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Breaking the Ice is a platform created for wives and girlfriends of professional hockey players but has since turned into so much more! We share our stories, our passions, our tips, tricks, do’s and dont‘s for all things hockey and SO much more. Whether you‘re a hockey parent, an athlete, a significant other in the sports world or a person who enjoys podcast, you‘ll be inspired by these women every single day. So lace em‘ up and tune in for a new episode every Wednesday!
Episodes
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Erinn Hakstol, wife of Dave Hakstol, who is the head coach for the Seattle Kraken in the NHL, joins me on Breaking the Ice today!
In this episode, we chat about:
- How her and her husband met being 8 years apart!
- What covid looked like for them as a family and how her and her kids were apart from Dave for over six months
- Home schooling older kids during a pandemic
- Long distance
- Growing through this lifestyle with kids who are older
- What community means to her and how the hockey life has changed her perspective on life
- Experiencing the Seattle Kraken and what it's been like being with a brand new team and organization
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Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Taylor Cook is a women’s professional hockey player and a mindset coach! Taylor’s boyfriend, Eeli Parviainen, is the strength and conditioning + assistant coach in Bremerhaven, Germany in the DEL.
In this episode we chat about:
- The pay equity between mens and women's hockey
- The U18 World Championships getting canceled for women but mens continuing on
- How she got started in her career
- Men’s mental health: Why men feel like they can’t be vulnerable and why we think there needs to be more resources on hockey teams
- Mental health struggles that happen with the hockey lifestyle and how can we recognize when we are struggling with it
- Tangible things we can do to incorporate in our lives to take us out of the hockey bubble such as a lot of movement, travel, away from life long family and friends and feeling left out
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Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Stacey Kasdorf, wife of Jason Kasdorf, joins me on the podcast today. Stacey is a mom to three little girls, a business owner, influencer, blogger and wife. With this being a busy time of year, I thought this would be a great time to dive into the topics of motherhood, marriage + me time and how they all are intertwined.
In this episode we chat about:
- One of Stacey's hardest times as a mom
- How once you have kids, it's harder to make time for your marriage and Stacey shares how and her husband work on this
- Love languages and how they change depending on what season of life you're in
- How to take time for yourself when being a mom
- Burn out- how to recognize this before it's too late
- Stacey's top 3 tips for flying with kids on an airplane
+ more!
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Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Julie Johnson, engaged to Tim Branham, who is the assistant coach of the Colorado Eagles in the AHL, joins me on Breaking the Ice today! Tim was the head coach of the Utah Grizzles in the ECHL for 8 years and this is their first season making the big move to the AHL. In this episode, we discuss how it seems “against the rules” to co-mingle with coaches wives and players wives and how we can change this storyline.
In this episode we chat about:
- Never being a players wife and stepping directly into this role
- The different mentality between being a head coach vs. assistant coach's wife
- Negativity on the internet about your significant other
- How the relationship varies depending on the team dynamics
- Covid limitations for players and their wives last hockey season in the ECHL
- We both give our honest opinions on these relationships
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Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Victoria Arlen is a ESPN + MBC Host, Gold Medalist, Dancing with the Stars Contestant and Author, to name a few, joins me on the podcast today!
When Victoria was 11 years old, she developed two very rare conditions and lost the ability to walk, talk, communicate but she heard everything that people were saying for FOUR years. She was completely locked in her body.
In this episode we talk about:
- The beginning stages when Victoria and her family knew something was off
- How Victoria and her family got through these four years and the recovery to come
- The emotional ride of being able to hear everything going on but not able to respond
- Winning a gold medal at the paralympics
- Setting goals and never giving up
- Becoming one of the youngest people to become a reporter on ESPN (and female)
- The stereotypes from others being a female working for ESPN
- What it has been working in a male dominated industry
- The experience with Dancing with the Stars and performing while not being able to feel her legs and truly showing people what you are capable of
- Surrounding yourself with people who will lift you up/cheer you on
It was such an honor to chat with Victoria and I know you will leave this episode feeling as inspired as I did!
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Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
Today is a solo episode with me, your host! I started to feel that roadtrip, middle of the season burn out creep in a couple of weeks ago and once I processed my emotions, I wanted to share this episode with you all.
In this episode I talk about:
- The Mental Load of Responsibilities
- Stepping into the role as the primary caretaker of kids, pets, household responsibilities but also feeling the overwhelm of not being able to take a break if needed
- Long Roadtrips Alone
- Planning Life Around Hockey
- The Mental Load of Traveling
- Coordinating the Flights To/From the Season and sometimes having to travel by yourself (potentially internationally + potentially with children)
- The end of the season overwhelm: What do we leave behind, where do we leave our stuff, what do we bring home, needing to pack suitcases, boxes and keep everything organized with less than a weeks notice, usually
- Long Exhausting Travel Days, twice a year
- The Mental Load of Starting Over:
- Making New Friends every 8 months
- Learning a new city or country, with maybe a new language
- The stress of not knowing where you will live constantly
- What I have learned I needed in these tough moments
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Listen to the episode "The Unknowns Made us Stronger"
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Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Gretchen Geraghty, girlfriend of Max Willman, who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL, joins me today on Breaking the Ice. Gretchen currently resides in Allentown, PA and her boyfriend is 1.5 hours away in Philadelphia living the hotel life!
In this episode we talk about:
- The uncertainties of the hockey life
- When they decided to move in together
- Long Distance
- Covid and how that affected her day to day
- Learning how to be independent in this lifestyle
- What it's like having a twin and living far away from them
- The comparison game of social media
- Making friends as an adult and how challenging this can be
and more!
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Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Danielle Fraser, wife of Jamie Fraser, who plays in Villach, Austria in the ICEHL, joins me today for a late night happy hour! Danielle and I had an absolute blast chatting virtually. We have had so many mutual connections and she has also spent six hockey seasons in Vienna herself! (where my husband plays now). Her and Jamie have been together for 15 years and they now travel the globe with their two kids.
In this episode we chat about everything and anything but a few topics in between all of the laughs are:
-Playing in the US and making the decision to go over to Europe
-Why she doesn’t live in Europe full time and goes back and forth from Canada to Austria
-Giving birth in Austria
-The challenges of living in a foreign country when your kids are older
-How her family has navigated their sons Type 1 Diabetes
-How we discovered we are hypochondriac soul sisters
and SO much more.
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Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Jenn Army, wife of Derek Army, who is the Head Coach of the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL, joins me on Breaking the Ice today!
Even though she is a coach's wife now, she started off as a player's girlfriend/wife and they went through long distance for 9 years! Jenn is a teacher and she shares about how difficult it was to get time off to go visit and really having to plan her time off around what worked for the hockey schedule, which also led us to talking about maternity leave for teachers and how unfair it is (and even more stressful with covid times!)
We also talk about:
- Being a Homebody and how this hockey life really pushes you outside of your comfort zone
- Long roadtrips in the ECHL as a mom and how it's basically survival mode
- We talk about how days off, aren't days off for moms (if ya know, ya know!)
- Call ups and send downs when you're long distance and dealing with the frustrations and uncertainties that come with this, especially when you are taking time off from work
- How long distance and the unknowns that hockey can bring can make your relationship stronger, if you're with the right person
- Transitioning into the coaching role
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Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Brittany Wedgewood, wife of Scott Wedgewood, who plays for the Arizona Coyotes in the NHL, joins me on the podcast today for the seventh time?!
Brit and I really needed a good catch up episode and I know you all love hearing her on the podcast so we had to make it happen!
Some of the things we chit chat in this episode are:
- Brittany and Scott's new home in Arizona
- The January Lull and why it seems to affect us all
- What's been going on for us both: Moving, Sicknesses, Funny Dog Stories and Check your boobs
- Britney Spears and Jamie Lynn Spears drama
- Wedding Prep for Brittany
- The rules and regulations for hockey during a pandemic and why the constant confusion is exhausting
- AND MORE! Tune in for a good convo with your girls & enjoy!
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