AlphaDog
07-04-2007, 03:31 PM
ST. CATHARINES—It may be the start of the summer holidays, but the Niagara IceDogs are going to hit the ice this weekend for the team’s two-day Prospects Camp.
Thirty-eight players will spend Saturday and Sunday working out and displaying their talents for the Ontario Hockey League team’s coaching staff and scouts at the Seymour-Hannah Complex.
“This is a first for a lot of these kids,” says Dave Brown, general manager of the IceDogs. “It’s their first introduction to the OHL and it’s important for their future that they understand and are comfortable with our organization and its expectations.”
Niagara’s first pick in the OHL Priority Draft in May (15th over-all), centre Andrew Agozzino, along with Niagara Falls natives Alex Friesen and Johnson Andrews, will be among the players attending the camp.
Friesen, a centre, was the team’s second choice (35th over-all) and Andrews, a left winger, was taken in the fifth round, 86th over-all.
Also attending the camp will be players drafted in 2006 but played at the Tier II level last season. Among them is defenceman Chris Van Laren. Chris DeSousa and Dylan MacEachern, who both spent some time with the Mississauga IceDogs last season, will also take part in the two-day session.
The weekend mini camp, which is open to the public, begins at 7 o’clock Saturday morning with registration at the Seymour-Hannah Complex, followed by fitness testing and dry land training.
The players will be divided for a two-hour scrimmage between Team Teepees and Team Blackhawks, beginning at 3 p.m.
Sunday will start out at 9 a.m. with an information session for players and their parents, followed by more dry land training. The weekend winds up with another Teepees-Blackhawks scrimmage from noon to 2 p.m.
Following is a full schedule of the two-day Prospects camp.
July 7, 2007
7 a.m. – 8 a.m. Registration (Seymour-Hannah Complex)
8 a.m. Team “Teepees” Stretch
8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Team “Blackhawks” Fitness Testing
9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Team “Teepees” Practice
9:30 a.m. Team “Blackhawks” Stretch
10:30 a.m. - noon Team “Blackhawks” Practice
11 a.m. - 12:30pm Team “Teepees” Fitness Testing
2 p.m. Team “Blackhawks” and Team “Teepees” Stretch
3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Team “Blackhawks” vs Team “Teepees”
6 p.m. Team meal (Location TBD)
July 8, 2007
9 a.m. Player and Parent question and answer and information session (All parents and players invited, Location TBD)
11 a.m. Team “Blackhawks” and Team “Teepees” Stretch
Noon-2 p.m. Team “Blackhawks” vs Team “Teepees”
Thirty-eight players will spend Saturday and Sunday working out and displaying their talents for the Ontario Hockey League team’s coaching staff and scouts at the Seymour-Hannah Complex.
“This is a first for a lot of these kids,” says Dave Brown, general manager of the IceDogs. “It’s their first introduction to the OHL and it’s important for their future that they understand and are comfortable with our organization and its expectations.”
Niagara’s first pick in the OHL Priority Draft in May (15th over-all), centre Andrew Agozzino, along with Niagara Falls natives Alex Friesen and Johnson Andrews, will be among the players attending the camp.
Friesen, a centre, was the team’s second choice (35th over-all) and Andrews, a left winger, was taken in the fifth round, 86th over-all.
Also attending the camp will be players drafted in 2006 but played at the Tier II level last season. Among them is defenceman Chris Van Laren. Chris DeSousa and Dylan MacEachern, who both spent some time with the Mississauga IceDogs last season, will also take part in the two-day session.
The weekend mini camp, which is open to the public, begins at 7 o’clock Saturday morning with registration at the Seymour-Hannah Complex, followed by fitness testing and dry land training.
The players will be divided for a two-hour scrimmage between Team Teepees and Team Blackhawks, beginning at 3 p.m.
Sunday will start out at 9 a.m. with an information session for players and their parents, followed by more dry land training. The weekend winds up with another Teepees-Blackhawks scrimmage from noon to 2 p.m.
Following is a full schedule of the two-day Prospects camp.
July 7, 2007
7 a.m. – 8 a.m. Registration (Seymour-Hannah Complex)
8 a.m. Team “Teepees” Stretch
8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Team “Blackhawks” Fitness Testing
9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Team “Teepees” Practice
9:30 a.m. Team “Blackhawks” Stretch
10:30 a.m. - noon Team “Blackhawks” Practice
11 a.m. - 12:30pm Team “Teepees” Fitness Testing
2 p.m. Team “Blackhawks” and Team “Teepees” Stretch
3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Team “Blackhawks” vs Team “Teepees”
6 p.m. Team meal (Location TBD)
July 8, 2007
9 a.m. Player and Parent question and answer and information session (All parents and players invited, Location TBD)
11 a.m. Team “Blackhawks” and Team “Teepees” Stretch
Noon-2 p.m. Team “Blackhawks” vs Team “Teepees”