Coach Gratz

Hockey Coach, F1 enthusiast

[Coach Gratz @CoachGratz]

@chrispronger Read your book #Earned. Fantastic read. Tons of great lessons for everyone at any stage of life

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@HockeyThinkTank Try convincing parents of this after some pariah “guarantees” their kid is getting scouted and will play junior, college, etc as long as they play for this team or in that tourney.
Best intentions and straight talk fall on deaf ears if it isn’t what they want to hear.

[Coach Gratz @CoachGratz]

@_TalkingHockey_ Better off using win percentage than standings point since the teams won’t all have the same number of games.

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

Here’s a minute of gold from Vechs and USHL commissioner Glenn Hefferan on what high level hockey people think about my hockey rankings.

*Reminder - MHR was created as a tool to find like competition. Not to satisfy adult ego.

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

I went to junior hockey a year too early. It was the hardest year of my life. Thank God I have a great family that supported me through the tough moments.

But here’s the thing…

My family always told me the truth and never let me make excuses. Even though we may have made the wrong decision rushing the process, the message from my parents was always to be the best teammate I could be, work through the tough stuff, and I’ll be better for it on the other side.

In today’s landscape where kids are trying to get to the next level as fast as possible instead of at the right time, there will be many kids in my shoes.

So for all the families out there that may be in that situation with their kid…

Don’t make excuses for them. Don’t tell them it’s not fair and they’re getting screwed. Help them to look in the mirror, control what they can control, and focus on getting better and earning what they get.

If my family made excuses for me or blamed other people, I would not have made it. I’m thankful for the tough moments and my parents helped me understand it was a part of the process.

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

If there were ever a stat to challenge the notion that you have to play on a super team or a team ranked high on My Hockey Rankings to make high level hockey, here it is.

Unreal insight from USHL commissioner @GlennHefferan:

Even after taking out kids from Minnesota (which is 25% of the USHL) and players coming in from other junior leagues, players currently playing in the USHL have come from 54 different Tier 1 organizations.

54!!!

We always preach that everyone has a different path. For all the parents out there…

Calm down, take a breath, keep your kid in your house under your parenting for as long as you can, and surround your kid with good people.

You DO NOT need to put your kid on a super team ranked high on MHR for them to “make it.” Here’s an incredible piece of data from top junior league @ushl to back it up.

I’m hearing horror stories about this stuff as early as 8u and 10u. This shows even at older ages the year before going to junior hockey that you can get there from multiple ways and places.

Hockey directors - a great piece of information to send to your parents.

[NAPHL @NAPHL]

The best of the best from the 2026 NAPHL T1ER League #DixonCup take their place on the All-Tournament Teams ⭐️

[NAPHL @NAPHL]

#NAPHL T1ER Advancement: Indiana Elite 18U forward Nick Beam has signed an @NAHLHockey tender agreement with the @JrAmerksNAHL.

📰: https://t.co/PXH1lREkjT

[NAPHL @NAPHL]

Hard work pays off! Shoutout to the 2025-26 T1ER Yearly Awards winners!

📰: https://t.co/Xb4sAR0EXy

[Coach Gratz @CoachGratz]

@chrispronger Does Canada win if Syd is in lineup

[NAPHL @NAPHL]

Indiana Elite 18U Assistant Captain Trevor Young plays hero in overtime, burying the game-winner to punch his team’s ticket to the Championship 🚨

#DixonCup

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@_OliverHolt_ @ryanwhitney6 There’s your fuck around and find out moment.

McKenna draft stock ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

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@iRacing

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@RBR_Daily @Nachez98 New pope?

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@NFL_DovKleiman STFU you clickbait aura farmer

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@F1Clapped As mid as it gets

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@secnumbersguy Awesome… how’s it be going lately

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@ThisIsFormu1a1 Cost cap breach incoming

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@AlpineSimRacing Still not seeing them

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