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Hockey-Is-Life-8.5X11-July26-Sample.Pdf HOCKEY IS LIFE STAN WALCHUK JR. CONTRIBUTOR BOOK DESIGN Dylan Walchuk Grace Flack EDITOR COVER DESIGN Frank Peebles Creative Digital Studios CO-EDITOR COVER PHOTO IrisTuftin Gary Peterson Photography Published by Hockey is Life Corp. Copyright 2021 Hockey is Life Corp. Text copyright 2021 Stan Walchuk Jr All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN 978-0-9734694 1. Hockey – Training - Life First Printing Printed in Hockey is Life Corp. Box 758, McBride, BC, Canada V0J 2E0 For more information or to order books email [email protected] Visit www.hockeyislife.net Message From Spring Hockey, Hockey The Author ...............................................................pg 02 Camps, Hockey Academies/ Prep Schools .................................................... pg 119 Say What? ...................................................................pg 04 Does Size Matter? ...................................pg 142 Why Hockey Is Life .....................................pg 05 Being The Best The Dream ................................................................pg 07 You Can Be ........................................................... pg 150 Go For It! ...................................................................... pg 11 Tips For Forwards .................................. pg 160 Understanding Hockey Tips For Defence ........................................pg 168 Canada .............................................................................pg 15 Tryouts ........................................................................pg 174 The Future Of Hockey .......................... pg 17 The CHL Major Junior Draft ..........................................................pg 181 The Cost Of Hockey ................................. pg 21 Understanding Tips On Buying Junior Hockey ..................................................pg 184 Hockey Gear .......................................................... pg 27 CHL Or The Junior Injuries .............................................................................pg 50 A/NCAA Route? ........................................... pg 193 Heroes ...............................................................................pg 59 U-Sport ......................................................................pg 200 Being A Hockey Parent ......................pg 65 Understanding Pro Hockey .......................................................... pg 207 Being A Hockey Kid .................................. pg 72 Agents/Advisors ....................................... pg 226 The Difference Between Dryland Training Tips ..................... pg 236 Girls And Boys .....................................................pg 88 Hockey Nutrition ..................................... pg 240 Are Kids Safe In The Hands Of Coaches? ...................................pg 95 Supplements ....................................................pg 248 All About Coaches ...................................... pg 97 Life After Hockey ......................................pg 258 TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TABLE How To Make Your About The Authors ...............................pg 283 Coach Happy .................................................... pg 116 Say What? Continued ......................pg 284 1 and friends, who were now skating down the There MESSAGE same hockey path with their own sons and daugh- are many ters, asked me hockey FROM THE questions and advice. excellent And then it hit me like a slapshot – these books are the same questions AUTHOR all of us parents were about asking 20 years ago! Should I buy used or strategy, new skates? How much is it really going to cost training, to play hockey? Do I really have a chance at playing pro? Why coaches, hockey doesn’t my kid ever get a chance on the power play? Why is that coach such an idiot? heroes, hockey facts Is summer hockey camp worth it? Are hockey academies worth it? It’s so competitive, how and life stories. But can I get an edge? What food should I be eat- ing? What supplements and when? Is dryland hockey players and training really that important? How important is it that I get drafted in the CHL draft? Should parents need much more. I go Jr. A and the NCAA scholarship route, or through the CHL? Exact- Often, these books ly what is a hockey agent, are about them, not and should I sign with about you – where This book is a guide one? And on and on and you are headed, your on. So many questions, so life in hockey. This for everyone s life in many situations, so many hockey. But ’it could costs and sacrifices, so is the first definitive many decisions. book to help players not exist without the What we believe to be and parents through amazing journey that the most practical hock- life in hockey. ey book for players and was Dylan s life in parents had not yet been The idea for a book ’ written. Until now. This is began partly from the hockey. The journey is the most complete, most desire to remain in the the birth, the spirit, informative book ever life of hockey, and partly written to help players from illusive thoughts, the soul, of this book. and parents. thoughts that often This book is a guide appeared when relatives for everyone’s life in 2 hockey. But it could not exist without the amaz- ing journey that was Dylan’s life in hockey. The journey is the birth, the spirit, the soul, of this book. As a hockey manager, dad, and writer, I am just the vehicle, the tool, that helped create SKATES: the product. I’m the hockey dad of a kid from small town Canada who would eventually play The pair of shoes that can pro hockey in the ECHL, Europe, and Russia/ change your life. Asia. Dylan touched almost every rung on the hockey ladder on his climb to the professional ranks – so many ups and downs and turn- arounds that it is enough to make anyone’s head spin. He was a typical hockey kid, the hero and the goat, buried then revived, stories like cuts etched in ice. That’s why his story is so em- blematic for families all across the continent – because we weren’t any different than most of those families out there heading down snowy roads early in the morning and late at night, trying to have fun and see how far this adven- ture can go. A lot of hockey families go through the leagues and levels that we went through, it’s just that not many have gone through as many as we did. Our route was particularly scenic. Maybe Dylan said it best when I asked him for his input as a contributor. “Dad, I don’t know anyone who has gone through what I have in hockey.” Well, that is two of us. Many of you have also experienced life in the hockey trenches, but many are just beginning the journey. This book covers it all, from Minor Hockey to Junior and Pro. Glad you could join us. And that is the gist of this book. It is not a personal story but everyone’s inside story: what life is like in the trenches as a hockey player and a hockey parent. It has answers to questions, advice for those who want it, and detailed in- formation on how to improve your game. It is a guide to ease the bumpy journey and some help for the constant decisions. It is my sincere wish that you like the book. And just like playing hockey, reading it is fun! PHOTO CREDIT NEYMAN KSENYA/SHUTTERSTOCK 3 SAY WHAT ? Reviews Coming Soon..... 4 portunity to live life both through our sports heroes Please, lend WHY and with our friends. There me your eyes is genuine friendship be- tween hockey buddies, and read HOCKEY IS sharing the intense high of a great pass or carefully. scoring a great goal, the LIFE gladiator mentality of The title reads going into battle to- gether, celebrating victory ‘Hockey is Life’. It and dealing with adversity. does not say that life is And yet, there is also playing all about hockey. As you will the game with empathy and respect see, this book makes it plain that for others, after all we are warriors on the life is in fact much more than hockey. same ice. But truly, hockey is life. Just one weekend of hockey games or a tour- “Because when we step on the ice, nament can touch us in many ways and affect our nothing else matters” attitudes and behavior. We can get addicted to, or – Anonymous at least develop a fondness for, the excitement of hockey and the roller coaster ride that is our life within hockey. Life on the road, in the dressing room, and on the ice is a break from the regular, So, what is life? Living life well is about caring the mundane. So many adventures - the practic- and sharing with family and friends. It is energy, es, games, and tournaments, are like packages of good eating habits, being healthy with physical life within a life. We could say the same of other activity. It requires commitment and discipline, sports, that they are equally exciting and unique managing time and money. Life has drama and unto themselves. But witness the game of hockey’s adventure. It can be fun or it can be serious. It is amazing speed, constant split second decisions, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Life is social and dazzling moves, one second it’s requires interaction that pushes our levels of under- the fluid grace of the greatest standing and communication. skaters on earth, and the next Hockey provides all the above. Playing hockey Physical activity is one of the second it’s a great body check. is an opportunity Speed, grace, strength, finesse, greatest
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