Kyle Blaney: Getting Back Up and Battling Adversity | Award Winning Pro Hockey Player

What do you do when someone tells you you’re not good enough?

Everyone has failed, and everyone has, at one point or another, been rejected. Cut from a sports team, didn’t get the promotion or lost in the final round of the interview.

When we face rejection, there are usually two ways we can respond.

We can either get defensive and react in a way that jeopardizes our future performance, or we can separate ourselves from the situation, and objectively understand the root cause behind the failure.

If you’re looking for 3 unique examples of how you can come back from failure regardless of the situation and what others may think of you, then this episode is for you.

Kyle Blaney



Take pride in the details, take pride in the little things you do.”


Kyle Blaney is a professional ice hockey player, who most recently played for the Kalamazoo Wings in the ECHL.

He is a graduate of Ryerson University where he played in the CIS.

Some of the things we discuss in this episode:

  • His younger years growing up playing hockey and some street hockey stories
  • How Kyle was cut 3 times from 3 different teams, and always found a way to battle every single time and become a leading goal scorer
  • Lessons Kyle learned when he found himself in the face of adversity
  • Why setting goals and being vocal about them will boost your performance
  • Influence Kyle’s family and support system have had on his career

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