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At this very moment my wife Jenn and I are helping out at a Hockey Ministries International hockey camp, where we help amazing young players increase their hockey skills while they grow spiritually. If you and I are meeting here to watch some hockey, when we open the arena door, a cold wall hits our face. Hockey camp during hot weather is awesome! We walk into the hockey arena and what do we see? Watching the players skating around at the beginning of the ice session, before

Have you experienced fear? You have; so have I.   When I was playing for the Western Hockey League's Kamloops Chiefs during the mid '70's, our team would often limp into Victoria, New Westminster, or Flin Flon. All three teams drafted big players who loved fisticuffs (remember that word?). Fear is a gut feeling that can dominate our thinking, and our thinking can multiply fear. The important question is how do we learn to respond to the fear in front of us? As a 16 year old p

Fall brings both cooler weather and the start of the 2025-2026 hockey season. Many other sports get started also, but I mention hockey...

How are your "dog days" of August? Hoping that you can use a little summer down-time to refresh your focus, your energy, and your...

The Oxford Dictionary defines breakout as “a forcible escape, especially from prison,” or “suddenly and extremely popular or successful,...

Looking forward to seeing everyone on the 31rst of May, 2025! Click here to learn more!

BREAKOUT - Six Mindsets that Impact Everything! Jenn and I have finally completed the book it feels like we have been writing for...

Gretzky vs Walter - " Dare to Compare " I came across a fascinating study which concludes that we spend 12% of our thinking time in...

“I am honoured to be recognized as TEC Canada Speaker of the Year for 2024. I love collaborating with Chairs to add value to their...

Vancouver Canucks forward Ryan Walter playing for the team in 1993. Photo by Steve Crandall Steve Crandall/ /Getty Images Canucks alumni:...

New Year's Wisdom from Philadelphia. I am not sure if Benjamin Franklin would have been a better Defensemen or Forward, or if he would...

50 seasons of NHL Hockey in Washington DC. Ryan returns to help the Caps celebrate and gives you powerful insights into building a Fan...

We are finishing our next book, Breakout – 6 Mindsets that Impact Everything . Early on, we introduce the simple concept of Lazy vs...

Ok Team, after reading our last blog post you have purchased your expensive journal and your gold pen, or some crazy expensive technology...

We live in an attention-economy world! Whether we pay attention or pay distraction, either way we are paying for results. According to...

Burnaby Minor Hockey Association - Pee Wee Provincial Champs (about 100 years ago!) People often ask me if I had a vision of becoming an...

Over the next season of 2024, you and I will have the privilege of playing 365 games. During the course of each day, we will be taking...

The first World Junior captain ever to win the Stanley Cup was Ryan Walter, who earned bronze with a squad starring Wayne Gretzky at the...

Gratitude & (positive) Gossip Power your TEAM Gratitude is the generator of Past-Positive community energy. Intentional thankfulness...

Chris Nilan interviews Ryan Walter This past week my old buddy Knuckles Nilan interviewed me about the many stories that occurred during...