The Battlefords AAA Stars are turning to a coaching veteran to guide the team for the upcoming U18 hockey season.
The team announced they have hired former Beardy鈥檚 Blackhawks head coach Dale Grayston to be the head coach.
Grayston had coached the Beardy鈥檚 Blackhawks for the past 23 years. The Blackhawks departed the AAA league at the end of this past season as part of the Saskatchewan Hockey Association鈥檚 reorganization of U18 hockey, and that meant Grayston was available for the Stars position.
While with the Blackhawks, Grayston was Coach of the Year in 1999-2000 and 2018-19 and received the Mac鈥檚 Tournament Outstanding Coach 听Award at that tournament in Calgary in 1999. The team won a league title in 2000-01 as well as the Western Regional Championship that year.
Grayston takes over for Brett Parker who had been head coach with the Stars for the past season and a half.
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