2024 Lyle Hanna

Memorial Award

On Ice Assistant

Instructor Recipient:

Korwin Brost

Published: April 2, 2025

This award was created in memory of Lyle Hanna who taught Rex Tucker his first coaching course (NCCP Coach Level) back in the Fall of 1991. Some 12 years later in 2003, Lyle now having retired, joined the Tucker Hockey Team as a part time on ice instructor. Yes, indeed “The Circle of Life”!

Lyle was a very valuable member of the Tucker Hockey Team from 2003 to 2009. Lyle was a very pleasant man, who certainly loved hockey! He enjoyed sharing his wealth of hockey knowledge and helping others learn and enjoy the game. Lyle often said the measure of his success would not be if his players made the NHL but whether they still loved and played the game for the rest of their lives. He was a gentle man who was very generous with his time and valued highly the virtues of good sportsmanship.

Lyle was a true friend, a valued supporter and special coach mentor. He was a man of great integrity and truly a team player. He helped pioneer, cultivate and grow “The Tucker Hockey Way”. Coach Rex will always be grateful for his early contributions to help build Tucker Hockey.

Lyle Hanna

Since 2020, this Tucker Hockey Award will be issued each year to the On Ice Assistant Instructor who exhibits many of these outstanding qualities within the Tucker Hockey Team as well as improved personal growth and development.

2024 Lyle Hanna Memorial Award –

On Ice Assistant Instructor Recipient:

Korwin Brost

Congratulations Korwin!

Get to know Korwin:

  • Tell us a little about yourself.

Hi, I am Korwin, and I played hockey to the Junior A level, and I still love the sport. Besides hockey, I enjoy playing video games, editing videos, and making content on twitch or YouTube. I do this creative stuff when ever I have down time or additional time to do this. Also, I referee minor hockey games on weekends and evening when I am given the opportunity.

  • Tell us a little about your interest in the sport of hockey.

My interest about hockey is that you need to work as a team and not alone. You must work hard to win games as teammates rather than individuals. I love the hard work you need to be good at the sport and the amount of effort it takes to work together even if that means you only have met people for a few weeks or even days. Teamwork is everything to be successful!

  • What is the best part about hockey for you?

The best part about hockey to me was the challenging work you need to put in to be a better player and working as a team. It is also having to deal with the struggle of having to work on things that you might not be the best at even if it is a struggle to deal with it. I have learned many life skills from the sport of hockey!

  • How has hockey influenced your life?

Hockey has influenced me to work hard to where I need to get to. A strong work ethic was one thing that I have learned from the sport, and it is something that can be used in my everyday life as well. It also has taught me to have thicker skin to deal with people, both on and off the ice.

  • When and how did you initially get involved with Tucker Hockey?

I initially got involved with Tucker Hockey when Coach Rex taught one on one sessions. I started at the early age of eight. By becoming a good hockey player, it gave me the ability to coach other kids and teach them how to play the sport which has been an eye opener to me at such an early age. I started as an apprentice instructor with Tucker Hockey when I was 13 years old!

  • What is the most enjoyable part of coaching/teaching players?

The most enjoyable part about coaching players is watching as they develop to be better hockey players and watch as they break habits that they had when you first teach them. Having them thank me for helping them understand skating and hockey skills that they did not understand is rewarding.

  • What is your favourite age group and skill level?

My favorite age group is U7 to U15. My favorite skills are shooting and evasive skating. They are skills that I understand very well and how to perform these skills are and how they are meant to be performed in a game.

  • Any favourite skating drills that come to mind?

Favourite skating skills are 3 & 9 (heel to heel mohawks) and lateral movement (side to side) as I have worked hard to make those skills the best I could when I was playing competitive hockey. Quickness is a nice skill to add on top of all that as well as backward skating as I worked my hardest to make them better even since I played the defenseman position.

  • Being a Tucker Hockey Instructor – what has the “Tucker Hockey Way” / being a part of the on ice instructional team taught you?

Being a part of the Tucker Hockey Way has showed me that this hockey organization is like one big family and that you can learn a great deal from many different people on the on ice instructional team as time progresses each year.

  • What advice would you like to offer hockey coaches, parents, and players about the importance of skating, and why they should invest the time and money towards quality skating instruction?

My advice to parents, hockey coaches, and players is that skating ability is the most important skill you need to be a strong hockey player. If this skill is not developed well enough then the other skills will suffer too such as puck control, passing and shooting. If you are not able to skate well, then you will lose out on the other things that you could be able to learn to become a good hockey player.

  • What other things interest you, outside hockey?

Other things that interest me outside of hockey are video games and streaming as well as making videos for my YouTube channel. I enjoy watching other videos to see how people edit them so that I can learn and be better at editing myself.

  • What are your future goals or aspirations?

My future goals and aspirations are being able to edit videos professionally, being a game developer and running my own business someday. To reach this career goal I plan to go to post secondary school i.e. college or university and learning more on editing and making video games. I feel it is important to keep learning no matter what my future ambitions are whether in or out of school.

Editor’s Note:

Thank you Korwin for completing our Hockey Zones on-ice instructor profile. Over the past 6 to 7 years, you have developed extremely well from an incredibly young 13-year-old apprentice on ice instructor to a quality assistant on ice instructor today. Yes, you are a valuable member of the Tucker Hockey On Ice Team at 19 years old now!

Korwin, I remember your Mom Kobi hiring me on as a 1 on 1 skills coach when you were 8 years old. With the main goal to teach you how to stop on both sides! After doing 40 minutes of various stopping drills during our first session together you said to me “Coach Rex, can we do something else?” I said “Of course!” I knew then based on your dedication and focus that you were a different 8-year-old from others. Most 8-year-old would have lasted maybe 10 to 15 minutes doing stopping drills! This early dedication and focus to improve are personal traits that will serve you well in your future life endeavors. Korwin, we have spent so many enjoyable hours on the ice over the past decade with Tucker Hockey. I trust we will have many more good times in the years ahead.

Korwin, I am immensely proud of you! To see you develop from a young child to a teenager to a responsible and caring young adult has been extremely rewarding. You have so much potential in the years ahead. With the life skills (especially your focus and dedication) learned from your youth hockey, it will enable you to be successful in your future adult endeavors. Keep a “thirst for learning” and good things are in store for you! I believe in you!

Best wishes! Take Care.

~Coach Rex