I am joined by Willie Mitchell. Willie is the owner of Tofino Resort + Marina, a high-end boutique hotel with adventure in its DNA. He spent 16 years playing hockey as an NHL defenseman and his career peak came with the LA Kings, where he was part of the club’s two Stanley Cup-winning rosters in 2012 and 2014 , he retired in 2016 and took on an entirely different challenge when he and two partners purchased a motel and marina in the small Vancouver Island resort municipality of Tofino.

In this episode Willie talks about his safe haven and his connection with nature, finding his identity, the realities of being in the NHL, learning about business as he went, being known as “Willie Mitchell the hockey player” and feeling like he was more than that, insecurities of not being a great student, and reaching that “high” with the Stanley cup. He also talks about his business and what he learned from being in the hospitality industry. 

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