Elite Hockey Defense

“With his unmatched ability to teach and communicate the finer points of skill development, Dave Cameron has guided countless young athletes to success. Elite Hockey Defense is your playbook for elevating both your coaching and your players to the next level.”–Marty Johnston, Assistant Coach for the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club

Dave Cameron is the head coach and program director of Jets Hockey Development, a skating and skills coach for the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose, a development coach for Team Canada U17, and a Hockey Canada skills consultant. He has more than 20 years of experience coaching players of all levels: professional athletes (NHL, AHL, and ECHL), college athletes, and young athletes just learning to play the game. He has helped many players achieve their goals, including being selected in the WHL Bantam Draft, making the jump to the NCAA, being selected in the NHL Entry Draft, and winning the Stanley Cup. Cameron specializes in individual skill development such as power skating, shooting, stickhandling, passing, and position-specific skills. He believes that confidence is built from practice and players can continue to get better through detailed work in specific areas.

Cameron played minor hockey in the Winnipeg area before moving on to the WHL, where he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1998 (third round, 80th overall). He returned to Winnipeg to attend the University of Manitoba, where he obtained a degree in kinesiology before starting his coaching career.