Sidney Crosby will spend part of his summer teaching kids in his hometown.
The Pittsburgh Penguins superstar will host his first annual hockey camp called “The Sidney Crosby Hockey School” from Aug. 3-7 in Cole Harbour, N.S.
“It developed through a conversation with Sidney’s father and maybe a few other people,” Paul Mason, the camp’s organizer and Crosby’s Peewee AAA coach, told CTV Atlantic. “It’s important to Sidney that it’s in Cole Harbour.”
The camp will be for boys and girls aged 8-12. There are 120 spots available and it’s unclear at this time what the selection process will be like. According to the camp’s website, registration opens May 1.
“Kids from Nova Scotia are going to be in this camp for sure and we also have to recognize that there’s going to be interest from outside Nova Scotia, across Canada and maybe the U.S.,” Mason explained. “Because it’s a hockey camp, kids are going to have played before. That will be one thing that we have a minimum of, just played, but it’s not about skill, that’s not going to prioritize people at all.”
