Marc Habscheid (WHL) Chilliwack Bruins...

When the Chilliwack Bruins hired Marc Habscheid during the past off-season, they added a head coach and general manager with storied ties to the WHL.

Habscheid was a consistent offensive producer during his playing career with the Saskatoon Blades. He played professionally in the NHL, in Europe, and also played for Team Canada at the World Junior Championship and the Olympics. His coaching record includes a World Junior Championship gold medal and a Memorial Cup championship with the Kelowna Rockets.

He has also retained his ties to Saskatchewan, where he has been involved with retired LPGA Tour player Nancy Harvey in co-hosting a scholarship fundraising golf tournament in their hometown of Swift Current.

Morley Scott (WHL) Interview...

Recently, there has been an influx of coaches returning to junior hockey from the NHL, specifically the likes of Craig Hartsburg (Everett Silvertips) and Marc Habscheid (Chilliwack Bruins).

And it has happened in the broadcast booth as well, with Morley Scott of the Vancouver Giants. Well known for his work beside the Edmonton Oilers Rod Phillips, a Hockey Hall of Fame play-by-play man, the upbeat, fast-talking, Scott is enjoying life in the WHL.

Alas, it's all about timing!

Nice to see Dean Chynoweth secure an opportunity to coach in the NHL. The New York Islanders named him an assistant coach yesterday. Chynoweth's move from the Swift Current Broncos of the WHL to Long Island is a homecoming of sorts...he played for the Islanders after a successful junior playing career with the Medicine Hat Tigers. With Chynoweth gone, the Broncos are obviously in the market for a head coach.

Whether he was ever interested in a position with the Broncos is now a moot point because Swift Current's native son Marc Habscheid signed a contract to coach the Chilliwack Bruins a couple of weeks ago. Habscheid has deep roots in Speedy Creek. He has also been involved with another Swift Current sports personality, Nancy Harvey, in hosting a fundraising golf tournament in recent years. Harvey, who resides in Arizona, played the LPGA Tour for 20 years.

Habscheid running the show in Swift Current would have made for an interesting scenario.