Elite Hockey Camp
Tier-1, AAA: U14, U15, and U16
Saturday and Sunday, August 29th and 30th
(Time of day still TBD)
Coach: Tony Curtale
- Winningest coach in NAHL history
- Developed and placed over 200 players in the NHL, Division 1, and Minors
- First American selected in the NHL Draft by the Calgary Flames in 1980
- Recognized as one of the premier developers of talent in North America
- Won 5 Jr. National Championships and 8 NAHL Championships
- Played in the NHL, IHL, OHL, World Juniors, NAHL, ECHL, Michigan AAA, and high school hockey
- Coached and managed championship teams in the NAHL, IHL, ECHL, Midget AAA, Illinois, and Texas high school
- Established over 40 years of relationships throughout the hockey world
Location: Fraser HockeyLand — 34400 Utica Rd, Fraser, MI 48026
Two 11-Player Teams, Scrimmage and Skills Evaluation
Signup spots limited to:- 12 Forwards - 6 Forwards for each team
- 8 Defense - 4 Defense for each team
- 2 Goalies - 1 Goalie for each team
Three 80-minute On-Ice Sessions
Saturday, August 29 (time TBD)
- Session 1: Position-specific skills evaluation (80 minutes)
- Forward
- Defense
- Goalie
- Session 2: Integration
- Small area games (30 minutes)
- Full-ice scrimmage (50 minutes)
Sunday, August 30 (time TBD)
- Session 3: Integration
- Small area games (30 minutes)
- Full-ice scrimmage (50 minutes)
- Session 4: Player/Parent educational wrap-up presentation by Tony Curtale on future placement opportunities
- Different career paths for college hockey and junior hockey
- D1 and D3 college track
- D1, D2, D3 ACHA college track
- OHL
- USHL
- NAHL
- What scouts are looking for
- Beyond goal-scoring: what's actually important?
- What really stands out in each position
- What training to focus on and why
- Why continual coaching and training is important
- Private local resources available through Tony’s network
- How to use video reviews for rapid feedback and improvement and also share these videos with scouts throughout the season
- How to connect with mentors for youth career advice and guidance
- Guest speakers: A look ahead
- The experience of a player currently in the college junior talent pipeline
- The experience of getting a D1 scholarship
- Different career paths for college hockey and junior hockey
Film uploads
- Players will receive a one-year player account subscription on Stream Cortex
- Three sessions' worth of video uploaded to their account (no cost)
- Player clips provided from all camp sessions (no cost)
- List of available local trainers for future 1-on-1 or group training (cost TBD by individual specialist)
- Players can give local trainers view permissions to player video clips from the hockey camp (and other videos uploaded by player or parent)
- List of web coaches available for future video evaluation (cost TBD by individual specialist)