(SJHL Press Release)
For the first time in recent memory, Saskatchewan sports media will not be voting for the SJHL Coach Of The Year as there were not enough finalists.
The finalists are chosen by the coaches, who vote for the peer they feel should be the Coach Of The Year and then the media selects the winner out of those three finalists.
This season, the SJHL coaches have, unanimously, picked long time Millionaire bench boss Jamie Fiesel as the winner. Fiesel took a team that lost all but four regulars (Colin Mospanchuk, Allen Kilback, Adam Dibella, and Adam Koopman) from last year and led them to a
season in which they challenged for first overall almost all season long,before settling into second place in the Viterra Division.
Fiesel has been with the Mils since the 2004 season when he was hired to replace Steve Young, who left in the middle of the year to accept a position in the Western Hockey League. Under the Regina native's tenure the Mils have been to a pair of league finals and have won thirty or more games in four of the last seven years.
A well deserved recognition
ReplyDeleteCongrats to a great coach
ReplyDeleteHe also did a great job as GM putting a championship caliber team together from spare parts.
ReplyDeleteYep, no doubt. He made some great acquisitions and took the team that was expected to finish last into a team that can challenge for the League title.
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