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June 24, 2009
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CALGARY, Alta. – Following Tuesday’s appointment of Dave Lowry as an assistant coach with the National
Hockey League’s Calgary Flames, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League have announced a change in the
coaching staff of Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team. Bob Boughner, the head coach of the Ontario
Hockey League’s Windsor Spitfires, will replace Lowry as the team’s head coach.
“Dave Lowry is an outstanding young coach, and we congratulate him on his new position with the Calgary
Flames,” said Brad Pascall, Hockey Canada’s senior director of men’s national teams. “The National Men’s
Under-18 Team is a key opportunity for Hockey Canada to develop coaches and players for possible future
Program of Excellence opportunities such as the IIHF World Under-18 Championship or the IIHF World Junior
Championship. It was therefore important to make this change for the benefit of our program. We are very
excited to name Bob Boughner as our new head coach.”
Bob Boughner, who spent 10 years as a player in the National Hockey League with Buffalo, Nashville,
Pittsburgh, Calgary, Carolina and Colorado, is a two-time OHL and CHL coach of the year and led Windsor to
its first Memorial Cup championship in franchise history in May.
Chris Depiero and Mark Holick, who were named assistant coaches on May 20, will remain on the coaching staff
of Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team and will work with Boughner and Hockey Canada head scout Al
Murray in selecting the team.
Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team selection camp will run from August 1-4 at the Father David
Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary. Details, including red and white rosters, will be announced at a later
date.
Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team is one of two under-18 teams that Hockey Canada assembles during
each season. A second men’s under-18 team will take part in the 2010 IIHF World Under-18 Championship in
Belarus in April 2010, and will be comprised of available players not involved in the playoffs with their
respective teams. The under-18 program, along with the regional under-17 program and the national under-20
program make up Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence, which identifies, evaluates and develops players for
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For more information:
Brad Pascall Vice-President, Hockey Operations
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