WHL9 Team Info

Team: Harrisburg Bears
Owner: Rod Langway
General Manager: Andrew Ketner
Head Coach: Rob Brown
Assistants: Bob Errey, Phil Bourque and Gilles Meloche
Scouting Director: Bo Jackson (cause Bo Knows)
Farm Team Coach: Frank Pietrangelo
Arena: Hershey Arena
Director of Marketing: Cameron Diaz
Captain: Darius Kasparaitis
Assistants: none

Team: Quebec City Corinthians
Owner: Unibroue Breweries (75%), Marc Hebert (25%) 
Team President: Marc Hebert
General Manager: Marc Hebert
Head Coach: Kevin Lowe
Assistants: Mark Tinordi (Defensemen)
            Francois Allaire (Goaltenders)
Head Scout: Mats Naslund
Other Scouts: Brad McCrimmon (WHL)
              Philippe DeRouville (CHL)
              Mike Donnelly (USA)
Arena: Quebec City Coliseum
Captain: Keith Tkachuk
Assistants: Jaromir Jagr and Mats Sundin
T.V Station: RDS
Team Broadcasters: Pierre Bouchard and Yvon Pedneault
Team Colors: Black/Red/Blue
WFHL Affiliate: Chambly Brewers
Farm Team Coach: Michel Bergeron
Brewers Captain: Craig Darby
Assistants: Turner Stevenson

Team: Hudson River Hensch
Location: New York, New York
Owner: Jay Tameling
General Manager: Chad Tameling
Head Coach: Dave Poulin
Assistant Coaches: Bobby Carpenter and Claude Vilgrain
Farm Team Coach: Vladimir Ruzicka
Arena: The Tunnel
Captain: Pierre-Marc Bouchard
Assistants: Jay Pandolfo and Steven Halko

Team: Miami Oceanics
Owner: Mike Rhodes
General Manager: Mike Rhodes
Head Coach: Garth Butcher
Assistants: Walt Poddubny and Sinuhe Wallenheimo
Farm Team Coach: Derek Donald
Arena: The Tank
Captain: Craig Conroy
Assistants: Rob Blake and Brian Rafalski

Team: Chicoutimi Sparrows
Owner: Michael Hebert
General Manager: Michael Hebert
Head Coach: Guy Carbonneau
Assistants: Kelly Miller (Forwards)
            Vincent Tremblay (Defensemen)
            Steve Penney (Goaltenders)
Farm Team Coach: Marc Fortier
Head Scout: Stuart Reyser
Other Scouts: Richard Sevigny (QMJHL)
              Kevin Miller (USA)
              Yuri Khmylev (Europe)
Trainer: Brad Tait
Arena: Maurice Richard Arena
Capacity: 18,800
Captain: Pierre Turgeon
Assistants: Joe Juneau and Vincent Damphousse
Team Colors: Green and Blue

Team: South China Sea Taipans
Owner: Slithering Communications Inc.
General Manager: David Easton
Head Coach: Capt. William Bligh
Assistant: First Mate Christian Fletcher
Assistant: Cabin Boy Cam Neely
Director of Scouting: Joel Otto
Team Doctor: Dr. B. M. Dubilyew
Press Secretary: Roland Hedley
Special Press Assignments: Demi Moore
TBD: Raymond Bourque
Arena: The S.S. Slimedeck
Captain: Ray Whitney
Assistants: Magnus Arvedson and Bryan Berard
Farm Team: The Kaohsiung Harbour Kuthroats
Farm Team Coach: Capt. Morgan Rummy
Arena: Kaohsiung Seaman's Hall
Farm Team Captain: Steve McKenna
Assistants: Chris McAllister and Sandy McCarthy
Press Secretary: Long John Silver - aka: LJS

Team: Oakville Bulls
Owner: Smackdown Inc. (75%), BlistikQ Inc. (15%), and Nike Canada (10%)
General Manager: Chris Kubinec
Assistant GM: Glen Sather
Vice President: Steve Tambellini
Head Coach: Jacques Martin
Assistant Coaches: Joel Quenneville and Alpo Suhonen
Farm Team Coach: Bobby Orr
Head Scout: John Ferguson Jr.
Scouting: Rick Ley (Central Canada)
          Michel Goulet (Eastern Canada)
          John Davidson (Western Canada)
          Craig Patrick (U.S.A)
          Slavomir Lener (Europe)
          Josef Augusta (Czech Republic)
          Viacheslav Fetisov (Russia)
Trainer: Bill Goldberg
Arena: The Smackdown Centre
Capacity: 21,400
Team Spokeswomen: Nikki Taylor and Trish Stratus
Special Events Managers: Tyra Banks and Torrie Wilson
Media Relations: TSN, ESPN1, The Score, Fan 590
Team Broadcasters: Joe Bowen, Harry Neale and The Rock 
Team Reporter: Michael Landsberg
Head Security Personnel: Austin Powers, Brock Lesnar
Captain: Mario Lemieux
Assistants: Jarome Iginla and Sergei Gonchar

Team: Saskatoon Enforcers
Owner: Brad Schott
General Manager: Brad Schott
Head Coach: Dave Shultz
Assistants: Leif Bork and Hans Scheike
Team Doctor: Johan Muhlegg
Farm Team Coach: Newsy Lalonde
Arena: Middle-Earth arena
Captain: Alexei Kovalev
Assistans: Oleg Tverdovsky and Adam Deadmarsh

Team: Winnipeg IceDogs
Owner: Jon Lemoine
General Manager: Bobby Clarke
Assistant General Manager: Mike Barnett
Vice-President: Director of Player Ops: Don Cherry
Head Coach: John Tortorella
Assistants: Darryl Sutter, Brian Sutter, Ron Hextall and Jamie Macoun
Farm Team Coach: Brent Sutter
Farm Team Assistants: Tony Granato, Jari Kurri, Esa Tikkanen and Joe Mullen
Head Scout: Denis Savard
Other Scouts: Gary Suter (North America Defensemen)
              Pat Lafontaine (North America Forwards)
              Bill Ranford (North America Goalies)
              Vlad Konstantinov (Europe Defensemen)
              Sergei Makarov (Europe Forwars)
              Andrei Trefilov (Europe Goalies)
Arena: The Cage 17,000 capacity
Team Warm-up Song: GNR Welcome to the Jungle
Captain: Al MacInnis
Assistants: Brett Hull and Trevor Linden
Media: TSN, CTV Sportsnet, MOJO AM 640, FAN 590
Broadcasters: Bob McKenzie, Pierre McGuire, Kelly Hrudey 
Team Reporter: Jim Rome 

Team: Waterloo Lunatics
Owner: Jason Stumpf
General Manager: Jason Stumpf
Head Coach: "Macho Man" Randy Savage
Assistant Coach: Animal and Hawk - The Legion of Doom
Farm Team Coach: Mick Foley
Team Trainer: "Big Pappa Pump" Scott Steiner
              "The Crippler" Chris Benoit
Team Scout: Marty McSorley
Arena: ThE InSaNe AsYlUm    
Capacity: 19,400
Team Spokesman: Brother Love
Special Events Manager: "Buffy" Sarah Michelle Gellar
                        Chris Jericho
Media Relations: TSN, Sportsnet
Team Security Personel: The Undertaker
                        Kane
Captain: Mathieu Schneider
Assistants: Lyle Odelein and Claude Lemieux
Retired Jersey's: (99) Wayne Gretzky, (44) Marty McSorley

Team: Toronto Stallions
Owner: Platinum Computing Systems
President: Brian Howe
General Manager: Darryl Sittler
Assistant GM: Brian Howe
Head Coach: Pat Burns
Assistants: Lanny McDonald and George "Chief" Armstrong
Scouting: Dale McCourt (Central Canada)
          Yvon Cournoyer (Eastern Canada)
          Gordon Kluzak (Western Canada)
          Brad Berry (U.S.)
          Borje Salming (Europe)
          Vladimir Krutov (Russia)
Trainer: Chris Broadhurst
Public Relations: Wendel Clark
Arena: Air Canada Centre
Captain: Joe Sakic
Assistants: Teppo Numminen and Brian Leetch
Team Broadcasters: Dave Hodge and Ron Maclean
Media: CTV SportsNet, ESPN2, Q107.1 FM
Farm Team Name: Milton Riverrats
General Manager: Brian Howe
Farm Team Coach: none
Assistants: Brian Bellows
            Terry Yake
Captain: none
Alternates: Ville Peltonen and Luca Cereda

Team: Mississauga Vipers
Owner: Craig Stumpf
General Manager: Craig Stumpf
Head Coach: Craig Stumpf
Assistant General Manager: Kyle Pinkerton
Farm Team Coach: George the AnImAl Steele
Arena: ACC MegaCity Community Rec Center
Captain: Jeremy Roenick
Assistants: Eric Weinrich

Team: Detroit Cougars
Owner: Northstar Industries
President: Andreas Nordholm
GM: Andreas Nordholm
Headcoach: Bob Gainey
Assistants: Neal Broten (Offense)
            Mike Hurlbut (Defense)
            Andy Moog (Goaltenders)
Special Units: Paul Coffey
Farm Team: Cleveland Hounds
Farm Team Coach: Dave Lewis
Assistants: Ken Wregget
            Per-Erik Eklund
            Marcel Dionne
Head Scout: Bob McCammon
North American Scouts: Basil McRae, Dan Belisle and Bryan Trottier 
North and West European Scouts: Kent Nilsson, Tomas Jonsson and Michael Thelven
Eastern European Scouts: Vjatjeslav Bykov, Alexei Kasatonov and Vladimir Jursinov
Arena: Joe Louis Arena
Capacity: 20,056
Team Colours: Red and White
Captain: Radek Bonk
Assistants: Theoren Fleury and Bryan Marchment

Team: Boston Hawks
Owner: Peter Nilsson
General Manager: Peter Nilsson
Head Coach: Phil Esposito
Assistants: Al Arbour and Bob Nystrom 
Scouts: Lasse Bjorn, Sven Tumba, Dave Gagner, Doug Brown and Mike Bossy
Farm Team Coach: Jean Ratelle
Director of Player Personnel: Nicko McBrain
Press Secretary: Alyson "Willow" Hannigan
Arena: Boston Fleet Center
Team Captain: Mattias Norstrom
Assistants: Hal Gill
Fan club: Redhawks
Fan club founder: Steve Harris

Team: Chi-Town Krushers
Owner: Semaphore Entertainment Group [SEG Sports]
President: Stan Mikita
Vice-President: Jes Golbez
General Manager: Jes Golbez
Assistant General Manager: Doug MacLean
Head Coach: Nick Kypreos
Assistants: Bob Hartley and Barry Trotz
Farm Team Coach: Andy Murray
Head Scout: Duc Tran
North American Scouts: David Conte and David Poile
European Scouts: Peter Stastny, Anders Hedberg and Sergei Ursulyak 
Arena: United Center (19,500)
Captain: Scott Stevens
Assistants: Adam Oates
Team Commentators: Jeff Rimer and Bernie Federko
Dance Team: Hooters Ice Dancers

Team: Almont Raiders
Owner: Scott Baden
General Manager: Ken Holland
Head Coach: Ted Nolan
Assistants: Dave Tiger Williams
Farm Team Coach: John Mullin
Assistant Farm Team Coach: Aaron Avouris
Director of Scouting: Mark Howe
Arena: JKx Crystal Palace
Practice Facility: Joe Louis Arena
Captain: none
Assistants: Shawn McEachern and Stephane Yelle

Team: Seattle Saints
Owner: Deric Stone
President and General Manager: Rob Sypes
Head Coach: Rob Sypes
Assistants: Chris Halter and Colin Bleakney
Farm Team Coach: Tony Leiva
Director of Players and Personnel: Patrick Finley
Arena: Captain Morgan's Original Spice Rum Center
Captain: none
Assistants: Bryan McCabe
Team Colors: Blue, White and Copper

WHL Team Name: Portland Timberjacks
Owner: PacifiCorp
Team Management
President and General Manager: Roy Kimball
Assistant General Manager: David McNab
President of Business Operations: Al Coates
Director of Hockey Operations: Chuck Fletcher
Public Relations and Spokesperson: Doug Spooner
Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Mike Babcock
Assistant Coach: Lorne Henning
Assistant Coach: Paul Maclean
Goaltending Consultant: Francois Allaire
Director of Scouting: Greg Carvel
Training Staff
Head Athletic Trainer: Chris Phillips
Equipment Manager: Mark O'Neill
Assistant Equipment Manager: John Allaway
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Sean Skahan
Team Physician: Dr. Emilo Beaver
Team Captains: Brenden Morrow
Assistants: David Vyborny and Jason Botterill
Venue: Rose Garden
Event Broadcasting: the Fan 910am (ESPN Radio)
WFHL Team Name: Tacoma Timberjacks
Farm League Staff
Head Coach: Brush Christiansen
Assistant Coach: Dean Larson
Venue: Puget Sound Hockey Center

Team: Calgary Dropkicks
Owner: Karachi Vice Holdings (90%), Big Rock Brewery Ltd. (10%)
General Manager: Chris Kordyback
Assistant GM: Tom Fowler
Head Coach: Lee Fogolin
Assistants: Glenn Anderson, Reijo Ruotsalainen and Dave Lumley
Farm Team: Hartford St. Patricks
Farm Team Coach: none
Assistants: Bob Probert and Kevin Dineen
Goaltending Consultant: Rich Shulmistra
Director of Player Personel: Guy Lunin
Director of Marketing: Shawn Grainger
Director of Rock n' Roll: Vince Neil
Arena: Big Rock Saddledome
Captain: Joe Thornton
Alternate Captains: Derian Hatcher, Owen Nolan, Dany Heatley and Brett Hull
Colours: Purple, Gold and White
Alternate Uniform Colours: Silver, Black and White
Play by Play: Rod Phillips and Louie DeBrusk
Colour Man: Bad News Allen
Honoured/Retired Jerseys: None

Team: Rocky Mountain Express
Location: Jasper, AB and Surrounding Area
Franchise Date: July 20, 1997
Owner: The Grocery People, Ltd. (TGP Edmonton)
General Manager: Kris Pongratz
Team President: Kris Pongratz
Head Coach: Wayne Gretzky
Assistants: Marc Crawford
            Ken Hitchcock
WFHL Head Coach: Scotty Bowman
Head Scout: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Trainer: Conan O'Brien
Arena: Locomotive 6060 Centre (30 games)
Capacity: 8,000
WHL7 Home Warm Up Song: Fuel - Metallica
Neutral Site Home Games: Banff, AB (4 games),
                            Ryan Smyth Arena (Cap: 3,000)
                         Hinton, AB (4 games),
                            Dave Scatchard Centre (Cap: 4,000)
                         Valemount, BC (4 games)
                            Valemount Arena (Cap: 2,000)
Captain: Chris Pronger
Assistants: Peter Bondra and Ron Francis
Practice Facility: Mildred Lake at Jasper Park Lodge (outdoor)
Home TV Station: CTV Sportsnet West
Team Radio Station: YR Radio AM 1450
TV Commentators: Bill Matthews and Brian Groth
Team Reporter: Bob McKenzie
Team Jersey Colors: Red, White and Black (Buffalo NHL design)
Retired Numbers: 99 Wayne Gretzky, (TBA), (TBA)

Team: Victoria Islanders
Owner: Hobbit Enterprises
Governor: Dave MacDougall
Alternate Governor: Bill Torrey
Vice President: Bill Torrey
General Manager: Dave MacDougall
Head Coach: Butch Goring
Assistants: Greg Gilbert and John Tonelli
Goaltenders Coach: Vladislav Tretiak
Farm Team Coach: Denis Potvin
Arena: Waterfront Gardens
Captain: Petr Nedved
Assistants: Boris Mironov and Mike Ricci

Team: Trail Smoke Eaters
Owner: Tim Horton and Harold Ballard Junior
General Manager: Larry Berteotti
Head Coach: Perry Pearn
Assistants: Mel Bridgeman and Jiri Bubla
Farm Team Coach: Hakan Loob
Arena: Copps Coliseum
Captain: Bates Battaglia
Assistants: Vaclav Prospal

Team: Edmonton Vikings
Owner: Phil Mickelson (67%), McEwen Enterprises Inc. (33%)
General Manager: Lee McEwen
Head Coach: Jason Welter
Assistants: Norm LaCombe and Mark Napier
Farm Team Coach: Dave Hunter
Arena: The Ice Palace
Captain: Dan McGillis
Assistants: Alexei Yashin and Anson Carter

Team: Vancouver Voodoo
Owner: Black Magic Entertainment
President and General Manager: Darren Kinnaird 
Assistant General Manager: Pat Quinn
Vice-President: Director of Player Ops: Brian Burke
Vice-President: Dave Nonis
Head Coach: Randy Ladouceur
Assistants: Jack McIlhargey and Mike Johnston
Assistant Coach, Video: Howie Meeker
Farm Team Coach: Stan Smyl
Head of Scouting North America: Dale Craigwell
Head of Scouting Europe: Thomas Sundstrom
Strength & Conditioning Coach: Pete Twist
Arena: GM Place
Captain: Mike Peca
Assistants: Ed Jovanovski and Paul Kariya
Team Colors: Black, Red and Yellow
TV Commentators: Jim Hughson and Ryan Walter
Home TV Station: Vancouver Television (VTV)
Training Camp Facilities: Meadow Park Fitness Center, Whistler B.C.


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