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Hockey Camp includes daily ice time, clinic sessions, scrimmage sessions, competitive games, 3v3 games, and skill competitions. Campers also take part in swimming, games, tug of wars, obstacle courses, small group team building, worship, Bible study, interactive Bible studies, a daily campfire, and an all-camp game. The week includes closing games on Thursday night at Hodgins-Berardo Ice Arena in Coleraine, MN, along with an exhibition game on Thursday evening.
• Ages: 9–17 years old
• Schedule: Sunday–Friday, June 21–26, with 3 days of clinic sessions followed by an exhibition game on Thursday evening
• Price: Cost: $719–$914; Goalie Discount: $200 for campers who play the Goalie position; Captain Training is an application based program and there is no fee.
Each clinic session is approximately 3 hours, and each day has a theme focusing on a specific hockey skill such as edgework, agility, stickhandling, shooting, or passing. The camp is open to players of all abilities and all genders, and no body checking is allowed. Coaches are with campers on the rink and also at camp, where they lead team building activities and participate in worship, and the current coaches coach at the AA youth level. The level of coaching given to each camper is considered on par with AA youth level, and the program includes daily ice time and training, great meals for hungry athletes, and counselors described as outstanding.
Hockey Camp is a Camp Hiawatha tradition, and for over 40 years players and coaches have been gathering to combine their love of hockey with the faith foundation that makes them good team players both on and off the ice. A Hockey Camp was developed in the mid-1980s to offer youth hockey players the opportunity to hone their skills while having a Christ-centered Bible camp experience. The roots of the hockey week at Camp Hiawatha were established by Donnie Roberts, the former head coach of the Gustavus Adolphus Men’s Varsity hockey team.
New in 2025 is Captain Training for ages 15–17. Captain Training is similar to the Leaders in Training program, is application based, and has no fee. Campers participating in Captain Training are leaders on the ice supporting coaches with daily ice time, and leaders at camp as they engage with and help facilitate camp activities. They learn leadership, communication, and team building skills that will impact their lives on and off the rink, and Captain Training requires campers to apply and interview with the Program Director for Summer Camps and, when approved, they receive a code to register.
Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry states that it provides opportunities for Christ-centered spiritual growth, leadership development, and outreach in God’s great northwoods. Since the late 1950s, the Christ-centered programs of Camp Hiawatha and Camp Vermilion have welcomed people from all over and have strengthened the churches and communities of Northeast Minnesota by providing one mission at two places for Outdoor Ministry. Over the decades, both camps have developed deep roots in the local communities and have become centers of hospitality, and today the sites, now owned by more than 80 congregations, offer time and space where kids can explore faith in the outdoors and where all people are welcomed as a neighbor.
One staff member says, “There’s something special about being able to look all the way across the lake and see all of this open water and it’s all God’s creation and it’s just beautiful.” A camper says, “Camp is a great place for me to come when I need to slow down from the world and the city and take time for myself and for God, because really you don’t get that anywhere else.” Another participant shares, “I will always remember getting to see God’s untouched creation on the canoe trip.”
Last updated February 22, 2026.
• Ages: 9–17 years old
• Schedule: Sunday–Friday, June 21–26, with 3 days of clinic sessions followed by an exhibition game on Thursday evening
• Price: Cost: $719–$914; Goalie Discount: $200 for campers who play the Goalie position; Captain Training is an application based program and there is no fee.
Each clinic session is approximately 3 hours, and each day has a theme focusing on a specific hockey skill such as edgework, agility, stickhandling, shooting, or passing. The camp is open to players of all abilities and all genders, and no body checking is allowed. Coaches are with campers on the rink and also at camp, where they lead team building activities and participate in worship, and the current coaches coach at the AA youth level. The level of coaching given to each camper is considered on par with AA youth level, and the program includes daily ice time and training, great meals for hungry athletes, and counselors described as outstanding.
Hockey Camp is a Camp Hiawatha tradition, and for over 40 years players and coaches have been gathering to combine their love of hockey with the faith foundation that makes them good team players both on and off the ice. A Hockey Camp was developed in the mid-1980s to offer youth hockey players the opportunity to hone their skills while having a Christ-centered Bible camp experience. The roots of the hockey week at Camp Hiawatha were established by Donnie Roberts, the former head coach of the Gustavus Adolphus Men’s Varsity hockey team.
New in 2025 is Captain Training for ages 15–17. Captain Training is similar to the Leaders in Training program, is application based, and has no fee. Campers participating in Captain Training are leaders on the ice supporting coaches with daily ice time, and leaders at camp as they engage with and help facilitate camp activities. They learn leadership, communication, and team building skills that will impact their lives on and off the rink, and Captain Training requires campers to apply and interview with the Program Director for Summer Camps and, when approved, they receive a code to register.
Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry states that it provides opportunities for Christ-centered spiritual growth, leadership development, and outreach in God’s great northwoods. Since the late 1950s, the Christ-centered programs of Camp Hiawatha and Camp Vermilion have welcomed people from all over and have strengthened the churches and communities of Northeast Minnesota by providing one mission at two places for Outdoor Ministry. Over the decades, both camps have developed deep roots in the local communities and have become centers of hospitality, and today the sites, now owned by more than 80 congregations, offer time and space where kids can explore faith in the outdoors and where all people are welcomed as a neighbor.
One staff member says, “There’s something special about being able to look all the way across the lake and see all of this open water and it’s all God’s creation and it’s just beautiful.” A camper says, “Camp is a great place for me to come when I need to slow down from the world and the city and take time for myself and for God, because really you don’t get that anywhere else.” Another participant shares, “I will always remember getting to see God’s untouched creation on the canoe trip.”
Last updated February 22, 2026.
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