EP.40 - Ken Reid – Sportsnet Co-Anchor, Author and Hockey Fan

When Ken Reid called me and asked if I’d like to be a part of his new book called “One To Remember”, I wasn’t sure what to say. Ken wanted to tell the stories of various players who scored a grand total of one NHL goal in their careers.  I liked the idea, but a piece of me didn’t want to deal go down that road. Telling the story about my one NHL goal would require me to admit there should have been more and perhaps have to explain why I underachieved. For me, my one goal has always been an example of failure. Failure to have the career I dreamed of. Failure to step into my potential as a player. Failure to figure out how to become an NHL regular. But working on the book with Ken helped to change that a little bit for me.  He made me recognize what a huge accomplishment ONE goal is. Scoring a goal in the NHL has only been done by 5000 other humans… ever. So regardless of what could have been, might have been, or should have been, I did score a goal in the greatest league in the world.  That goal represents pints of blood, buckets of sweat and pools of tears that were donated to its pursuit. Countless hours on busses, at the rink and riding the bike invested in the chase for more. But for some of us, there was only one and that “ONE To Remember” can never be taken from us. Thank you Ken for reminding me that my goal against Ron Hextall and the Philadelphia Flyers is something to be proud of, not something to look at with embarrassment. This a great conversation with one of the nicest guys in the game. Ken Reid is a grinder, a professional, and he knows how to treat people. He also knows how to tell a pretty damn good story!  There are lots of parallels we can take from Ken’s journey to the mountain top… intention, coachability, accountability and practice. Want to be good at something? Grab those 4 traits and I like your chances. Please enjoy my interview with Mr. Ken Reid.