New GM, New Coach for New Whitewater Team
As per the Pembroke Lumber Kings Facebook page, they have named their new GM and their new coach for the newly acquired (and yet to be named) team that will play out of the Whitewater Region.
Here is the news release that names Kevin Ready as the new GM and Daryl Faught as the new coach:
"Dale McTavish, owner of the recently relocated Whitewater franchise in the CCHL 2, and Owner/Head Coach/GM of the Pembroke Lumber Kings is pleased to announce that Kevin Ready will serve as General Manager of the Cobden Junior B franchise. Ready, an Ottawa Valley native has been heavily involved in hockey in the Valley for a number of years, most recently with the Upper Ottawa Valley Midget AA Aces from 2012-2015. Prior to that Ready coached for a number of years in Boucherville, Quebec. Ready also served previously as GM of the PLK 1995-1999 and was an Eastern Ontario scout for the Belleville Bulls of the OHL from 1997-2000
In his first move as GM, Ready has secured the coaching services of Daryl Faught for the head coaching position with the new Whitewater squad. Faught is a Cobden native with an extensive coaching background having enjoyed success at many levels, most particularly shining in player development within the Muskrat Minor hockey program for several decades. Faught also has impressive records with coaching stints with the Ottawa Valley Titans AAA program and served as head coach at the Junior B level with Shawville from 2002-2004. Most recently, Faught has turned his attention to the Upper Ottawa Valley Aces AA program where he enjoyed unprecedented success, winning League championships in 2010, 2014 and 2015 and during the 2010 season, his midget AA team was named best in Ontario.
More details will be forthcoming regarding the new CCHL 2 team in the upcoming weeks once final arrangements are confirmed with the municipality."
Interesting hires that seem to have a solid background in both minor hockey and the Ottawa Valley. I'll be really interested to see what the team will actually be called too. I'd rather see it as its own unique logo and name and not some extension of the "Kings" brand, but I feel like doing that would be the easiest way to go given how quickly they need to get this team put together.