A total of 110 participants hit the books and took to the ice at the GTHL’s Canadian School of Hockey Officiating: Referee Summer Camp from August 19-22. 

The camp featured varying skill levels in Quick Start, Junior Development, Becoming an Elite Official, and the Experienced Official Refresher programs.

The camp also included special guest speaker, Ontario Hockey League referee, Lacey Senuk.

Thanks to Lacey Senuk for dropping by Referee Summer Camp as a special guest speaker🌟

Lacey shared her path to officiating on the international stage including the Olympic Games to being an OHL referee, where she made history as the first female to wear the armbands. ⚫️⚪️… pic.twitter.com/X0BDfwu64X

— GTHL Hockey (@GTHLHockey) August 21, 2024

The comprehensive four-day summer camp for minor hockey officials is conducted each summer by the GTHL’s special training entity, the Canadian School of Hockey Officiating. The goal of the camp is to help attending officials to:

• Improve their officiating knowledge and skills,
• Develop appropriate officiating attitudes and values,
• Expand their awareness of conditioning/fitness programs and nutrition,
• Obtain official certification or re-certify as a Hockey Canada Officiating Program referee, and
• Physically and mentally prepare for the upcoming minor hockey season.

Curriculum support is provided by the GTHL Officiating Development Committee.