2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally
By Brent Walton
Hosted by Brent Walton 10 year pro in the AHL, ECHL, Germany, Denmark and the UK
2 Ales and Hockey Tales with WallyJan 25, 2024
Episode 388 Tim Heffner
-Becoming the fastest rising star in the Linesman game and earning your way to Prague and the World Championships
-Watching your hometown Bietigheim Steelers become Deutsche Meisters in 2009 and bring a community together
-Putting the stripes on for the first time for a U13 game and making the DEL the very next season
-Getting comfortable and used to the next level of hockey whether you are playing or reffing
-Being on the ice with the World's best and when Connor Bedard's hockey brain blows your mind
Episode 387 Richard Gelke
-Becoming a legend of Selb, Germany with the Wolves and signing up for your 6th year and 15th as a pro
-Relegating the Heilbronner Falkens and Bietigheim Steelers back to back years... that's hockey Karma
-Learning to deal with the pressures of being a pro hockey player in Germany
-Getting suspended because the guy wasn't ready to get in a contact sport and missing the final series
-Secret Santa 2012/13 with the Falkens and never being able to forget the "grown up" in a diaper
Episode 386 Mac Carruth
-Heading "home" to the Cardiff Devils and the home opener should rain Twix like never before
-Diving into being a dad, running a muck and Collins Carruth makes her shed debut
-The Shed Boost gone wrong because the hockey gods had a bigger plan
-Hitting the shed for the 37th time a legend and remembering all the fun we have had
-The Herning Blue Foxes of Denmark set the record chucking 1004 Twix... Cardiff, Wales shall we beat the record at the home opener?
Episode 385 Ben Davies
-Mucking it right up against Bedard and Team Canada and making your nation and league proud
-Earning your testimonial in your hometown with your Cardiff Devils and memories will be made for life
-Scoring the "GOAL" and OT winner against France and writing your name in GB hockey history forever
-Breaking into pro as a 16-year-old with the Cardiff Devils and all the fellas that help you along your journey
-Setting up shop in Prague for the next couple weeks to write the next chapter of the Disney Movie that is Great Britain's Men's Ice Hockey Team
Episode 384 Dease
-The network of shed equipment guys that run the hockey world
-The weird stuff that happened in the Cardiff Devils locker room in 2015/16
-Our fellas & Team GB are about to lace em up against Canada and the Worlds best
-The Graz 99ers have a new coach and he is currently coaching Team Germany and he is lucky to work with Dease
-It is recruiting season in the hockey world and the type of people you get decides whether or not you win
Episode 383 Travis Turnbull
-Getting the call to the show and scoring your first goal in Madison Square Garden on Henrik Lundqvist -Earning your ride to the University of Michigan and realizing your dream of being a Wolverine
-Becoming a Deutsche Meister with Ingolstadt and winning in Germany gets crazy, crazy fun -Heading for Germany during the lockout and finding your hockey home
-Bringing your kids on the ice after a big Win are the moments the game brings that last a lifetime
Episode 382 Harry Thomas
-Making Team GB for the youth Olympics and mucking it up in South Korea
-Falling in love with the game by watching Big Lou beat the wheels off someone
-Learning from everyone and taking the little tips from all the goalies to get better
-Playing for Jamie Elson, Sam Motton and Team GB in the World Championships in Latvia and having a running clock
-Cardiff has become a hockey town and are raising players in the game
Episode 381 Anders Fagerström
-Frolunda is now the Sheds favourite SHL Team now and have a beautiful barn and great fans
-Becoming an equipment guy from a drunken bet and making the Swedish Elite League in your 3rd year of pro hockey
-Being a part of the Spengler Cup in the most beautiful barn in the world is a memory for life
-Living in Moscow and having a time in the KHL and earning a bronze medal with Sweden at the World Juniors
-Moose, Dease and Andy know how to hockey and are the shed guys you need taking care of the fellas
Episode 380 Miley Draisey & Milly Thulbourne
-Milly and Miley are ready to run a muck with Team Great Britain this week in The Netherlands
-Watching the Men's Team GB squad write a Disney movie and preparing to write their own fairy tale in the game
-Meeting last season with Team GB and becoming besties and shed gals know shed gals
-Getting Team GB and Shed swag means you are on the team and all 3 of us are on Team GB and the Shed squad and it is fun
-Wearing Crocs to the rink is comfortable and fun and Jibbitz make them funner
Episode 379 Jeff Maxwell
-Being a part of building the winning culture in Straubing with the Tigers by having consistency and loyalty to the players and coaching staff -Sitting in recently retired Cody Lampl's stall and the game needs more guys like him around -Suspensions in Germany have gotten very weird and no one seems to have to protect themselves anymore and be ready to be hit -Getting ready for the Champions Hockey League and Spengler Cup with the premier Teams across Europe with the Straubing Tigers -Firing a 1st place coach and then the new coach and entire staff in the middle of the finals is very, very strange
Episode 378 Bryce Reddick
-The difficult season in Glasgow with the Clan and losing is the opposite of winning
-Wales, Scotland, Germany, Norway, Denmark, France and where the craziest and funnest fans in the world
-Winning is forever and the group chats are what hockey is all about and when you win they last forever
-Firing your coach down 3-2 in the finals is very strange, especially after you already fired your coach that was in 1st place
Episode 377 Neil Francis
-Playing whatever role the Cardiff Devils need for decades and getting back behind the bench to try and win another trophy
-Joey Martin is the GOAT and can play with anyone and will do whatever it takes to win
-Getting to go to the barn at playoff weekend 9 years after retiring to visit a shed guy
-Kit Kats for Mosey and Green Peppermint Aeros for the Fran Man
-The 2014/15 that made hockey fun again and brought the Challenge Cup to Wales
Episode 376 Jake Edwards
-The Director of Shed Marketing and a Shed Legend returns
-Thinking about wearing number 62 for all the right reasons in Manchester, England
-Starting a chocolate chucking hockey tradition together and watching it get carried away
-Heading to playoff weekend with Kit Kats for Mosey and cheering on my Devils
-Being the first podcast to sponsor a pro hockey player and needing to pay the bill... raffle available at Aleshockeytales.com
Episode 375 Jared Adams, Jason Holt & Tom Humphrey
-The Kincardine Kinucks are All-Ontario Champions and the fellas earned it
-The magical ride that was the 2023/24 hockey season and all the 3rd period comebacks were fun
-Winning every single playoff game is fun and the 3-0 comeback with 6 minutes left in Walkerton was a hockey game to remember
-Depth and goaltending wins championships, we had both and winning is forever
-Bringing the Red Hats back to Kincardine, Ontario, Canada and having a parade in our hometown
Episode 374 Kevin Tansey, Colton Saucerman & Daniel Ciampini
-Winning the Challenge Cup and then the League title in just a couple weeks is FUN
-The Sheffield Steelers tradition of celebrating trophies from the balcony with a sea of Orange cheering on
-Beer Olympics, a strip shootout and having the funnest practice in hockey history after earning it
-These Shed Guys kept the Shed Boost alive and have ran a muck since coming to the shed and earned their chocolate and fun and weird things
-The Sheffield Steelers and Kincardine Kinucks have had magical years and have both won trophies and have one to go
Episode 373 Nick Rothwell
-Finding your passion and purpose through connection and community
-Launching the UK hockey sticks together tribe to help any former players struggling to find themselves again
-Everyone needs a tribe and we are both here for you, whenever you need us
-Growing up in Canada, moving to the UK and now finding his home in Czechia with his family
-The Kincardine Kinucks are the U13 WOAA Champions and winning is fun
Episode 372 Jerry Kuhn & Cody Lampl
-Getting set to hang up the wheels at seasons end and dive headfirst into the coaching world
-Firing coach's in first place is very strange and showing everyone what's up is fun
-Having loyalty to your coach and building a winning culture in Straubing, Germany
-It is playoff time in Germany and getting ready for the Hanover derby...Scorpions versus the Hanover Indians, it will be electric and fun
-It is also time for the finals for the Kincardine Kinucks in Canada
Episode 371 Dean Woolley
-Doing whatever it takes to win and capture the magical hockey moments that last a lifetime
-The Sheffield Steelers and the Kincardine Kinucks are running a muck of the hockey world in 2023/24
-The special people and players that play for Team Great Britain and winning gold and writing the Disney script
-The small hockey world and memorable shed guys that make the game so fun
-Preparing for the Challenge Cup Final in Sheffield, England and it should be FUN, winning is fun
Episode 370 Barry Baguette
-The Challenge Cup final in Sheffield, England is fast approaching and should be FUN
-Mucking it up with Steeler Dan in fierce paper, rock, scissor battles with thousands of fans watching
-The 2023/24 Sheffield Steelers are running a muck of the EIHL and they got quite the D core
-Starting the Shed Boosts and Kit Kat get that in Sheffield sure has been fun
-Owning the world's most famous Baguette and Tansey wants the weirdest and funnest things when he earns it
Episode 369 Matt Lees
-Creating the fun and funny 2 Ales and Hockey Tales Theme song... and don't forget kids winning is fun
-Getting hooked on the Cardiff Devils, becoming a season ticket holder and getting them inked on your body
-The magical place in Cardiff, Wales known as Chippy Lane and all the fun and mucks that can be ran
-Letting the fellas know when they should SHOOT and supporting your squad until the final buzzer
-Working hard so you can play hard in your shed and releasing your first album, Two sides to every hero
Episode 368 Robert Greeley Part 2
-Having your dream and passion for hockey provide you with so much fun
-Running into the World Junior Team Germany in Sweden that love your work and the small hockey world
-Building a community and platform with endless possibilities by showing up every day and being on time
-Earning your way to the TMU master's program and the impact Jay Onrait had on his journey and the things people say can stick with you for life
-Chasing your dream of playing a professional hockey game and everyone loves an underdog story and it takes everyone to win
-The second and third periods
Episode 368 Robert Greeley Part 1
-Having your dream and passion for hockey provide you with so much fun
-Running into the World Junior Team Germany in Sweden that love your work and the small hockey world
-Building a community and platform with endless possibilities by showing up every day and being on time
-Earning your way to the TMU master's program and the impact Jay Onrait had on his journey and the things people say can stick with you for life
-Chasing your dream of playing a professional hockey game and everyone loves an underdog story and it takes everyone to win
-The first period
Episode 367 Milly Thulbourne
-Earning your way onto Team Great Britain U18's at just 15 years old
-Finding out you made Team England and the special moments the game can give you that last a lifetime
-Naming your favourite coach ever, that was passionate about the game and made it FUN
-The endless potential of the gals game and setting your goals of lacing them up in the NCAA and playing pro
-Growing up a Sheffield Steelers fan and realizing playing is way more fun than watching and mucking it up with the boys
Episode 366 Tyler Hinam
-Having fun playing the game and signing up for 2 more years of chocolate and fun
-Finding your chemistry with Captain Critch and running a muck
-Having the best player in the league between the pipes is a great feeling for any team
-Figuring out how to drive on the wrong side of the road and seeing what Manchester has to offer
-Winning the Q, the Memorial Cup and making memories that last a lifetime
Episode 365 The Kincardine Kinucks
-The upcoming playoffs and our favourite memories from an unforgettable season that nobody wants to end -Winning the Belle River "A" tournament and becoming brothers for life with another shutout
-The TEAM walk and the special moments Coaches will remember forever and how lucky we are
-Being a team on and off the ice and mucking it up in the hotels
-Will the worldwide chocolate throwing craze come to Ontario when the fellas earn it?
Episode 364 Luke Witkowski
-Growing up in Holland, Michigan becoming a Bronco, a Red Wing and sometimes you got to pinch yourself playing the game
-Turning the program and Western Michigan Broncos around to the powerhouse it always should have been
-Scoring your first NHL goal during the dads trip and seeing the poop eating grin on the old man is priceless and a memory for life
-Being Hunter's two favourite Broncos years later is priceless and we are two totally different players
-People having your back, winning take you places and getting into the sauna game in Finland
Episode 363 Sam Humphrey & Jacob Ginman
-Having the best people and players in the league as a team and a coach is fun and that is how you win
-The Kinucks 3 on 3 tournament, the Championship, the Shutout, the shaker at the Humpers and the broken stick
-Winning the Belle River "A" tournament, it took everyone, it was fun and after you win you need to party
-Getting spanked is NOT fun... spanking people is fun
-The special group we have with the Kincardine Kinucks and wanting the season to never end
Episode 362 Scott Antcliffe
-Winning takes people places and it is taking this shed guy to Singapore and it is going to open doors, like winning does
-Writing the programs for your Sheffield Steelers and becoming a hockey guy and a fan for life
-Driving 10 minutes from your house and taking a life changing picture, doing what you love
-The Sheffield Steelers are really good at hockey this year and winning is fun
-The photographers, videographers, fans, teammates and everyone it takes to make hockey, hockey, they make memories for life
Episode 361 Charlie Wilcock
-Fun fact giving pucks to up and coming shed guys can have them wear your number for life
-Genes are a thing and coming from a gamer that would bike 600km for a shed family he has never met
-Robert Dowd is the new Captain of the Sheffield Steelers and he has already left his mark on the next generation
-Having your best buddy celebrate your goals when he plays for the other team is not hockey, but it is
-The youngest shed guy in history, he loves the game, he practices hard and comes from a great family, the sky is the limit, just believe in yourself
Episode 360 Colton Saucerman
-The countless paths a hockey journey can take you around the world and make you who you are
-Having a squad of experienced 200-foot hockey players and running a muck of the EIHL with the Sheffield Steelers -Playing in the legendary Bean Pot Tournament and winning Hockey East with the Northeastern Huskies
-Getting hitched and committing to join the Steelers with Tansey and Champ the same day
-I heard the Steelers are in the Challenge Cup final and I want to have fun with the Shed Family
Episode 359 Dease
-Becoming Team Austria's equipment guy as a Welshman from Cardiff
-The legendary pregame speeches of the 2015/16 Cardiff Devils were a once in a lifetime thing and hockey was hockey
-The upcoming revamp of the Graz 99ers and getting a new owner can change everything
-Dease can even talk a bit of German and has found his home for the next 2 years
-No notes, no research team, no problem... we just played and had fun
Episode 358 Swarley Garrick
-Getting the strangest tattoo in the world, Muffin Mitts Running a Muck inked on your body for life -Supporting the Blue Foxes of Herning, Denmark as a Cardiff Devils fan and making it rain Twix at the Continental Cup finals
-Slapping 2 Ales and Hockey Tales Stickers all over the UK and on monuments in Italy, fun is fun
-Finding your passion for the game and the love of your life and getting all painted up for the games and enjoying life
-Hockey and sports are supposed to be fun that is why they call it a game
Episode 357 Evgeni Kozhevnikov
-Winning back 2 back Golds in the World Championships with Team Israel
-The Kozhevnikov twins are pioneers of the game and watching the hockey and talent grow in Israel
-Winning is fun but there are always challenges on the way to the trophy and they tackled all of them
-Finding out your team can participate in the World Championships with 3 days' notice and still running a muck
-Learning how to hockey and coach with your coaching staff and watching other teams and coaches to get better
Episode 356 Jack Massey
-Earning Knockout of the night and having millions around the world see you run a muck -Growing up a Storm fan and getting invited back to drop the puck and the memories the smell of the barn can bring back
-Challenging yourself against the best is fun and moving up to heavyweight for the toughest fight so far
-Making lifetime memories travelling to Canada and Germany with your hockey team and making the switch to boxing
-Winning is fun and he has 5 belts to prove it and he is going to win more
Episode 355 Daniel Ciampini
-Finding your passion and love of the game again in Sheffield, England and winning pretty much every game
-Running a muck and winning it all with Union College and becoming an All-American and Hobey Baker Finalist
-The grind of minor pro in North America is not for everyone and it isn't that much fun
-Growing up in Ontario, Canada and choosing to earn your way to the NCAA instead of the OHL -Recruiting shed guy Tansey to the Sheffield Steelers and Saucerman at his wedding, shed guys know shed guys
Episode 354 Max Artis
-Buying into the Chocolatey Manchester Storm as the play-by-play guy after growing up a Nottingham Panther fan
-Starting podcasts is fun and you can make it your own talking hockey and making memories with your friends is priceless
-Starting stuff for the 1st time in the world is fun and we are gonna get Crunchies for Adam and Sully in the Storm Shelter (we did)
-Playing in testimonials in the UK is fun and participating in Lacho's big day in Nottingham
-The Manchester Storm hockey family is full of shed folk and the commentators would like a Boost and Dairy Milk
Episode 353 Swankie
-Taking different roads than everyone else is fun... live from a hostel in New Zealand -Eating horse and drinking some kind of fermented milk in Kyrgyzstan
-Setting out to visit 100 countries in the Shed and in life and he's currently at 44 and counting
-Becoming a ski instructor in Japan to working with kids in New Zealand, this shed guy is living
-Mom beats the drum in the stands and Gran is a legend of the game in Glasgow, Scotland and he gets his love for the game honestly
Episode 352 Kevin Tansey
-Running a muck of the EIHL with the Sheffield Steelers and loving hockey again -Fighting, scoring, winning and more importantly throwing pucks to kids, hockey is fun and shed guys get it -Depth and goaltending wins championships and the Steelers and Kinucks have everything they need -The people and restaurants around the UK and Europe that can make hockey players feel at home -Winning the Pokal in Denmark and getting to muck it up again in the EIHL
Episode 351 Joe Nesbitt
-Raising the next wave of Shed Guys in small town Ontario and helping them get places
-Ruining my Tuesday night and handing my Kinucks their first regular season loss by playing old school
-The drive, compete and dedication it takes to be the best player you can be, his brother knows
-Coaching minor hockey is as fun as it gets and we should cherish these days with our boys and their friends
-What goes around comes around and when the old man needed a kidney, he was offered 2 and was saved by Mrs. O'Reilly
Episode 350 Neil Francis
-Preparing for the Continental Cup in the old honey hole Cardiff, Wales
-All the fun we have had in the Shed and bring your Twix and Kit Kats for Mac and Mosey and a peppermint Aero for Franny
-Doing whatever it takes to help the Cardiff Devils since 1992 and still getting to be a part of it
-The Cardiff Devils are in great hands with Pete Russell in charge, he is the type of guy you need to win
-Denmark, Kazakhstan, Poland all meet to play my Devils in Cardiff, Wales bring your chocolate and earn it
Episode 349 Zach Sullivan
-Pride month is fast approaching in the EIHL and we would like Crunchies for Adam in the Storm Shelter... that's hockey
-Connor Lee and Alex Oldale are young British puppies that are getting a chance and have bright futures
-Playing and working for Finner over 7 years and his teams muck it up
-Living in a house full of shed guys in Manchester, England and Martan can hockey
-Earning your spot in the EIHL for the past decade and being a part of Manchester becoming the Chocolatey Manchester Storm
Episode 348 Sean Bentivoglio
-The transition out of hockey is not easy, he found his tub, I found my shed and we had a time at Josh Batch's testimonial
-The Cardiff Devils dynasty that started in 2015/16 and it took great people to win -Where you come from makes you who you are and this shed guy raised my GOAT in Thorold, ON, Canada
-Getting the call to the NHL and playing for the New York Islanders
-Winning everywhere you go, NCAA, Italy and The Cardiff Devils
Episode 347 Mac & Mosey
-The Continental Cup is happening next weekend in Cardiff, Wales and these legends are gonna muck it up
-Shed family whoever deserves it wins, that's hockey bring a Kit Kat and a Twix, throw one, eat one
-Putting your dog Otter on your twig and designing goalie masks
-Wherever and however you are raised in the game, makes you who you are
-The worldwide chocolate throwing craze that started in the shed with these 2 legends
Episode 346 Jamie Douglas
-The small hockey world and network of UK equipment shed guys
-Finding your passion and your way back into the game and becoming a professional
-Getting your start in the game with the now defunct Newcastle Vipers
-Winning it all with the Whitley Warriors and drinking out of the cup
-Joining the Glasgow Clan and trying to understand Scottish accents
Episode 345 Jesper Öhrvall
-Having a sexy and inspirational hockey stance... that screams I run mucks
-Japps for Jesper and when the Chocolate fun went global, will Japps end up in Austria to make this shed guy feel at home? -Game days are important and maybe the secret is the double nap
-Not knowing the language in new countries and trying to figure out what you're eating and ordering
-Running a muck with your childhood friend and the Swedish Mafia in Lustenau, Austria
Episode 344 Barret Ehgoetz
-Winning everywhere you play and becoming a legend in Kincardine, Elmira, Niagra and Cincinnati
-Coaching the kids how to hockey the right way and getting the competitive juices flowing again
-Winning is forever and this shed guy has a lot of reunions to attend because he wins
-The fellas you come up with shape who you are and the Sugar King core was the most competitive fellas in the world
-Going into the Niagra Purple Eagles Hall of Fame and being asked to kindly leave the Cincinnati Cyclones after leading the team to the title twice
Episode 343 Garrett McFadden & Ryker Killins
-Catching up with Kincardine, Canada shed guys in the old honey hole Bietigheim, Germany and Poprad, Slovakia
-Becoming the captain of the Reading Royals in your first full year in the coast and being the captain pretty well everywhere you go
-Bietigheim has a lot of great places to eat kebabs and fun to be had including the Pferdemarkt and Christmas Market
-Trying to inspire the next wave of Kincardine Kinucks with all the places the game can take you
-Trying to be loved in Bietigheim again and will they throw Ryks an Alpenmilch? and will Poprad get involved and chuck a Snickers?
Episode 342 Andreas Heier
-Earning your chocolate with the Manchester Storm and this shed guy misses Freia Melkesjokolade from home -Being raised from a puppy with Stjernen and becoming the Captain of your hometown team
-Learning to be a 200-foot player in Sweden and earning your way on to Team Norway
-Playing against your former team is weird and scoring the game winner against your hometown is weird
-Having your first child and heading to the UK for the first time and the Chocolatey Manchester Storm
Episode 341 Samuel Tremblay
-Running a muck with the Chocolatey Manchester Storm and starting the best post game tradition in hockey
-The decision to head overseas and getting to make lifelong memories with your family in the UK
-Having a team of shed guys that are all in it together is a recipe for success and chocolate is on its way to Scotland
-Receiving the Lieutenant General of Quebec's Medal for giving back to the game and your community while Captaining McGill University
-The British ice hockey family is one of a kind and the fellas and the fans make hockey fun again and this shed guy likes caramel
Episode 340 Chris Brooks
-Recruiting with integrity, honesty and changing countless kids lives over 22 years of NCAA hockey -Winning the National Championship after learning from your losses and the culture it takes to win -Clarkson and Western Michigan University have everything you need to win and the kids that get to live it are lucky
-Finding players and recruits in your honey hole of small-town Ontario and there is a new wave of puppies coming
-Growing and learning every day and teaching defense from your offensive instincts