Cherokee Rewind Podcast

Ep.97 - Larry Willard

Originally from Petersburg, MI... Larry chats about growing up playing in Sylvania. How he ended up at Northview HS and ultimately at the Cherokee. And the great career with TC including the amazing game vs. Grand Rapids.... Scoring 5 goals in 5 different ways , in one game!

Ep. 96 - Toby Hafner

Toledo born and bred, Toby talks about growing up playing youth hockey playing at the old Sports Arena on the East Side. How he caught on with Toledo, got traded to Michigan Ice Dogs with his brother. Taking a year off from hockey before coming back again to the Cherokee and the fun he had playing with his brother Andrew.

Ep.95 - Anthony Weinrich

A homegrown product, Anthony talks about how much his grandfather had an impact on him and his love of the game. And how coaches from his youth through juniors made an impact on him when he moved from defense to forward and how he applies those lessons now as a coach himself.

Ep. 94 - Nic Saenz

Assistant Coach and top recruiter, Nic talks about how he fell in love with hockey by watching it on TV. Why the Anaheim Ducks are his favorite team and how the movie franchise had nothing to do with it. And what are some of his future aspirations...

Ep. 93 - Nick Diachun

A guy born and raised in Lexington Ky. Nick calls in from the road to talk about how he came from an area that didn't play hockey to forming a hockey association in Lex (his mom helped form it) to playing in Toledo and winning a national championship... to taking violin lessons and playing briefly in a bluegrass band!

Ep. 92 - Alex Wohl

A local guy just north of the state line, Alex talks about getting his start playing in house leagues in Ann Arbor, Monroe, and Downriver. How he came to Toledo and how he played out west, coming back to Michigan, and discovering his athletic grove... playing Rugby.

Ep.91 - Tony Aukskalnis

From the '09-10 season, the North Carolinian talks about playing youth hockey in the south. The move to Michigan to play HS prep and then going straight to Adrian College... only to end up not having a team to play for there that year and coming to Toledo to play for a great bunch of characters.

Ep. 90 - Steve Luedtke

Wausau, Wisconsin native Steve tells some funny stories including how he got to Toledo from Bozeman, MT. His introduction to Bob Zion and what 'head rolls' were... And how much he grew to love the team and how much that experience in Toledo meant to him.

Ep. 89 - Glen Bates

Goalies. Glen talks about being the stereotype of one. A local native... wanting to be a goalie from the word go, playing two seasons for the Cherokee. To playing for the TPD and TFD hockey teams.

Ep. 88 - Ryan Wysocki

A Grand Rapids MI native, Socks talks about the joys of bruises playing mini-sticks in the basement. Playing 2 seasons, for Toledo for 2 different coaches. How a couple of Toledo teammates would impact him and change his direction for what he wanted to do for a career.