Ryan Fairbarn

Husband to a Hall of Famer and proud father of 5 children. Retired Hockey Player, RIT Grad and Executive Vice President with

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@funkyhockey11 @MYHockeyRanking 💯

[Ryan Fairbarn @RyanFairbarn]

“A me goal” 🤣 100%. Love it!

[Idaho Steelheads @Steelheads]

Before the Steelheads take the ice against the Stingrays we chat with Nick Young to reflect on his first ECHL weekend.

Full interview 🎥: https://t.co/ZhZopGuf1q

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Congrats on the first one @nickyounger4 Nothing like a good reverse hit! #The85Way

[Idaho Steelheads @Steelheads]

🚨YOUNG🚨
First ECHL goal for Nick Young out of Raleigh

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@HockeyThinkTank 100% agree. No problem with mistakes, jumping into rushes whatever it might be but if that puck turns over be the hardest working guy to get it back or get back to support the rest of your team. Great clip!

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@ryanwhitney6 The early spin to create space, Stickhandling to avoid poke checks and put the puck in shooting position to get it up top. Gross goal!

[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.

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100% True. 👇

[The Coaches Site @TheCoachesSite]

“Doomscrolling. Players now have short attention spans. So before practice they’ve just been on their phones, now they come to you directly - now you’ve got a problem.” Full video from Behavioural Sports Specialist Larissa Mills: https://t.co/8UJcXW18p2

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@Eags37 100% agree with you!

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

I had a junior coach tell me something once that was an incredible mindset shift in how to be more consistent and move on from the bad games. He told me:

- 20% of the games you play, you’ll be at your best. Total flow state.
- 20% of the games you play, you’ll fight it. Legs will be heavy, hands won’t be there.
- The other 60% will be determined by your habits.

And in that 60% middle - the better your practice habits, the more you’ll play towards that top 20%. The worse your practice habits, the more you’ll play towards the bottom 20%.

We had performance coach Matt Fornataro on the podcast and we talked about consistency of performance. Awesome episode… check it out!

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Sid casually batting it out of the air in the back of the net!

[B/R Open Ice @BR_OpenIce]

Marc-Andre Fleury, with the yellow pads, with a two-pad stack on Sidney Crosby. All is right in the world ☺️

(via @TheDanKingerski)

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Great advice on selecting an advisor. Take a listen!

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

https://t.co/6Ctc5gz0SI

[Chris Sevier @csevs19]

If you want volunteer coaches to come back, respect, support, provide resources, incentives, and give them a reason to give 100% for your club.

If you want to develop players, develop and support coaches.

They are your front line.

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Congratulations to 85 Sports client Kurt Beck and his family on signing with the Phoenix. Things are just getting started for him after a big week of committing to Providence and now signing with Sherbrooke! #The85Way #QMJHL #NCAA

[Phœnix de Sherbrooke @PhoenixSherbroo]

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Le défenseur américain Kurt Beck est officiellement membre de la grande famille du Phoenix.

American defensemen Kurt Beck is officially a member of the Phoenix family.

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Big time get for the Friars!

[85 Sports Management @85sportsmgmt]

Congratulations to defensemen Kurt Beck on committing to Providence College!! Let’s Go Friars!!
#The85way #collegehockey #committed #providencecollege #friarshockey #HockeyEast

[MassNZ @MassNZ]

🚨🚨 COMMIT ALERT 🚨🚨
From IG: @GoAHSPonders D Kurt Beck has committed to @FriarsHockey! What a season it was for Beck: @MIAA033 D1 Final Four, @USHL Phase 1 pick by @YtownPhantoms, @QMJHL Draft pick by @PhoenixSherbroo and now @NCAAIceHockey commit to PC #SummerofKurt

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@drewcarlsonhp Only way to learn offense is to take some chances, make mistakes, learn and try again. Practice when you get the opportunity to practice. Watch other DMen you look upto and try it again!

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@ShaunTh22676642 Agreed. Always helps to have a foot in the door but I guess that can be said for anything you are trying to get into!

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If you want to make it as a Hockey Player the only one that can get you to that next level is yourself. You have to be willing to put in the work on the ice, off the ice, watching games, analyzing video to take yourself to the next level and separate yourself from everyone else!

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What an amazing guy he was. Always laughing and having a good time with the people around the rink and always had time for the players. RIP Stu. Thoughts and prayers are with Stu’s family and friends! #RITHawkey

[RIT Men's Hockey @RITMHKY]

In memory of Stu Hughes https://t.co/vyrGx5gxjy

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The teams that are able to do this simple task are the ones they show they care, show they watched, show they know how to evaluate and improve players. These are the teams that are going to get players to future camps!

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If you attend a Junior Hockey camp, do you think you should be given feedback following the camp? 🏒

A thread:
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If parents and players are spending big money to come to a camp you SHOULD provide them with some feedback as to what they can do to be better, reasons why they didn’t make it even if is just a simple answer.