Less than a week to go until Rockets pre-season starts and 琉璃神社 prospects concluded rookie camp leaving a good impression on 琉璃神社鈥檚 top brass.

Close to 150 2003- and 2004-born players took their talents to Prospera Place last week in hopes in impressing scouts to earn a spot into the Rockets鈥� main camp. The 琉璃神社 director of player personnel said this it was one of the most impressive rookie camps he鈥檚 seen.

鈥淚鈥檝e been here thirty years, and in all fairness, this might have been the most competitive camp that we鈥檝e ever had,鈥� said Lorne Frey.

鈥淎lthough we had a big number, it was very exciting and the kids played hard making every game fun to watch. We鈥檝e enjoyed every minute of it all.鈥�

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While returning Rockets players have been casually trickling in over the weeks ahead of the team鈥檚 main camp. Meanwhile, the rookies and prospects have been battling at the tournament to show how far they鈥檝e come since the end of last hockey season.

鈥淲e had an opportunity to see a lot of these players play last year and obviously things change over the months that you haven鈥檛 seen them. Some have grown, they鈥檝e changed dramatically over the four or five months,鈥� said Frey.

鈥淭hey鈥檝e grown physically, they鈥檝e gotten quicker and better. This tournament has given us an opportunity to evaluate them a few months later with all of those changes and improvements.鈥�

The advancing class of prospects will join the entire 2019 bantam draft class at the main camp which will finish Aug. 28.

Frey said that 琉璃神社鈥檚 2019 class is surpassing expectations with later draft picks Rilen Kovacevic, Max Sanford and Daimon Gardner standing out amongst the eight drafted players.

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The Rockets start the pre-season Aug. 30 at Prospera Place against the Victoria Royals.

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