The Salmon Arm Silverbacks have parted ways with former Vernon Lakers-Vernon Vipers forward, Assistant Coach & Head Coach-GM Troy Mick. Mick has spent the past six seasons with the Silverbacks.
Mick played two seasons with the Vernon Lakers (1984-1986) before leaving the Lakers for the Merritt Warriors. Mick was also an Assistant Coach and in charge of marketing with the Vernon Lakers for two seasons (1993-1995) & spent one season as an Assistant Coach with the Vernon Vipers (1995-1996) before being named the Vipers Head Coach-GM the following season. Mick was Head Coach-GM of the Vipers for four years (1996-2000) before leaving for the Western Hockey League Portland Winterhawks. Mick returned to the Vipers as GM for two seasons (2005-07) before leaving in 2007 to sell real estate in Mexico. Mick was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in round 7 #130 overall at the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.
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Silverbacks Part Ways With Mick
June 8, 2018
by sasilverbacks
Recent News
SALMON ARM, June 8, 2018 — The Salmon Arm Silverbacks Hockey Club board of directors and President Troy Mick have agreed mutually to part ways effective immediately.
“I have truly enjoyed my 5 years in Salmon Arm and I have met so many great people” Stated Troy Mick. I would like to thank the board of directors, Staff, Players, Parents, Volunteers, Fans and all of the corporate sponsors for allowing me to be a part of this amazing community.
It has been an honor to wear the Silverbacks logo with pride and I wish nothing but success to the franchise in the future. I will be a Silverbacks Alumni forever and will miss the Shaw Centre!
On behalf of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks & Ownership Group we would like to thank Troy for his dedication & passion to the organization. His involvement in the community has been a great asset to the team’s success over the past 5 years. We wish him all the best in future endeavors.
Could we see Troy Mick return to the Vipers? Not as a coach/or gm but maybe in some type of role helping out the Wray family run the hockey team?
ReplyDeleteLOL more likely to see him getting laughed out of court
DeletePlease No! Troy is a great guy but his luck at running a franchise has expired
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