Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ............................................................ 1
Foreword to the 2025 edition ......................................... 3
Introduction: The hat trick of success ........7
The Broke Ferrari ............................................................. 9
Hero Lesson: Maria Shaparova. ...................................18
The Pre-Game Warmup
Getting Ready for Life in the Bigs .........................20
The four phases of learning ..........................................22
Understanding expectations .........................................25
Building a brand .............................................................27
You and money ..............................................................30
Shoot for the best, plan for the worst .........................32
The billet experience ......................................................35
Hero Lesson: Robyn Regehr. .......................................45
First Period
Welcome to the Meat Grinder ................................48
The Six Guardian Rules .................................................50
Drafting your "Team Me" ............................................53
Family matters ................................................................67
Hockey and mental wellness ........................................ 70
What are you playing for? ............................................. 70
Bench the stigma ........................................................... 72
Keep your head in the game. ....................................... 74
Hero Lesson: Paul Bissonnette. ................................... 83
Second Period
Making Good Habits Stick ...................................... 85
How to go broke ........................................................... 87
Check the Four E's ........................................................ 89
A spouse, a house and the road ................................... 92
Hiring other Team Me players ..................................... 98
Getting ready for the future ......................................... 99
Making the Most of the Public Spotlight ......................................................103
Hero Lesson: Hayley Wickenheiser. ......................... 117
Coach's Corner ..................................................... 118
Hero Lesson: Julius Erving. ....................................... 122
Planning Your Exit ................................................. 125
The mental game ......................................................... 127
Utilizing your Team Me players ................................ 130
Capitalizing on your brand ......................................... 133
Six keys to building a strong brand ........................... 135
Power and responsibility ............................................ 136
Assessing business opportunities .............................. 138
In conclusion ... .......................................................... 142
Hero Lesson: John Elway. ......................................... 143
Overtime
Creating Your Life Plan 2.0 .................................. 145
Preparing emotionally ................................................. 147
Tackling the next five years ....................................... 149
Hero Lesson: Mike Richter. ....................................... 155
A Last Word .......................................................... 156
Appendix: Foreword to the 2023 edition ................ 157
About the authors ....................................................158
