InGoal Radio Episode 139 with Alfie Michaud and the Orange Jersey Project
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Ojibwe goaltender Alfie Michaud, who played professionally up to the NHL and now coaches at the University of Maine, co-founded the Orange Jersey Project to use sport as a vehicle for educating young athletes about Canada's residential school system. The project includes a signed jersey auction featuring Carey Price, and ties directly to Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
- Alfie Michaud is Ojibwe from Selkirk, Manitoba, with firsthand experience of the residential school system and its lasting impacts on First Nations communities.
- The Orange Jersey Project uses the power of sport to educate young athletes about Indigenous history, anchored around Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
- The project features a signed jersey auction with contributions from NHL players including Carey Price.
- As a goalie evaluator at the University of Maine, Michaud looks for one attribute in goaltenders that may surprise young puck stoppers.
- The CCM 5.9 stick offers a compelling mid-price alternative to Pro Return options, with attributes typically found in higher-end goalie sticks.
Episode 139 of the InGoal Radio Podcast, presented by The Hockey Shop Source for Sports, features an interview with Alfie Michaud about both his career as a pro goalie up to the NHL and now NCAA goaltending coach, and more prudently, Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and his involvement with the Orange Jersey Project.
Feature Interview
presented by NHL Sense Arena
In the feature interview, presented by Sense Arena, Michaud, who is Ojibwe from Selkirk, Manitoba, discusses his experiences with the residential school system and shares thoughts on the lasting impacts on the First Nation community. He discusses the importance ofopen conversations about a horrific part of our history and its effect on Indigenous Peoples, and how they hope to use the power of sport as a vehicle toward educating young athletes about that history through the Orange Jersey Project, which includes an auction for signed jerseys for athletes including Carey Price. And since we caught him on a scouting trip for the University of Maine, we also talk about what Michaud is looking for when evaluating goaltenders, including one attribute that may surprise some young puck stoppers.
Weekly Gear Segment
presented by The Hockey Shop Source for SportsAll that, plus a trip back to The Hockey Shop Source for Sports for a look the CCM 5.9 sticks, a second price point option with a lot of attributes we’d expect from a more expensive stick, and why you might choose that ahead of their Pro Return options.
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