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In episode 291 of the Glass and Out Podcast we continue our trip through Europe with a visit from HC Davos Head Coach Josh Holden.
Davos is of course the home of the Spengler Cup, a tournament Holden and HC Davos won last season (his first with the team), the 16th in the club's history.
After a playing career in North America that saw Holden drafted 12th overall in 1996 by the Vancouver Canucks and spend time with Carolina and Toronto, he would travel overseas and evetually settle in Zug, Switzerland.
Zug would also be where he got his start in coaching, joining Dan Tangnes’ staff the season following his retirement. During his five seasons as an Assistant Coach the club would capture one Swiss Cup and back to back NLA Championships.
Listen as he shares the difference between skills-skills and game-skills, the mentality of being "all in today," and what he learned from the infamous bench incident at the Spengler Cup.
Video Timestamps:
- 0:00 Davos hockey community
- 2:40 Hockey’s popularity in Switzerland
- 4:30 Spengler Cup tournament
- 9:25 Getting one percent better
- 13:55 4 basic skills in hockey
- 16:15 Improving passing in practice
- 19:15 Generating offence through passing/refining a skill
- 25:10 Davos youth academy development/U20 Swiss league
- 31:35 European player development strategies
- 37:00 Applying lessons from playing days
- 42:00 Development coach in Zug
- 46:20 Offensive patience in Europe/positonless hockey
- 52:50 Ideal defensemen in Swiss league
- 56:15 Playing physical/penalty record
- 1:01:30 Helping players prepare off ice
- 1:09:05 Coaching colleagues in Switzerland
- 1:12:20 Spengler Cup incident with Tomas Jurco
- 1:18:00 Transition from Assistant to Head Coach
- 1:21:05 Working with Dan Tangnes
- 1:26:50 Lessons from Paul Maurice and Jukka Jalonen
- 1:33:50 Advice for coaches
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