Jayna Hefford Talks PWHL Preseason + Claude Julien on Coaching Structure

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Jeff kicks off the show with Hockey Hall of Famer and Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations for the PWHL, Jayna Hefford! They discuss the PWHL pre-season, the rule changes that the league is experimenting with, how the league is preparing for their opening game on January 1st, 2024, ticket sales, and more. Then, former NHL head coach and Stanley Cup champion, Claude Julien stops by to chat about the importance of coaches and upper management being on the same page, his time coaching Brad Marchand, and if he ever thought Marchand would wear the ‘C’ in Boston (17:50). They also reflect on some of the players who Julien coached in the NHL, shed some light on the reality of the myths surrounding players like Zdeno Chara, and discuss the evolution of coaching philosophies. To end off the show, Jeff is joined by Sportsnet’s Luke Fox to discuss the Leafs blue line being hit with the injury bug, William Nylander's contract situation and it’s correlation with Mitch Marner’s next deal, and where Ilya Samsonov ranks in the Leafs depth chart at the quarter mark of the season (50:00). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

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0:00.0	This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sports Net Radio Network.
0:12.0	Welcome back to the program.
0:14.0	Don't forget top of the hour.
0:15.0	Chloe Julian Stops by former NHL coach.
0:18.0	Also Luke Fox from SportsNet.CA on the Toronto Maple Leafs That's coming up in hour or two as well.
0:23.5	In the meantime, we turn our attention to the PWRHL, the Professional Women's Hockey League and
0:27.6	senior VP of Hockey Operations at the Hall of Fame or Jana Hefford joins me now.
0:32.1	Jana, how are you?
0:33.0	I'm good. How are you, Jeff?
0:35.0	I am well.
0:38.0	I don't know how to describe it.
0:40.0	Eager, anxious, nervous, excited.
0:45.4	January 1st is on the horizon.
0:47.5	I would imagine when the calendar flipped from November to December,
0:50.8	many people in the PWRL said, okay, it's getting even closer. How are you sleeping these days,
0:57.0	Jana?
0:58.0	Not a whole lot, but we've been on this pretty ambitious timeline for some time now so it's there hasn't been a lot of sleep for for anyone involved in the last number of months but we're also just so energized by the opportunity and and what we're able to be a part of and to help build.
1:17.6	I was going to see this is like it's not exactly a secret of this is a huge lift and getting this thing done as quickly and
1:25.2	ambitiously as as everyone is is certainly a testament to everyone involved
1:29.7	let me ask about the Utica preseason camp here and I believe today is the last day of
1:35.6	camp with with three more games and I know some of the rules you're looking at
1:38.8	two-minute majors did you also do the no icing on the penalty kill?
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