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Blackburn served as West Kelowna's Associate Coach last season.  

The 34-year-old spent last season with the Augsburger Panthers where he went 10-20-0 with a .900 save percentage and 3.19 goals against average in 30 games.

His 46 assists tied Brad Fast (1998-1999) for second most in a single season by a defenseman in Spruce Kings franchise history, trailing only current President David Keough (59 in 1999-2000).

Dumanski is also the Cougars franchise leader in games played by a blueliner with 309.

Carels enters North Dakota in favourable situation joining the likes of former Victoria Royals star Cole Reschny and Keaton Verhoeff who are expected back next season. Other notable WHL alumni who wore the green, white and black in 2025-26 included former Portland Winterhawks Josh Zakreski and Jan Spunar along with four-year Red Deer Rebels standout Ollie Josephson.

Carels who is slated to be a high first-round pick in next month’s NHL Draft was rated third among North American-born skaters in the final draft rankings by Central Scouting.

Northeastern is based in the Greater Boston area and is part of the Hockey East conference.

During the episode, he discussed several topics including assessment of team after the first half of the season, approach to the trade deadline and second year step from Carson Carels