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For Immediate Release: May 13, 2009

Revelstoke Grizzlies Announce New GM/Head Coach

The Revelstoke Grizzlies are proud to announce that Troy Mick is the new General Manager/Head Coach of the Revelstoke Grizzlies Junior Hockey Club. Troy played in the WHL with the Portland Winter Hawks from 1985 to 1989 and with the Regina Pats from 1989 to 1990 amassing 466 points in 267 games. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in round 7, 130th overall, in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft and signed a 4 year contract. From 1990 to 1993 he played in the ECHL before knee surgeries forced him into early retirement.

Troy came back home to Vernon and became the assistant coach of the Vernon Vipers in 1993 and helped lead the team to a Royal Bank Cup Championship (3rd) in 1996. In 1997 he became the Head Coach and General Manager of the Vipers and led the team to another Royal Bank Cup Championship (4th) in 1999. He was also instrumental in securing over 40 player scholarships during his tenure with the Vipers. Troy left the Vipers at the end of the 2000 season to become Assistant Coach with the WHL Portland Winter Hawks. In 2001 he became the Head Coach and Assistant GM with the WHL Tri City Americans and moved on to become the Head Coach of the WHL Kamloops Blazers for the 2002 - 2003 season.

He then returned to the Vernon Vipers again as General Manager for the 2005 - 2006 and the 2006 - 2007 seasons and helped the team reach the league finals again. Over the course of his Jr A days he has been involved with sending over 100 players on to NCAA or CIAU scholarships. The search is on for the best possible talent to represent the Revelstoke Grizzlies Hockey Club.