Bob Leslie

Mentor and Executive Director

• 9 Team Canada Postings: Spengler Cup Champions 1998, Deutschland Cup
• German Elite League (DEL): Hamburg Freezers, Cologne Sharks, Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg, Krefeld Penguins, DEG Dusseldorf
• Swiss National A League: Zug – League Champions 1995, Basel, Langnau, Zurich Lions
• British Super League: London Knights
• Austrian Elite League: EHC Feldkirch

Bob Leslie studied at Brandon University and the University of Winnipeg where he graduated with a Bachelor of Teaching Degree. Upon completing his education he followed his boyhood dream and played Professional Hockey in Canada, the United States and Europe. After a successful hockey career, Bob returned to North America to take a position as a Special Education Teacher. This was followed by an extensive career as a guidance and career counsellor, during which time he developed a large and successful Career Counselling Centre for both students and adults.

Bob has led many seminar sessions, developed work experience programs, presented WEVAS workshops (Working Effectively with Violent and Aggressive Students) and held leadership positions in many areas of education. He was also a Coaching Course Conductor for the Manitoba Hockey and Baseball Associations. Bob received the Merit Award for dedication to community work and the Coach of the Year Award from the Province of Manitoba that same year. Bob’s reach extends globally due in part to his recent partnership with world renowned leadership speaker Mark McGregor.

Bob returned to professional ice hockey in 1988-90, then again in 1994 to Europe, as a Coach. He has been in Europe since that time and has worked in Switzerland, Germany, England and Austria as a Coach and General Manager / Sport Director. Bob is currently consulting with a Business Group in Hungary to develop a Hockey Academy and ice hockey facilities there.
Bob is the Managing Director of Leslie Global Sports, where along with his sons Boe and Nate, they have created an extensive Coaching Development Program in Canada and the U.S. Bob has been on the coaching staff of Team Canada 9 times in Europe, winning the prestigious Spengler Cup 3 times, as well as the Deutschland Cup twice. He also was a member of the coaching staff 2 times at the World Championships in Switzerland and in Germany.

Bob is a positive, outgoing person whose very diverse background has enabled him to live and work in 6 countries, as well as travel extensively! He has also developed strong German language skills. He has the ability to encourage, challenge and help people to develop their own unique skills in order to find success and happiness. Bob is comfortable, enthusiastic and passionate whether it be in a workshop, classroom, business setting, in the high stress world of professional sports or at a podium during a presentation.

Boe Leslie

Director and Author of The Complete Season

Boe is a former Division 1 College and professional hockey player and now works full time in youth hockey development. He played NCAA Division 1 hockey for the Union College Skating Dutchmen of the ECAC. Boe then went on to play 8 years professionally in Europe. The majority of his professional career was spent in Switzerland while he also played for the Sheffield Steelers of the British Super League. During both the winter months and the off season of his professional years, Boe began to work in youth hockey development. The Leslie Global Sports Complete Season Manual has been written based on Boe’s experiences in youth hockey in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia.

Nate Leslie

Director and Coaching Consultant

After growing up in a small town in Manitoba and then in Switzerland, Nate played 2 seasons in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for the Portage Terriers and 2 seasons as a member of the Victoria Salsa in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League. From there Nate spent 7 years playing professionally while attaining a degree during the summers from the University of Victoria. His professional tenure includes the Swiss National A League with EHC Basel and the British Super League as a member of the London Knights. Nate finished his career in 2004 as a member of the Odessa Jackalopes of the Central Hockey League. Nate took full advantage of his European life traveling to 30 countries and becoming nearly fluent in German, French, Swiss German, and has a basic proficiency in Spanish. In 2008 he completed a Master’s Degree in International Education and Leadership from Endicott College, attending classes at their satellite campus in Madrid, Spain.

Spending 4 years in New York City, Nate held the position of Athletic Director at the Saint Thomas Choir Boarding School in Midtown Manhattan. Nate is equally proud of his role as Coaching Director of Riverbank Hockey in West Harlem, New York where he helped establish and grow what he regards as the most diverse youth hockey program in North America. Drawing from all ends of Manhattan’s economic and social spectrum, Riverbank Hockey grew from 15 players to nearly 120 players during his 2 seasons as Coaching Director. In accordance with Nate’s firm belief that young athletes should be exposed to many different sports, Nate spent 2 years coaching Varsity soccer and badminton, as well as softball, basketball, volleyball, and hockey at the Nightingale-Bamford School for Girls, and Saint David’s School for Boys, two prestigious independent schools on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.  Nate now resides in Vancouver, BC where he consults with numerous minor hockey associations, instructs the Earl Marriott Advanced Hockey Academy, Sentinel Hockey Academy, and Semiahmoo Hockey Academy. Nate has recently been contracted to build a High Performance Hockey Program in partnership with the Richmond Olympic Oval. Nate is also available as a guest speaker under mentorship of world renowned speaker Mark McGregor.

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