Okanagan Hockey Group
Okanagan Hockey Group is a private sports school based in Penticton, British Columbia. It began in 1963 as Okanagan Hockey School, founded by Larry Lund, Larry Hale, and Bill Dineen, as a series of youth ice hockey camps. Training started at Summerland Arena and moved to Penticton in 1966. In the 1970s, the school added dorms for out‑of‑town students and is the longest continually running hockey school in the world.
In 2004, Lund sold the organization to a group led by Andy Oakes and former NHL players Alan Kerr and Jeff Finley. Today, Okanagan Hockey Camps operate in six locations in Canada (including Penticton and Kelowna) and also in St. Pölten, Austria, along with a partnership with the Edmonton Oilers. Programs are for boys and girls ages 5–20, with regular and elite tracks for players and goaltenders, plus specialized training for skating, power skating, shooting, and defense.
The Okanagan Hockey Group also runs the Okanagan Hockey Academy, a year‑round program in Penticton that competes in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. The academy operates as a public‑private partnership with Penticton Secondary School at the South Okanagan Events Centre. Additionally, Okanagan Hockey Group partners with the Western Hockey League for the WHL Combines program.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 21:05 (CET).