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Rising Star Christian Seasholtz is dominating the Philly hockey community and using Project Hockey to achieve his goals
Valley Forge Minutemen Forward Christian Seasholtz was on a breakaway late in the season on an imposing goalie. He made a quick deke and created an opening to bury the puck on the 5’11 Jr. Flyers goaltender. No thought, just quick twitch muscles, and muscle memory. Christian attributed the quick decision-making and hand speed to his countless hours of training off the ice.
Christian’s hockey journey started because he was inspired to play by some of his family members. He has a family who played for the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers and teams in the OHL and NCAA. In November 2020, Christian Seasholtz became a Project Hockey Member.
His learning curve was short, as he quickly made PH part of his daily routine. He does the PH workouts 6-7 times a week. “PH has become part of my daily routine and I usually DO THE WORK around 10:25 am each day.”
Online schooling has made it easy to incorporate hockey training into part of his daily schedule. PH was a great opportunity to break up the school day while improving his hockey skills and staying disciplined to a routine.
His on-ice confidence has improved which has allowed him to beat shutdown goalies and defenders. He moved up to tier 1/ AAA this year for the Valley Forge Minutemen. At the beginning of the season, Christian’s mindset was to make a difference on a team that was in a rebuilding phase. As a forward scoring goals, helping his teammates score goals, and +/- are important to him. There are certainly other aspects of the game like leadership, attitude, and work ethic that remain important. Check them all off because Christian has them all. He wanted to improve so he could help his team. That’s exactly what he did. Christian started shooting 200 pucks a day, doing the PH workouts, and setting goals. “PH has improved my stickhandling speed and overall strength.”
Something important for the developing hockey player is a way to track your progress and give yourself a mental report card after games, training sessions, and practices (PH Mindset Coach- Lauren Williams). At the beginning of the season, Christian was struggling to score goals. By the end of the season, he was averaging close to a goal a game. His team started winning games and making championship runs.
Christian’s involvement with PH has helped him improve his skills and also given him new friendships. ”I enjoy using the chat. Everyone is really nice and positive.” The PH app has a chat feature that allows members to interact and engage with each other.
One of Christian’s favorite parts of the daily workouts is the challenges. PH challenges are a series of drills where each member competes on their speed to completion. “The Challenge of the day is really fun. I can see my score in comparison to others. One of the daily challenges took me 8 minutes to complete when I first started PH. Two months later I got my time down to 6 minutes.”
Christian’s goals for this off-season are to get better speed, stickhandling, and improving his shot. He wants to put in the work so next season he is ready to make an impact. One of Christian’s main goals for next season is to be a good role model for his teammates. They will have some new players joining their team. Christian wants the new players to feel the same level of comfort they had playing on their previous teams. He also hopes his team can make the playoffs. On the ice, he works on hand-eye and wants to score more goals from tips.
Christian has the goal of playing at Minnesota Duluth. A great goal for a great player. Christian is a special player with a great attitude and work ethic. Keep an eye out Philly Christian is tearing it up.
