Monday, May 24, 2010

Anning named Kings' assistant GM

Press Release

The Dauphin Kings are excited to announce that the organization has signed David Anning to a three year contract extension following a very successful 2009/10 season.

Anning joined the Kings prior to the 2008/09 season as the club’s Assistant Coach and Director of Marketing. The Winnipeg, MB native spent time with the Winnipeg Saints (MJHL) in the same capacity prior to joining the Kings. Along with the contract extension, Anning now becomes the club’s Assistant G.M. as well as remaining the Assistant Coach and Director of Marketing.

“I’m very happy David will be back with our hockey club. His hard working demeanor, overall hockey sense and strong passion he brings to our program is valued tremendously. We work well together and respect each other. Our regular season record of 92-27-5 in the past 2 years state that”, stated GM/Head Coach Marlin Murray

David has enjoyed a very successful coaching career, which includes coaching in the MJHL Championship series twice in the past three seasons. He won an MJHL Championship and Anavet Cup Championship with the Kings this past season. He has also been a part of Hockey Manitoba’s Program of Excellence as an Assistant Coach with Team Manitoba’s Under 16 program which captured silver at the Western Canadian Under 16 Challenge and he was recently named Assistant Coach of Team West for the upcoming 2011 World Under 17 Challenge.

As was the case for the past two seasons, Anning will work closely with the club’s defencemen, a position he played for four seasons in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

“I’m very excited to have been given the opportunity to work with Coach Murray and the Kings for the next three seasons. The organization has been great to me and I’m looking forward to continuing to work with a premier organization in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League,” explains Anning. “Marlin and I work very well together and I believe our styles compliment each other. We have a great relationship and I’m excited that we’re able to work together for another three seasons.”

Also signing a three-year deal was Equipment Manager TYROL DEEG. “Tyrol’s work ethic with our organization is very much appreciated. We are happy to have him on board for 3 more years”.

(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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