Category : An Advisers Life
An Advisers Life – Choosing Your Future Not Your Past
It has already started. The massive team email campaigns for “Pre Draft” camps, “Identification” camps, and summer hockey team events. So, before you start looking...
An Advisers Life – A Secret To Success In Junior Hockey
For all those players who have experienced or are currently experiencing an inability to get to the next level, I want to offer one insight...
An Advisers Life – So What Is Your Plan For 2023?
With about six to eight weeks to go in the 2022 – 2023 regular season, if you haven’t prepared a plan for how you are...
An Advisers Life – What Are You Willing To Sacrifice To Move Up?
What are you willing to sacrifice? What are you willing to do? What are you willing to give up or stop doing to move up...
An Advisers Life – If You Do Not Change Your Approach Nothing Will Change
Every season, many players are looking forward. Whether they are at U16 or the USHL it really makes little difference. Your current level of play...
An Advisers Life – Brothers Beat The Odds To Make NCAA D-1
Thousands of players are searching for an NCAA D-1 commitment. There are hundreds of thousands more who are just beginning their search for NCAA commitments...
An Advisors Life – Stop Asking People For Directions To Places They Have Never Been
I get a lot of email every day. From players, parents, coaches and some people who are friendly competitors in the advising business. What I...
An Advisers Life – Change What You Are Doing If You Want To Change Where You Are Going
Every day for nearly three decades now I have been answering questions from players, giving free initial conversations, and giving support to those who truly...
An Advisers Life – Talent And Vision – The Difference
Talent. Talent will allow you to hit targets and achieve goals that other people cannot hit or achieve. Vision. Vision is that very special and...
An Advisers Life – The BCHL Proposal To Hockey Canada – Why It Has No Chance
The BCHL is a very good league. There are a lot of good people working in the league, and a lot of good players. The...
An Advisers Life – Here We Go
The NAHL had another great season kickoff showcase, and the NCDC season is about to begin. Tier II in Canada is already in full swing,...
An Advisers Life – How Important Is The Tier II Junior Hockey Or AAA Minor Hockey Label?
How important are labels? Brands? Personally I like Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Guess. Some of my friends only by Chevrolet, while others will only...
An Advisers Life – Options Or Opportunities
At this time of year, options on where to play, for most players, are becoming very limited. Opportunities to move up a level in the...
An Advisers Life – When Things Are Just Not Going Your Way
In life and in hockey, not everything is going to go the way we hope or plan for things to be. Disappointment is inevitable. How...
An Advisers Life – If You Think The Cost Of New Opportunity Is Too High – Wait Till You Get The Bill For Regret
You know its funny how often I hear, and Coaches hear, that players and parents are “willing to do what ever it takes”. Every day...
An Advisers Life – When Life Forces You To Change Your Plans
We all have in mind the perfect conditions for us to do the things we do. With the perfect conditions in place we can successfully...
An Advisers Life – The Career Emergency Room Is Open
It’s August, and that means that the Junior Hockey Career Emergency Room will be filling up fast. Yes, this is a real thing that can...
An Advisers Life – Lets Talk About Commitments
Commitments. Everyone wants them, not everyone gets them, and some that do, really don’t. If that doesn’t make sense to you, allow me to explain....
An Advisers Life – NCDC Expansion Long Planned And Good For The Game
NCDC expansion in the western United States was announced the other day. This announcement while it may have taken some by surprise, was more than...
An Advisers Life – The Commitment Numbers Game – Manipulation And Disinformation
Over the last twenty seven years, I have heard a lot of things. A lot of claims, a lot of bragging, and for lack of...