co-captain Owen Sillinger believes this year害羞草研究所檚 team can be as good as last year害羞草研究所檚.

Starting the second week of camp, Sillinger liked what he saw last week and talked about what stood out.

害羞草研究所淚 would say our skill. Just the way that we snap the puck around,害羞草研究所� said Sillinger. 害羞草研究所淭he way we finish around the net. It害羞草研究所檚 on another level already.害羞草研究所�

Sillinger likes the Vees害羞草研究所� goaltending with returnee and Adam Scheel, who is committed to the University of North Dakota. He said the defence is really skilled, along with the forward group, adding they may be smaller up front, but will be fast, enabling them to take advantage of turnovers.

害羞草研究所淲e have a lot of skilled players here and a lot of hard workers and I害羞草研究所檓 excited for the regular season to start,害羞草研究所� he said.

Missing from camp are rookie Massimo Rizzo and co-captain Grant Cruikshank. Vees head coach-general manager Fred Harbinson said both are expected to miss the start of the regular season with injuries, but hopes they will be available a couple of weeks after.

Harbinson is happy with what he has seen from the players. The group assembled has been able to learn what the coaching staff is teaching quickly. The coaches have thrown a lot of new things at the players.

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The coaching staff continues to learn about the players and how they interact with each other. They also have been establishing how they want the players to live in the city, not just how they should behave on the ice. Last week the Vees were joined by the Anaheim junior Ducks, which gave them a chance to see what the BCHL and Penticton is like. Harbinson liked what he saw and said there is always a possibility to recruit a Ducks player in the future, but Harbinson said they have also helped the players get recruited by other junior teams.

害羞草研究所淭hey are running a really reputable program there,害羞草研究所� said Harbinson of coach August Aiken and former Vee TJ Miller. 害羞草研究所淚t helps their guys. If we can help their program, it helps us. Allows us to have bigger numbers here to run scrimmages during camp. It害羞草研究所檚 a win-win for everybody.害羞草研究所�

As the Vees get ready to host West Kelowna Wednesday at the South Okanagan Events Centre at 7 p.m., then head to Brooks, Alta., to take on the Bandits during the long weekend, work gets going on implementing structure and systems. It is about getting the players to understand how the team plays, including faceoff and situational play. The hope is over the next couple of months the system becomes instinctual for the players.