SUMMER EXCELLENCE
@Newington Arena

Join us at Newington Arena for the SUMMER EXCELLENCE CAMP, where players are equipped with the tools to master every facet of the game. Led by former NHL player and CT Chiefs Coaching Director Ike Corriveau, alongside the esteemed Special Guest Coach Matt Greason , Head Coach of Trinity College, this camp promises the pinnacle of instruction.

Learn the essential battling techniques essential for puck possession, enabling both individual success and seamless teamwork. Our drills are meticulously crafted to enhance individual skills, instill team strategies, and elevate game awareness.

Daily seminars, led by industry experts, delve into vital topics like nutrition and off-ice training, providing comprehensive guidance beyond the rink.

With optimal Coach/Player ratios, expect focused attention on honing fundamental skills essential for achieving excellence on the ice.

• 9 AM to 3:30 PM

• 3 Ice Sessions Daily

• 1 Dryland with Stick Skills Training

• 1 Hockey Educational Video Session Daily

• 2 Different Groups- Age & Skill Based

  • Group I: 2018 to 2014

  • Group II: 2013 and Older

Coach Corriveau continues to lead the Premier Hockey Group & CT Chiefs with 20 years of professional hockey experience including 1200 games from 1985 – 2005.

A first round draft pick in 1985 by the Washington Capitals, Ike played 360 regular season NHL games with the Washington Capitals, the Hartford Whalers and the San Jose Sharks.
Adding to that experience, he also participated in 50 NHL playoff games. In addition, he played 430 regular season games in the IHL and AHL, being part of teams that won both the Calder Cup and Turner Cup. He continued his career in Europe, playing in over 400 games in the DEL (Deutsche Elite League) in Berlin, Germany.

As a Major Junior A player, he played with the Toronto Marlies (OHL), and was a member of Team Canada, highlighted in the World Junior Championship in Piestany, Czechoslovakia alongside fan favorites Brendan Shanahan, Pierre Turgeon, Steve Chiasson, Theron Fluery, and Jimmy Waite.

Since his retirement in 2005, Ike successfully transitioned into a top youth coach. In the spring of 2010 Ike led a very talented 1997 team to its first appearance at the USA Hockey National Championships. These past two seasons Ike has led the U18 Mid Fairfield Chiefs to two back to back appearances at the USA Hockey National Championships and winning the 2017 U18 National Championship. During his tenure as Director of Player Development, Ike has been instrumental in guiding numerous CT Chiefs to Prep, Junior, & College hockey.

Matthew Greason enters his 13th season as the third head coach in the 47-year history of the varsity men's ice hockey program in 2023-24, after guiding Trinity College to the 2015 NCAA Division III title, the 2017 NCAA title game, and three New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) championship crowns over the last seven seasons.  The Bantams finished 16-8-1 and tied for the top spot in the NESCAC Regular Season Standings with a 13-4-1 conference mark last winter, but lost to Bowdoin, 2-1, in the NESCAC Playoffs.  Greason is 202-74-19 as Trinity's head coach.  Greason's squad won its fifth league title in 2018-19 with a 19-4-5 overall record, and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tourney, before closing the year with a 2-1 loss to New England in the NCAA First Round. In 2016-17, Trinity won the NESCAC crown and finished at 21-7-3.  The Bantams earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tourney where it made a run to the 2017 NCAA Finals with victories over Plattsburgh State (4-1), Endicott (2-1 in OT) and St. Norbert (3-1) before falling in the championship, 4-1, to Norwich in Utica, N.Y. The Bantams closed that year as the No. 2-ranked team in both national polls.  Trinity was 21-5 overall in 2015-16, finished atop the NESCAC Standings at 15-3, and hosted and won its third league title.  Trinity earned an opening-round bye in the NCAA Tournament, but fell to Mass.-Boston, 4-0.  

In 2014-15, the Bantams finished with a program-best 25-3-1 record capped by a thrilling 5-2 win over Wisc.-Stevens Point in the NCAA Finals for the College's first and only NCAA winter-sport title. Trinity finished the regular season with a 16-1-1 mark in the NESCAC to earn the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. For the first time in program history, Trinity ended the season ranked No. 1 in both the United States College Hockey Online (USCHO.com) poll and the D3Hockey.com Poll, and Greason was named the USCHO.com National Division III Coach of the Year and co-winner of Trinity's Athletic Department Coach of the Year award.  Greason was chosen as the NESCAC Coach of the Year in 2012-13 when Trinity went 15-7-3 and reached the league semifinals.

Greason returned to Trinity, where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees, served as an assistant coach, and was a two-time All-NESCAC player, in September of 2011. He spent the previous years as an assistant coach for the United States National Team Development Program U-17 and U-18 National Teams.  He was an assistant coach in 2007-08 and 2008-09, helping the Bantams to a 32-20-2 record that included the program's second NESCAC title and its third appearance in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. Prior to Trinity, Greason was an assistant coach at Kingswood-Oxford School and Kent School for five years. He also served on the staff for the Atlantic District of USA hockey, coaching the best players from the New Jersey and Philadelphia area, and has been a guest lecturer at the level 3 and 4 coaching education program for USA hockey.  With the U.S. National Team Development program, Greason coached the defense for the U-17 and U-18 squads, served as head coach at the NTDP top-40 tryout camp, and was an assistant for Team USA in the Ivan Hlinka Tournament in the Czech Republic which features U-18 National Teams from around the world.

Greason also coached the Trinity men's golf team for 10 seasons prior to stepping down after last spring.  He guided the Bantam linksmen to a top-four finish in the NESCAC each year, including in 2021 when the squad placed second in the league and went on to place 25th in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.  In the spring of 2019, the Bantams won the league title for the third time, traveled to Kentucky for the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament, made the cut after the second day for the first time in program history, and finished 10th overall in the four-day NCAA event.  As a result, Greason was honored as the 2019 NESCAC Coach of the Year.  The Bantams won the 2018 NESCAC Championship and earned their first NCAA tournament bid since 2010 and captured the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England title in the fall of 2014.

Greason grew up in North Bridgton, Maine and attended North Yarmouth Academy.  After NYA, he took a post-graduate year at the Hill School in Pennsylvania and matriculated to Trinity College where he played hockey for the Bantams from 1998-2002.  Greason earned his bachelor's degree in history from Trinity in 2003 and his master's degree in American Studies from the College in 2010. A captain of the Bantam ice hockey and golf squads, Greason was an All-NESCAC Second Team honoree as a junior and a First Team All-NESCAC and Division II/III All-New England selection on the ice as a senior. He also graced the All-NESCAC and All-New England Division III teams as a linksman, and was the head golf coach at Kent School for three years.  An associate professor in the Trinity athletic department, Greason resides with his wife, Mary, their sons, Patrick and Connor, and their daughter, Claire, in Wethersfield, Conn.