Lyman Miller
I've spent my life in two places: the rink and the outdoors. I was born in Prince George and still live in north-central BC.
A lifetime in the game
Hockey has been part of my life as long as I can remember. I played goal for the Prince George Spruce Kings in the BCHL, had a short stint with the Swift Current Broncos in the WHL, and played for Team Pacific at the 1997 World U17 Hockey Challenge.
Since then I've coached every level of minor hockey, and from 2018 to 2021 I was the goalie coach for the Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA team. I've mentored goalies on and off the ice for years, and I've helped a lot of parents figure out the goalie world.
Today I work one-on-one with goalies through the season, and I bring the Pluses of Pressure seminar to teams and businesses.
Lyman's Wild Ways
When I'm not at the rink, I'm outside. I hunt and fish, run a trapline in the winter, and spend summers guiding salmon fishermen on Haida Gwaii. Most of the year I'm in the bush or on the water somewhere in BC.
I film a lot of it and share it through Lyman's Wild Ways: real days outdoors, what works, what doesn't, and what it takes to make a living from the land.
Pressure on the ice. Pressure in the bush.
A bad call outdoors costs you, and nobody's coming to bail you out. In the net it's the same. You can't control the shot, only how you meet it and how fast you reset after.
That's what I teach goalies, and it's what the Pluses of Pressure seminar is about.