Ted Nolan is an inspiration to the Indigenous people of Canada for his rise to the position of NHL head coach for two franchise. He provided inspirational words on Saturday as a speaker at an orientation in Thunder Bay, Ontario. 

There were almost 250 students going to secondary and post secondary school in the city in attendance. Nolan provided words of encouragement and inspiration to those assembled. 

He also stressed the importance of actions and shared four principles that have guided his life. The four pillars that Nolan discussed were work, perseverance, education and belief. 

Nolan played in parts of three NHL seasons before jumping into coaching in the Ontario Hockey League in 1988. He led the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds to three straight Memorial Cup tournaments and a Canadian junior national championship in 1993. 

Nolan became an assistant coach with the Hartford Whalers for one season and was named head coach of the Buffalo Sabres in 1995. In his second season, the Sabres advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals and he won the Jack Adams Award as the league's top coach. 

Nolan was out of pro hockey for a decade before returning as head coach of the New York Islanders in 2006. He had a second two-year stint coaching Buffalo that began in 2013 and has also coached the Latvian men's national team. 

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Ted Nolan Speaks at Thunder Bay Orientation: