The Parkland U18 Rangers will be led by two proven coaches moving forward in Tyler Carefoot and Rick Freese.

Both have noted in the past how excited they are about the upcoming season and the prospect of turning the Rangers into a program that can compete with any team in the league on a day-to-day basis.

Although there's still a bit of time before the hockey season gets underway, there is no lack of buzz around the program.

Prior to training camp, the Rangers will be hosting a few conditioning sessions inside of Credit Union Place and they will be full.

The organization has announced that all of the sessions have been filled. There will be 18 forwards, 10 defenceman, and four goalies. The sessions begin middle of next month and run up until main camp begins a short time after.

"I think there's been more buzz about the Rangers than ever before. It's a great feeling to have support from some of the players already," said Tyler Carefoot. "There is a ton of it and we're going to give these players an opportunity to shake some rust off and get ready for what's coming."

Training camp will take place late next month which leads up to the annual Rangers intrasquad game.

From there, the team will take part in the annual Souris exhibition tournament leading up to the beginning of the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League's regular-season which will feature a 48 game schedule. 

After a tough few years for the Rangers program which has offered up just 39 wins over the past three seasons, Carefoot knows this year's team will be one that works hard and gives it their all every single minute. He is also expecting big things at camp.

"The Rangers are back on the radar for several families and we're expecting a competitive camp," ended Carefoot. "Other than the players signed up for the conditioning camp, we're expecting a bigger number at training camp, so yeah, we're expecting to have an extremely competitive camp."