Summer Hockey Skills Camp

Note from Bobby about a change in the summer hockey skills schedule and camp due to a conflict in time that has come up for him: It will start on Wednesday July 22. The first week will just be 1 day but he will add the 7/20/26 session later on in the program so one of the weeks we will be on the ice 3 days instead of 2 to make up for this.

Program Philosophy & Training Model

The curriculum borrows its structure from the individual skill development (ISD) approach used by the Greg Carter summer hockey schools, which have operated successfully for over three decades. Their model centers on six trainable pillars, often called the CARTER Method:

• Control — Players develop command of their skates, stick, and the puck in all situations.

• Agility — Quickness, balance, and the ability to change speed and direction.

• Reflex — Reading and reacting to pucks, players, and pressure.

• Technique — Correct mechanics for skating, stickhandling, passing, and shooting.

• Edge — Edge work as the foundation of all skating, taught every single session.

• Retention — Repetition that builds muscle memory so skills hold up at game speed.

Program Structure

• Duration — Five weeks (10 total sessions), beginning the week of July 20, 2026 and ending the week of August 17, 2026. Final session: Wednesday, August 19. NOTE: First day has been changed to Wednesday July 22. July 20 will be made up at a later date.

• Program days — Mondays and Wednesdays.

• Session time — 12:00 PM to approximately 2:30 PM, including two scheduled breaks. Check-in opens at 11:45 AM.

• Participants — Youth players ages 7–18, grouped on the ice by age and ability. Players must have sufficient skating ability to perform the drills. Capacity: a maximum of 40 players.

• Registration fee — $300. There is no drop-in rate.

• Skating ability (honor system) — Registration works on an honor system: parents confirm that their player has the skating ability to perform the drills without constant assistance from a coach, junior counselor, or program director.

• Selection & wait list — Registration is limited to 40 players, selected on a first-come, first-serve basis. Once the 40-player maximum is reached, registration remains open, but additional players are placed on a wait list.

• Out-of-town registration — OPEN.

• Facility — McKenzie County hockey facility, Watford City, ND. Ice time and all on-ice training equipment provided by MCHC.

Program Director is Bobby Kaloustian 

Questions can be sent to Kris