Jun 18, 2026 · 58 min · 13 segments
Episode 17 of Eating Pucks Podcast features Brain Clancy of Clanko Media. Brian talks how Clanko Media started, youth hockey, and referee scandals.
Brian ClancyGuestJohnnyHostMikeHostyeah of course no i i mean i feel like i've been following you guys for a while too now like i mean i love the content that you guys put out it's it's awesome especially for the youth programs
i have a few amateur questions all right sure yeah we have a bunch of questions so jersey used to you're saying used to kind of have a higher level like hockey programs where does it where do you see it now in like the field of like uh connecticut new york um you know like i know that like long island hockey massachusetts
where's
where does
it fit
So it depends on how you look at it, right? If you're talking about high school hockey versus like club hockey.
So in the club world, New Jersey is one of the most elite states in the country.
Sometimes they go off to bigger programs or, you know, more, you know, because there's only... certain amount of spots on local teams.
So if you don't get picked or you get recruited elsewhere, if you're really good, you go outside the district.
Like now, unfortunately high school hockey is not really viewed in the way that it was.
And for me, it hurts a little bit just because of how much I loved my experience.
Like, and the guys that do still play high school hockey and they in New Jersey and they play for like high level teams or even their public school, Um, nobody has ever come to me and said, oh, high school sucked.
There's something about like scoring a goal and there's like 500 people in the rink and it's loud as you know, and then you, you know, these same kids are going to play in their club game up in Buffalo somewhere.
And it's, you know, 9am and they're playing the number one team in the country, but it's just a bunch of parents.
If you want to compare it to something like Massachusetts, they have a totally different model.
yeah of course no i i mean i feel like i've been following you guys for a while too now like i mean i love the content that you guys put out it's it's awesome especially for the youth programs
i have a few amateur questions all right sure yeah we have a bunch of questions so jersey used to you're saying used to kind of have a higher level like hockey programs where does it where do you see it now in like the field of like uh connecticut new york um you know like i know that like long island hockey massachusetts
where's
where does
it fit
So it depends on how you look at it, right? If you're talking about high school hockey versus like club hockey.
So in the club world, New Jersey is one of the most elite states in the country.
Sometimes they go off to bigger programs or, you know, more, you know, because there's only... certain amount of spots on local teams.
So if you don't get picked or you get recruited elsewhere, if you're really good, you go outside the district.
Like now, unfortunately high school hockey is not really viewed in the way that it was.
And for me, it hurts a little bit just because of how much I loved my experience.
Like, and the guys that do still play high school hockey and they in New Jersey and they play for like high level teams or even their public school, Um, nobody has ever come to me and said, oh, high school sucked.
There's something about like scoring a goal and there's like 500 people in the rink and it's loud as you know, and then you, you know, these same kids are going to play in their club game up in Buffalo somewhere.
And it's, you know, 9am and they're playing the number one team in the country, but it's just a bunch of parents.
If you want to compare it to something like Massachusetts, they have a totally different model.
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