Lisa

Director of Operations

Lisa has over 20 years of experience in mental performance, health and wellness and life coaching.  A certified Nutritionist, and sport-enhancing Yoga Instructor, she also has a corporate background in communications, management, customer relations, and sales and marketing. 

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Lisa has shared her expertise on various media platforms including a national media tour as a wellness spokesperson for Aquafina, a leadership expert on Balance TV and a guest health expert on CTV, CBC & Rogers TV, and Editor-in-Chief for an international magazine on professional and personal success.

Lisa's experience with helping people to perform at their best in life lead her to co-found a sport testing company with Tyler.  Together they offered superior athletic assessments for top elite athletes, helping them to improve their overall performance and focus on essential skills that will give then the winning edge.  

Working with people to achieve their goals has always been her passion and she is excited to share her expertise with young Holistic Hockey athletes.

Tyler 

CEO & Founder

Tyler Ertel has worked with hundreds of professional and aspiring athletes and has been a hockey instructor, skill developer and mentor for over 2 decades.  Using his unique ability to achieve breakthrough results, and his love for teaching the game of hockey, he continues to offer creative, ever-evolving ways to help athletes reach success with their personal goals.

Tyler played minor hockey in Kitchener before he made the leap at age 15 to Jr. B. After a successful year he graduated to the OHL as an underage draft pick and went on to play over 4 years in the OHL. He amassed 273 points and won several awards including Scholastic Player of the Year, Playoffs MVP, Most Popular Player and is humbled to still hold an OHL record to this day. Tyler was drafted to the NHL by the Vancouver Canucks and later went over to tryout with the Tampa Bay Lightning.  Averaging close to a point a game in his minor pro career he decided to realize another goal and get his degree. He is an undergraduate from the University of Prince Edward Island where he was a two-time Academic All-Canadian.  He then got his Bachelor of Education at the University of Western Ontario and is presently in his 17th year as a teacher in the Waterloo Region.

Tyler has been active in his community, volunteering thousands of hours to coach local minor hockey teams in the Waterloo Region. He has won Coach of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, has coached 2 teams to OMHA Championships, one to an OMHA Championship Finalist, 2 Alliance Championships, 2 Alliance Finalists and a Semi-Finalist at the OHF’s. Beyond his success, Tyler truly loves coaching young hockey players and providing them with core life principles that will make them successful both on and off the ice.

Andrew 

Lead Instructor

Andrew has been working with Tyler for over 14 years (2005). He grew up playing minor hockey in Kitchener, before moving on to play Junior B in Nova Scotia while attending Dalhousie University. Relocating back to KW, he works presently as the Director of Sales and Business Development at an education technology firm in Kitchener. 

Andrew has trained and developed athletes of all ages and at all levels. His natural leadership, and proclivity for humour makes him a popular HH instructor. He is able to connect and engage with athletes on their level, and uses his in-depth knowledge, attention to detail, and love of the game to motivate athletes to achieve and exceed their goals.

Chris M

Camp for both of our boys was in their words “Awesome”

“Camp instructors were awesome, ratio of players to instructors was 4/5 to 1 … The guidance and supervision I personally witnessed from the staff was excellent. Having coached myself for 7 years I was very impressed witnessing your staff achieving the right level of engagement, guidance and discipline. We were very pleased with every aspect of the camp and will be back for sure.” 

Kelly O

I want to start off by saying how awesome your camp is. I appreciate the professionalism, the effort to make each child feel important, and the encouragement my son received. Also, I saw a huge improvement in his strength.

Kevin

Michelle & Brad

We wanted to reach out to you and say Thank You for a great day on Friday.  Our son played in your tournament and he absolutely loved the day.  He was very excited to arrive that morning and meet his teammates for the day.  He was also impressed with the BioSteel and fruit that you made available to the boys.

I just wanted you to say how much he appreciated the day and thank you for taking the time to organize it.  Please do keep our email so we can be advised of any similar days you may be planning.