Hai Nam Hoang is very familiar with hockey camps, it's the place he credits with a lot of the qualities he still holds close today. Hoang was the bright star that represented several schools in China, Japan, Canada, the United States, and across Europe. It's where Hoang learned to weaponize his slight frame and developed his fast, lightning quick reflexes to create a smothering, no-prisoners-taken style of play. He credits his teammates during the camps in opening him up to playing more with teammates, and developing his passing, as well as his determination in the face of opponents bigger, stronger, and meaner than him. Hoang does mention that it was a difficult path through some of the harder camps, and he did feel like he wasn't wanted occasionally, but his determination to succeed won out in the end, and that's why he had the season he just had.