2 Ales and Hockey Tales with Wally

-Met another shed guy for lunch today who is a legend in Germany

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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?

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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

-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?

-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

-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

-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

-Running a muck of the DEL as a referee now and as a player for 16 years -Getting the call from Uwe Krupp and the German National Team

-Refereeing or judging the Penny Grill Meisterschaft where players cook and compete for a championship in Germany

-Kabinefests in Deutschland make hockey fun and gearing up to play Jagr with Team Germany Oldtimers is fun

-Staying in the game you love and transitioning from a playing legend to a refereeing legend in 3 years

-Finding a home in Freiburg, Germany and getting 43 put in the rafters

-Teammates for a year or friends for life, team culture is everything

-Playing for Pete Russell in Germany and getting the best out of your players

-Beer tents, Kabinefest and Christmas Markets bring teams together and win championships

-Watching your German puppies become legends is really fun

-Becoming a South Korean legend, Olympian and winning everything

-Finding your love of hockey again and home in Anyang, South Korea

-Growing up, competing and getting better with Cal and Ryan O'Reilly

-The epic wedding street brawl in Russia and playing on the toughest team in hockey

-Mucking it up with yours truly in Goderich, ON, Canada and it doesn't take long to see who can goalie

-Becoming a legend of the Kassel Huskies blocking shots and being the teammate teams need to win

-Watching all the German puppies become legends is as fun as it gets

-The Old Bietigheim barn is better than the new one and Kassel's barn is awesome

-Becoming legends of German Eishockey with your first cousin and Shed Guy Mapesy

-JMD Photography is running a muck and I miss my puppies in Germany

-Coaching and winning the World Championships with your son and Team Great Britain in roller hockey

-Having a time at Playoff weekend in Nottingham with your hockey family

-Finding a passion for the Steelers and the game in the 90's and finding your wife at the barn while she cheers on the Devils

-Travelling the world with hockey and mucking it up 14 times in 7 days in the World Championships at 50

-Giving the shed the most thoughtful gift of all-time, Fun is Fun, coaching is fun