Indiana Sentinels Training Camp: Day One Recap

The boys were finally back on the ice at the Hamilton Community Ice Arena today for day one of the Indiana Sentinels Training Camp.

Much has been said about how intense this training camp was going to be, especially with opening night only 9 days away, and day one pushed the players to their limit. Three plus hours of high octane on-ice training mixed in with an hour long off-ice training has the players feeling a bit sore, but excited after the first day.

On the ice, Head Coach Everett Thompson worked the guys on plenty of skating and passing drills to begin with, then dove into a much more rigorous skate which included board battle drills, full ice 5 on 5 play, as well as some small area games that are designed to make the guys work in tight spaces which means they are forced to work much harder to win the puck.

“Training camp is where you want to get your teams cardio up and be in as close to ‘game shape’ as possible,” remarked Head Coach Everett Thompson. “Teams that come out the gate strong tend to be the most physically fit out of their training camps. We plan to be no exception to that.”

The Sentinels begin camp with 23 skaters and 4 goaltenders. By the end of camp, some tough decisions will need to be made to get to the opening day roster of 18 skaters and 3 goaltenders.

Here is the first look at the 2026/27 Indiana Sentinels Training Camp roster:

FORWARDS

Ross Bartlett

Denver Craig

Nolan Dawson

Noah Hippolyte-Smith

Tucker Kruse

Jonas Leas

Thomas Miller

Thomas Neely

Aldiyar Nurlan

Aaron Shahin

Ben Stefanini

Jason Tynan

Bogdan Vysotskii

Braydon Wilson-Schoer

Carter Zimmer

DEFENSE

Wyatt Allen

Ryan Brow

David MacDonald

Ian McDonald

Marian Pazitka

Gareth (Frank) Steinway

Trent Thiessen

Romeo Torain

GOALTENDER

Ben Nadeau

Cooper Olson

Will Pinney

John Werber

It was an intense first day to say the very least, however, by design so Coach Thompson could get the opportunity to see who had the energy remaining after being pushed to their very limit.

The puck drops in nine days, and the Sentinels are making use of every minute leading up to that moment to get into game shape and be prepared for the Minnesota Northern Lights.