Knoxville Ice Bears

Knoxville Ice Bears Prepare for Training Camp

date: 10/13/2008

Cool Sports home of the Icearium, located at 110 S. Watt Road, will be hosting camp on Monday, October 13 and Tuesday, October 14 beginning at 9:45 a.m. both days. Players will then skate on Wednesday, October 14 and Thursday, October 15 at the U.S. Cellular home ice located inside the Knoxville Civic Coliseum. Practices are at the same time and are open to the public.

The Ice Bears coaching staff will get a good look at returning players and potential new players during the team’s three exhibition games. The team will take on the Twin City Cyclones at home on Friday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m. The Ice Bears will then travel to Twin City on Saturday, October 18 for a road game before returning for the final pre-season game at home against the Richmond Renegades on Sunday, October 19 at 5:00 p.m. Tickets to the home exhibition games are on sale now and are only $7 each.

“This is a very exciting time of year. Our staff has worked very hard to recruit some very talented players from throughout North America. We are very happy with our signings to this point and expect camp to be highly competitive. We will return 9 or 10 players from last year’s Championship team which leaves another 8 or 9 spots up for grabs. We believe that with the 25 or so players that we will evaluate throughout camp we have an opportunity to once again put a hard working and highly competitive team on the ice. Training camp also presents an incredible opportunity bringing young players out of college and junior hockey one step closer to fulfilling their dream of playing professional hockey. We hope that the community will join us as we get geared up for another exciting season of Ice Bear hockey in Knoxville,” head coach Scott Hillman commented.

The Knoxville Ice Bears home opener is scheduled for Friday, October 24. The defending SPHL champions will play 30 regular season home games at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum. For more information on game dates, season tickets and promotional activities, please visit http://www.knoxvilleicebears.com. Call (865) 656-4444 for tickets.

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