May 22 2023 56 mins
In this episode, Jim and Andrea MacMenamin discuss the process to raise and develop two collegiate hockey players.
Eldest son, Colton, attended and played hockey for Division-III Stevenson University in Maryland, while their youngest son, Connor, just completed four years at Penn State University and has committed to play for Minnesota-Duluth for the 2023-24 season.
Both parents have a history of military service in their family and much of the discipline and regimen has been utilized in their parenting styles.
The McMenamins talk about sending Connor away to Shattuck-St. Mary's - a Minnesota boarding school - at the age of 14 before moving on to the USHL and college hockey.
They also explain the maturity of hockey players and why playing collegiately as a teenager is so difficult. Andrea details how the PeeWee Quebec Invitational was the start of grabbing the eye of regional and international scouts.
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