The Battlefords North Stars will be looking back and moving forward Monday night.
The team will be holding their annual general meeting at the Civic Centre starting at 7 p.m., which will be free for the public to attend.
“If anyone wants to vote on anything that is brought up, it costs $5 for a membership fee,” North Stars president Troy Slywka said.
“We will be going over the finances from this past season, plus we will be looking for a few more board members as well as we have a few open spots.”
Slywka is also involved in helping the North Stars find a new head coach and general manager, as that position came open last Friday when Nate Bedford left the team to become the bench boss for the Portage College Voyageurs in Cold Lake.
Whoever is hired for that role will then bring in a new assistant coach and trainer for the reigning Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League champions, as both Braeden Johnston and Robbie Tanner left the team to pursue new opportunities prior to Bedford’s departure.
Meanwhile, the North Stars office is currently busy selling tickets for the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which will take place at 6 p.m. on July 22 at the Civic Centre.
“We’ve had a lot of families and team members for each of the inductees purchasing tickets already, so they are going fast,” North Stars marketing and office manager Caitlyn Gray said.
“We don’t have an end date per se for those that want to purchase individual tickets or a full table as we still have those left, but we would advise the public to not wait around until the last minute as there might not be room left as we get close to the ceremony.”
Tickets for the event, which can be purchased online at www.northstars.ca or by contacting Gray at the North Stars office by calling 306-445-7827, cost $75 for an individual ticket and $500 for a table of eight.
In addition to the banquet, which will be hosted by TSN’s Darren Dreger and will have a number of ties to the area in the inductees, there will be a number of events taking place earlier in the day at the Civic Centre.
A pancake breakfast will take place from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., while a road hockey tournament for players of all ages will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and will feature North Stars players.
In other news, the North Stars made one transaction last week prior to Bedford leaving the team as they acquired 18-year-old Michael Fradette from the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Kirkland Lake Gold Miners.
The Victoria, B.C. native had a goal and three assists in his first season of junior hockey after spending the previous year playing for The Hill Academy, which is based in Vaughan, Ont.
