For the fourth year, the PD13 Hockey School will be hosted by No. 13 on the Red Wings and run by a collection of instructors with various backgrounds in the sport. You?ll meet them all in this space at some point during the week as we follow the inner-workings at the kids? camp for players aged eight to 12 that runs Monday to Friday. We?ll also give you an inside peek at Pavel Datsyuk the person, but for now, how in the heck did this North American-designed camp sprout up so far from home?
It all started on a Detroit Red Wings plane trip a few years ago when Datsyuk approached Jay Woodcroft, then a coach with the Wings and currently an assistant with the San Jose Sharks. Datsyuk knew of a hockey camp Jay and his brother, Todd (an L.A. Kings scout), ran in Belarus and wanted to take that approach in his hometown to give something back to the community.
?He wanted to expose the kids in Ekaterinburg to a different style of coaching, to the North American style,? Jay Woodcroft said.
That North American style is all about fun and a positive attitude. It?s not something common in these circles, so it provides a unique experience for the kids. A lot of them are making repeat appearances and the glow in their faces as they arrived, recognized and ran up to greet their North American instructors tells you all you need to know about the impact this experience has had on them. It?s a reaction Datsyuk is proud to have helped create.
Norm Ullman Michel Goulet Billy Boucher Ken Hodge Lionel Conacher
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