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About Me
Introduction
Sport was my only lens. Hockey became my singular focus, and from that moment there was no plan B — not because I lacked options, but because I never entertained them. I forewent the education fund I’d earned playing junior hockey to sign an ECHL contract, with one condition: a tryout at NHL camp. I’d take care of the rest.
Undrafted, I converted that tryout into an NHL contract. Ten weeks after arriving at rookie camp, I played my first NHL game. Nineteen professional seasons followed.
I always thought of professional sport as the greatest party you could ever be invited to. The music, the people, the atmosphere — you never forget it. My only intention: I never wanted to show up one day and find the doors locked. I wasn’t going to wait to be turned away. A championship trophy on my final day was the most poetic ending.
The coaches who left the biggest impression on me extracted and enhanced potential that was mine to give. They held standards they knew I was capable of meeting, and treated me as an equal — because they had lived it too. When my playing days ended, I knew what I wanted to reciprocate — that belief, those standards, that respect.
Athletic Career
19 Seasons — professional ice hockey (NHL, WC, KHL)
Certification
Hintsa Performance Certified Coach
Framework
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Coaching
Tappara Tampere — U-20 Skills & Development
Continuing Education Certificates
>90 Hours — ACT, Motivational Interviewing, RFT
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"Take it seriously. Hold it lightly."
How I Got Here
Already in pre-school, sport and physical exercise captivated me with its challenge and creativity. After experimenting with all that was available, I eventually focused on ice hockey.
Progressing through the premier levels and leagues in Canada, I represented my country on the international stage, reached my sport's highest echelon, and continued my career in Europe. After 19 seasons, I elected to conclude my playing days — and on my final day, I gratefully raised a championship trophy that crowned my time as a professional athlete.
The desire to share the wisdom I'd received from coaches had always stayed with me. I was afforded that opportunity the following season through Tappara, coaching at the U-20 level — an experience that has since grown into a range of coaching roles within the club.
Nearly two years in, a desire to make a deeper impact with individual players led me to enrol in the Hintsa Performance Coaching Certification Program — where I immediately applied what I was learning with my own players, accumulating extensive individual coaching sessions that fostered my development. This journey also deepened my interest in the mind, leading me toward self-study in cognitive behavioural modalities that promote psychological flexibility, and the accumulation of numerous continuing education certificates.
What I Offer
What I offer is a space to collaborate — on plans rooted in your own values, conversations that build new skills, and an environment oriented around processes that actually meet your needs.
My philosophy is to envision the actions that motivate people toward flourishing and a meaningful life. To imagine what a person could be and collaborate with them on a journey to explore their capacities. To be curious and accept them non-judgementally. To help someone make decisions for themselves about what's going to be fulfilling and right for them.
— Geoff Platt
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The Compass
A Note on Values
Values aren’t outcomes. They aren’t shoulds, have tos, or musts. They’re chosen by you, no one else — deliberately constructed. They evolve as you do. They show up in how you act. Not a destination. A direction. Your compass.
A Letter from Geoff
There are moments in life that sharpen our focus with sudden clarity — the loss of someone we love, the end of a relationship, a chapter closing without warning. These experiences have a way of bumping us back toward what truly matters.
But more often, people lose track of themselves gradually. Not through crisis, but through the quiet accumulation of days. They look up one morning and wonder — how did I get here?
I believe neither is required to pause and ask: where am I going?
Small, deliberate shifts — granular actions rooted in your own values — can change the tide of a life. In a collaborative, evidence-based setting, your own motivation and commitment to change becomes the engine. Not my agenda. Yours.
Rather than convincing you to change, my role is to help you explore your own purpose, build self-reliance, and move toward the openness and autonomy that already exists within you.
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Take a moment with that question. Not your network. Not your colleagues. Who is there only for you — with your best interests at heart, their full attention, and no competing agenda?
I first sat with this question as an established professional athlete, surrounded daily by thirty or more people, and was quietly astounded to feel alone in my pursuit.
When I’ve posed the same question to former players, executives, and clients, the answers have been remarkably and dishearteningly consistent:
You might assume you’re always on your own team. But a mind that second-guesses and doubts can be the loneliest opponent of all. One parent, not always both. A spouse, whose love is unconditional and independent of your success. A friend who accepts you for who you are, not what you achieve. An agent — genuine, but ultimately transactional. Or a therapist, present but clinically bounded.
Count them. It’s a humbling exercise.
That’s where I can bring value to your team.Honestly, the definition resists easy packaging — because the range of people I work with, and the outcomes we move toward together, is broader and more unexpected than most anticipate.
From our first conversation, the goal is simple: understand your life well enough to walk alongside you toward what matters most.
Much like a ship navigating toward harbour, your values are the compass — awareness is learning to read it. The smallest adjustment in course, the subtlest shift in direction, can take you somewhere entirely new.
My Influences
Hintsa Performance
Hintsa Performance is a global leader in sustainable high-performance coaching. For over 30 years, Hintsa has repeatedly proven its science-based methods in the most challenging business and sports environments. Clients from Formula 1 champions to Fortune 500 CEOs and world-leading organisations trust Hintsa’s 150+ performance coaches and specialists to help them succeed, sustainably.
The Hintsa method is rooted in the Circle of Better Life. Developed by Dr. Aki Hintsa in his work with African Olympic long-distance runners in the early 1990s, and in Formula 1 after that, the 7 elements of the Circle of Better Life are based on 30+ years of science-based development. Stress-tested in some of the most competitive sporting and business environments on the planet, the methodology has stood the test of time.
Imagine a wheel constructed of seven components. If one part breaks down, the wheel stops spinning. For the wheel to turn smoothly, all parts need to be in balance. Hintsa’s Circle of Better Life represents the integrated nature of wellbeing, health, and performance to build sustainable success, for life.
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