Five years ago, we set out to create a better summer hockey experience, and it grew beyond anything imagined.

Here's what we've learned:

• Thousands of players and families from multiple states LOVE participating in our style of blended-ability, community-model, rec hockey.
• Rec hockey is a great development component for ALL players, including our many Tier 1 and NCAA participants.
• In the Spring and Summer, kids don't need another hockey season, they need a time to play with family and friends, and be a kid.
• "Building the Athlete" is the single most important things any kid with ambition can do. We emphasize dryland training, mindset development, and positive team culture.

Here's where we are at:

• We'd rather get better than get bigger. We are entirely volunteer run, and we don't have any paid staff or employees.
• Everyone has a place - adults don't gate-keep the experience. Any player who wants to play may play.
• We develop players through the environment we create: mixed ages, experimentation, mentoring that happens naturally.
• Our non-negotiables, in order, are: Safe. Fun. Challenging. We welcome anyone who enjoys being part of a high-performance culture.
• The people who build it own it.
• Mentors of the Year get scholarship checks and FREE lifetime hockey with us.
• Coaches get Minnesota-style "DIBS" discounts and FREE hoodies.
• community." Supporting points: they've leaned in, you keep learning, you want kids to keep coming back.

"As many as possible. As good as possible. As long as possible."

That's what Norway does.

That's what we strive to do.

We are committed to a civic environment that promotes the welfare and development of our athletes.

We want the absolute BEST practice environments possible. We have players from pre-mites to current NCAA players and former Pros...and everything in between.

An excellent series by the Boston Globe recently asked if Massachusetts hockey has "lost it's way?"

It stated that "private money has taken over the game" and that "indoor rinks have become inaccessible to a growing number of families."

We are dedicated to showing that civic hockey DOES exist and can THRIVE in Massachusetts. That it can be affordable for EVERYONE. There is a way.

How do we do it?

• We take a non-profit approach; the "adults in the room" aren't looking to make a buck off of the kids.
• We don't pay any league or tournament fees - we make our OWN leagues.
• We invest our money wisely; we obsess over ice utilization and player experience.
• We are volunteer run, and use volunteer coaches - often in the form of older players who learn leadership skills serving as "player mentors".
• We don't hold tryouts. We blend players of all abilities together.
• We follow the Nordic model where municipal rinks & pond hockey flourish. Where puck & stick and informal games are the primary way that players learn the sport.
• We view hockey as a lifelong sport; playing days don't have to end once a high school career is over.
• We constantly ask "how can we make this cheaper? More accessible? Better? More fun?"

And it is working.

In less than five years, we've gone from 20 to 2,000+ participants. We've offered hundreds of sheets of ice to our players. And we've delivered tens of thousands of on-ice player-hours to players of all ages, many for FREE.

We are committed to bringing civic hockey back to Massachusetts.

Below are the 3 articles in the Boston Globe series.

You don't need expensive ice to get better as a hockey player. Dryland sessions can build team chemistry, invasion sport concepts, and gross motor development. Here's a link to a few other "Camp Rooster" highlights from MetroWest Daily News.