FMH Captains Meeting: Playing professional hockey in Europe

Welcome to the Friends of McGill Captains Meeting Hockey podcast Today we have the great opportunity to share a conversation with McGill hockey players who have made their way in professional hockey by crossing the great divide over to Europe. Yann Turcotte, Ryan McKiernan And Matthieu Pompeii are all having successful careers in professional hockey since leaving McGill. At McGill they lead the team to the illustrious heights of the Queens Cup and also the Canadian Championship. They talk about their journey to McGill, thru McGill and into professional hockey in far-away lands. The most delightful part of our conversation was when the boys were sharing their favourite stories off the ice not on! I had a smile on my face the whole way through until our coach Liam Heelis was asked questions by the threesome when his answers evoked a great deal of respect for our coach as he discusses his approach to working with his student/athletes in the very difficult Covid Crisis situation. There was lots of laughter and lots of banter lets listen in...