Transitioning from a professional athlete to a member of the B次元官网网址榬eal worldB次元官网网址� isnB次元官网网址檛 always easy but former Vancouver Canuck Brendan Morrison appears to be doing just fine.

MorrisonB次元官网网址檚 16-year NHL career ended in 2012 but itB次元官网网址檚 safe to say heB次元官网网址檚 been busy since walking away from the game.

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There was a period of adjustment for the Pitt Meadows, B.C. native in which the regimented world of professional hockey was replaced with a lot more freedom, one in which his wife Erin helped him navigate.

B次元官网网址淚 found that as an athlete, you live your life off an itinerary. YouB次元官网网址檙e told be here for breakfast at this time. Be at this meeting at this time. Be here at this time. When the season would end, I would tell my wife just to make me a list as IB次元官网网址檓 great at getting things done and sheB次元官网网址檇 be like B次元官网网址楴o. You figure out the list and do itB次元官网网址� and IB次元官网网址檇 be like B次元官网网址榡ust make it for me and IB次元官网网址檒l get it done.B次元官网网址� WeB次元官网网址檇 always have this back and forth. I had to take the initiative on a lot of things, so that was a big adjustment,B次元官网网址� explained Morrison during our Moj on Sports Podcast session.

Having four children kept Morrison busy with no time to reflect. B次元官网网址淚 think a huge thing for me was my family. Having four kids, there was no time to sit around and think about things. With four kids, itB次元官网网址檚 like whatB次元官网网址檚 the next activity? WeB次元官网网址檙e going to hockey. WeB次元官网网址檙e going to soccer. WeB次元官网网址檙e doing football. WeB次元官网网址檙e doing baseball. Dance lessons B次元官网网址� whatever it was. So that was key,B次元官网网址� he said.

According to Morrison, another key to the successful transition was finding another passion. An avid fisherman, his Reel West Coast Fishing company helped fill the void left by hockey.

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Morrison and his family recently moved to Northville, Michigan - which is situated halfway between Detroit and Ann Arbor - in attempt to be closer to his son Brayden, a sophomore forward with the University of Wisconsin hockey team, and his daughter Makenna, also a sophomore, who is a midfielder with the womenB次元官网网址檚 soccer team at Miami of Ohio. The move was also made to give his other daughters B次元官网网址� 14-year-old Kailyn and 17-year-old Taylor B次元官网网址� better athletic opportunities.

Keeping tabs on his kids keeps Morrison occupied but he is also a part of a couple of other business ventures. While playing with Washington, Morrison got involved with the Strongman Group out of North Vancouver which has commercial real estate assets in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan. After his career ended, he and former Vancouver teammate Geoff Sanderson started a rental company in the oil and gas business in Calgary which is now in its tenth year of operation.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e got multiple things on the go and IB次元官网网址檓 very fortunate that IB次元官网网址檓 able to do it from my house. It allows me to be flexible and still do things with my family while IB次元官网网址檓 still getting stuff done,B次元官网网址� noted Morrison.

Morrison also spent some time working on Calgary Flames television broadcasts as an intermission analyst but doesnB次元官网网址檛 see himself returning to that job any time soon. B次元官网网址淚 liked doing it and it was fun but I never did see it as a career for me. Sometimes I have a commitment issue and committing to forty games was a lot,B次元官网网址� he chuckled.

As for the team he starred for, Morrison still keeps tabs on the Canucks from afar and recalled his time playing for current Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau.

B次元官网网址淚 follow them and stay in tune with whatB次元官网网址檚 happening. I had Boudreau in Washington. He was run and gun, which is fun for players, and I think maybe youB次元官网网址檙e seeing a bit of that there in Vancouver. He needed to hold guys more accountable on certain things but it was still a fun situation to play in,B次元官网网址� said Morrison of his time as a Capital during the 2009-10 season.

Morrison is happy for now in Michigan but admits that he and his wife will eventually return to Vancouver.

B次元官网网址淭hatB次元官网网址檚 the plan. I donB次元官网网址檛 know when but we will definitely be back there,B次元官网网址� he stated.

When he does return, you can bet that he will be busy.

Veteran B.C. sports personality Bob B次元官网网址渢he MojB次元官网网址� Marjanovich writes twice weekly for Black Press Media. And check out his weekly podcast every Monday at or your local Black Press Media website.