Ep. 05 - Shane Willis

On this episode of Blue Line Banter I am joined by Shane Willis, Head of Youth and Amateur Hockey for the Carolina Hurricanes.  Prior to his current role with the Hurricanes, Shane spent over a decade playing professional hockey and made his NHL debut for the Carolina Hurricanes in 1998 while enjoying a career high 20 goals and 24 assists in the 2000-2001 season.  Our discussion covered Shane’s early days playing youth hockey in Sylvan Lake, the current state of youth hockey in North Carolina including the gold standard Hurricanes First Goal program, the meaning of “Earn It”, what makes Rod Brind’Amour so special, and the unique friendship he shares with many of his colleagues including Tripp Tracy otherwise known as Tripper, Mike Maniscalco otherwise known as Big Rig, and the awesome Abby Labar. This conversation with Shane was such a great time and I really hope you enjoy it.