North Stars Klimosko named finalist for CJHL Coach of the Year
Coming off a second league championship in the last five years (four seasons), and his third straight SJHL Coach of the Year Award, Battlefords North Stars head coach Brayden Klimosko has now been named a finalist for the Darcy Haugan/Mark Cross Memorial Award for Canadian Junior Hockey League Coach of the Year.
This marks Klimosko’s third straight year nominated for the award, as one of five bench bosses from across the nation named as a finalist, alongside Kyle Makaric (Ottawa Jr. Senators, CCHL), Tyson Ramsey (Virden Oil Capitals, MJHL), Peter Goulet (Powassan Voodoos, NOJHL), and Vince Bellissimo (Toronto Jr. Canadiens, OJHL).
This season, Klimosko became the lone active coach in the SJHL to win Coach of the Year for a third time, after leading the North Stars to their winningest season in nearly 50 years of franchise history, at 48-5-2-1. The club’s 99 points also served as the most by any team in a season since the 1999-00 Nipawin Hawks registered 102 points during a 60-game schedule.