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verb: to advance or help onward; promote.
verb: to advance or help onward; promote.
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ServicesContract Negotiation
An agent’s primary duty is to negotiate a professional contract for his client. Forward Hockey understands the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement governing such negotiations, including salary arbitration cases, and also understands the many factors that determine a player's market value. In addition to NHL and related minor league contracts, Forward Hockey has negotiated several contracts in European professional leagues, including the DEL, Swedish Elite League, and Finnish Elite League. Forward Hockey is committed to getting the best deal for their clients, whether an entry-level Standard Player Contract or a July 1st unrestricted free agent contract. Career Counseling and Advisement Players today face a growing number of important career options. Keeping player and family goals in mind, Forward Hockey safeguards the rights and interests of their client-base by providing honest and reliable information that enables players and families to make informed career decisions en route to achieving both hockey and academic goals. Forward Hockey enjoys countless longstanding relationships with coaches, teams, and leagues at all levels across North America and Europe, and these relationships enable Forward Hockey to gather real information from the hockey community as it pertains to a specific player, rather than provide canned advice from the sidelines. Marketing and Endorsements As players make their way into the NHL, opportunities to supplement off-ice income by way of endorsement contracts may become available. Forward Hockey constantly seeks endorsement opportunities for its clients to increase their income, without compromising a client’s training or playing schedule. Forward Hockey has contracted with brands such as Bauer, Easton, Warrior, Panini North America, and Upper Deck to achieve mutually beneficial endorsement relationships. Additionally, Forward Hockey provides organizing services for clients' small business planning. In 2011, the very first Andy Greene Hockey School (Andy Greene Hockey LLC) was successfully operated in Trenton, Michigan. |
NHL Draft, Combine, and Interview Preparation
Each year, the NHL holds a combine to physically test and interview a select group of athletes as determined by NHL Central Scouting. Forward Hockey clients who are invited will be ready, as we prepare our advisees for both the physical testing and the interviewing process. Because the interviewing process is often the first and only opportunity an athlete has to make an off-ice impression upon the NHL and its teams, Forward Hockey focuses on player preparation in an effort to enhance a player's overall value in the critical times leading up to the NHL draft.
Forward Hockey Pro and College Camps
Forward Hockey values lengthy, enjoyable, and fruitful careers, and are dedicated to giving their professional and advised clients every opportunity to achieve their true potential as athletes. Each summer, prior to fall training camps, Forward Hockey holds professional and college camps on-site at their Wisconsin facility. The camps provide:
Disability Insurance
Career-ending disability insurance is a critical aspect of the client services portfolio. Forward Hockey shares relationships with multiple well respected insurance providers throughout the United States and Canada. These relationships allow each athlete an opportunity to secure the appropriate type and amount of coverage with the most competitive premium available. Forward Hockey, along with their trusted disability insurance providers, will ensure that each Forward Hockey client is comfortably protected from unfortunate, unforeseeable events.
US and Canadian Tax Preparation
Forward Hockey offers the use of accounting services provided by Licari, Larsen & Co. LTD. Nick Licari, is a Minnesota-registered Certified Public Accountant, who has established a client-base to include a significant number of professional hockey players from across North America. Nick is uniquely positioned to maximize clients' earning potential because he understands the tax intricacies that professional hockey players face each year under an ever-changing tax code. Prior to joining Licari, Larsen & Co. LTD, Nick was a four-year letter winner in Men's Ice Hockey at the University of Wisconsin, where he helped lead the Badgers to a NCAA National Championship in 2006.
Charitable Coordination
Forward Hockey offers the unique service of adopting their clients' respectable charitable visions, and making those visions realities. Whether starting a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on behalf of a client, or working with a client through a pre-existing charitable organization, Forward Hockey has experience developing and managing large scale events to bring attention and dollars to various charitable causes.
Each year, the NHL holds a combine to physically test and interview a select group of athletes as determined by NHL Central Scouting. Forward Hockey clients who are invited will be ready, as we prepare our advisees for both the physical testing and the interviewing process. Because the interviewing process is often the first and only opportunity an athlete has to make an off-ice impression upon the NHL and its teams, Forward Hockey focuses on player preparation in an effort to enhance a player's overall value in the critical times leading up to the NHL draft.
Forward Hockey Pro and College Camps
Forward Hockey values lengthy, enjoyable, and fruitful careers, and are dedicated to giving their professional and advised clients every opportunity to achieve their true potential as athletes. Each summer, prior to fall training camps, Forward Hockey holds professional and college camps on-site at their Wisconsin facility. The camps provide:
- Hands-On Mentoring: Our camps give our advised clients a chance to learn, firsthand, from our professional clients. Our professional players take pride in mentoring younger players, offering them experience and knowledge from the higher ranks.
- Professional Coaching and Exposure: Our camp also offers players access to professional coaches, offering first class instruction personalized to the needs of an individual player. Additionally, players benefit from the exposure to various professional coaches, scouts, and management in attendance.
- World Class Competition: Our camps bring together world class athletes for the best possible training. Athletes push one another on the ice and in the weight room, while building camaraderie and scaling the competitive edge.
Disability Insurance
Career-ending disability insurance is a critical aspect of the client services portfolio. Forward Hockey shares relationships with multiple well respected insurance providers throughout the United States and Canada. These relationships allow each athlete an opportunity to secure the appropriate type and amount of coverage with the most competitive premium available. Forward Hockey, along with their trusted disability insurance providers, will ensure that each Forward Hockey client is comfortably protected from unfortunate, unforeseeable events.
US and Canadian Tax Preparation
Forward Hockey offers the use of accounting services provided by Licari, Larsen & Co. LTD. Nick Licari, is a Minnesota-registered Certified Public Accountant, who has established a client-base to include a significant number of professional hockey players from across North America. Nick is uniquely positioned to maximize clients' earning potential because he understands the tax intricacies that professional hockey players face each year under an ever-changing tax code. Prior to joining Licari, Larsen & Co. LTD, Nick was a four-year letter winner in Men's Ice Hockey at the University of Wisconsin, where he helped lead the Badgers to a NCAA National Championship in 2006.
Charitable Coordination
Forward Hockey offers the unique service of adopting their clients' respectable charitable visions, and making those visions realities. Whether starting a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on behalf of a client, or working with a client through a pre-existing charitable organization, Forward Hockey has experience developing and managing large scale events to bring attention and dollars to various charitable causes.