Former Vernon Lakers-Vernon Vipers forward, Assistant Coach & Head Coach-GM Troy Mick has reportedly left the Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League Cold Lake Wings.
After Mick left, the Wings suspended operations for the 2019-2020 Greater Metro Junior Hockey League season.
Mick was named part-owner and new Head Coach/GM of the Wings August 24th 2019.
The Greater Metro Hockey League (GMHL) was originally founded as the Greater Metro Junior Hockey League (GMHL) by Bob Russell and Hockeyworks International Ltd., in 2006. The Cold Lake Wings are one of six expansion teams for the 2019-20 season.
The GMHL is a Canadian developmental junior ice hockey league with twenty five teams. The league has teams in the Greater Toronto area, Central Ontario, Northeastern Ontario, Alberta & Quebec. The GMHL is an independent junior hockey league and not a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League or sanctioned by Hockey Canada.
The GMHL is a Canadian developmental junior ice hockey league with twenty five teams. The league has teams in the Greater Toronto area, Central Ontario, Northeastern Ontario, Alberta & Quebec. The GMHL is an independent junior hockey league and not a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League or sanctioned by Hockey Canada.
Mick has been out of the hockey business, and was recently selling real estate In Vernon with Royal LePage.
Mick was recently named the new president of the USA Central Hockey League and a USA Central Hockey League advisor July 23 2018.
The USA CHL started out as a six-team league with all the teams owned by the same group. Franchises in Rio Grande Valley and Laredo have already been publicized.
Mick recently parted ways with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks June 8th 2018. Mick had 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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This was posted on www.mylakelandnow.com
Cold Lake Wings folding before start of 2019 season
Mike Marshall, staff Wednesday, Sep. 25th, 2019
The Cold Lake Wings are apparently no more. In a Facebook post late Tuesday evening, the club announced it was suspending operations for the 2019-2020 Greater Metro Junior Hockey League season.
The statement says the club finds it “…simply impossible to properly operate a business with 3 Junior teams in the same small market.” The Wings were founded last summer and originally played out of the Western Provinces Hockey Association in the US-based Western States Hockey League.
After the Wings severed ties with the WSHL earlier in 2019 another Cold Lake franchise was brought in by that league, The Cold Lake Hornets. They are due to begin their inaugural season in three days.
The Wings had announced a new head coach and part-owner back in August.
This was posted on the juniorhockeynews.com
The Death Pool – GMHL West Cold Lake Wings Fold
3 weeks ago Admin
Funny how things happen as they should some times. Just as we reported on Monday, Troy Mick left the GMHL’s Cold Lake Wings. Then in the middle of the night, the GMHL West announces they are going dark the season.
The beauty of this is that in their announcement they blamed the fact that they are done on the City of Cold Lake having too many hockey teams!
Ummmm yeah. This was something the GMHL West knew about when they started this shit show, and now they blame the information they already had for their own failure.
Typical of any GMHL failure. Blame everyone else instead of the absolutely bad business plan and even worse execution of the shitty plan.
Now these donkeys are saying they are moving the “franchise” to Edmonton to be coached by the GMHL West leaders 23 year old son.
Little hint for all you parents out there. When a team has to constantly promote the prior achievements of people they are saying are involved, it is a sign of desperation and nothing more.
Anyone else’s experience in their playing career is not indicative of any level of success with any team. Particularly when it is associated with the GMHL and GMHL West.
Next up is a “closed to the public” pre season game for the GMHL West’s Slave Lake Ice Dogs. Yes. Not open to the public pre season game! Who ever is dreaming up this bullshit marketing plan probably held an Image Management Position with Sadam Hussein. He was wildly popular in his day!
Stick around we got more teams going down….
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