My name is Jeff Serowik, owner/President of Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc and former NHL and 10 year Pro Player.

I was very fortunate to play over 750 games pro as well as attend Providence College and Lawrence Academy Prep School.

I always tell my students that I wasn’t the best player on the team each year in fact I played on the B team many times and was over looked on numerous all star teams and travel teams growing up.

I played hockey because I loved it and always promised my parents that as long as they supported me and drove me to the rink each day that I would be able to look in the mirror every time I got off the ice and say “I gave everything I had on the ice that particular day”

I always felt that there was no substitute for hard work.  All kids can skate fast and shoot hard but I realized that hard work, perseverance and determination got you to the next level.

I shot 500 pucks every single day for 10 years of my life. I even shot pucks every summer in my off season as a Pro.

I was a huge fan of flexibility, weight training, conditioning, boxing, karate, mental conditioning, whatever it took to help me improve my game and make me better than the guy next to me.

I was also a very selfless teammate. I wanted my teammates to do well, and wanted my defense partner to do well because that means we would all have success as a team which would make me a better player.  I was very vocal on and off the ice and worked hard to please my coaches. I always took any advice coaches would give me as constructive criticism and a great learning tool to better myself as a player.

I have been screamed at, berated, belittled, embarrassed and told I would never make it to the next level by certain coaches but I would shake it off and keep going forward because I believed in myself and I loved the game and nothing was going to get in the way of that.

Each day when I wake up I say “what can I do to better myself as a player and person” and that is how I live my life.

Have fun, work hard and do the little things necessary to bring your game to the next level.

Regards,

Jeff Serowik