Swift Current Broncos name Dean DeSilva new head coach
DeSilva joins the Broncos after four seasons as an assistant coach with the Everett Silvertips, including a 2024-25 campaign that saw the Silvertips post a league best 48-12-4-4 record before losing to the Portland Winterhawks in seven games in round two of the playoffs.
The Broncos announced in May that they were parting ways with former head coach Taras McEwen after parts of two seasons.
Under McEwen the Broncos went 35-30-1-2 in the 2024-25 WHL regular season, grabbing the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference before falling to the eventually league champion Medicine Hat Tigers in five games in the first round.
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