#lakeforestpodcast #lakeforestillinois Coach Steve Sarauer joins Joe Weiss and Pete Jansons on The Lake Forest Podcast to talk Lake Forest Illinois High School and Winter Club Hockey! Key Moments: 0:00 1:58 Show Start 4:50 Christmas Trees 6:40 Door Knocking Hockey Players 7:20 Tree Deliveries wearing skates? 10:00 Blackhawks 2010 Affect on Lake Forest Illinois Youth Hockey 12:16 Squirts vs Mites? 13:00 Cost to outfit hockey player? 14:00 Grooming a stick 14:58 Rules and checking 16:58 Injuries in Youth Hockey 17:39 Crossover sports Like Lacrosse 18:00 Getting to NCAA Hockey 22:25 Passionate Parents 24:18 Joe Weiss Hockey Sign 24:50 In Need of Hockey Officials 27:00 Benefits of Youth Hockey https://www.scouthockey.com/ Support the team this Holiday season https://trees-and-more.myshopify.com/ STEVE SARAUER HOCKEY DIRECTOR AND VARSITY HEAD COACH Steve grew up playing his youth hockey in West Bend Wisconsin and eventually played Midget AAA hockey in Milwaukee with the Pettit National Selects and Wisconsin AAA, both of which are now the Milwaukee Jr. Admirals. After playing Midget Hockey Steve was invited in 2002 to the Phoenix Coyotes rookie camp where a knee injury took him out of camp. After recovery Steve played for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee while going to school. Steve began coaching during this time and coached multiple teams at Wisconsin AAA as well as the Pettit High School team in Milwaukee. After graduating school Steve was recruited to coach in Barrington Illinois where he became the Asst. Hockey Director of the Barrington Redwings and the Barrington Broncos High School program. Over the 4 years at Barrington High School Steve coached the JV and Asst. Coached the Varsity team. Steve’s JV team won the High School State Championship 2 times and had 2 state-runner up finishes in four consecutive years. After Barrington Steve moved on to coach at the Mission AAA program and coached Peewee Majors, Bantam Minors, Bantam Majors and U16s and was runner-up in the National Tournament with the Bantam 99’s and a semi-finalist with the Bantam Major 03’s. Steve also took over as Director of the Lake Zurich High School hockey program and was able to develop a single team struggling high school program into a three school co-op that was able to field two teams and post impressive finishes in the IHSHL each season. Steve has been the Lake Forest High School Hockey Director and Head Varsity Coach for the past two seasons and the program has taken off since. In his first season the Varsity team won the IHSHL Varsity division league Championship and for the past two seasons the Varsity team has been in the top 15 of the Varsity programs in the state. Steve also took over the reins at the Winter Club as Hockey Director this past November and it has already made a difference for the High School program. The 2020-21 LFHS Scouts will roster three teams and are moving in the right direction for the upcoming years.