The Minnesota Hockey Camps is a camp designed specifically to help you prepare for the upcoming season. The coaching staff is made up of professional coaches and scouts representing various NHL teams and Division I schools. The camp is for higher level players to prepare for their respective training camps.  By skating for one or multiple weeks with higher level pro players, the college and junior bound student will be physically and mentally prepared for a hockey season and he can see where he fits in the world of pro hockey.

The following is an example of a typical day during the week.

Some alumni of the camp consist of professional hockey players and NHL draft picks such as Ryan Malone, Scott Hartnell, Duvie Wescott, Joe Thorton, Sandis Ozolinsh, Tony Amonte, Brian Leetch, Mike Richter, Tony Granato, Kelly Miller, James Patrick, David Gagner, Arthurs Irbe, John VanBiesbrouck, Mike Modano, Igor Larionov, Brian Savage, Jeff Friesen, Bill Guerin, Joel Otto, Viktor Kozlov, Jeff Odgers, Shean Donovan and Michal Sykora, Paul Stastny, Yan Stastny, Carl Sneep, Chris Stewart, TJ Oshie, Kyle Okposo, Blake Wheeler, Joe Jensen. Even Wayne Gretzky, Tony Granato and Chris Chelios send their kids to the camp for conditioning.

• According to Ryan Malone of the Pittsburgh Penguins, “In Brainerd, you’ll get whipped into shape,” Malone said. “In three weeks usually you’re in top shape. In three weeks you can see an improvement in your skating, so that camp has helped me and pretty much made me the player I am today.”