For Capitals Coach Bruce Boudreau, hockey camp in Ontario is a labor of love
The Washington Capitals weren't due to report to Kettler Capitals Iceplex for more than a month, but Coach Bruce Boudreau was already in midseason form: wearing his familiar red track suit, a whistle pursed between his lips. ¶ It was Day 5 of Boudreau's 29th annual Golden Horseshoe Hockey School earlier this month, and he was on the ice refereeing a game composed of players roughly half the age of Capitals star Alex Ovechkin. ¶ Calling penalties, though, wasn't Boudreau's purpose. He was there to teach, and after a defensive miscue led to a odd-man rush and a goal, teach he did. ¶ "Who were the forwards just out there?" Boudreau barked. "Come here." ¶ He explained where the breakdown began, gesturing toward the neutral zone. The players listened, nodding. A few minutes later, Boudreau smiled as he retrieved a puck from the back of the net. ¶ "Pass the puck, score goals," he told the players. "Simple as that." ¶ Boudreau started the school in 1982, when he was playing for the American Hockey League's St. Catharines Saints, the farm club of the Toronto Maple Leafs. ¶ In its early days, profits from the school supplemented Boudreau's minor league salary. Since stepping behind the bench of the Capitals in 2007, though, Boudreau, 56, said he isn't doing it for the money anymore.
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