Eric Nystrom
American former ice hockey player
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Sep 1, 2026
10 Years in the NHL: Eric Nystrom on Habits, Pressure, and Accountability
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36:32AdamHOST
The one that could get past it quickly is the one that gets to the next level.
Eric NystromGUEST
And then you think of like... like a guy like a Sidney Crosby, for example, or like these top players, like, I mean, they go into these games and they just are like, I'm the best.
Eric NystromGUEST
And I think that like, and I'm painting this picture of all the things I've learned, but like, there's, I had limiting self-thoughts too.
Eric NystromGUEST
Like, you know, when I stepped onto the ice in the NHL, like I didn't think I belonged there.
Eric NystromGUEST
Like I was like, I'm in the locker room with a guy whose poster I had on the wall.
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41:33HaleyHOST
I was
Like a Dirty Rotten Whale
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22:50Marina HenkeHOST
Except this was dangerous because an open flame could cause a methane explosion, or it could just go out.
Eric NystromGUEST
You know, you think about what a flame on your head goes through when you move your head around.
Eric NystromGUEST
There's jostling, and that flame is your light, and it might be your ability to get out of the mine.
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23:10Marina HenkeHOST
Needless to say, it was a big deal when a new technology came onto the scene, carbide lamps.
Eric NystromGUEST
Carbide is a, it's a manufactured product, and it's discovered in the late 1890s.
Eric NystromGUEST
And then pretty quickly they figure out when it comes in contact with water, it generates acetylene gas, and acetylene burns with a bright white flame.