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rips to Olympia Sta-
dium, sneaking a tran-
sistor radio under a
pillow and listening to Red
Wing broadcasts (while
parents thought they were
sleeping) and dreaming into
the night of one day wearing
the uniform of their favorite
team, are fond memories for
many Detroit-area hockey
fans.
Today, Olympia stands no
longer and transistor radios
are all but extinct . . . but in
the era of fantasy camps,
dreams can still come true.
Detroit Red Wing assistant
coach Dave Lewis and
Howard Bleiwas, a Farm-
ington Hills accountant, have
organized the "Detroit Red
Wing Fantasy Camp." The
camp will run from August
20-23 at the University of
Michigan-Dearborn and is
open to 36 participants at a
cost of $1295 each.
Lewis, a veteran of 15 years
as a player and four years as
a Wings' assistant, and one of
only a handful of players to
play in over 1,000 career
games, will act as the camp
director.
"I've talked to a couple of
guys I know, Billy Barber
(former Philadelphia Flyer)
and Bobby Nystrom (Lewis'
teammate on the New York
Islanders) about camps they
put together," Lewis said.
"But the package we've put
together is somewhat unique.
We're not going to be putting
guys up in hotels or anything
like that, but I believe we are
going to have an interesting
and unique experience for the
participants," Lewis said.
Besides the on-ice ex-
perience of Lewis, campers
will be able to live out their
dreams of skating with Red
Wing legends from the 1950s
and 1960s such as Ted Lind-
say, Alex Delvecchio, Marty
Pavelich and Mickey Red-
mond, along with current Red
Wings Bob Probert, Shawn
Burr, Jimmy Carson, Gerard
Gallant and Greg Stefan.
While Lewis plans to get in-
to some serious aspects of the
game, he feels that the most
important part of the four-day
event will be the opportunity
for the campers to rub
shoulders with the current
and former National Hockey
League stars in the locker
room.
"NHL players are more
than just hockey players,"
Lewis said. "They're diverse,

interesting guys and people
will have the opportunity to
talk to Shawn Burr and hear
all of his craziness along with
hearing about the great Wing
teams they grew up with from
Lindsay and Delvecchio. And
of course, on the ice, they'll
get to find out what it's like
to go into the corner with a
Lindsay or a Bob Probert (and
hopefully, come out)," he said.
Lewis and Bleiwas have
been planning the camp since
last August. They feel there is
a real void in the helter-
skelter pace of today's socie-
ty and a four-day experience
such as the one they are plan-
ning will offer memories to
last a lifetime.
"Nowadays, people seem to
live one day to the next and
they seem to go through life
without even remembering

Campers will be
able to live out
their dreams of
skating with Red
Wing legends.
something they did last sum-

mer. I think this experience
will live with them for many
years to come," Lewis said. "I
hope they go away from the
canip and say, 'That was a
great time, something I'm
never going to forget' "
Lewis said that campers "do
not have to skate like Steve
Yzerman," but a basic hockey
background would be helpful.
Lewis said the first two days
of the camp will run from 5:30
p.m. until 9 p.m. During those
two evenings he will evaluate
the ability of the campers,
along with covering the men-
tal aspects of the game with
Hugh Bray, a noted sports
psychologist, who has worked
with the Wings, St. Louis
Blues and the University of
Michigan hockey team.
Trainers from the Wings'
staff will also discuss training
and stretching techniques
and care for injuries. The
NHL stars will join the
campers the third night and
will assist Lewis with the on-
ice instruction.
The final night of the camp
will feature a regulation
game including all the NHL
players, 36 campers and will
be videotaped with Hall of
Fame announcer Budd Lynch
providing the play-by-play.
Fantasy campers will be pro-
vided a copy of the game tape,
along with a Red Wings
jersey with their name in-
scribed, and regulation game
programs with their names
and pictures inside. ❑