University of Minnesota's Summer Camp

quickfeet · Post by **quickfeet** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:15 am

Did Frosty already have his camp?

SportsMa · Post by **SportsMa** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:52 am

Depends on what age group you are looking at.

AGES 8-10 Camp * JULY 7-11 • 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
AGES 11-13 Camp *JULY 7-11 • 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
High school elite Camp *JULY 20-25 • 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Here is the link:
http://www.minnesotagirlshockeycamps.com/

SportsMa · Post by **SportsMa** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:54 am

There are rosters posted for the HS camp.

http://www.minnesotagirlshockeycamps.co ... oster.html

finance_gal · Post by **finance_gal** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:55 am

I heard that this is one of the best camps out there for a top of the line hockey player..anyone have any opinions on this? Thanks

Bensonmum · Post by **Bensonmum** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:19 am

Opinion: it's just not clear to me why a kid would want to pay $350 and take a week off of their Summer training program to attend a weeklong camp.

finance_gal · Post by **finance_gal** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:34 am

Bensonmum wrote:Opinion: it's just not clear to me why a kid would want to pay $350 and take a week off of their Summer training program to attend a weeklong camp.

Some kids don't have summer training programs or are part of a program that doesn't challenge them to the level they would like, so they see a camp at the end of July as a nice break in their summer training where they can play a few games, maybe learn a thing or 2 from some different coaches, and be challenged by new group of girls.

We feel it's worth it because of the people our daughter will meet and the different things she learns, Were having a girl from outstate stay with us for the camp and feel that it will just be nice to have another girl hockey player around for a week. If you look closly at the rosters for this camp you will see that it's not just a group of garden slugs attending, it's some excellent, competitive hockey players from all over so the kids will be challenged more than they would be going through their normal training routine.

SportsMa · Post by **SportsMa** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:03 am

Please give an update or review after camp for your daughter. Would be interested as I have also heard LOTS of positives about this camp.

Silent But Deadly · Post by **Silent But Deadly** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:38 am

For the High School Elite Level the camp brochure says:

This camp is designed for players entering Grade 9, 10, 11 or 12 for the 2008-09 academic year and must have played varsity hockey this past season.

They must have got hungry and broadened their criteria because there's a number of kids who played U14 last year!

finance_gal · Post by **finance_gal** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:54 am

Silent But Deadly wrote:For the High School Elite Level the camp brochure says:

This camp is designed for players entering Grade 9, 10, 11 or 12 for the 2008-09 academic year and must have played varsity hockey this past season.

They must have got hungry and broadened their criteria because there's a number of kids who played U14 last year!

There are also a number of kids that were advanced 16's last year, a group that were at Junior fest, some thoroughbreds, at least one Shattuck Girl, some that were injured or had surgery and didn't play, there are a few phase 2 national development camp girls. From what I can see they have alot of girls who are the future of hockey attending.

When you look at the rosters as a group they are a very good group of players that were chosen for their abilities not for their ages or who they played for. I know this, because our daughter was invited to attend, even though we had heard very little about the camp before hand.

Silent But Deadly · Post by **Silent But Deadly** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:02 pm

finance_gal wrote:
Silent But Deadly wrote:For the High School Elite Level the camp brochure says:

This camp is designed for players entering Grade 9, 10, 11 or 12 for the 2008-09 academic year and must have played varsity hockey this past season.

They must have got hungry and broadened their criteria because there's a number of kids who played U14 last year!
There are also a number of kids that were advanced 16's last year, a group that were at Junior fest, some thoroughbreds, at least one Shattuck Girl, some that were injured or had surgery and didn't play, there are a few phase 2 national development camp girls. From what I can see they have alot of girls who are the future of hockey attending.

When you look at the rosters as a group they are a very good group of players that were chosen for their abilities not for their ages or who they played for. I know this, because our daughter was invited to attend, even though we had heard very little about the camp before hand.

Finance_gal....sounding alittle defensive. Certainly alot of nice players on the rosters I haven't seen anyone suggest there wasn't. However, like everything in hockey, many players/parents just want to be able to wear the camp jersey!

finance_gal · Post by **finance_gal** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:00 pm

I am being a little defensive.

This camp was put togeather by a group of people who have worked very hard to get it togeather for the benefit of women's hockey. These are people who are not making a ton of money off of it and for the most part don't need the money. They are going through the hassle of putting togeather a camp, and taking responsability for 90 girls so that the serious women's hockey player can benefit from the experiance and hopefully grow the game of hockey through what they learn during this week. Does anyone here think Frosty needs to do this? he doesn't. but he does know that if the Gophers coach tells a girl she's done something right it carries 10 times the weight that a high school coach words would and about 1000 times the weight of a parents words. Thats why he puts this camp on while others are on vacation. because he knows that to be the Gophers coach means taking a leadership role in developing women's hockey in the state of Minnesota.

Silent But Deadly · Post by **Silent But Deadly** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:07 pm

finance_gal wrote:I heard that this is one of the best camps out there for a top of the line hockey player..anyone have any opinions on this? Thanks

Finance_gal,

It's just that in your first post you were searching for answers......when in reality...you pretty much had your mind all made up.

There are alot of good camps put on by alot of good coaches....other than having the gophers coaching staff involved....this is likely just another good camp!

finance_gal · Post by **finance_gal** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:17 pm

I still don't know about the camp, but I'm betting on the class of the people involved. and I'm still incredbly curious about what they do at the camp because I haven't heard from anyone who has actually been there.

Silent But Deadly · Post by **Silent But Deadly** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:29 pm

finance_gal wrote:I'm still incredbly curious about what they do at the camp

Based on the schedule....over half of the ice time is games....looks to me to be alittle weak on the development side and heavy on games.

what'smyname · Post by **what'smyname** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:36 pm

This is truly nothing to get upset about or defensive about. It looks like the Gopher camp has a lot of good girls from everywhere and that there will be good coaching all around. What one person feels is a good camp another one may not see as a good camp. Enjoy watching you girls skate while you can, it does not last forever. If they skate at a camp, they will probably pick something up from it and possibly make some friends out of it. I have seen friends kids go through the best and most expensive camps around the area to have them come out with nothing more than the fact that they got to skate with their friends again. The kids who want to make it will make it happen in whatever camp their parents and skater choose.

joehockey · Post by **joehockey** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:58 pm

From the roster there is really a top group of at least 10-12 in the camp (2 top Thoroughbreds, SSM and some NDP players). Past campers like the camp and recommend it. It is regarded by some as more a chance to get to know the UM coaches and facilities first hand. It also gives the UM coaches a chance to get to know the players on and off the ice.

finance_gal · Post by **finance_gal** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:20 pm

joehockey wrote:From the roster there is really a top group of at least 10-12 in the camp (2 top Thoroughbreds, SSM and some NDP players). Past campers like the camp and recommend it. It is regarded by some as more a chance to get to know the UM coaches and facilities first hand. It also gives the UM coaches a chance to get to know the players on and off the ice.

Thank you I think it wil be a great camp for my daughter, but I wanted to know what past campers had thought of it. I think it will be fun for her and I'll keep the board posted about how it turns out.

When my husband was little he went to Booby Orr's camp up in Canada, Guess what he never seen Bobby Orr. so I'm a little skeptical when I see big names attached to a camp. I made the decision (with no input from my husband or daughter) that this would be a camp to send my daughter to based on running into Brad Frost at an arena and seeing how he treated people. I'm certain that it will turn out great Thank you again for your input.

Melvin44 · Post by **Melvin44** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:55 pm

My daughter wanted to do this camp because Brad coached at Os Prospects and her a and a few of her friends thought he seemed like a great coach and wanted to see what it was like to be coached for a week by him. We also talked with girls who attended in years past and they said it was a lot of fun. It looks like girls from not only the Cities but also girls from the North and other states are attending. My daughter always enjoys pleying with the northern girls and girls from other areas as they bring different styles.

Why pay $350.00 for a camp? I think most camps are around that price and it's close to home. Sure it mighty not be as difficult as some but it's nice to have a little fun late in the summer.

And most important because we're huge Gopher fans.

iceit · Post by **iceit** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:50 pm

we sort of used our invitation as a recruiting tool... it wasn't so much development as compared to CODP and Os etc. but a nice chance to see some of what college hockey has to offer. Frost is a nice guy and runs a good camp, i wouldn't rely on this as a development type of thing but it's a good experience. They skated hard and made some friends and enjoyed working with the coaches. If we had it to do over again... we probably would.

finance_gal · Post by **finance_gal** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:49 am

SportsMa wrote:Please give an update or review after camp for your daughter. Would be interested as I have also heard LOTS of positives about this camp.

Our daughter completed the U camp and you asked for an Update.

She's been to a few camps at a few different Colleges and this was the best for 3 reasons.

1) the people attending, she was challenged from the moment she hit the ice. all of the players attending were very good, and it gave our daughter a good taste of the elite level, the first day she seemed like she was in over her head, by the middle of the week she was just fine and by the end she was one of the better players on her team.

2) The coaches were awesome, yeah they all wished Brad Frost would coach their team full time but the girls that he had working with the teams full time knew the drills, worked one on one with the players, showed them quite a few little things to improve their games and Brad Frost would be on the bench during the game helping out with all the players.

3) Brad Frost. The guy was everywhere, he had 90 kids to deal with, he was there after every session answering every question that the kids had and really coaching them. It would have been so easy for him to go through the motions and just let the Gophers players deal with things but he was right there every day before the first session and after the last session. The thing that impressed me most about him was at the end of the camp, even though my husband or me hadn't said a thing to him he came up, shook our hands, knew our names, talked about some things our daughter did on the ice, told us what she had to work on and how to work on it..... we got a better evaluation and it was a longer conversation than we had with our high school coach all year long.

Excellent camp and would recommend it to any above average player.

SportsMa · Post by **SportsMa** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:19 pm

Thanks much for the update! Much appreciated. Happened to talk to another parent whose daughter went and her comments echoed yours!

Thanks again for taking the time to post!

what'smyname · Post by **what'smyname** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:54 pm

my daughter attended this camp and loved it. The staff was very helpful and she seems to have learned a lot. She wants to go back next year again. She met a lot of people and learned a lot.