Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Still more from Wednesday . . .

F Joel Lowry, the son of Calgary Hitmen head coach Dave Lowry, has agreed to play for the BCHL’s Victoria Grizzlies this season. Joel, whose WHL rights belong to the Red Deer Rebels, played last season with the Calgary Buffaloes, who won the Alberta midget championship.
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The MJHL’s Winnipeg Saints are without a general manager and a head coach. . . . General manager Wayne Anderson has retired after nine seasons. . . . Head coach Doug Stokes has retired in order to focus on his health after having bypass surgery (hey, Doug, eat lots of seafood, but don’t touch the shrimp.) . . . Hmm. Might Keith Cassidy, who recently left the Selkirk Steelers after three years as their head coach, end up with the Saints?
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The WHL’s Everett Silvertips are getting some company in the Comcast Arena. The Stealth, a National Lacrosse League franchise that has spent six seasons in San Jose, is moving to Everett. The indoor lacrosse team will announce a new nickname next week. The NLL season begins in January.
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The best news I heard Wednesday involved the SJHL’s Weyburn Red Wings. Yes, Dwight McMillan will be back for another season as the team’s head coach. McMillan, who got his 1,000th victory on Feb. 1, 2008, has been coaching the Red Wings seemingly forever. Well, not quite that long, but he was the SJHL’s coach of the year for 1984-85. . . . I believe he has been coaching the Red Wings since 1972, which may be the longest run of any active coach with one team. . . . With 1,000 coaching victories, McMillan is keeping company with the likes of Scotty Bowman and Brian Kilrea and . . .
And you can’t mention McMillan without dropping the name of general manager Ron Rumball. Those two go together like bacon and eggs. And, oh, the stories they can tell!
Gentlemen, take notes and write a book. Please!

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