VALENCIA FLYERS

As the dust settles on the 2008 Valencia Flyers' main tryout camp, optimisms is running high.

The Flyers' 2008 main camp concluded on Sunday August 17^th, with a full 60 minute scrimmage between the 38 prospective players in attendance. After battling it out for one of the twenty-five roster spots at the last skate, players made their way through exit interviews with the coaching staff to find out if they had made this year's roster. Afterwards the Flyers' staff and newly selected players were excited with what camp had delivered.

"Camp went extremely well," exclaimed Flyers' Head Coach Chris Hartly. "We had a good idea of what to expect from camp, but what we actually ended up with out of camp really surpassed our expectations."

The Flyers will now have about four weeks of practice and exhibition games leading into their season-opening home series against the Capital City Thunder September 19-21 at Ice Station Valencia. And although there are still a lot of unknowns before the season actually starts, it seems that everyone around the team is excited about the potential for this year's team.

"I am really looking forward to working with my new team," stated new rookie forward Daniel Chang. "I am very excited for that first game and to see what we can do on the ice together. It's hard to wait that long, but we look pretty strong and I think that having that extra time to prepare for the season and to start bonding together will make it go by fast."

The Flyers will start practicing this week and will continue to have 3-4 ice workouts per week until the season opener. For ticket information or a game schedule please visit www.valenciaflyers.net or call (661)775-8686.

It was two weeks until Main Camp and Coach Hartly already had several Flyer prospects on the ice working hard. They were skating alongside NHL All Stars Mathieu Schneider, Ryan Getzlaf, Dustin Pennar and Sheldon Souray while working with 40 young future stars at the Pro Performance Hockey Academy. 

“It was a week of hockey fun and accomplishment” said coach Hartly. “Working with pros like Mathieu Schneider was a real treat for the kids and for our Flyers players who came out to help”. The Camp ran from August 4-8 at the Flyers home rink Ice Station and from all accounts, it was a great week for everyone involved.

View a slideshow of the action here

This weekend the Valencia Flyers will take their first steps towards another successful season. They will get things started by hosting their 2008 Main Camp this Friday through Sunday at Ice Station Valencia. Main Camp will consist of returning players, players selected from the prospect camp held back in June, and several other players that have been recruited over the off season.

"I am extremely excited that our camp is finally here, " said Flyer's head coach Chris Hartly, "we have been working hard all off season to fill our camp with high quality players to give us the best team possible for the upcoming season. And this weekend we will finally get to see some of the fruits of that labor."

Action will begin Friday (15^th) at 8:45pm and will wrap up Sunday (17^th) around 11:00am

For more information on camp please contact the Flyers at (661)775-8686 ext 204 or by email at charty@icestation.net

Camp Schedule:

Friday August 15^th

Registration (Ice Station Lobby)                                      7:30pm-8:30pm

Ice Session #1                                                              8:45pm-10:15pm

Saturday August 16^th

Ice Session #2                                                              9:45am-11:00am

Ice Session #3                                                              12:30pm-1:45pm

Flyers Luncheon* (Ice Station Banquet Room)                  2:00pm-????

Sunday August 17^th

Ice Session #4                                                              9:00am-11:00am

Exit Interviews (Ice Station Function Room)                     11:45am-????

*Attendance is expected and will include an information and Q&A session.