Guest wrote: ↑Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:51 am
The Trainer Speaks:
I've thought long and hard about going public on a site full of trolls, but for every one person who posts on here I'm sure there are another 20 who read but never write anything. This is for you.
I am the Rattler's trainer who has caused so much stress, angst, gossip, scandal, delight, depending on your view point or interest in the subject.
Yes, I have my level 3 trainers, my VSC, multiple years of experience and training across several sports and I have been a practicing chiropractor for the last 28 years. All my credentials and courses are listed under my Hockey Canada Spordle account. All this was submitted at the beginning of the year and I received my receipt and green check mark from Hockey Canada. I take the kids safety rather seriously, as I sit on the bench at all practices and am constantly sending kids off the ice when they don't have their proper equipment on. I also attend most games, except tournament games on Fridays when I am working at my clinic. It is true we requested information to allow us to register 2 trainers at the beginning of the season. We were not provided the proper information by the paid staff member at the GTHL. Apparently the breakdown was between our registrar and the the GTHL office although only one side has claimed any responsibility for this and it's not the GTHL. I became a Trainer at large attached to the Rattlers organization the day after this was brought to our attention. This is nothing that isn't in the public domain already.
It is true that someone went around their own organization and sent my picture in to the GTHL. I was identified because she knows me, she is a person that I have been friendly with, as our kids played together in Oakville for two years when they were young and I was trainer/assistant coach for those teams. Up to that time I was completely unaware of any issue with my registration.
I know that people love to troll but a lot of people have had the crap kicked out of them over this affair, her included. I would ask that you just leave her alone.
Fast forward to last night and the Rattlers vs. Panther game. I was acting as the trainer for the Panthers also, when a horrible injury happened which caused me to spend the majority of the game in the dressing room. By the time we got our player off the ice, cut his equipment off, assessed the injury, waited for the ambulance and tried like hell to keep him from going into shock, I got back onto the bench with about 7 minutes left in the game. In the meantime our other trainer who was present, was keeping watch over the game. Again this is one of the reasons we asked about having two trainers in the first place.
What the G has done to our kids over the last few months I find absolutely disgusting. Judging by the public's response to this most agree. It speaks to a much deeper problem of adults abusing their mandate but I'm sure many of the good people felt change was too big a mountain to climb and left a long time ago. But that is a story for another day.
I myself wish to have nothing to do with the GTHL ever again and will very grudgingly pull dollars out to give to this league next year, should my kid continue on with hockey, however, after what I dealt with last night, I realize the safety of our kids is much more important than any of this petty politics.
Lastly I am immensely proud of our boys. Based on how I feel, they must have been under an enormous amount of pressure the last few weeks. I actually don't know how they have played as well as they have. To be the best, you have to beat the best and they are learning their lessons every game. In a win or you are out game, they delivered when they had to.
That's my story. Thanks for reading, troll it if you want. I don't really care.
