Training Camp

Once the phone calls, the text messaging, the emails - all the corresponding is done the recruits are invited to camp.

And this fall, the Ice Bears are considering holding a free agent camp, prior to their regular yearly training camp.

"We would just have a free agent camp for a few days -- maybe an extended weekend and just vow to take three guys to our main camp. that would be extent of enough,” Ice Bears GM Mike Murray said. “That would be an awareness of what our organization is and Scotty (Scott Hillman) and Rodgy (Marc Rodgers) would watch it. We would have scrimmage games and that kind of thing. As far as league rules go, you can't do it two weeks before training camp so you can't have an extended camp so to speak -- you can't have your regular guys mixed in with that."

“The level of this league as we have seen gets better and better and my recruiting expectations rise with the level of the league,” Coach Scott Hillman added. “The players that we maybe would have considered bringing to camp more seriously last year some of those guys won't even make it to camp this year. The level of camps get more and more competitive and we're going to continue to recruit a large camp because there are some players that really surprise you. The league allows you to bring in thirty and we will be close to thirty next fall."

training camp is just around the corner...