THUNDER BAY – The Kam River Fighting Walleye’s coaching staff is starting to round into shape.
Days after announcing veteran Doug Colbon had signed on as an assistant to head coach Matt Valley, the team said it’s added Rylan Henley to the Fighting Walleye staff.
Henley and Valley are former teammates with the Thunder Bay North Stars in 2010-11, who also played together with the Thunder Bay Kings in bantam and midget.
“I'm very excited to begin this new journey and build off of what coach Matt and I did this past season with the minor midgets. I feel like we had a perfect coaching relationship so it felt natural to jump on board with the Fighting Walleye” Henley said in a release.
“I'm really looking forward to meeting the recruits and starting to put some serious work in this fall. As well as contributing my hockey knowledge I am also looking forward to learning from an experienced coach in Doug Colbon.”
Fighting Walleye general manager Kevin McCallum said Henley is the perfect fit for the coaching staff.
“He fits our philosophy of surrounding the organization with passionate, energetic and hard-working people to help build us into an elite junior hockey program.”
Henley and the Fighting Walleye plan to host an evaluation camp on Aug. 21 at the Thunder Bay Tournament Centre.