Category : An Advisers Life

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It’s not often I end up with two players on the same team, playing the same position. This year it happened for the first time...

December and January are the months when I typically get a lot of phone calls and emails from parents and players who are in their...

Over the last few weeks I have received multiple emails from players and parents complaining about how the photos teams were presenting of housing, dressing...

Patience.  It is a word that few hockey players want to hear, and in many if not most cases, it is a word they do...

Your Goal Is To Play Tier 3? You’re Kidding Right? Think that’s a stupid set of questions? Yes, I think it is a stupid set...

Self evaluation. How often should we do it? How important is it? How can you be completely honest with yourself? Self evaluation is probably the...

I decided to write today after getting calls from a few parents yesterday.  Both sets of parents looking to fire their current adviser and hire...

I really enjoy a lot of the emails I get from readers asking questions that really should have common sense answers. Unfortunately though, those common...

As an Adviser, I really get to see it all.  Great competition, great leadership, skillful innovation, and the humility to understand when someone invents a...

Contracts. Some people don’t like them, and some people think they can just be broken when ever they want. It’s usually the same group of...

Now, I know I am probably going to piss off half of my colleagues by writing this column today, but its time some of these...