Special Guest

 Cody Franson is from Sicamous BC. He is currently under contract with the Chicago Blackhawks. Franson was drafted in the third round, 79th overall, by the Nashville Predators in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He joined the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2011, before eventually returning to Nashville via a trade on February 15, 2015. Career Total to date 42 Goals, 163 Assist.

2002-03 WHL Vancouver Giants  

2003-04 BCHL Trail Smoke Eaters

2003-04 WHL Vancouver Giants

2004-05 WHL Vancouver Giants

2005-06 WHL Vancouver Giants

2006-07 WHL Vancouver Giants

2007 Team Canada WJC 

2007-08 AHL Milwaukee Admirals

2008-09 AHL Milwaukee Admirals

2009-10 AHL Milwaukee Admirals

2009-10 NHL Nashville Predators

2010-11 NHL Nashville Predators

2011-12 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs

2012-13 SEL Brynas IF

2012-13 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs

2013-14 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs

2014-15 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs

2014–15 NHL Nashville Predators

2015-16 NHL Buffalo Sabres

2016-17 NHL Buffalo Sabres

2017-18 NHL Chicago Blackhawks

Greg is one of the top trainers in the Western hemisphere training hundreds of NHL Players. He has also worked with dozens of teams doing consulting, practicum and intern, Teams such as the Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames and Kamloops Blazers

Greg has trained players such as:

Shane Doan for 17 years  

Riley Nash for 13 years 

Blair Riley, Casey Pierro Zabotel,

Brandan Nash and Tyler Redenbach 

Greg has made a huge impact in many athletes lives and is very passionate about continuing to enrich his clients strengths and abilities. 

- Worked in exercise science/exercise physiology for 22 years
- Consults with 4 professional teams ranging from NHL to MLB

- Trainer of many professional athletes, individually and up to groups of 48

- Has been a professor of exercise physiology and exercise science at Thompson Rivers  University for 10 years, 

- Greg has been a guest lecturer at Edith Cowan University (ECU)

· Has 15 years of consistent upgrading from NSCA & CSEP

· Owner/Operator of Acceleration Kozoris Strength & Conditioning for 15 years

· Trained several Olympians

· Completed 4 degrees and is a PhD candidate

· Completed degrees at University of British Columbia, Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia and currently interned by UCLA strength and conditioning in California

· Trainer of many different sports from amateur to professional athletes in all sports

· Currently the strength coach for Kamloops Blazers Hockey
 

Education:

· Bachelor of Human Kinetics in Exercise Science & Physical Education

· Bachelor of Education

· Masters of Exercise Physiology

· Diploma of Athletic Therapy

· PHD Candidate; in speed and power generation and testosterone to cortisol ratio

· NCSA certified CSCS

· NCSA certified CPT

Greg is currently a professor of Strength & Conditioning and Exercise Physiology at Thompson Rivers University and for the Kamloops Blazers. 

Cain Franson is from Sicamous BC, born March 25, 1993. 

Cain played four seasons with the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League. He than went on to play for the Allen Americans in the CHL. In 2014 Cain enrolled at the University of Calgary where he plays for the Dinos. Cain has an impressive career point total with 120 goals, 132 assists. 

Cain was one of 11 alumni selected to represent the WHL on the U SPORTS All-Star Team who faced off against Canada’s National Junior Team prospects in a two-game set prior to the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship.

2010-11 WHL Vancouver Giants

2011-12 WHL Vancouver Giants

2012-13 WHL Vancouver Giants

2013-14 WHL Vancouver Giants

2013-14 CHL Allen Americans

2014-15 CIS U of Calgary

2015-16 CIS U of Calgary

2016-17 CIS U of Calgary

2017-18 CIS U of Calgary

Cory is a native of Revelstoke BC and is the Owner / President of Potenza Rehabilitation and Performance. Cory is a highly respected Athletic Therapist at elite levels of hockey and other sports.

Certified Athletic Therapist

Certified Athletic Trainer 

Rehabilitation Consultant with the WHL’s Kootenay Ice

Cory’s impressive resume includes 

1 year in the BCHL as the Head Trainer of the Trail Smoke Eaters BCHL 2002-03

12 years in the WHL as the Assistant Athletic Trainer Calgary Hitmen 2003- 2006

Head Athletic Therapist - Vancouver Giants WHL 2006-2009 In 2007 He was part of the Memorial Cup Champion Team with Don Hay and Sicamous very own Cody Franson 

Head Athletic Therapist Kootenay Ice WHL 2011- 2016

Team Pacific U17 

Team Canada U18 at the international level as Hockey Canada’s Head Therapist winning 2 gold medals at the 2012 and 2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament held in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Cory has also worked with Hockey Alberta, Hockey BC, and Hockey Canada events. 

Cory most recent is working is with Hockey Canada as the Athletic Therapist with the National Men’s Sledge Hockey Team where they won the World Championships.

Cory worked for Crash Conditioning for 9 years as a Rehabilitation Consultant.

Kris Beech is a former NHL player and a certified mindfulness coach.

He was drafted seventh overall in the 1999 NHL draft by the Washington Capitals. He played seven seasons in the NHL before spending another eight seasons in Europe.

Since hanging up the skates in 2015-16, Kris pursued becoming a mindfulness coach, where he strives to provide meditation and mindfulness techniques with an emphasis on resilience and

creating an athlete's mind, ensuring success on and off the ice.

He works with athletes to help improve their ability to focus their attention on the present moment task demands within the competitive environment.

Kris has committed to practicing the techniques, the same ones he coaches, on a daily basis for the past seven years.

He spent five of those years integrating mindfulness into every aspect of the competitive environment. Having been a former professional hockey player, Kris has gone through many experiences to help him communicate the benefits of the training and have it connect with others.

In 2016-17, Kris was the mindfulness coach at the Delta Hockey Academy as well as working with WHL and BCHL players. He has been a keynote speaker for major corporations and will

be introducing his mindfulness journey at the 2018 Greater Edmonton Teachers’ Convention. He is also slated to speak for the Canada Sport Institute in front of olympic and Paralympic competitors at the 2018 Athlete Advance.

• Certified Meditation and Mindfulness Instructor (McLean Meditation Institute, 2015)

• MSc. Sports Management 

(Ulster University Business School, 2016)

• Certified Canadian Mental Health First Aid, 2017

•Team Canada's National U-18 Team.

• Selected by the Washington Capitals in with the seventh-overall pick in the 1999 NHL entry draft

• Played seven seasons in the NHL and AHL (Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Nashville Predators, Columbus Blue Jackets, Vancouver Canucks)

• Selected by the WHL's Calgary Hitmen with the third-overall pick in the 1996 bantam draft

• Played eight seasons in Europe (SHL, NLA, Liiga, Czech Extraliga, DEL, EBEL, EIHL)

• Played four seasons in the WHL (Calgary Hitmen, 1996-97 to 2000-01)

• Named to CHL Top Prospects Game (Calgary Hitmen, 1998-99)

• 1999 WHL Ed Chynoweth Cup champion (Calgary Hitmen)

• Named the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins' most valuable player (2003-04, 2005-06)

• 2006 AHL Calder Cup champion (Hershey Bears)

• Won the Swedish Hockey League SM-silver medal (HV71, 2008-09)

• Swedish Hockey League Le Mat champion (HV71, 2009-10)

Sarah’s passion for mental performance was ignited as a young hockey player when she began to recognize how certain aspects of her mental game were impacting performance. This interest led her to pursue studying sport psychology in university. Sarah holds a Master of Arts degree in Kinesiology with a focus on Sport Psychology from The University of British Columbia. During her time as a student Sarah gained experience as a mental performance consultant through internship opportunities and since completing her degree, has been providing mental performance support to athletes and coaches with a variety of sport backgrounds.
 

Sarah has worked with athletes and coaches at the collegiate and university levels, regional levels, and provincial levels. She enjoys working with individual athletes, teams and coaches to enhance their mental preparation and performance strategies. Her aim is to help athletes better understand their performance tendencies, while introducing them to mental skills and strategies they can implement to improve performances.