Latest Hockey Insight
Editorial guidance from the RRi perspective
These articles are built to support player and family understanding around fit, timing, development, and the longer pathway picture, not just surface-level hockey headlines.
Player Development 1% Per Day
March 27, 2023 · 6 min read
Springtime is often significant in the hockey world. If you are fortunate, your team is still playing in a playoff series, and you are hopeful in pursuit of raising that championship trophy with your teammates. For othe...
MEASURING UP
February 28, 2023 · 5 min read
Many top NHL coaches and scouts were interviewed to determine in their opinion what was “most important” for a player to make it in the National Hockey League. The scouts and coaches were asked to reveal what they looke...
A CHANCE TO MAKE THE TEAM
February 28, 2023 · 3 min read
A hockey team is made up of many ingredients. Chemistry is important, people in pursuit of a common goal includes many individuals needed to bring different things to the table. There are many ways a player can contribu...
HOCKEY PLAYERS “LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER”
February 28, 2023 · 6 min read
The game of hockey can prepare us for many things in life, preparation for a job, a higher level of education or the next level of hockey in pursuit of a college or professional career. We can use the resources around u...
Appreciate The Unsung Hockey Heroes
February 28, 2023 · 7 min read
The game of hockey can enrich our lives in many ways. Along the way there can be many disappointments as well. At the end of the day if we choose to focus on the positives it can be a journey that we will look back on w...
THE MAKING OF A DEFENSEMAN?
February 28, 2023 · 5 min read
When talking with Coaches and General Managers for the last number of years one subject has always been forefront in discussions. “I need a defenseman” is heard at all levels of junior hockey to all levels of college/un...
GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE
February 28, 2023 · 3 min read
A hockey team is made up of many ingredients. Chemistry is important, people in pursuit of a common goal includes many individuals needed to bring different things to the table. There are many ways a player can contribu...