FDS Blogs

02/21/2026

We're trying to go live and talk Olympics lol

05/19/2025

https://firstdownsportspodcast.com/2025/05/19/a-long-time-coming/

06/07/2024

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-26-information-morning-moncton/clip/16073371-quebec-maritime-junior-hockey-league-gets-set-its

Craig Eagles is a hockey scout and analyst for the QMJHL.

06/07/2024

Check out our scout out and about from this morning as Mr. Eagles got a chance to sit down with close friend of FDS, Jonna Brewer!

Craig Eagles

Information Morning from CBC Moncton is your essential source of news, weather, traffic and stories from your community. Join Jonna weekday mornings.

06/06/2024

2024 QQMJHLDraft Preview 10 Edition Final Scouting Reports and Analysis

The future of the QMJHL is upon us. Going strictly off the QMJHL CSR’s Final List, I dive into some quick analysis and scouting reports on the Top 90 2024 draft class and the players from Atlantic …

05/27/2024

One of my "go to" interview questions is "What have you learned about yourself as a player and person?" I asked myself that exact question last night on the eve of the 5th Anniversary of writing on the FFDS Podcast Network "It's Time to Take a Step Back and Reflect"

It’s time I take a step back and reflect. When I first joined FDS and created the platform, I wanted to go deeper, I wanted to discuss and bring light to subjects within the game of hockey…

04/19/2024

What Will the 2024-2025 MMoncton WildcatsLook Like?

Photo Credit DDaniel St Louis Photographer

The offseason changes continued for the Moncton Wildcats on Tuesday when the organization announced that Ritchie Thibeau had accepted a new senior position with JDI and that the search for a new Ge…

04/12/2024

Perception, rumours, opinions that’s the “Tim Hortons Effect”, but what if it's all true? What are you hearing?

The coffee shop, the rumours and the conversations. The “Tim Hortons Effect” is in full effect in every community and city across the country. Every local coffee establishment is the heartbeat of t…

04/10/2024

Who Would You Hire? and Why?

Everyone knows coaches are hired to be fired and, in this day, and age have an extremely short shelf life.Why? That’s the question everyone is asking, the answer to that one is as complex as ever.C…

04/09/2024

Who Will Be the Next Coach of the Moncton Wildcats?

Who will be the next head coach of the Moncton Wildcats? One can only speculate at this point of the process. Speaking of speculation and process, things will no doubt happen pretty quickly from t…

03/26/2024

Sea Dogs Need a New Lease?

The product on the ice is one thing, it’s junior hockey’s dreaded cycle and the Saint John Sea Dogs have experienced all of the highs and lows of that process many times over. The rebuilding squad …

03/17/2024

“The most difficult part about playing elite level hockey with ADHD is how isolating it feels. No one understands how to best support me because even I struggle with how to support myself. It is emotionally exhausting to continue to show up and prove your worth when fear of rejection is an ADHD trait.”

I’m not an expert in the area. I’m not downplaying this in any way. If you have followed my work, you know that I’ve written several articles on athletes that have struggled with ADHD and have trie…