Whitehorse Daily Star

Rivermen link up with N.W.T. coach

Hockey Yukon and the Yukon Rivermen have announced they’ve welcomed Shawn Talbot as the latest addition to team staff and the family.

By Whitehorse Star on July 31, 2018

Hockey Yukon and the Yukon Rivermen have announced they’ve welcomed Shawn Talbot as the latest addition to team staff and the family.

Talbot’s leadership, contributions, and decades of coaching experience are well known.

“Working with Hockey NWT’s interest to engage in the Rivermen model is a natural partnership,” says U-16 head coach Martin Lawrie in a brief announcement Monday. “Shawn is a great catch.”

The intent is to have Talbot work out of Yellowknife as the Rivermen co-ordinator. He’ll oversee the training and coaching of N.W.T. players who have made the Rivermen roster or are on their way to earning a position with the club.

“Shawn understands the challenge and experience of high performance hockey at our latitudes,” adds U-15 head coach Carl Burgess. “I’ve coached against him. Happier to coach with him.”

“There is much interest and admiration for the strides the Rivermen team has taken,” says Talbot. “I can’t wait for the season to start up.”

Talbot has served as head coach for Team NWT and has been honoured with multiple Coach of the Year awards. He has knowledge in officiating and executive program management.

The Rivermen have announced Kevin Petovello, a former member of the Whitehorse Huskies and a Coy Cup winner, will serve as assistant coach for the U-16 midgets under Lawrie. They’ve also announced Jean-Benoit Deschamps will serve as assistant coach for the U-15 squad under Burgess.

After holding the last of their selection camps later this month, both the U-15 and U-16 teams will be bringing expanded rosters for a final evaluation to the John Ferguson Evaluation Tournament in Edmonton in mid-September.

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