Category : An Advisers Life
An Advisers Life – Massive Tier 3 Expansion For 2022 Coming
Tier 3 is about to have an expansion explosion like we have not had in the last five years or more. No less than twenty...
An Advisers Life – Stop Wasting Time
So many players and parents are wasting time. Not planning properly, not training properly, over thinking everything to a point where they become paralyzed and...
An Advisers Life – Stop Listening To Other Players – Most Of Them Are Lying
The phone calls I get this time of year are hilarious. “My team mates are saying this team and that team is interested in them.”...
An Advisers Life – Uncommon Achievements Require Uncommon Actions
If you think playing NCAA hockey is a common thing, you need to think again. Only a few hundred players per year are added to...
An Advisers Life – The Cost Of Opportunity In 2022
I have been an Adviser for a long time. I have been a part of many success stories written by players and their families. NHL,...
An Advisers Life – What Are Your Real Tier II Options?
The spring and summer of 2022 will perhaps end up being the most confusing summer of many young players lives. The same could have been...
An Advisers Life – Camp Season Has Come And You Have To Make Smart Choices
In just a few days we will turn the calendar over to April. April marks the real beginning of massive marketing efforts for team and...
An Advisers Life – You’re Going To Lose Some Friends
When you start taking your hockey career seriously, you are going to lose some friends. When you start doing the things that need to be...
An Advisers Life – Making Timely Decisions
Every year, usually between March and June I get a lot of return phone calls from players and parents I spoke to the preceding year...
An Advisers Life – Success Begins At The End Of Your Comfort Zone
Every person has two comfort zones. We have a physical comfort zone and a mental comfort zone. Physically, people like where they can settle into...
An Advisers Life – Just Stop Talking
It is time for all players and parents to learn a very simple lesson. Stop talking. Just stop telling other players and parents what your...
An Advisers Life – Planning For Next Season
The 2022-2023 season is approaching. Tryout camps are already being announced and it’s not even the end of February yet. This is important to note...
An Advisers Life – The Next Step Is Right In Front Of You
All young players have goals and dreams. Whether its the NHL, NCAA, Major Junior or something else, we all had dreams and goals we thought...
An Advisers Life – The Path To Different Results
A few days ago I got an email from a mother who clearly wants to help her son achieve his dream of playing college hockey....
An Advisers Life – Old Keys Will Not Unlock New Doors
Yesterdays article got a lot of people emailing me asking questions about how they can change what they are doing. One player really stood out...
An Advisers Life – Why You Are Not Getting To The Next Level
Every day, a phone call or an email comes in with the same question asked in many different ways. It all boils down to players...
An Advisers Life – Are You In Tier 3 Still Waiting For That Call Up?
As we prepare to turn the page to February, with roster freezes, and transfers looming in the near future, do you still believe you are...
An Advisers Life – Are You Going To Make It Happen?
Are you going to make it happen? This season or next, are you prepared to really make it happen? What is “it”? “It” is the...
An Advisers Life – To Get To The Next Level You Have To…
Talk is cheap. So many players talk about getting to the next level. Few players actually do, and there are a few simple reasons for...
An Advisers Life – Do You Want To See Your Future?
If you want to see your future, take a minute to look around and see who your friends and colleagues are. If you are hanging...