North Stars announce new coaching staff
One half of the 2017-18 Battlefords North Stars coaching staff will be a familiar face returning home and the other will be making the jump from bantam AAA.
On Wednesday morning, the North Stars introduced Brandon Heck as the team’s next head coach and general manager, and former North Star player and Battleford native Boyd Wakelin as its next assistant coach.
Heck, a Forestburg, Alta., native, has spent the last four seasons coaching the bantam AAA Camrose Red Wings. He was named Alberta Major Bantam League coach of the year in 2016.
“I want to thank [the board] from the bottom of my heart for taking a chance on me,” Heck said in his introduction at the press conference. “It’s very humbling and I’m excited to get going in the Battlefords.