"LIVING THE DREAM" Pro Ambitions Newsletter by Jeff Serowik, former NHL'er and owner of Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc December 6, 2007

When I played my first hockey game at prep school I thought I was living the dream.  When I played my first Hockey East game at Providence College I thought I was living the dream.  When I played my first NHL game I thought I was living the dream.  Having my children, building my home, Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc., being the dad on the bench, taking vacations with family and seeing the world, the little things with my wife and children that make me smile every day are all living the dream.

I just got back from a close friends wake-every day I saw him....he told me he "was living the dream."  He was a great, charismatic, dad, husband, friend, businessman, philanthropist and all around great man that truly was living the dream every day.  He was one of the Clair Motors auto empire brothers that is going to be so dearly missed by so many people all over the Boston area.  When you bought a car from Clair-whether it was a Mercedes, Porsche, family sedan...you were "living the dream."

I wanted to write this article in memory of Mark Clair as we should all live the dream.

Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc.  is about living the dream... Over the years, I have received only few out of the tens of thousands of emails and letters  that asked how I could give false hope to young players with the name Pro Ambitions.  It makes me think about people like that who are truly not living the dream.  In a million years when I was shooting pucks on my driveway, or not being placed on the level travel team in youth hockey that I aspired to, or all the hours in the car with my parents early in the morning driving to hockey did I ever imagine that I would one day play for the Boston Bruins partnered with my hero, Ray Bourque or on the first power play unit with Jaromir Jagr, Marty Straka and Alexei Kovalev .  It was a dream that actually came true.  I bet if you ask most NHL players they will say that they never really thought that they would make it to the NHL...  Hockey really brings families together.  There are a lot of hours logged in the car on the way to games or tournaments.  I am now realizing that even these times spent with your children is living the dream.  Being a part of a team is living the dream.  Going on to playing varsity high school hockey, college hockey and the pros is also living the dream.  Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc. is proud to boast that many alumni have actually made it all the way  to the pros contrary to the few skeptics I mentioned earlier.

Keep living the dream! 

Thank you so much.


Jeff Serowik, President
Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc.
PO Box 565 Dover, MA 02030
508 497-1089
www.proambitions.com