It was a goal scorers dream for the players that took part in a two-day offensively-minded hockey camp taught by former Winnipeg Jets star Morris Lukowich.

Lukowich showcased his maximum scoring system, working with four different age groups, who each had two on-ice sessions held at either Takhini Arena or the Canada Games Centre on Saturday and Sunday.

The four age groups included atom, peewee, bantam and midget players.

"It was very beneficial," said Gerry Perrier, director of the Whitehorse Mustangs Hockey Club. "The players learned a lot, it was a lot of fun. It certainly filled a gap for us with our training."

Lukowich was a player on both the World Hockey Association's and National Hockey League's (NHL) Winnipeg Jets from 1976 to 1985. Other NHL squads that he suited up for included the Boston Bruins and Los Angeles Kings.

Lukowich played eight seasons in the NHL, finishing with 199 goals and 219 assists. He played a total of 582 games in the NHL.

Since retiring from pro hockey, Lukowich has been teaching hockey all across Canada, including the maximum goal scoring system that he developed five years ago.

The system strives to advance the offensive skills of both forwards and defencemen by identifying a player's strengths on the ice.

Lukowich compares the maximum scoring system to a tennis match.

"In tennis you are constantly looking for where's that defender weaker and when can you hit your strong shot, let's say your forehand against his weak spot, which might be his backhand," he said. "I love tennis, I love squash, so I take a lot of things from other sports that I play and use them in the hockey program."

The Whitehorse camp was mostly attended by Mustangs and Mustangs B team players. It included 20 players on the ice per session and four goalies.

Coaches in the Mustangs program also helped out with running drills throughout the weekend.

Some of the things players worked on included skating, one-on-one's, two-on-one's and one timers, which Lukowich compares to a golf shot with trying to find the sweet spot.

He said with the proper technique players can increase their consistency, power and accuracy with one-timers.

"It hurts to watch young players stand beside the net and the puck comes right to them and they can bury a goal into the wide open net," Lukowich said. "They end up fanning on it or they shoot and miss the net, so I work on helping them hit that net."

Lukowich said he was impressed with the abilities of both the players and coaching staff in Whitehorse.

Todd Harlow, one of the coaches on the Whitehorse Midget Mustangs, said this type of offensively minded hockey camp was needed.

"We haven't had really a specialized camp for players, other than the summer camps during the winter season, so has been absolutely ideal," he said. "The main camps we have been having during the season is of course goaltending and we have seen the huge benefits from that. This actually is not just for the forwards, it's for the defence as well."

Harlow said he noticed a positive difference in the play of the members of the Midget Mustangs right after the first session and said the skills they were taught will help the team heading into the final few months of the season.

"The timing of this being within two, three months of the provincials is ideal," he said. "I think it will have a huge effect on our results."

Devon Troke, a goalie for the Atom Mustangs, said he enjoyed participating at hockey camp.

"It was lots of fun because the goalies got a lot of shots and I think the players had a lot of fun, so it was just good being out there."

Tynan Hope, who is also a goaltender for the Atom Mustangs, said it wasn't that difficult for the goalies at the maximum scoring camp.

"I liked getting shots and it was fun for a good two hours of work every day."

Ryan Troke, nine, is a player on Cinderwood's atom team in the Whitehorse Minor Hockey League. Troke said participating in the scoring camp was beneficial.

"I think I really improved on my backwards skating and my edges and cross-overs and one-timers."