“You don’t have a lot of time in the game. I try to put players into positions where they have to make rushed decisions.”
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In episode #263, we're joined by Steve Sullivan, Head Coach with the the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes 18U AAA.
Following a playing career of over 1,000 NHL games, Sullivan joined the Arizona Coyotes as a Development Coach and worked his way into management to become the club’s General Manager in 2019. Following a change in ownership, he remained in Phoenix and began coaching in the Jr Coyotes program.
Sullivan is an open book when it comes to how he develops players, runs practice and prepares players for the next stage of their career. Guaranteed you’re going to steal a thing or two from this podcast.
Listen as Sullivan shares how to improve a player's goal scoring ability, why stubbornness played a key role in his hockey journey, and why team success is about being predictable within but unpredictable to your opponent.
VIDEO TIMESTAMPS:
- 0:00 Coyotes situation in Phoenix
- 4:40 Growing up in Timmins
- 9:45 How youth hockey is changed
- 14:05 Playing junior in the Soo
- 20:00 Playing for Ted Nolan
- 25:05 Acclimating to the AHL in New York
- 30:35 Being stubborn leading to success
- 32:35 Playing in New Jersey/Jacques Lemaire
- 38:40 Adapting as an undersized player
- 42:00 Details that he stresses with his team
- 47:40 Finding time for reps
- 53:55 Influence from time as skills coach
- 1:00:00 Improving goal scoring
- 1:07:00 Puck over glass incident
- 1:11:05 Ingredients to be a good PKer
- 1:15:15 Next chapter of career
