Jul 1, 2026 · 34 min · 8 segments
We’re celebrating Canada Day by sharing this conversation with the man in charge of one of Canada’s top junior hockey leagues. Commissioner of the Western Hockey League, **Dan Near ’99** talks about…
Dan NearGuest
John SandomHost
Jamie McPhersonGuest
Not on this podcast, no. I'm interested if you, I mean, I sit here coaching for the last 15 years back at St. Andrews.
I wanted to ask you, would there be one game that you'd like to go back to if you could?
And you and I were both on first hockey in 11th grade and then in our OAC year, and we lost in the finals both years, right? The one was...
Marie the first time around and the second one or the third, I guess it was the third year.
And, you know, I think that in the moment, you always, you never really realize that the light switch is going to flip off.
I think it was some team from Mississauga and we had them and, you know, and we had a great fan turnout.
We, you know, we could have won and, you know, and it would have been nice to end on that note.
But but there's probably a handful of games, I think, back like, you know, when we won in football, that was another one.
that uh looking back the i don't know how long it had been since st andrews won it was this cis double a or is double a at the time and uh and we wanted those leather jackets real bad and um and we had a pretty good team and a good group and um you know that was another special moment that i look back to and occasionally i'll see the pictures i'm like oh that was awesome one of the cool things about And it's a cliche to say you play for the crest in the front, not the name on the back.
Not on this podcast, no. I'm interested if you, I mean, I sit here coaching for the last 15 years back at St. Andrews.
I wanted to ask you, would there be one game that you'd like to go back to if you could?
And you and I were both on first hockey in 11th grade and then in our OAC year, and we lost in the finals both years, right? The one was...
Marie the first time around and the second one or the third, I guess it was the third year.
And, you know, I think that in the moment, you always, you never really realize that the light switch is going to flip off.
I think it was some team from Mississauga and we had them and, you know, and we had a great fan turnout.
We, you know, we could have won and, you know, and it would have been nice to end on that note.
But but there's probably a handful of games, I think, back like, you know, when we won in football, that was another one.
that uh looking back the i don't know how long it had been since st andrews won it was this cis double a or is double a at the time and uh and we wanted those leather jackets real bad and um and we had a pretty good team and a good group and um you know that was another special moment that i look back to and occasionally i'll see the pictures i'm like oh that was awesome one of the cool things about And it's a cliche to say you play for the crest in the front, not the name on the back.
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