SWEDEN TRIP FOR 2000 BIRTH YEAR PLAYERS
Dear 2000 Atlantic District Player:
As you know from the recent email detailing the entire 2014 program, we have been offered a special opportunity for our
2000 born players from Brynas, which is the name of the professional team from Gavle, Sweden of the Swedish Ice
Hockey Federation. 2000 born Atlantic District Players, who are selected, will be given the OPTION to travel to Gavle,
Sweden (2 hours north of Stockholm) to TRAIN and COMPETE with Swedish players and coaches for seven days. This
is a voluntary trip and we will bring a maximum of 40 and a minimum of 20 players with us from August 13-20.
The camp will take place at the home of the Brynas Hockey Federation, Lakerol Arena. This will be an all-inclusive trip,
including round trip airfare, first-class hotel accommodations, 3 meals per day, ice-time at their world-class facility, and a
dedicated bus while for the duration of the trip. We have three coaches from the US, John Riley, John Dinorcia & Patrik
Hansson (who grew up playing for Brynas) along with two team leaders who will travel with the group. In addition,
Brynas youth, Junior and professional coaches will partake in our training. This will be a fantastic cooperative effort.
Brynas is a suburb of Gavle, a town about 2 hours north of Stockholm with a population of app 90,000. Brynas is one of
the oldest and most renowned professional clubs in Sweden and they have had tremendous success producing NHL and
domestic national team talent. NHL players like Niklas Backstrom, Jakob Silferberg, Andreas Dackell, Anders
Markstrom, Anders Lindbaek, Tomas Sandstroem, Andreas Johansson, Mats Naslund, Borje Salming and many more all
came from this hockey hot bed. Brynas is at the forefront of developing young Swedish players.
Brynas Hockey; http://www.brynas.se/
Lakerol Arena; http://old.brynas.se/LakerolArena/
Scandic Hotel in Gavle: http://www.scandichotels.com/Hotels/Sweden/Gavle/Scandic-Gavle-Vast/#.Us1wl2RDvi4
We have to work out the final details but the total cost for the trip will be APPROXIMATELY $2000 per player
(majority of which is airfare). This will be in addition to the roughly $250 each player will be charged for our
development camp at Voorhees, June 29- July 1 (which includes ice time, uniform, meals, hat, work-out shirt, AAHA
bag). Again, this is a voluntary trip and nobody will be required to attend. That said, we are inviting our top 2000 players
only and certainly want you to attend if you are invited. We will have one Development Camp in Voorhees, prior to
departure (following the Tryout Festival and Invite)
2000 Atlantic District Player Development Schedule:
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April 27; Open Tryout @ IceLine (new 2000 players only)
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May 16-18; Tryout Festival @ Hackensack (invite 68 players, including you)
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June 29-July 1; District Development Camp @ Voorhees (invite 40 players)
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July 1 – Parent/Player Meeting to discuss Sweden trip details (@ Voorhees)
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August 13-20; Trip to Sweden
Sweden Trip tentative Details; (invite 40 players)
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Wednesday 8/13 – Depart NYC, late night practice in Brynas
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Thursday – 8/14 – Morning Practice, Afternoon training, Evening Practice
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Friday – 8/15 – Morning Practice, Afternoon Competition, Evening activity
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Saturday – 8/16 – Morning Practice, Afternoon Activity, Evening Game
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Sunday – 8/17 – Morning Practice, Afternoon Activity, Evening Small games
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Monday – 8/18 – Travel to Stockholm, Afternoon Activity, Evening Practice in
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Tuesday – 8/19 – Morning game, afternoon game– Evening Game
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Wednesday – 8/20 – Morning Game, Afternoon Depart Stockholm
Please note, parents are welcome to travel to Brynas, but will not be part of our travel party and the boys will be
required to stay with the group for the duration.
We ask that you take a moment --- NOW --- and click the following link and check the box next to your son’s
name stating whether you are interested in participating… Obviously a significant amount of planning needs to
take place if we are to put this together but we need to take the pulse of the group before proceeding. SO
PLEASE respond immediately and let us know if you would attend if selected. Assuming the majority answer
in the affirmative we will proceed with our planning and will make the formal announcement of players
attending following the Tryout Festival. You will not be charged anything until the conclusion of the tryout –
and are 100% guaranteed of your position.
To be clear we invite 68 boys to the Tryout Festival and will bring a maximum of 40 boys to Sweden
(essentially two teams). More details will obviously be forthcoming.
Link to state interest;
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhLEWOQh0FWcdDlwMUR5Wm5BZTU5bzh2dFZISHgzN1
E&usp=sharing
Thank you in advance for your QUICK response to our link. We are very excited about this opportunity and
believe it will be a fantastic opportunity for the players in the Atlantic District.