The “interim” tag has been removed.
The Prince George Spruce Kings have named Brad Tesink as the team’s next Head Coach.
The Saint John, New Brunswick product took over as the interim heath coach in November.
The Spruce Kings posted a 17-13-2-1 record with Tesink at the helm this season, resulting in a playoff berth and taking the Coastal Conference-leading Chilliwack Chiefs to game seven in the first round of the BCHL post-season.
“Brad was tasked with a difficult situation when he took on the interim head coach role mid-season,” said General Manager Mike Hawes.
“Over the next few months, I watched closely and analyzed every on-ice and off-ice aspect of how he handled the group and staff. Early in the process I was able to see that he affected a lot of positive changes within our athletes, staff and the group. The players responded very well to him, Our on-ice play improved and continued to get better and better each day.” By the end of the process I was more than convinced that Brad was the perfect head coach to lead our team into the future.”
In addition, the Spruce Kings have promoted Brandon Manning to Assistant Coach and Director of Hockey Camps.
Manning served as the team’s Skills and Development Coach for the past two seasons, and has played 672 games professionally between the NHL, AHL, DEL (Germany) and HockeyAllsvenskan (Sweden) from 2011 to 2024.
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