PHOTOS: L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den
Dean Peterson, of Helena, readies his shot during a breakaway drill at L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Derek Armstrong, a former Los Angeles King and current director of hockey programming and curriculum with the team, speaks to the group of campers at the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Courtney Ports, manager of hockey development with the Los Angeles Kings, switches sticks during a drill with Vinni Ferruzzi, 6, of Missoula, at the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. During the drill, campers were instructed to stand their sticks up and, once a whistle was blown, grab their fellow campers' stick before it could fall to the ice. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Derek Armstrong, a former Los Angeles King and current director of hockey programming and curriculum with the team, gives a fist bump to Henry Erickson, 9, of Missoula, at the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Courtney Ports, manager of hockey development with the Los Angeles Kings, shares a laugh with Vinni Ferruzzi, 6, of Missoula, at the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Young campers switch sticks during a drill at the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. During the drill, campers were instructed to stand their sticks up and, once a whistle was blown, grab their fellow campers' stick before it could fall to the ice. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Vinni Ferruzzi, 6, of Missoula, grabs his hockey stick before it could fall to the ice during a drill with Courtney Ports, left, manager of hockey development with the Los Angeles Kings, at the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. During the drill, campers were instructed to stand their sticks up and, once a whistle was blown, grab their fellow campers' stick before it could fall to the ice. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Vinni Ferruzzi, 6, of Missoula, grabs his hockey stick before it could fall to the ice during a drill with Courtney Ports, left, manager of hockey development with the Los Angeles Kings, at the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. During the drill, campers were instructed to stand their sticks up and, once a whistle was blown, grab their fellow campers' stick before it could fall to the ice. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Young campers try to knock each other off-balance while on their kneepads and gloves during a drill the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Derek Armstrong, a former Los Angeles King and current director of hockey programming and curriculum with the team, skates past campers as they work on drills at the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Austin Hlavnicka, 11, of Great Falls, readies his shot during a breakaway drill at L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Courtney Ports, manager of hockey development with the Los Angeles Kings, speaks with a camper during a drill at the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Derek Armstrong, a former Los Angeles King and current director of hockey programming and curriculum with the team, blows a whistle as campers finish up a drill at the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Courtney Ports, manager of hockey development with the Los Angeles Kings, demonstrates a footwork drill with campers at the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Courtney Ports, manager of hockey development with the Los Angeles Kings, switches sticks during a drill with Vinni Ferruzzi, 6, of Missoula, at the L.A. Kings Summer Camp-Whitefish at Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish on Thursday. During the drill, campers were instructed to stand their sticks up and, once a whistle was blown, grab their fellow campers' stick before it could fall to the ice. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)