2026 Season
2026 Summer Training Camps & Programs
Unlock Your Potential
CORE HOCKEY is again offering our traditional Training Camps, Specialty/Prep Camps, Small Group Sessions, as well as our Cross-Ice Programs. All of our sessions are a great way to work on developing skills and compete in game situations, while having a great time with experienced and knowledgeable coaches. Let us help Unlock Your Potential!
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Camps & Programs
Training camps, prep camps and cross-ice programs grouped by age and ability — all at Fort William First Nations Arena.
Prep Camp
2026 August Prep Camps
Our August Prep Camps are on the ice Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings (9 total sessions). Our intent for this camp is to prepare players for their upcoming season through intense and up-tempo practices.
$390Details
Training Camp
2026 Summer Camp U9/U7
The CORE Hockey Summer Training Camp is specifically designed to focus on individual skill sets and push each player to work at a high tempo. Participants will take part in a fun 1.5-hour practice for four days. Fundamentals of skating, puck control, passing and shooting, as well as the practical application of the skills, will be further developed in game scenarios and competitive situations.
$260DetailsTraining Camp
NEW Summer Training Camp — U11, U9 & U7
The NEW CORE Hockey Summer Training Camp is specifically designed to focus on individual skill sets and push each player to work at a high tempo. Participants will take part in a fun 1.5-hour practice for four days. Fundamentals of skating, puck control, passing and shooting, as well as the practical application of the skills, will be further developed in game scenarios and competitive situations.
$260Details
Lead instructors
Coached by players who lived it
Between our two founding head coaches: nearly 600 Junior A and collegiate games and close to 1,000 professional games — plus accreditation at the highest levels of Hockey Canada and USA Hockey.
Gary Ricciardi
Founding Head Coach & Lead Instructor
Professional (2000–2004) — Fort Wayne Komets (True Komet Award), Roanoke Express
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Jeff Ricciardi
Founding Head Coach & Lead Instructor
Professional (1992–2005) — Drafted NHL — Winnipeg Jets (#159), Providence Bruins / Johnstown Chiefs (Boston Bruins)
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Featured
Train How the Pros Train
From the “Becoming Wild” episode featuring Eric Staal — a look inside the on-ice work that Core Hockey builds its camps around.
Core News
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September 6, 2024
2024 Winter Training Camp
Participants will take part in challenging practice sessions that will develop the essential skill sets of skating, puck control, passing and shooting. Practical application of the skills will be further refined in small area game scenarios and competitive situations.
November 20, 2020
Winter Training Camp Registration Now Open
Registration for The CORE Hockey Winter Training Camp is now open. Our Training Camps are specifically designed to focus on individual skill sets and push each player to work at a high tempo.
May 27, 2020
Core Hockey Program Update
Dear Core Hockey Families, we hope you are all doing well. We want to take a moment to keep everyone abreast of our current plan of action for programming over the next several weeks and months.
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Fort William First Nations Arena, 200 Mission Rd, Thunder Bay, ON P7J 1K6