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Julie Bustos is the President of the St. Paul Capitals Hockey Association, the largest youth hockey organization in Minnesota's capital city.  In this episode of the CityPuck Podcast, Bustos discusses the current challenges of St. Paul youth hockey, what association consolidation looks like from an administrative standpoint, and how the Capitals have bobbed and weaved with the current hockey climate to boost enrollment.  Hope you enjoy. 

Growing up in St. Paul's Como Park neighborhood, Bill McLellan wanted nothing more than to attend St. Paul Academy, an institution that boasts a varsity hockey program dating back to 1905.  After "settling" for Cretin (now Cretin-Derham Hall), McLellan played for Augsburg College in Minneapolis before joining the coaching ranks. He has since coached at six high schools and has coached Team USA at the national level. Hope you enjoy. 

St. Paul boy Paul Ryan joins CityPuck to chat growing up in the Mac-Groveland neighborhood, playing for Cretin High School during the late 1970s, joining the coaching ranks, and eventually becoming the head coach of the St. Paul Highland Park Scots.  Paul also discusses the joys and challenges of coaching a city program, and dispenses a few St. Paul stories along the way.  Hope you enjoy.