St. Cloud State assistant coach Nick Oliver offers advice and inspiration after dinner on Saturday during the first day of camp. Photo by Loren Nelson, LegacyHockeyPhotography.com
A post-dinner presentation by St. Cloud State University assistant coach Nick Oliver, a former star player at Roseau, was among the highlights Saturday of the first day of CCM High Performance Minnesota Hockey 15 Summer Development Camp.
Oliver, who attended the camp as a player, talked about the lasting friendships he made, most notably the one with Nate Schmidt, the former St. Cloud Cathedral and University of Minnesota star who played for the NHL's Vancouver Canucks last season.
Oliver also talked about the importance of striving to be a good person and how coaches at SCSU place more importance on the caliber of person than the quality of player when recruiting.
Royal Blue 4, Light Blue 1
Royal Blue rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit by scoring four unanswered goals, two of them coming from Blake Schultz (River Lakes).
Brodie Ziemer (Shattuck-St. Mary's) added two assists for Royal Blue, which scored all four of its goals in a span of just more than 8 minutes starting with 10:29 remaining.
Royal Blue goaltenders Ben Glaesman (St. Cloud) and Kam Hendrickson (Holy Family Catholic) combined to stop 16 of 17 shots.
Photo by Loren Nelson, LegacyHockeyPhotography.com
Green 5, Red 3
Simon Seidl (Hill-Murray) opened camp with an attention-grabbing performance as he was involved in four of Green's five goals in its triumph over Red.
Green's Carson Pilgrim (Warroad) also has a big game, notching a pair of goals.
Red led 2-1 entering the second half, when Green broke away with four unanswered goals. John Kleis (Eden Prairie) had a goal and an assist for Red.
Photo by Loren Nelson, LegacyHockeyPhotography.com
White 4, Gold 1
Cade Kozak (Green Bay Jr. Gamblers) had a goal an an assist as White raced to a 3-0 lead on its way to victory over Gold in the last of the day's three games at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.
White's Andrew Lane (Hill-Murray) turned in one of the day's top goaltending performances, stopping all 19 shots he faced.
Robert House (Minnetonka) scored the lone goal for Gold, cutting White's lead to 3-1 midway through the second half.
Photo by Loren Nelson, LegacyHockeyPhotography.com