Austin Lotz was busy during the month of September, spending most of it with the NHL's Vancouver Canucks.Lotz earned an invite to Canucks camp after having a career year in the WHL with the Everett Silvertips. Lotz posted a 31-18-3-2 record, 2.53 goals-against average, .905 saves percentage and five shutouts for the Silvertips last season.With Vancouver, Lotz appeared in one pre-season game again

Wake up, start your week, and dive into the Monday Morning GDI Goalie News!Who stopped the most shots… which netminder rebounded from a tough loss… who had the best performance of the week?Look below, get your goalie fix to start the week. Here we go!In-Season Total GDI Academy:With the new hockey season approaching the In-Season Total GDI Academy is starting to fill up.The In-Season Total GDI

There were a pair of strangers at Everett practice Thursday afternoon at Lynnwood Ice Center.Defenseman Ben Betker and goaltender Austin Lotz have both been away for two weeks as they first attended NHL rookie training camps, then advanced to main camps. Betker was with the Edmonton Oilers, who picked him in the sixth round of the 2013 NHL draft. Lotz was with the Vancouver Canucks on a free-agent

GDI is pleased to announce that 12 goalies that have trained with us throughout the summer are appearing in the WHL this season on the opening week rosters.Several of these goaltenders appeared in our Off-Season Academy that took place through July and August. In this program each goaltender went through 8 personal one-on-one training sessions, 8 Tactical Sessions, 8 Conditioning Sessions, and Off

The Manitoba Junior Hockey League presents their Showcase next weekend.The 2014 Old Dutch-MJHL Showcase will be held from October 2 – 4, 2014 with each club in the league playing two games.For the fifth successive year the event will be held at the MTS Iceplex in Winnipeg, MB. At the same time Hockey Manitoba will be hosting a Bantam Showcase at the MTS Iceplex. Every year several GDI Goaltende

GET DOWN TO BUSINESS!As the season starts up it is now time to get to work.After your grueling months of June, July, and August for training it is now time to put all that you did to work. After all, preparation = confidence... which in turn = success! Start off the season with a confident feeling in your mind and body.Please, do not worry about the expectations... what other people are thinking..

Wake up, start your week, and dive into the Monday Morning GDI Goalie News!Who stopped the most shots… which netminder rebounded from a tough loss… who had the best performance of the week?Look below, get your goalie fix to start the week. Here we go!In-Season Total GDI Academy:With the new hockey season approaching the In-Season Total GDI Academy is starting to fill up.The In-Season Total GDI

If you have ever had success in anything in life before...If you know what it feels like for something to"pay off" after all your hard work and dedication...This is about the root cause of all rare success, your psychological mindset.Your mental makeup. If you are not thinking like the dominant star of your spot your performance will never rise to match that expectation that so many people have of

Who was that guy?It's Wednesday afternoon on August 20, a month before the 2014-15 Western Hockey League season begins, and the Everett Silvertips are holding check-in at the Everett Events Center for their veteran players. Dozens of teenage boys in shorts and T-shirts gather in groups as they await their turns to have their headshots taken, trading humorous anecdotes from their time back home dur

EMBRACE CHANGEWhat many athletes feel when they start a new season is that everything is different.If you are playing on the same team as the previous year things may feel very different. New players, new expectations.Feeling uncomfortable is not a bad thing. Athletes that get too comfortable tend to relax and not push themselves to perform and set new standards. We must always look at setting an