THE MENTAL GAME Sports Podcast
Larissa created, "The Mental Game Academy" in sports podcast is to help support athletes and bring awareness to interpersonal skills much needed in sports today. It takes a village to develop young athletes, parents, coaches and trainers even refs and how are act around them and demonstrates emotions plays a key role in their social development and over all athletic success. We are interviewing athletes, professional and amateur, coaches, refs and parents that all want to see changes in sports to help our athletes to prevent mental health issues before they happen. Ultimately, athletes need emotional intelligence and resilience to further their career and time spent learning these skills will help them more in their athletic journey's. Working with NCAA, OHL, GOHL, NHL and PWHL athletes and in all sports.
THE MENTAL GAME Sports Podcast
Jason Ward - Brampton Canadettes u22AA Head Coach
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On this episode of The Mental Game Sports Podcast we have 10 year NHL veteran and current Brampton Canadettes u22AA head coach Jason Ward.
Jason was born in Chapleau Ontario and grew up in the Oshawa. Jason played his minor hockey in Oshawa and was drafted by the Niagara Falls Thunder in the OHL 6th Overall. Jason Proudly represented Team Ontario in 1996, Team Canada U18 in 1997 winning gold, 2 World Juniors Championships in 1998, and 1999 winning Silver. Jason was drafted 11th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1997 and went on to play over 700 professional games playing for the Canadiens, New York Rangers, LA Kings, and Tampa Bay Lightning.
Jason started his coaching career in the OHL with the Brampton Battalion from 2011-2013. After taking time away from the game and moving back to North Bay Jason returned to coaching in 2020 joining the Georgetown Raiders in the OJHL as an assistant coach in 2021-22 season and spending the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons with the Oakville Blades as an Associate Head Coach. In 2024-25 he begun his tenure as the Head Coach and GM of the Brampton Canadettes Junior team U22AA and is currently going into his 3rd season.