The Prince George Spruce Kings have promoted Alex Evin to head coach after it was announced that previous bench boss Adam Maglio will be moving on to become an assistant with the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League (WHL) next season.
Last year was Evin’s first as an assistant with the Spruce Kings. Before joining Prince George, he was a goaltending coach for the Alberni Valley Bulldogs for four seasons.
Evin also played five seasons as a goaltender in the BCHL from 2003 to 2008, suiting up for the Powell River Kings, Williams Lake Timberwolves and the Penticton Vees. The Castlegar, B.C. native has the fourth-most career wins in BCHL history with 79 victories to his name. He also won the league’s Top Goaltender award in 2008 with the Vees.
Evin went on to play four years at Colgate University.
“With Adam moving on, I am excited that we have someone within the organization like Alex that can transition into the role as our new head coach,” said general manager Mike Hawes in a release from the Spruce Kings. “Alex is also a tremendous young progressive coach who has shown me over the past two seasons that he is ready to be our head coach. Having that person available to us within the organization is important to me as it will allow us to continue down the same path that we are on as a team and provides us with the continuity that I feel is vitally important.”
Maglio spent four seasons in Prince George, the last two as the team’s head coach, making the league finals in both years and leading the Spruce Kings to their first-ever Fred Page Cup and Doyle Cup last year.
“We have done some very special things as a team in the four seasons that Adam was with us, especially the last two seasons with him as our head coach,” said Hawes. “He is one of the best young progressive coaches in the game and I’m not surprised that he was sought after by many teams. We will miss him and he will be hard to replace, but at the same time we are extremely excited for him and wish him nothing but the best in Spokane.”
