastic, a book, and pictures of his family. It’s what you’d expect for the uber-prepared, hard-charging head coach of the Maple Leafs.