Friday, May 27, 2011

Ron Choules named head coach of Screaming Eagles

Press Release

Sydney – The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles have named Ron Choules as their new Head Coach. The announcement was made on Friday morning at Centre 200 by General Manager Pierre Roux.

Choules, a native of Montreal, becomes the fifth head coach in Screaming Eagles history. There were over 20 applicants for the position that became vacant when Mario Durocher was relieved of the General Manager and Head Coach position in early April.

“Ron is an excellent communicator and motivator and he has experience within our division which for me is very important,” Roux said.

Choules has previous head coaching experience in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.

He also worked as a head coach in Quebec Junior AAA League with Kahnawake Condors before taking over the reins in Bathurst.

Choules was also an assistant coach with Canada’s gold medal winning team at the 2010 Ivan Hlinka Under-18 Hockey tournament.

“Our team identity will be important. I intend to have a hard nosed, hard working, competitive hockey club next season,” Choules said.

(Nathan can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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