Every kid that grows up playing hockey in Moose Jaw dreams of one day stepping foot on the ice for the Warriors.

Four Moose Jaw products are battling for that chance this week as the Warriors opened training camp on Thursday at Mosaic Place.

It was a busy first day for the players as they went through fitness testing in the morning at YaraCentre and then followed that up with rookie camp practices in the afternoon before finishing with a scrimmage in the evening.

“It went pretty well, it was a long summer and I put a lot of work, so I think it paid off in the end,” said forward Ahmed Ally, who played last season with the Moose Jaw Generals and attending his second training camp with the Warriors.

“The legs are pretty dead, a lot of fitness testing, running, the practice and then the game, so it was a long day, but in the end, it’s all worth it.”

Ally scored for Team White in their 7-0 win over Team Red in the first scrimmage of rookie camp. They’ll be back on the ice at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday with the players battling to make it through to main camp on the weekend.

17-year-old forward Chantz Petruic has his sights set on cracking his hometown team this season.

He said the opening day of camp was tough, but he was ready for it.

“Your working so hard over the summer that you come mentally and physically prepared for all this, so you want to be ready to go, take care of yourself and get back out there,” said Petruic, who’s coming off a season that saw him have 21 goals and 28 points in 43 games with the Generals.

Petruic was listed by the Warriors during the season last year and after getting a taste of the organization during Prospects Camp in the spring, he said he’s ready to compete for a spot.

“I’m just going to try to play my game,” said Petruic. “I’m just going to play how I normally play, try to put the puck in the net and use my speed to my advantage and everything should work out.”

Jeron Kletzel and Logan Hauser are both 15-year-olds getting their first chance to take part in a WHL camp.

“It was a pretty tiring day, lots of skating and running, but it went pretty well,” said Kletzel. “Fitness testing was tough, but made it through it.”

After going undrafted in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft, Kletzel said that he’s coming in hoping to get noticed.

“I just want to show them what I can do,” he said. “It’s been very exciting to take part in Warriors’ camp so far, I’ve watched the Warriors play since I was a young kid, so it’s very exciting.”

The Warriors continue camp throughout the day on Friday with the two rookie camp scrimmages (10 a.m. and 5 p.m.), as well as main camp practices at 8 a.m., 9 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Main camp carries over to the weekend with scrimmages on Saturday at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and then on Sunday at 10 a.m. The annual Black and White Game closes camp on Sunday at 4 p.m.