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In episode #267, we welcome back Mitch Love, a former Glass and Out guest and presenter at TCS Live 2024. Love is heading into his second season as an Assistant Coach with the Washington Capitals.
When he last joined the show in 2019, Love was coming off his first season as the Head Coach of the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades. Since then, he spent two seasons as the Head Coach of the Calgary Flames AHL affiliate, winning back-to-back Coach of the Year awards.
Needless to say, at 40-years-old, Love is one of the top young coaches in the game.
Listen as he shares how the Capitals are preparing heading into training camp, why you have to stay on top of your players when it comes to details, and why breaking out the puck is an underrated skill that every defencemen needs to have.
And make sure to check out his TCS Live presentation on the importance of stick on puck play in hockey.
VIDEO TIMESTAMPS:
- 0:00 Summer activities
- 4:40 Reviewing first season in the NHL
- 8:05 Researching tendencies of players
- 11:25 Working with Kevin Constantine
- 14:05 Working with new additions
- 16:20 Improving offence form the blue line
- 22:00 Improving defencemen scanning
- 26:30 Areas to focus on in training camp
- 29:25 Surprising success last season
- 34:50 Lesson from time in AHL
- 38:15 Being able to sell to players
- 42:00 Key details for defencemen
- 47:55 Thoughts on LH and RH defencemen
- 50:00 How he gets better in the summer
